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<h2 id="description">Description</h2> <p>Co-founded by Yanick Wilisky and Marc Bourbonnais<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> in 2007, Modus FX is a visual effects company that offers digital production services for film, television and new media. Modus FX has worked on projects for clients such as <a href="/facts/Marvel_Studios/1sz7HYQo">Marvel Studios</a>, <a href="/facts/Summit_Entertainment/N0PBWqBf">Summit Entertainment</a>, <a href="/facts/Relativity_Media/xqa7keHm">Relativity Media</a>, <a href="/facts/Mark_Gordon_(film)/C8U6CBvk">The Mark Gordon Company</a>, <a href="/facts/Sony_Pictures/YxC3IxrW">Sony Pictures</a>, <a href="/facts/Discovery_Channel/mmhjAhgr">Discovery Channel</a>, <a href="/facts/Warner_Bros._Interactive_Entertainment/qba667f1">Warner Bros. Interactive</a>, and <a href="/facts/History_(U.S._TV_network)/jLIIsuhg">The History Channel</a>. Wilisky and Bourbonnais have worked on VFX-driven feature film productions, including the following:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> <i><a href="/facts/The_Avengers_(2012_film)/vHHn6jey">The Avengers</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/300_(film)/dfLrIHr5">300</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Mirror_Mirror_(film)/KkHItpLV">Mirror Mirror</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Sin_City_(film)/36bULVmn">Sin City</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/The_Twilight_Saga:_Breaking_Dawn_%E2%80%93_Part_1/Bh6NTx6p">The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Sky_Captain_and_the_World_of_Tomorrow/Eul88zg1">Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Snakes_on_a_Plane/99DbjMR5">Snakes on a Plane</a></i> and the <i><a href="/facts/Spy_Kids_(franchise)/CF3XReDy">Spy Kids</a></i> trilogy. </p><p>Modus FX signed with <a href="/facts/ICM_Partners/z26DrH5u">International Creative Management ("ICM")</a> one of the world's largest talent and literary agencies. The Montreal studio is the first Canadian postproduction house to be included in the prestigious entertainment agency's roster.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p><p>On February 28, 2014, the company, which at the time consisted of 100 staff members, was shut down due to financial problems.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> According to Wilisky, the company had mismanaged its growth, and that they were never able to restructure themselves. Wilisky would continue to work in the visual effects industry.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="productions">Productions</h2> <p>Productions:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> </p><p>Past Production (films) </p> <ul><li>2015: <i><a href="/facts/Little_Boy_(film)/W088lX42">Little Boy</a></i> (89 shots)</li> <li>2014: <i><a href="/facts/Against_the_Sun/LU0b4mq8">Against the Sun</a></i></li> <li>2014: <i><a href="/facts/Beauty_and_the_Beast_(2014_film)/g2rsfwKE">La Belle et La Bête</a></i></li> <li>2014: <i><a href="/facts/RoboCop_(2014_film)/zwAAu83G">RoboCop</a></i></li> <li>2013: <i><a href="/facts/Riddick_(film)/myAjp5fl">Riddick</a></i></li> <li>2013: <i><a href="/facts/This_Is_the_End/NqDmeQpP">This Is the End</a></i> (240 shots)</li> <li>2013: <i><a href="/facts/Now_You_See_Me_(film)/TPCo41UW">Now You See Me</a></i> (227 shots)</li> <li>2013: <i><a href="/facts/The_Legend_of_Sarila/dnF3KBoF">The Legend of Sarila</a></i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> (950 shots)</li> <li>2013: <i><a href="/facts/Parker_(2013_film)/cQkLz3sv">Parker</a></i> (162 shots)</li> <li>2012: <i><a href="/facts/The_Avengers_(2012_film)/vHHn6jey">The Avengers</a></i></li> <li>2012: <i><a href="/facts/Mirror_Mirror_(film)/KkHItpLV">Mirror Mirror</a></i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> (194 shots)</li> <li>2012: <i><a href="/facts/Big_Miracle/kD9LsRod">Big Miracle</a></i> (132 shots)</li> <li>2011: <i><a href="/facts/Immortals_(2011_film)/2xflAINQ">Immortals</a></i> (2 shots)</li> <li>2011: <i><a href="/facts/The_Twilight_Saga:_Breaking_Dawn_%E2%80%93_Part_1/Bh6NTx6p">The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1</a></i> (41 shots)</li> <li>2011: <i><a href="/facts/March_of_the_Dinosaurs/ugUoxDqt">March of the Dinosaurs</a></i> (592 shots)</li> <li>2011: <i><a href="/facts/Source_Code/0SyIEV7l">Source Code</a></i> (158 shots)</li> <li>2011: <i><a href="/facts/Jane_Eyre_(2011_film)/xAgKmaet">Jane Eyre</a></i> (47 shots)</li> <li>2010: <i><a href="/facts/Super_(2010_American_film)/ejREf0oX">Super</a></i> (158 shots)</li> <li>2010: <i><a href="/facts/The_American_(2010_film)/VDEX1VlJ">The American</a></i> (125 shots)</li> <li>2010: <i>Arctic Blast</i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> (69 shots)</li> <li>2010: <i><a href="/facts/Barney%27s_Version_(film)/zWn219V9">Barney's Version</a></i> (65 shots)</li> <li>2010: <i><a href="/facts/Jonah_Hex_(film)/mHXgdAlT">Jonah Hex</a></i> (6 shots)</li> <li>2010: <i>Oil: Extending City Dreams</i> (for the 2010 World Exposition in Shanghai) (17 shots)</li> <li>2009: <i><a href="/facts/Mr._Nobody_(film)/mSnmRR2X">Mr. Nobody</a></i> (121 shots)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a></li> <li>2009: <i><a href="/facts/Screamers:_The_Hunting/fge7fIkR">Screamers: The Hunting</a></i> (122 shots)</li> <li>2009: <i>Les corbeaux</i> (349 shots)</li> <li>2009: <i><a href="/facts/Red_Cliff_(film)/XbfbrgPN">Red Cliff II</a></i></li> <li>2008: <i><a href="/facts/Beverly_Hills_Chihuahua/61NXhYpg">Beverly Hills Chihuahua</a></i> (movie