Burbank— FuseFX is currently creating visual effects for season three of FX’s Middle East drama Tyrant. VFX Supervisor Ted Rae leads a veteran team of artists tasked with enhancing the show’s international settings and intensifying the combat scenes.

FuseFX joined the show with episode five of season two, Viper in the Palace. The team created effects for a number of high intensity combat sequences, including one in which a squadron of Apache helicopters attacks jihadists entrenched in a small desert village. FuseFX created CG helicopters, explosions, shoulder-fired missiles, strafing bullets and other pyrotechnics. The sequence spanned nearly 90 shots.