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Published 1 year ago
Have you seen the trailer for Creative Assembly’s upcoming game “Total War: Pharaoh”? Then you know that the main character of the trailer is an… insect. A scarab beetle to be exact. How did Goodbye Kansas come up with that idea and how was the trailer produced? In episode 70 of our podcast Yellow Brick […] Read more...
Published 1 year ago
How do you create a successful trailer for a game like God of War? And how can you make the most of all the advantages of a USD pipeline in the process? In this article in Motiongrapher VFX Supervisor Henrik Eklundh and CG Supervisor takes us through the steps of the creation process. Read more...
Published 1 year ago
Welcome to a world where fairies and mythical creatures walk the foggy streets of the late 1800s. In episode 69, Yellow Brick Road’s Nils Lagergren sits down with Executive Producer Matilda Olsson, VFX Supervisor Joel Lindman and Animation stalwart Staffan Linder to talk about Goodbye Kansas’ VFX production for season 2 of Prime Video’s Carnival […] Read more...
Published 1 year ago
In episode 68 of Yellow Brick Road we take a closer look at the character trailers that Goodbye Kansas produced for Bethesda’s and Arkane Studios’ brand new game Redfall. Director Emnet Mulugeta, Art Director Tom Waldton and Illustrator Karl Johnson discuss the creative approach to partly work with a 2D Comic book style, how it […] Read more...
Published 2 years ago
The announcement trailer for Arkane Austin and Bethesda Softworks new game Redfall was released in 2021. Yellow Brick Road’s Nils Lagergren sat down with Goodbye Kansas’ Executive Producer Jörgen Lilja, director Emnet Mulugeta and VFX Supervisor Henrik Eklundh to discuss the production of that trailer – and now when the game is released we’re happy […] Read more...
Published 2 years ago
In the new latest episode of our podcast, Yellow Brick Road’s Nils Lagergren meets VFX Supervisor Felipe Borges and Senior FX Artist Martin Widö – who takes us behind the scenes of the VFX production for the third and final season of Steven Knight’s great post-apocalyptic series “See”. How do you create huge battle scenes using […] Read more...
Published 2 years ago
It was a pleasure to work on the second season of Prime Video’s great series “Carnival Row”. And we’re thrilled to finally be able to release our VFX Breakdown reel from the show! Enjoy! Read more...
Published 2 years ago
Three of our Executive Producers – Anton Söderhäll, Jörgen Lilja and Jan Cafourek – are heading for GDC and would love to meet you and present all our services! Drop us a mail if you want to meet up and learn more about Goodbye Kansas Studios. We also have a brand new Games reel, packed […] Read more...
Published 2 years ago
See how we created the award winning trailer for Ubisoft’s game Skull and Bones, in this new Cinematic breakdown, available on Vimeo, YouTube and the project page. Read more...
Published 2 years ago
In episode 65 we dive into Tom Clancy’s world of espionage and action, when Goodbye Kansas VFX Supervisor Jim Parsons and Compositing Lead Olov Samuelsson takes us behind the scenes of the VFX work for season 3 of the Amazon hit series “Tom Clancys’s Jack Ryan”. And follow us down Yellow Brick Road as we […] Read more...
Published 2 years ago
We’re happy to announce that Goodbye Kansas artists Jonas Skoog, Jonas Törnqvist, Goran Milic and Johan Vikström have been nominated for the prestigious VES Award, for “Outstanding animated character in an episode, commercial or real-time project”. A big shoutout to the whole team who worked on the ‘Skull and Bones’ cinematic trailer “Skull & Bones […] Read more...
Published 2 years ago
Goodbye Kansas Studios has been awarded a Silver at the Epica Awards for its production of the “Skull & Bones” trailer “Long live Piracy”. The jury for the Epica Awards is composed of media representatives and includes more than 200 magazines and websites across the world. Goodbye Kansas Studios produced the trailer for Ubisoft’s game […] Read more...
Published 2 years ago
Congratulations to AKQA, Epic Games Publishing and Remedy Entertainment for winning Gold at Clio Entertaiment Awards. And to our great Goodbye Kansas Cinematics team, for creating the trailer for these great clients. https://clios.com/entertainment/winner/games-audio-visual/alan-wake-2/alan-wake-2-announcement-trailer-128711 Read more...
Published 2 years ago
We’re delighted to announce that our work “Skull and Bones: Long Live Piracy Cinematic Trailer” has been shortlisted for the 2022 Epica Awards. The winners will be officially announced during an online ceremony on December 8. Fingers crossed!! Check out the full shortlist: https://www.epica-awards.com/2022-preselection Read more...
