MPC - Open Season 2 VFX Breakdown

Open Season 2 directed by Antonin Fourlon & Frédéric Forestier (2025)

MPC Paris delivered 250 VFX shots for Open Season 2 (Chasse Gardée 2), with work designed to support the film’s pace and the very distinctive energy of its world. The teams notably created fully digital herds of stags and does, as well as the return of Moshe the wild boar, an iconic animal character that received particular care in both animation and integration. An extremely fast hare also required extensive research to achieve the right on-screen dynamics.

The sequences were supervised by Arnaud Fouquet and Fanny Bilani, with close attention paid to VFX production at every stage. Directed by Antonin Fourlon and Frédéric Forestier and produced by Starman Films, the film benefited from a close collaboration between the directors and MPC artists to create a cohesive, lively whole fully in service of the comedy and its visual spectacle.

SYNOPSIS
Two years have passed in Saint Hubert. Life there is peaceful — maybe a little too peaceful for Adélaïde and Simon, who are starting to feel the absence of friends their own age.

MORE INFO
https://www.mpcvfx.com/en/filmography/open-season-2/

CREDITS
Superviseur VFX : Arnaud Fouquet
Productrice VFX : Fanny Bilani
Renfort Production : Yann Nivet
Productrice Exécutive : Béatrice Bauwens

Supervision Tournage : Maxime Chaix
Supervision additionnelle Tournage : Florian Wolff, Rodolphe Zirah

Production Manager : Perig Gilleron
Coordinateurs de Production : Aurélien Droissart, Thomas Feriani
IO VFX : Julie Marceau, Guillaume Weider, Kevin Fillinger, Matteo Kabacinski

Superviseurs Compositing : Maxime Chaix
Superviseur 3D : Andre Monteiro
Artistes Modeling : Nicolas Duthatco, Arnaud Prat, Xin Pang
Artistes Rig : François Gardinal, Cyril Gibaud, Claire Auvin
Artiste Groom : Jimmy Laplaige
Lead Texturing / LookDev : Andre Monteiro

Layout : Thomas Grabot
Lead Animation : Eric Moisson
Artistes Animation : Benjamin Perera, Alaric Mahu, Pamella Nabais, Julien Sant-Garabedian

Artistes Effets Visuels (FX) : Pierre Carcedo, Victor Lamache
Artistes Lighting : Badre Bouziar, Atiyyah Lallmahomed, Christophe Plouvier

Artistes Compositing : Daniel Benjamin, Geraud Mottais, Valentin Lebleu, Erwan Andrieux, Julien Pierret, Noémie Le Roc'h Morgère, Olivier Boutry, Aline Belot, Maceo Chavey, Yoann Elias, Benjamin Boisgard, Allan Gollart
Stagiaires Compositing : Jules Fouquet, Hugo Girardey

Roto / Prep Dpt : Corentin Male, Clement Ferreira
Artistes Matte Painting : Lena Tavaresdacosta, Bastien Halter, Diwan Bertrand-Bourlaud

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