Montreal's Framestore in Oscar spotlight for work on Blade Runner 2049

Montreal director Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049 may not be nominated in the major categories at the Academy Awards this Sunday, but it is nominated in five craft categories and one of those behind-the-scenes Oscar nominations is shining the light on a booming Montreal visual-effects studio.
The Blade Runner sequel is nominated for the Academy Award for best visual effects, and one of the four Blade Runner VFX supervisors nominated is Montreal-based Richard Hoover, who is a visual-ef