Published 2 years ago
Follow us out on the high seas, as director Emnet Mulugeta and VFX Supervisor Henrik Eklundh share stories from the production of the trailer for Ubisoft’s game “Skull & Bones”, produced by Goodbye Kansas Studios. How was the trailer made, what were the challenges and how do you use performance capture to convey feelings, moods […] Read more...
Published 2 years ago
Goodbye Kansas Studios has produced a trailer for Funcom’s game Dune Awakening. The game is inspired by the Legendary Pictures’ movie adaptation of Frank Herbert’s classical sci-fi books. The game trailer has been directed by the visionary artist and author Simon Stålenhag and he has thereby directed his first game trailer. “The collaboration with Goodbye […] Read more...
Published 2 years ago
Goodbye Kansas has made a name as a creative studio with unique expertise about performance capture, full CG productions (computer-generated), digital humans and virtual productions. Now the Group’s subsidiaries Infinite Entertainment and Goodbye Kansas Studios have ventured into a collaboration with actor Bill Skarsgård’s company Longships Entertainment, to develop not only a brand new IP […] Read more...
Please enjoy our latest reel with game related material, including some of the latest game cinematics we’ve produced. See it here. Read more...
Published 3 years ago
Goodbye Kansas Studios sister company Infinite Entertainment will produce a new TV-series, a science fiction thriller named ‘Endymion’. Måns Mårlind, the co-creator of ‘The Bridge’, will adapt critically acclaimed artist Simon Stålenhag’s new literary title into a three season event series. Goodbye Kansas Studios will deliver VFX for the series. Infinite Entertainment, a production company within […] Read more...
Published 3 years ago
This week we discuss the coolest space bounty hunters of them all: Spike Spiegel, Jet Black and Faye Valentine in the classic anime series Cowboy Bebop – recently adapted as a live action series on Netflix. Goodbye Kansas Lighting Lead Ivor da Silva talks about his passion for anime in general – and Cowboy Bebop […] Read more...
Published 3 years ago
Let’s talk real time production! In episode 61 of Yellow Brick Road, Realtime Artists Tim Hermes and Henrik Melsom discuss Unreal Engine 5, how game engines are changing the VFX industry and how Unreal Engine and its peers are used in the Goodbye Kansas Studios production pipeline. Also: what’s the difference between working on the […] Read more...
Published 3 years ago
How is it to work with Visual Effects and what career options are there in the VFX business? How important is a creative company culture and how has the pandemic and working from home affected the team spirit for VFX artists? In episode #60 of our podcast “Yellow Brick Road” VFX Producer David Enbom and […] Read more...
Published 3 years ago
We’re excited to share that Rob Andrews – our Head of VFX in UK, has become chair of the Visual Effects Society (VES) London. With nearly 25 years of experience in the industry, Rob has a background in 3D but has worked across a range of creative specialities covering production, pipeline, and IT in VFX. […] Read more...
Published 3 years ago
In episode #59 of our podcast Yellow Brick Road we skydive into the world of Battle Royale style games. Director Emnet Mulugeta and VFX Supervisor Felipe Borges takes us behind the scenes of the production of the new cinematic trailer for Krafton’s popular game PUBG Battlegrounds. How was the trailer produced, where did they find […] Read more...
Published 3 years ago
Welcome to the world of teenage espionage. In episode #58 of our podcast Yellow Brick Road we meet VFX Supervisor Jim Parsons and CG Supervisor James Sutton, discussing Amazon’s teen spy series “Alex Rider” and the various visual effects Goodbye Kansas Studios created for season one and two, including a “killer drone” and a bunch […] Read more...
Published 3 years ago
In episode #57 of our podcast Yellow Brick Road we meet VFX producer Paula Pope and VFX Supervisor Ditch Doy, discussing the various effects that Goodbye Kansas delivered for season 2 of Netflix’s supernatural horror series “Locke & Key”. Prepare for faceless living mannequins and “romantic fire effects”. Also: why is it so scary with masks […] Read more...
Published 3 years ago
Goodbye Kansas Studios has been awarded a Silver at the Epica Awards for its productions of “Outer Worlds 2” trailer. Epica Awards is unique since it is the only creative prize judged by the press and more than 200 magazines and websites from around the world participate. The trailer was directed by Bengt-Anton Runsten and […] Read more...
Published 3 years ago
Follow us to the Capture Department at Goodbye Kansas HQ in Stockholm. In episode 56 of our podcast “Yellow Brick Road” we meet Capture veteran Chris Jestico, who shares stories from his career – including the Virtual Production of Steven Spielberg’s “Ready Player One” – and talks about the many fascinating services that the Goodbye Kansas Capture […] Read more...
Published 3 years ago
Goodbye Kansas Studios has been awarded a Silver Lovie Award and a People’s Lovie Award for its production of the trailer for “Outer Worlds 2” in the category Video Advertising Short Form. The Lovie Awards honour the best of the European internet across websites, video, advertising, mobile, apps, voice, podcasts and social. The trailer was […] Read more...
