For The Swarm, MPC delivered 735 shots, including the Yrr creature, CG Humpback and Killer whales, CG fish and crab swarms, water simulations, the CG for the Thorvaldson research vessel, a full CG underwater seabed, underwater vehicles including a full CG version of the Thorvaldson research vessel, and a set extension for Murray Cove. The Yrr creature proved the biggest challenging, due to its varied and other-wordly features.

The MPC team was tasked with visualizing a species of sea-dwelling microbes with the ability to form a huge colony. Individually, the Yrr looks no different from any other amoeba-like cell. But together, it becomes a bioluminescent superorganism with numerous tentacles that can swim and manipulate objects.

The Swarm world premiered at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival , opening the Berlinale Series section on 19 February 2023. Created by executive producer Frank Doelger (GAME OF THRONES) and ndF IP’s Managing Director Eric Welbers, Oscar-nominated producer Marc Huffam (THE MARTIAN, SAVING PRIVATE RYAN) and Ute Leonhardt (KILLING EVE), the eight-hour series is produced by Schwarm TV Productions GmbH & Co KG, a joint venture between Intaglio Films and ndF IP for ZDF, France Télévisions, Rai Fiction, Viaplay Group, Hulu Japan, ORF, SRF, in co-production with Bravado Fiction and Beside Production, in co-operation with ATHOS KG.