Montreal’s award-winning studio Tonic DNA has absorbed all assets and intellectual property belonging to Éric Gervais-Després’ indie entertainment company, nGenious Studio.
Éric Gervais-Després will come aboard the merger as Tonic DNA’s new head of R&D and pipeline development, bringing his vast industry experience as an effects supervisor and technical director on projects like Disney’s Tarzan, 2011’s Gnomeo & Juliet, 2015’s Snowtime!, 2016’s Leap!, and many more.
“Tonic DNA is the ultimate studio for fusing techniques at the highest level,” says Gervais-Després in a statement. “I’m thrilled to join this studio and combine my love for 2D and 3D, discovering together new techniques to astonish the animation world, and create mind-blowing visuals like never before.”
His latest animated project was working on Katak: The Brave Beluga, a charming family film that has now earned the honor of being this year’s most successful Quebec-produced movie. This new union will now provide Tonic DNA with expanded production facilities allowing them to create future series or films in 3D animation.
Their team-up is a strategic move for Tonic DNA to better align itself to capitalize on the proliferation of mixed 3D/2D animation in projects of all dimensions.
“Tonic DNA is particularly excited and thrilled about the addition of Eric and his studio infrastructure to our current teams,” says Tonic DNA’s General Manager, François Sansregret. “Lots of fun to come!”
For more info, visit tonicdna.com.