Published 3 years ago
Goodbye Kansas Studios has decided to open a studio in Vancouver, Canada, one of the world’s most important hubs for production of VFX for film and TV. The studio will open in October 2021 and will play an important role in attracting talent and increasing presence where the company’s customers operate. The studio will entirely […] Read more...
Published 3 years ago
How can you use VFX to depict hallucinations and what’s a “glitter engine”? In episode 55 of Yellow Brick Road we meet VFX Supervisor Jason M. Halverson, who takes us behind the scenes of Goodbye Kansas’ VFX work for Amazon’s ballet film “Birds of Paradise”. Listen on Soundcloud or wherever you may find your podcasts. Read more...
Published 3 years ago
In episode 54 of the podcast Yellow Brick Road we dive into the production of the VFX for BBC’s biggest drama hit series of 2021: the submarine thriller “Vigil”. VFX Supervisor Jim Parsons and VFX producer Desirée Rydén from Goodbye Kansas Studios takes us behind the scenes, share stories about the production and pick their […] Read more...
Published 3 years ago
Goodbye Kansas Studios has delivered Visual Effects for Amazon’s new feature film “Birds of Paradise” Goodbye Kansas Studios was the primary VFX vendor for the production and the team was led by VFX Supervisor Jason M. Halverson and VFX Producer Paula Pope, in collaboration with Studio OMZ. The film is an adaptation of the novel […] Read more...
Published 3 years ago
Goodbye Kansas Studios has delivered visual effects for BBC’s upcoming thriller series “Vigil” and was the main vendor for all VFX throughout the series, including the creation of the nuclear submarine Vigil and digital water effects. The first episode of Vigil premiered on BBC One and BBC iPlayer August 29 and attracted an audience of […] Read more...
Published 3 years ago
In episode #53 of our podcast “Yellow Brick Road” we visit the foggy streets of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s 19th century London and meet thousands of aggressive digital birds! VFX Supervisor Jim Parsons, FX Supervisor Filip Orrby and Animation Supervisor Staffan Linder discuss the various Visual Effects created by Goodbye Kansas Studios for Netflix’s “The […] Read more...
Published 3 years ago
Markus Manninen has been appointed Managing Director for Goodbye Kansas Studios. He has extensive experience in growing companies focusing on advanced digital visualization and has a broad international track record. Markus Manninen is an experienced leader with a proven track record in building teams and companies specializing in computer graphics and animation for feature animation […] Read more...
Published 3 years ago
Goodbye Kansas Studios is currently producing a series of short films for Rovio’s mobile game “Small Town Murders” to help promoting the game on social media. The project is the first collaboration between Rovio and Goodbye Kansas Studios, and it is in many ways a perfect match. “Small Town Murders” from acclaimed game developer Rovio […] Read more...
Published 4 years ago
The Netflix series “Cursed” is one of four productions nominated for a 2021 BAFTA TV Craft Award in the Special, Visual & Graphic Effects category, and Goodbye Kansas Studios is nominated alongside overall VFX Supervisor Dave Houghton, Freefolk, Milk VFX, Dneg TV and Greg Fischer. “Cursed” is a drama series based on the legend of […] Read more...
Published 4 years ago
Goodbye Kansas contributes to the digital creation of Albert Einstein for AI technology pioneer UneeQ and their Digital Humans initiative. As we honor one of the greatest minds in our history on the 100th anniversary of his Nobel Prize in Physics, Albert Einstein is once again impacting future generations through innovative AI technology. Goodbye Kansas […] Read more...
Published 4 years ago
Bublar subsidiary Goodbye Kansas Studios has delivered VFX for a new global commercial for H&M and created a digital twin of actress Maisie Williams. The film is about H&M’s new initiative “Looop”, where old clothes can be recycled to create new fabric for new clothes. The commercial is produced by NewLand and directed by Joanna […] Read more...
Published 4 years ago
How do you create a digital animal? In episode #52 of our podcast Yellow Brick Road, we discuss modeling, rigging and CFX with Senior Character Artist Magnus Eriksson, Rigging TD Stephanie Holder and Lead Character FX TD Ludvig Eliasson from Goodbye Kansas Studios. How was the stag in “A Discovery of Witches” made, how do […] Read more...
Published 4 years ago
Goodbye Kansas production arm, Infinite Entertainment, has announced its first feature film “Gordon Hemingway & The Realm of Cthulhu”. Infinite Entertainment will co-produce and Goodbye Kansas will deliver Visual Effects. The film will be directed by Stefon Bristol (See You Yesterday) and produced by Netflix, Academy Award winning Spike Lee (BlacKkKlansman, Malcom X, Da 5 […] Read more...
