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Core Digital Pictures Inc. a Canadian film and television computer animation special effects studio located in Toronto, Ontario on March 15, 2010 announced it has closed its business operations and has shut down. The company has not specifically discolsed the reasons as to why but according to Mike Valiquette at Canadian Animation Resources, the company run into financial difficulties after being in business for 16 years. It was a tough decision but the company had no choice but to fire an estimated of 150 artists and staff workers which where the most shocked after receiving the bad news on Monday March 15, 2010.

About C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures

Founded in 1994 in Toronto, Ontario Canada by William Shatner, Bob Munroe, John Mariella and Kyle Menzies, C.O.R.E. DP was a visual effects production house with 150 artists and staff workers. The Wild was CORES first feature cg animated film which was distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. A crew of 400 temporary employees had worked on this film making it the largest production crew for a film made in Canada. Other feature films CORE has done post production work on include X-Men, Flubber, Dr. Dolittle, Nutty Professor II: The Klumps, The Time Machine, Blade II, Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Saw 2 and Lucky Number Slevin.