{"id":33639,"date":"2026-03-23T11:08:54","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T10:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/?p=33639"},"modified":"2026-03-23T11:09:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T10:09:49","slug":"over-for-pixomondo-sony-ends-vfx-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/2026\/03\/23\/aus-fuer-pixomondo-sony-beendet-vfx-geschaeft\/","title":{"rendered":"End of Pixomondo: Sony ends VFX business"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"33639\" class=\"elementor elementor-33639\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-eb8271d elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default creativo-sticky-disabled\" data-id=\"eb8271d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;enable_creativo_sticky&quot;:&quot;disabled&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6bbcb817\" data-id=\"6bbcb817\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74b76af4 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"74b76af4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"255\">Sony plans to wind up the global visual effects company <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Pixomondo<\/span><\/span>. According to the industry magazine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.televisual.com\/news\/sony-pictures-to-wind-down-pixomondo\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\">Televisual<\/a> ongoing projects are to be finalised before business operations are discontinued.<\/p><p data-start=\"257\" data-end=\"668\">All locations are affected by the decision, including the German branch in Stuttgart. In addition to the traditional VFX business, the \"Clara\" unit, which specialises in virtual production, is also to be closed. There is the possibility for individual business units to be integrated into other structures within the Sony Group, in particular in <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Sony Pictures Imageworks<\/span><\/span>.<\/p><p data-start=\"670\" data-end=\"817\">Sony acquired Pixomondo in 2022. The previous CEO Jonny Slow had already announced his intention to leave the company in February 2026.<\/p><p data-start=\"819\" data-end=\"1201\">The development is causing considerable concern in the industry. The German studio <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">RISE Visual Effects Studios<\/span><\/span> stated that it was \"deeply shocked\" by the news and referred to the tense situation in the VFX sector. At the same time, structural problems were once again highlighted, in particular the inadequate funding landscape in Germany from the industry's perspective.<\/p><p data-start=\"1203\" data-end=\"1551\">Pixomondo has been involved in numerous internationally successful film and series productions, including <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Game of Thrones<\/span><\/span>, <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">The Boys<\/span><\/span> and <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">House of the Dragon<\/span><\/span>. The company has received numerous awards for its work, including Emmy, BAFTA and Oscar awards.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f80f46 e-flex e-con-boxed creativo-sticky-disabled e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6f80f46\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;enable_creativo_sticky&quot;:&quot;disabled&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27580de elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"27580de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p><h5>\u00a0<\/h5><h5>Picture: \u00a9 Paxabay<\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sony plant die Abwicklung des weltweit t\u00e4tigen Visual-Effects-Unternehmens Pixomondo. Nach Angaben des Branchenmagazins Televisual sollen laufende Projekte noch abgeschlossen werden, bevor der Gesch\u00e4ftsbetrieb eingestellt wird. Von der Entscheidung sind s\u00e4mtliche&#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":33640,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"single-minimal.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[51,53,49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-filmwirtschaft","category-news","category-transaktionen"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33639"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33644,"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33639\/revisions\/33644"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}