Published 4 years ago
The International Awards Associate (IAA) has announced the Season 2 winners for its 2020 Vega Digital Awards and we’re happy to announce that Goodbye Kansas won the Canopus Award (in the category “Video/Online Video: Best Animation/Special Effect”) for the Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Cinematic TV Commercial we produced for DDB Paris, Eddy, and Ubisoft. Find out […] Read more...
Published 4 years ago
With the Covid pandemic roaming the world, many of us will spend the holidays in lockdown, at home in our private quarantine stations. A perfect opportunity to watch great series and movies! In episode #51 of our podcast Yellow Brick Road, Harrison Ryder, Matilda Olsson and Nils Lagergren present their favourite series to binge watch […] Read more...
Published 4 years ago
We are delighted to announce that the Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Cinematic TV Commercial we produced for DDB Paris, Eddy, and Ubisoft has won an NYX Video 2020 award! This was a great team effort and took real ingenuity to produce during challenging circumstances this year. The award is a great credit to all the talent […] Read more...
Published 4 years ago
In the 50th episode of our podcast “Yellow Brick Road”, Director Emnet Mulugeta, Art Director Gustaf Holmsten and Executive Producer Jan Cafourek discuss the Goodbye Kansas production of the release trailer for Ubisoft’s great game Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. How do you plan a production like this, where do you find inspiration and how do you […] Read more...
Published 4 years ago
In episode #49 of our podcast Yellow Brick Road, Retro-futuristic artist Simon Stålenhag, songwriter/producer Jens “Duvchi” Duvsjö and Goodbye Kansas VFX supervisor Staffan Linder discuss the production of Stålenhag’s directorial debut: the music video for Duvchi’s latest single “Geronimo”. What’s the story behind the song, what was the vision behind the video and how did […] Read more...
Published 4 years ago
Goodbye Kansas wins a Bronze Lovie and a People’s Lovie in the category; “Advertising: Best Use of Animation & Motion Graphics” for our work on the commercial “Volvo: The E.V.A. Initiative”. The awards were presented at the Lovie Awards virtual gala “Lovies X Everywhere” on November 19. “We are very proud to add a Lovie […] Read more...
Published 4 years ago
Goodbye Kansas has been awarded the Swedish government’s export prize for the cultural and creative industries 2019. The award was presented by Sweden’s Foreign Trade Minister Anna Hallberg at a ceremony at the Heir’s Palace on October 23rd. Goodbye Kansas was one of five nominated companies. The motivation was as follows: “With effects that push […] Read more...
Published 4 years ago
Goodbye Kansas Studios has been named a Finalist for “Best Use of Animation & Motion Graphics: Advertising” in The 10th Annual Lovie Awards for their work on Volvo: The E.V.A. Initiative. Directed by renowned Swedish director Laerke Herthoni, the commercial Volvo: The E.V.A. Initiative highlights the fact that the car industry historically has based its […] Read more...
Published 4 years ago
Goodbye Kansas has been nominated for the Swedish Government’s Export Prize for the Cultural and Creative industries 2019. The nominees must be active within one of the cultural and creative industries in which Sweden and Swedish companies excel internationally. “It is an honour that our growing industry is being recognized, not least since our business […] Read more...
Published 4 years ago
Goodbye Kansas Studios is currently working on VFX for the upcoming female-led espionage thriller “The 355”, and now Universal Pictures has released the first trailer. Starring Jessica Chastain, Penélope Cruz, Diane Kruger, Lupita Nyong’o and Bingbing Fan, the globe-trotting movie tells the story of a desperate mission to retrieve a top-secret weapon that’s fallen into the […] Read more...
Published 4 years ago
We are very proud to announce that we have been nominated for a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Supporting Role for our work on “Strongman”, Episode 8, Season 2 of Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan for Paramount Television and Amazon Studios. The winner will be revealed at the 72nd Emmy awards ceremony […] Read more...
Published 4 years ago
The Cyberpunk 2077 E3 trailer – produced by Goodbye Kansas in close collaboration with CD Projekt Red – has won two awards at the 24th Webby Awards, being both a Webby Winner and a Webby People’s Voice Winner in “Advertising, Media & PR: Best Use of Animation or Motion Graphics”. We’re immensely proud, truly honored and very […] Read more...
Published 5 years ago
Bublar Group intends to acquire Goodbye Kansas to create a world-leading player in visualization and XR technology Bublar Group AB (publ) has entered into an agreement with a majority of the shareholders of Goodbye Kansas Holding AB with the aim of acquiring 100 per cent of the shares in the company. The transaction provides the […] Read more...
