Industrial Light and Magic are due to open offices in the UK as part of their world expansion!
The London office will act as a VFX base for Star Wars Episode VII! A dozen employees have already been hired from Framestore and Double Negative, although a total of 200 employees will be hired for ILM London’s debut gig. The new offices are due to open at the end of March / beginning of April.
The exciting news comes almost 40 years after ILM started work on the original film Star Wars IV: A New Hope in 1975.
BBC News Story…