The Hot Zone

In 1989, Ebola landed on U.S. soil.

Credits

Based on

The Hot Zone by Richard Preston

Directors

Michael Uppendahl, Nick Murphy

Executive Producers

Kelly Soulders, Brian Peterson

Production Companies

Fox 21 Television Studios

Distributor

National Geographic

DNEG VFX Supervisor

Michael Enriquez

DNEG VFX Producer

Siobhan Condon

Release Date

27 May 2019

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VFX Work

DNEG was lead vendor on ‘The Hot Zone’ working on all six episodes. Our VFX team was tasked with the creation of totally-believable, captive long-tailed macaques. After undertaking thorough research on the exact species of macaque that was featured in the show, our teams made sure that, from modeling and sculpting to lookdev and fur development, our digital creatures matched the real macaques exactly, and then started to exhibit signs of infection and neglect. Using real life footage of captive monkeys as reference, our Animation team gave realism to the performance of the digital characters in a challenging timeframe, creating a wide range of facial expressions that portrayed emotions like sadness, fear, panic and aggression.

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Synopsis

In 1989, Ebola landed on U.S. soil. After appearing in a research lab in D.C., a heroic U.S. Army scientist put her life on the line to prevent an outbreak. Inspired by true events and starring Julianna Margulies, ‘The Hot Zone’ is a special 3-night limited series on Nat Geo, starting Monday May 27th.

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