Published 5 years ago
As the Corona virus pandemic continues to terrorize the world, films like “Contagion” and “Outbreak” are more popular than ever. The movie history is filled with films about plagues and pandemics and in episode #47, Yellow Brick Road’s Nils Lagergren, Matilda Olsson and Harrison Ryder discuss some favourites from this infectious genre. Listen on Soundcloud […] Read more...
Published 5 years ago
Goodbye Kansas acquired the game cluster development team from European Minds in 2019. Rebranded as Goodbye Kansas Labs the company set out to continue their mission to develop the digital industry and game clusters of the Nordics. Now Goodbye Kansas has decided to sell Goodbye Kansas Labs to the management team at the company: Lars […] Read more...
Published 5 years ago
The need for VFX artists is constantly growing and so is the need for good VFX schools. So we’re very happy to announce that a brand new school – “Visual Magic” – will open in Skellefteå (Sweden) this year. Goodbye Kansas is one of the companies supporting this exciting new initiative. Read more about Visual […] Read more...
Published 5 years ago
As we all know, the Corona virus outbreak has led to the cancellation of a couple of conferences, like GDC-2020 and FMX-2020. But luckily we live in a modern world where we don’t need to travel to meet people. So let’s e-meet instead! Reach out to us on meet@goodbyekansas.com to book a meeting! We would […] Read more...
Published 5 years ago
We at Goodbye Kansas are big fans of the Amazon Original TV-series Carnival Row, starring Orlando Bloom as Rycroft “Philo” Philostrate, a human detective in a world where mythological immigrant creatures struggles to coexist with humans after the creatures’ exotic homelands are invaded by the empires of man. The series has been a great success […] Read more...
Published 5 years ago
The VFX industry is a very international one and many of the artists at Goodbye Kansas Studios in Stockholm have moved here from abroad. In ep 46, Yellow Brick Road’s Nils Lagergren sits down with three colleagues who did that move, to discuss their experiences of Sweden and the Swedish way of life: Bidding Producer […] Read more...
Published 5 years ago
The drama series “Outlander”, based on Diana Gabaldon’s books of the same name, was launched back in 2014 and has during four seasons built up a solid fan base. The series follows the adventures of Claire Randall, a nurse living during the Second World War who mysteriously travels back in time to the 1700’s – […] Read more...
Published 5 years ago
Meet Alex Rider – ordinary teen, extraordinary spy and reluctant hero. “Alex Rider” is an upcoming TV series based on Anthony Horowitz’s spy novel series about the teen spy Alex Rider. The series is produced by Eleventh Hour Films and Sony Pictures Television, and Goodbye Kansas were happy to deliver VFX. Here’s the first trailer! […] Read more...
Published 5 years ago
Wes Anderson’s new film has been described as a ”love letter to journalists set at an outpost of an American newspaper in a fictional 20th century French city” and in classic Wes Anderson style we are invited to a world full of colorful characters and meticulously designed sets and shots. The stellar cast includes names like Bill […] Read more...
Published 5 years ago
“Interrogation” is a true-crime drama series in which the viewer becomes the detective. It’s based on a true story that spanned more than 30 years, in which a young man was charged and convicted of brutally murdering his mother. The series is made in a new innovative narrative format, described like this by CBS: “Viewers […] Read more...
Published 5 years ago
We’re happy to announce we have won a VES Award, the most prestigious award in the VFX industry. The Visual Effects Society’s annual awards ceremony is often referred to as the “the Oscars of VFX” and it was the third time that a Goodbye Kansas production was nominated. Animation Director Jonas Ekman & Lead Character […] Read more...
Published 5 years ago
We’re both proud and happy to announce that we were Best of Show Nominees and won a First Place Mobius Statuette at Mobius Awards for our work on the Volvo commercial “The E.V.A. Initiative”. Winning a First Place Statuette is an honour only given to very few entrants each year. Once again, a big shout […] Read more...
Published 5 years ago
In episode #45, Yellow Brick Road’s Nils Lagergren meets Daniel Bystedt – Senior Character Artist & Head of Modeling Department at Goodbye Kansas – to discuss his career, tutorials and why the Blender software has become such a big part of his work as an artist. Listen on Soundcloud or wherever you may find your […] Read more...
Published 5 years ago
The Visual Effects Society has announced the nominees for the 18th Annual VES Awards, the prestigious yearly celebration that recognizes outstanding visual effects artistry and innovation in film, animation, television, commercials and video games and the VFX supervisors, VFX producers and hands-on artists who bring this work to life. We’re very happy that two Goodbye […] Read more...
Published 5 years ago
In episode #44 the Yellow Brick Road leads straight to Hell, as Senior Animator Staffan Linder and CG Supervisor Hannes Drossel share their stories from Goodbye Kansas’ VFX production for the latest Hellboy film. How do you cope working with effects that include people getting impaled and torn apart by nightmarish demons on rampage on […] Read more...
