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dled the costumes. Following the success of the teaser, the Dowlings recalled the actors and reshot several scenes. They then reworked the effects to leverage the new techniques they had picked up from months of experimentation, along with implementing advice from several successful Hollywood players, ranging from VFX profession- als to producers to elite directors. In total, the short film cost around $3,000. The initial shoot took less than five months from concept to release, with a few addition- al months added for reshoots and to polish the final results. Within days of the teaser's debut, the Dowlings began receiving requests for meetings from some of Hollywood's elites, and were quickly re- cruited to work on several upcoming projects, including a new series in the works from an A-list Hollywood director, a commercial for the Italian retail market, an upcoming horror film and more. For Lightcra, the success of Entrenched is the latest validation of its virtual production system, following a string of award wins at NAB. Jetset has also been adopted by several productions, including an upcoming animated feature film and multiple projects currently in development at Amazon Studios. Lightcra also recently announced Spark, a new collaborative platform due out next year, created to give teams of any size a com- prehensive tool that can handle every step of the filmmaking pro- cess, from creating previz scenes based on actual scripts to produc- ing finished projects. Building on its earlier success, Bad Beetle has now created a sec- ond trailer for Entrenched to highlight the project. The complete En- trenched short film will debut on the Bad Beetle YouTube channel. The Dowlings, meanwhile, are currently looking for a larger stu- dio and have already begun pre-production on their next project, a live-action 25-minute short film based on the Emmy-winning Bat- man: The Animated Series episode, "Heart of Ice." It is expected to debut this year.