Blur Studio was founded in March 1995 by David Stinnett,
Tim Miller, and Cat Chapman. Blur produced
Xbox demo video
Two to Tango for console's mascots Raven and Robot. Sometime between 2001 and 2003, the studio took interest in
The Lego Group's
Bionicle theme and produced a short test pitch, under the title
"Tahu Nuva vs Kohrak", but Lego had ultimately passed on the project. The studio worked on the 2004 short film
Gopher Broke which was nominated for 2004
Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. In 2009, they assisted with the creation of CGI environments in the Academy Award-winning film
Avatar. In 2011, Blur created the opening
title sequence for
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, based on the first book of
Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy and directed by
David Fincher. They created the "Heaven and Hell" sequence for
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut. Blur Studio produced a cinematic trailer for the video game
PlanetSide 2 titled "Death is No Excuse." They were also responsible for the cinematic trailers of
Batman: Arkham City,
Batman: Arkham Origins and
Batman: Arkham Knight, as well as BioShock,
BioShock 2 and
BioShock Infinite. They remade the
Halo 2 cutscenes for
Halo: The Master Chief Collection (2014) and produced the cutscenes for
Halo Wars 2 (2017) after doing so for
Halo Wars (2009). In 2016, Miller and the studio returned to the
Sonic the Hedgehog franchise and were involved with the
film adaptation of the series which was in development at
Sony Pictures until they put the project into turnaround and sold the rights to
Paramount Pictures in 2017. The film was released on February 14, 2020, in collaboration with
Sega and their animation studio,
Marza Animation Planet, and
Original Film. A
sequel was released on April 8, 2022. In 2017, Blur created another opening title sequence for the
Netflix psychological thriller,
Mindhunter based on the 1995 true-crime book, ''
Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit'' by
John E. Douglas and
Mark Olshaker, produced and directed by David Fincher. In 2019, the studio produced the animation for the Netflix anthology series
Love, Death & Robots, created by Tim Miller, and also produced the second volume of the series. On May 16, 2019, it was announced that Blur Studio's film
The Goon, based on the 1999
comic of the same name by
Eric Powell, secured a distribution deal with
20th Century Fox and
Chernin Entertainment. ==Works==