Published 5 years ago
How do you marry Motion Capture and FX to create a commercial about crash test data and car safety – inspired by modern dance? In episode #43 of our podcast Yellow Brick Road we meet two members of the Goodbye Kansas team that created the visual effects and imagery for the multi-awarded campaign “Volvo: The […] Read more...
Published 5 years ago
How does it feel to animate a returning character for a commercial, is it like meeting an old friend? What kind of animation style is the most rewarding one to work with and how do you make a plain egg express feelings? In episode #42 of our podcast Yellow Brick Road, we discuss a bunch […] Read more...
Published 5 years ago
The success of Agency Forsman & Bodenfors’ Volvo campaign “The E.V.A. Initiative” continues. Last week the campaign won two bronze awards and one silver at Epica Awards and this week we received news that the Immortal Awards jury also loved the campaign, and that it’s one of only 13 campaigns that has received a Commendation […] Read more...
Published 5 years ago
The children are the future and we are passionate supporters of the UN’s Convention on the Rights of the Child, a convention that now turns 30 years. So we were naturally happy to participate in the inauguration of the Platz der Kinderrechte (“Children’s Rights Square”) in Hamburg (Germany) on World Children’s Day November 20nd 2019, […] Read more...
Published 5 years ago
Goodbye Kansas has delivered films for the brand new National Museum of Qatar, a landmark building filled with visual experiences. In April 2019, the brand new National Museum of Qatar opened its’ doors to the public. The building is designed by renowned architect Jean Nouvel and is arguably one of the most modern museums in […] Read more...
Published 5 years ago
Still time to sign up for this year’s Animationsseminarium (“Animation Seminar”) at Filmhuset in Stockholm. Goodbye Kansas is happy to be part of this event, and to sponsor the traditional meet’n’greet. More info here! Hope to see you at Filmhuset on Nov 20th. Read more...
Published 5 years ago
Our latest project was announced on Xbox E3 briefing, the pinnacle of gaming events. It was a huge honor to develop this cinematic trailer for Cyberpunk 2077 together with CD PROJEKT RED! To be honest, we’re huge fans of their work. Be sure to watch this trailer in 4K so you don’t miss out on […] Read more...
Published 5 years ago
The Nordsken Festival of Creativity in Skellefteå has grown for every year and is one of the most interesting and thriving Nordic festivals celebrating our wonderful business. This year’s edition took place May 30th-June 30th and as always Goodbye Kansas was proud gold sponsor of this great event, with attendees from Goodbye Kansas Studios, Goodbye […] Read more...
Published 5 years ago
This year‘s FMX in Stuttgart set out the many world views and workflows that are necessary and inspirational to „Bridging the Gap“ between art and technology, human and artificial intelligence, education and industry, and many more. From an inspiring technology presentation – held by Anton Palmqvist – about the Unreal Demo „Troll“, over Gaming & […] Read more...
Published 6 years ago
FMX in Stuttgart is Europe’s most influential conference dedicated to Digital Visual Arts, Technologies, and Business and Goodbye Kansas is of course attending. On April 30th and May 1st you’re welcome to drop by our recruitment booth, where you can learn more about the unique Goodbye Kansas Universe for artists and apply for work at […] Read more...
Published 6 years ago
WE WON! Congratulations to our amazing team here at Goodbye Kansas, our dear friends at Red Pipe Studios and Starbreeze for the Gold Award in “Guldägget Awards” (Sweden’s most prestigious Advertising Awards) in the category of “Craftmanship” for “Overkill’s The Walking Dead: Grant”! Motivation: This years gold in “Craftmanship” is awarded to a game commercial that creates […] Read more...
Published 6 years ago
At the “State of Unreal” GDC opening session on March 20th, Goodbye Kansas and Deep Forest Films revealed “Troll,” a cinematic tech demo that raises the bar for ray-traced scenes in Unreal Engine 4, featuring unprecedented levels of cinematic-quality lighting in a real-time short. The film was presented on stage by Goodbye Kansas Fredrik Löving […] Read more...
Published 6 years ago
As usual, we’re a bunch of people from Goodbye Kansas attending GDC (Game Developer’s Conference) in San Francisco. If you’re at GDC, be sure to look for our characteristic logo on the back of our jackets and say hello to our team. We would love to talk VFX, Games and Cinematics! We have many Executive […] Read more...
Published 6 years ago
Moviegoers will get a great Christmas gift this year, at least if they are as excited as we are about the new film with a certain red horned cigar smoking demon with a very large right hand. We’re happy to announce that the first trailer for ”Hellboy” now has been released and that it includes […] Read more...
Published 6 years ago
On October 25th, Goodbye Kansas Studios character trailer ”Overkill’s The Walking Dead: Grant” won the award for Best Game Cinematic at Animago Awards in Munich. The trailer is one of several trailers produced in close collaboration with Starbreeze for their upcoming game ”Overkill’s The Walking Dead”. The jury wrote: “This is the game to the […] Read more...
