Creator / C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures

C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures was an effects firm situated in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Established in 1994 by William Shatner (yes, really), Bob Munroe, John Mariella, and Kyle Menzies; the company would be involved in over 100 projects ranging from films, TV shows and Western Animation. The studio shut down in 2010 after announcing they were suspending operations.

See also MrX and Hybride Technologies, two other Canadian-based firms. A complete list of C.O.R.E.'s work can be seen here.

Not to be confused with Core Design.

---

Projects worked on by C.O.R.E. include:

• Adventures from the Book of Virtues (with Philippine Animation Studio Inc.)
• Angela Anaconda
• Anonymous Rex
• The Ant Bully
• Chop Socky Chooks (with Starz Animation and Aardman)
• Cube
• Darkman II: The Return of Durant
  • Darkman III: Die Darkman Die
• Dr. Dolittle
• Earth: Final Conflict
• The Famous Jett Jackson
• Finding Forrester
• Flubber
• Franny's Feet
• Iggy Arbuckle
• Johnny Mnemonic
• Lexx
• Midnight Club 3 (Intro)
• Mimic
• The Naughty Naughty Pets
• Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
• The Outer Limits (1995)
• Planet Sheen (later replaced with Bardel Entertainment)
• Planet Sketch (with Aardman)
• The Save-Ums!
• Saw II
• Spawn (1997)
• Splice
• Super Why! (season 1 only)
• Thomas and the Magic Railroad
• The Time Machine
• The Wild
• X-Men

Tropes Associated with C.O.R.E.

• All-CGI Cartoon: Save-Ums, Super Why, Planet Sketch, Chop Socky Chooks.
• He Also Did: See the first paragraph.
• No Budget: Cube. See above.

---