Aussie post-production house Cutting Edge goes into liquidation after 27 years

Cutting Edge worked on Good Cop/Bad Cop

Cutting Edge, one of Australia’s leading post-production houses, has gone into liquidation after nearly three decades in business.

Brisbane-based Robson Cotter Insolvency Group has been appointed to wind down the 27-year-old company, the collapse of which has sent shockwaves through the Australian industry.

Representatives for the company could not comment on when contacted by C21. A public notice states the liquidators were appointed to wind up the company following a meeting on June 27.

C21 can confirm Cutting Edge’s head of features and television, Marcus Bolton, is no longer with the company amid speculation that all staff from its Sydney, Melbourne and Gold Coast studios have been let go.

Cutting Edge worked across film, TV and advertising and was deeply embedded in the Australian production landscape, contributing to a wide range of projects across the industry.

Most recently it was sound and picture vendor for season one of Jungle Entertainment’s Good Cop/Bad Cop for The CW in the US and Stan in Australia.

Other recent projects include servicing high-profile inbound productions Nautilus (Prime Video), Land of Bad (Highland Film Group, Hoodlum Entertainment), Ticket to Paradise (Universal Pictures) and Thirteen Lives (MGM), in addition to local productions.

The news comes amid a crisis in the global post-production and VFX industries, which has seen numerous players go out of business, including Jellyfish https://www.c21media.net/news/animation-vfx-giant-jellyfish-pictures-halts-operations-amid-financial-struggles/ and Technicolor Group https://www.c21media.net/news/vfx-and-animation-group-technicolor-close-to-collapse-as-search-for-investors-draws-blank/ in Europe and the US.