Published 6 years ago
This weekend, Sweden’s National Museum of Science & Technology in Stockholm opened the second part of their popular game exhibition ”Play Beyond Play”, an exposition that celebrates the Swedish Game Industry and the world of gaming. The all new extension of the exposition focuses on the experience of gaming, and looks behind the scenes of […] Read more...
Published 6 years ago
Next week “Venom” will be unleashed on cinema screens around the world. Goodbye Kansas Studios Senior Character Artist Chris Brändström created Concept Art for the pre-production of the film, in close collaboration with production designer Oliver School and his team at Sony. The film stars Tom Hardy as Eddy Brock, an investigating journalist whose body […] Read more...
Published 6 years ago
In 2019 the big red antihero Hellboy will return to screens worldwide. Based on the classic graphic novels by Mike Mignola and aptly named “Hellboy”, the film is a reboot of the franchise and this time David Harbour stars as the cigar smoking crimson bad ass Hellboy, born as an immensely powerful demon and now […] Read more...
Published 6 years ago
A Discovery of Witches is a drama series based on the successful novel by Deborah Harkness, the first in her “All Souls Trilogy”. Teresa Palmer stars as Diana Bishop, a young historian – and reluctant witch – who accidently discovers a bewitched manuscript in Oxford’s Bodleian Library and quickly is swept into the world of […] Read more...
Published 6 years ago
In 2006 director/screenwriter Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck won an Oscar for his chilling DDR drama “The Lives of Others”. Now he returns to the troubled past of Germany with “Never Look Away” (“Werk Ohne Autor”), starring Tom Schilling as an artist and refugee from East Germany, tormented by memories from both Nazi Germany and DDR. […] Read more...
Published 6 years ago
Tom Clancy’s CIA analyst Jack Ryan is wellknown from many of the legendary author’s books, and onscreen he’s been portrayed by Harrison Ford, Alex Baldwin, Ben Affleck and Chris Pine. Now he gets his very own TV series, with John Krasinski in the title role. The series follows the titular CIA analyst as he is […] Read more...
Published 6 years ago
Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly stars as the legendary comedy duo Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in the new biopic ”Stan And Ollie”. The story focuses on the final tour in 1953, when the ageing duo is more or less forgotten by Hollywood and decides to perform at music halls across the UK to reignite […] Read more...
Published 7 years ago
The Nordsken Festival of Games, Culture & Creativity in Skellefteå is one of the fastest growing Entertainment and Gaming Events in Sweden. Goodbye Kansas is proud sponsor of Nordsken 2018 and this year we welcome you to our very own “embassy” at Skellefteå Kraft Arena May 10-12th, a booth where visitors can meet some of […] Read more...
Published 7 years ago
Through the years, the story of Robin Hood has been told in lots of films and many TV-series, but so far without any Visual Effects provided by Goodbye Kansas. But now we’re happy to announce that soon there will be a Robin Hood film with Goodbye Kansas VFX! The new film ”Robin Hood” stars Taron […] Read more...
Published 7 years ago
FMX in Stuttgart is Europe’s most influential conference dedicated to Digital Visual Arts, Technologies, and Business and Goodbye Kansas is of course attending. On Wednesday April 25th you can learn everything about how we created the VES Award nominated effects for season 3 of the drama series ”Outlander” in our talk ”Outlander: Eye of the […] Read more...
Published 7 years ago
Be a god and experience a virtual mirror at GDC This week it’s time for GDC – Game Developer’s Conference – in San Francisco. Both Goodbye Kansas Game Invest and Goodbye Kansas Studios will of course be present. And if you’re going to GDC, be sure to visit Tobii’s booth where you can try their […] Read more...
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In December 2017, Swedish Photographer/Artist Jacob Felländer inaugurated his latest art exhibition “How To Unlock A Portal” at the Museum Of Contemporary Art in Miami. One significant part of the exhibition is a VR experience where visitors can travel inside one of his pictures, – an experience created by Goodbye Kansas, in close collaboration with […] Read more...
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Welcome to the construction site of our new headquarters. It might still not look like much but in the summer of 2019 you will find a brand new house here, filled with digital wonders and creative energy: The Goodbye Kansas Building in Hammarby Sjöstad, Stockholm. Five floors filled with creativity and technical excellence, including a […] Read more...
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Joachim Trier’s thriller “Thelma” has been called a ”Scandinavian Carrie” and an “arthouse Firestarter”. And just like in Stephen King’s classic novel and Brian De Palmas equally classic film adaption, Trier’s story focuses on a young girl with strange telekinetic powers. Only this girl is a Norwegian college student, and the story plays out against […] Read more...
