Hydraulx [SEP] location of formation
Hydraulx
hy*drau"lx, alternatively spelled HYDRAULX and Hydraulx, is a visual effects (vfx) company based in Santa Monica, California.
History.
Hydraulx was founded in 2002 by Greg and Colin Strause, directors of "". In 2005, the studio completed over 700 visual effects shots for feature films. The company is based in Santa Monica, California.
In 2010, the company produced their own feature film, "Skyline", which was also directed by the Strause brothers. That film would result in
and the owners of Hydraulx Filmz. Sony paid Hydraulx to generate visual effects work for "". But Hydraulx never informed Sony the siblings were directing a rival alien invasion feature, similarly driven by special effects, scheduled for release four months prior to Sony's feature. A rep for the Strauses issued a statement: "Any claims of impropriety are completely baseless. This is a blatant attempt by Sony to force these independent filmmakers to move a release date that has long been set by Universal and Relativity and is outside the filmmakers