trailer)</li></ul> <p>Past Production (Television) </p> <ul><li>2012: <i>Strip the City</i> (134 shots)</li> <li>2010: <i><a href="/facts/America:_The_Story_of_Us/ho3QLwoX">America: The Story of Us</a></i> (28 shots)</li> <li>2010: Atlas 4D (50 shots)</li> <li>2009: Dinolab II (192 shots)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a></li></ul> <p>Past Production (Other media) </p> <ul><li>2011: <a href="/facts/F.E.A.R._3/B2QletNE">F3AR</a> (189 shots) (video game)</li> <li>2009: <a href="/facts/The_Lord_of_the_Rings:_Aragorn%27s_Quest/hFUftmu1">The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest</a> (83 shots) (video game)</li> <li>2009: Dragons 3D (17 shots) (IMAX film - teaser)</li></ul> <h2 id="notes">Notes</h2> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.modusfx.com">Official website</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.lienmultimedia.com/itnewslink/article.php?id_article=9758/">Modus FX à Shanghai</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.sodet.com/mrc-therese-de-blainville/openfile/23/rendez-vous---decembre-2007.aspx">Gala 2007 - PDF page 2</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>President's Profile - http://blog.centrenad.com/2010/01/14/monthly-profile-marc-bourbonnais-co-founder-modus-fx/?lang=en Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine <a href="http://blog.centrenad.com/2010/01/14/monthly-profile-marc-bourbonnais-co-founder-modus-fx/?lang=en" target="_blank">http://blog.centrenad.com/2010/01/14/monthly-profile-marc-bourbonnais-co-founder-modus-fx/?lang=en</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>IMDB Marc Bourbonnais - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0099743/ <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0099743/" target="_blank">https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0099743/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>IMDB Yanick Wilisky - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0929011/ <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0929011/" target="_blank">https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0929011/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"ICM Signs Visual Effects Firm Modus FX". The Hollywood Reporter. 11 October 2011. <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/risky-business/icm-modus-fx-twilight-breaking-dawn-immortals-246836" target="_blank">http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/risky-business/icm-modus-fx-twilight-breaking-dawn-immortals-246836</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"'This Is the End,' 'Now You See Me' VFX Firm Closes Doors, 100 People Laid Off". TheWrap. 2014-03-06. Retrieved 2019-08-13. <a href="https://www.thewrap.com/modus-fx-closes-doors-100-people-laid/" target="_blank">https://www.thewrap.com/modus-fx-closes-doors-100-people-laid/</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Le studio d'effets visuels Modus FX ferme ses portes | Vincent Brousseau-Pouliot | Technologie". March 8, 2014. Archived from the original on March 8, 2014. Retrieved January 30, 2019. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140308045322/http://affaires.lapresse.ca/economie/technologie/201403/05/01-4745030-le-studio-deffets-visuels-modus-fx-ferme-ses-portes.php" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20140308045322/http://affaires.lapresse.ca/economie/technologie/201403/05/01-4745030-le-studio-deffets-visuels-modus-fx-ferme-ses-portes.php</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Home-grown film - http://www.dec-ced.gc.ca/eng/publications/articles/2008/12/modux.html Archived 2011-02-18 at the Wayback Machine <a href="https://www.dec-ced.gc.ca/eng/publications/articles/2008/12/modux.html" target="_blank">https://www.dec-ced.gc.ca/eng/publications/articles/2008/12/modux.html</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Trailer THE LEGEND OF SARILA - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQi_FkJzaXE <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQi_FkJzaXE" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQi_FkJzaXE</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>Modus FX Brings Winter to Mirror Mirror - http://www.philpott.ca/news/modus-fx-brings-the-winter-to-mirror-mirror/ <a href="http://www.philpott.ca/news/modus-fx-brings-the-winter-to-mirror-mirror/" target="_blank">http://www.philpott.ca/news/modus-fx-brings-the-winter-to-mirror-mirror/</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>Disaster Movie Arctic Blast Hits Tasmania - http://citysearch.com.au/movies/1137699464380/Disaster+Movie+Arctic+Blast+%20Hits+Tasmania+?city=brisbane <a href="http://citysearch.com.au/movies/1137699464380/Disaster+Movie+Arctic+Blast+%20Hits+Tasmania+?city=brisbane" target="_blank">http://citysearch.com.au/movies/1137699464380/Disaster+Movie+Arctic+Blast+%20Hits+Tasmania+?city=brisbane</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>Modus delivers Mr. Nobody - http://biz.branchez-vous.com/communiques/detail/communiques_123860.html[permanent dead link] <a href="http://biz.branchez-vous.com/communiques/detail/communiques_123860.html" target="_blank">http://biz.branchez-vous.com/communiques/detail/communiques_123860.html</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>Modus FX on Dinolab II - http://www.vfxblog.com/vfxblog/2010/05/dinolab.html Archived 2010-05-27 at the Wayback Machine <a href="http://www.vfxblog.com/vfxblog/2010/05/dinolab.html" target="_blank">http://www.vfxblog.com/vfxblog/2010/05/dinolab.html</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>