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It’s been a good week for Goodbye Kansas Studios. On Saturday October 7th, our Senior Character Designer Daniel Bystedt won the ZBrush Award “Film Art of the year” in LA for his character work on the Unity demo “Adam“. Three days later – on October 10th – Goodbye Kansas won the “Best Animation” award at […] Read more...
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Just in time for Halloween – on October 28th – the brand new opera “Dracula” will have world premiere at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm. Based on the classic Bram Stoker novel, it’s a story filled with drama, passion – and blood. The opera is composed by Victoria Borisova-Ollas, with lyrics by Claes Peter […] Read more...
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We are happy to announce the launch of “Yellow Brick Road” – our new podcast about visual effects and animation. The listener gets to meet the artists behind the visual effects, the magicians behind the proverbial curtain that bring entire worlds to life where monkeys can fly and nothing is impossible. The first season of […] Read more...
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Our sister studio Experiment 101 unveiled their first project “Biomutant” at Gamescom, the world’s largest video game trade fair, last week. The announcement was met by very positive reactions from visitors and industry alike, and has been mentioned as one of the most important pieces of news from this year’s show. Upcoming Swedish game “Biomutant” […] Read more...
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The first season of ITV’s drama series “Victoria” was a great success, with an all-star cast including Jenna Coleman as a young Queen Victoria and Tom Hughes as Prince Albert. This autumn the series returns, and the Goodbye Kansas London team is delivering VFX. Here’s the trailer for the second season. Read more...
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Come see us at Gamecom – Europe’s biggest trade fair for interactive games and entertainment at Koelnermesse in Cologne Aug 22-26. Drop us a mail if you want to meet in our Goodbye Kansas booth and learn more about some of our latest and greatest projects. Representatives from all Goodbye Kansas companies will attend, and […] Read more...
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The robots Lu and Sebastian that our senior character artist Daniel Bystedt created for the Unity demo “Adam”, has been nominated for ZBrush awards 2017 in the category “Film art of the year”. You can find more info regarding Zbrush awards here and see a breakdown of our work here. Read more...
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On July 24th, the new drama series ”Midnight Texas” premieres on NBC – with VFX by Goodbye Kansas. Our Stockholm and London studios worked together on the project, delivering digital wizardry to two episodes of the first season. The series is based on the books by Charlaine Harris (of “True Blood” fame) and is directed […] Read more...
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Construction of our new Stockholm HQ begins this fall; a five-story building that brings all our operations together – including a state-of-the-art Motion Capture studio as well as adequate space for all our companies. The building is crowned by a rooftop terrace for social events and gatherings. The move is scheduled for the summer of 2019. The […] Read more...
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Goodbye Kansas UK is delivering VFX for the award winning drama series “Outlander”. We’ve been working on this amazing series since October last year, and love every second of it. The first episode of season three premieres in September. The story focuses on Claire Randall, a married combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in time […] Read more...
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In early May our UK studio wrapped the VFX production for “Suburbicon”, a black comedy/mystery, directed by George Clooney and written by the Coen brothers and Grant Heslov. The film stars Matt Damon and Julianne Moore. We embarked on this project last fall and delivered over 300 VFX shots during the following months. Now we’re […] Read more...
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On June 14th Pixologic, the creators of ZBrush showed the new release of ZBrush in an online streaming event. One of our Goodbye Kansas senior character artists, Daniel Bystedt has been helping Pixologic with the process of beta testing ZBrush4R8 during the last couple of months. You can find the link to the streaming event here and a […] Read more...
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Ruben Östlund’s feature film “The Square” won the top prize – Palme d’Or – at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Swedish director Östlund’s fifth full-length movie is a satire of the art world and confused male identity. Goodbye Kansas helped with the VFX; we reshaped the Royal Palace in Stockholm into an Art Museum, and […] Read more...
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The Nordsken Festival of Games, Culture & Creativity in Skellefteå has been an annual success since it started seven years ago. This year, Goodbye Kansas sponsored the 10,000 visitor event in the north of Sweden. We organized a master class focusing on our work with the cinematic for “Raid: World War II”, and invited anyone […] Read more...
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Do you dare to learn the naked truth behind all the cute-animal-clips you can watch on the internet? In fact, many of them are produced by shady animal characters in the nasty “cute animals film industry”. Welcome to the world of “We R Animals”, a truly original film project now running a Kickstarter campaign to […] Read more...
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Goodbye Kansas VFX Supervisor/Director Staffan Linder – Emmy nominee in 2016 – has had a busy spring. His master classes about our work on “The Walking Dead” and “Fear the Walking Dead” has been a great success, and an inspiration for all participants at The Imagine Film Festival in Amsterdam and FMX in Stuttgart. For […] Read more...