PowerHouse VFX Continues Breakthrough First Year with M. Night Shyamalan’s “GLASS”

NEW YORK—January 25, 2019— PowerHouse
VFX, the New York-based boutique VFX studio, rounded out its first year in
business by serving as the sole visual effects vendor on M. Night
Shyamalan’s GLASS.
In theaters on January 18, 2019, GLASS is
a showcase for PowerHouse’s best-in-class talent and sterling client
relationships.

Founded
in 2017 by veteran VFX Executive Producer Bob Lowery and Sr. VFX Supervisor Ed
Mendez in partnership with Jonathan Hoffman and Pete Conlin, principals of post
services stalwart Sixteen19, PowerHouse provided Shyamalan and his team with
the full-service approach that has quickly become the company’s calling card
across the industry.

PowerHouse
completed approximately 300 shots ranging from Hero CG character animation
work, environmental set extensions including buildings and cars, to bringing
The Beast to life in many more scenes than they had done previously inSplit. Unlike many of the
modern-day superhero movies, a vast majority of our work will go unnoticed, but
we prefer it that way and so does Night and his team.

“Ed
and Bob have been trusted creative partners on several of my films, so when
they made the bold decision to form their own company, working with them again
became a no-brainer,” Shyamalan said. “Great work and strong, reliable
relationships are equally important factors for me in choosing my
collaborators. I look forward to seeing PowerHouse grow and prosper so we can
do more work together in the future.”

“We
founded this company because we were confident that we’d offer a higher level
of service than most VFX shops,” said Lowery. “We work with clients from the
get-go to make sure we’re supporting their vision. Serving as sole VFX vendor
for a project as complex and ambitious as GLASS shows how well that approach works –
especially when you consider that we’ve only been in business for a year.”

“The
deep roster of talented visual storytellers that we’ve brought on in year one
enabled us to rise to the technical and creative challenges GLASS posed,” said
Mendez. “Between that and the relationship we’ve cultivated over the years with
Night, it was a natural fit – one that we’re excited to recreate on many more
projects going forward.”

The
PowerHouse team that helped bring GLASS to
life has grown to include top-notch talent like CG/VFX supervisor Dan
Bornstein, VFX supervisor Ruben Rodas, general manager Chris Kenneally, and Sr.
VFX producer Ryan Cunningham in the company’s first year. The team brings
decades of experience from companies like ILM, Dive, Cafe FX, and Zoic to the
table, and leads a group of forty artists and counting.

PowerHouse
has made significant capital investments to augment this broad base of talent.
Occupying 5,000 square feet at Sixteen19’s state-of-the-art headquarters in
Chelsea, New York

GLASS is just the most recent in a string of
groundbreaking projects that have helped build PowerHouse’s reputation as an
industry leader in 2018. The company brought its dynamic, collaborative
approach to films like MARY POPPINS
RETURNS, A QUIET
PLACE, and NIGHT SCHOOL, and TV
shows like THE MARVELOUS
MRS. MAISEL and USA Network’s THE PURGE.

PowerHouse’s
growing reputation as a vital creative partner is enhanced by its strategic
partnership with Sixteen19. While the latter has long been known as one of New
York’s premier post houses from dailies through picture finishing, PowerHouse
provides a missing piece of the puzzle. Together, the companies offer a unique
solution for clients – a start-to-finish suite of post and VFX services under
one roof.

For
more information call 215-284-9949 or visit www.powerhousevfx.com.

ABOUT GLASS

M.
Night Shyamalan brings together the narratives of two of his standout
originals—2000’s Unbreakable,
from Touchstone, and 2016’s Split,
from Universal—in one explosive, all-new comic-book thriller: Glass. 

From Unbreakable, Bruce Willis
returns as David Dunn as does Samuel L. Jackson as Elijah Price, known also by
his pseudonym Mr. Glass. Joining from Split are
James McAvoy, reprising his role as Kevin Wendell Crumb and the multiple
identities who reside within, and Anya Taylor-Joy as Casey Cooke, the only
captive to survive an encounter with The Beast.

Following
the conclusion of Split, Glass finds Dunn
pursuing Crumb’s superhuman figure of The Beast in a series of escalating
encounters, while the shadowy presence of Price emerges as an orchestrator who
holds secrets critical to both men.

Joining
the all-star cast are Unbreakable’s
Spencer Treat Clark and Charlayne Woodard, who reprise their roles as Dunn’s
son and Price’s mother, as well as Golden Globe Award winner Sarah Paulson (American Horror Story series).

This
riveting culmination of his worldwide blockbusters is produced by Shyamalan and
Blumhouse Production’s Jason Blum, who also produced the writer/director’s
previous two films for Universal. They produce again with Ashwin Rajan and Marc
Bienstock, and Steven Schneider and Kevin Frakes, who executive produce. Gary
Barber and Roger Birnbaum also serve as executive producers.

A
Blinding Edge Pictures and Blumhouse production, Glass is released by
Universal Pictures in North America and by Buena Vista International abroad. www.glassmovie.com

Contacts

Bob
Lowery

Managing
Partner

PowerHouse
VFX

215.284.9949

bob@powerhousevfx.com