Disney Releases New ‘Frozen 2’ Trailer
Elsa encounters a mythical Nokk water spirit in Disney’s upcoming sequel to the most successful animated feature in history, arriving in theatres November 22.
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Nickelodeon Launches Intergalactic Shorts Program
New studio leadership is looking for next generation of animation talent in worldwide comedic storyteller search.
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Pivotal Films: Annecy 2019 Short Film Competition Highlights
Shorts remain the heart and soul of the festival, and these films should contend for awards, applause and free drinks.
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‘Acid Rain’ and ‘Ruben Brandt, Collector’ Take Top Animafest Zagreb Honors
6-day festival concludes with numerous awards for shorts, features, kids’ programming and Croation films.
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Juan Antin’s Acclaimed Animated Feature ‘Pachamama’ Debuts on Netflix
The director talks about Pre-Columbian art, character design and the 14 years it took to produce his beautiful and thoughtful homage to indigenous Andean cultures steeped in harmony with the Earth.
GALLERY: ‘Archer: 1999’ Storyboards
Art director Chad Hurd and associate art director Justin Wagner share 26 storyboards from Season 10 of Adam Reed and FXX’s hit animated comedy series.
Workplace Dysfunction in Zero Gravity: ‘Archer: 1999’ Has Arrived
Chad Hurd and Justin Wagner share artwork and creative insights on our favorite FXX animated misfit ensemble that has taken its incessant backbiting to the Cosmos in a new season of robots, aliens, space battles, excessive drinking and boner references.
See My Field: Must-See Animated Features at Annecy 2019
From ‘I Lost My Body’ to ‘The Swallows of Kabul,’ cultural, narrative and aesthetic diversity reign in this year’s expanded feature film competition.
Method Studios Crashes Photoreal Train in AT&T Wild West Heist Spot
Studio provides elaborate VFX, including full CG derailment, previs, matte paintings and digital background replacements, for 90-second Western-themed “Train” commercial.
WATCH: Fox Drops Brad Pitt’s ‘AD ASTRA’ Trailer and Poster
Sci-fi thriller, set to hit theatres September 20, features Pitt taking to the stars to find his missing father, whose efforts threaten Earth’s very existence.
Nickelodeon Greenlights ‘SpongeBob SquarePants’ Spinoff ‘Kamp Koral’
New CG-animated series is based on 10-year-old SpongeBob spending a summer at sleepaway camp.
WATCH: Danny Dimian Talks ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ VFX at FMX 2019
VFX supervisor discusses animation styles, production challenges and his efforts leading the visual effect team on Lord & Miller and Sony Pictures Animation’s Oscar-winning animated comic adventure.
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DreamWorks Animation Roaring onto Netflix with ‘Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous’
New action-adventure series inspired by Universal and Amblin’s hit franchise set for 2020 debut on streaming giant.
GALLERY: The Third Floor ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Previs, Postvis and Techvis
Leading visualization studio shares just released images showcasing some of their extensive work on Joe and Anthony Russo’s box office smash, the final film in Marvel’s 22-MCU-movie ‘Infinity’ saga.
Netflix and Russo Brothers Teaming on ‘Magic: The Gathering’ Animated Series
'Avengers: Endgame' directors to oversee new and expanded Planeswalkers storylines for iconic game franchise’s first onscreen effort.
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TEASER CLIP: Chris Pratt and Tom Holland Play Elf Brothers in Pixar’s ‘Onward’
The Star-Lord and Spidey, sporting pointy ears and a bluish hue, team up on a magical adventure in Disney and Pixar’s new animated feature coming March 6, 2020.
ILM Tackles Bruce Banner’s ‘Smart Hulk’ Convergence in ‘Avengers: Endgame’
The studio revisits and revamps Hulk, Marvel’s smash-‘em-up, fan-favorite digital character they first brought to the screen back in 2003.
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Halon Entertainment is Hiring: Previs / Postvis and Unreal Game Engine Artists
Studio’s Santa Monica headquarters has a number of job openings and is currently looking for talent to join their industry leading visualization services team.
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E*D Studio’s New Plugin Converts 2D Drawings to 3D
PSD to 3D streamlines animation by turning sketches into moldable scenes using simple tools a novice can use
Chaos Group Releases V-Ray for Unreal Update 1
Support for native Unreal materials and Viewport rendering bring powerful new capabilities to full user base.
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Jellyfish Pictures Opens Virtual Animation Studio in Sheffield
New facility will operate solely using PC over IP without onsite hardware; ex-Framestore head of animation Kevin Spruce appointed new animation director.
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WATCH: Janelle Croshaw Ralla Talks Samuel L. Jackson De-Aging for ‘Captain Marvel’ at FMX 2019
VFX supervisor on Disney and Marvel’s action-adventure hit discusses the complex digital character work used to create a young version of Agent Nick Fury.
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The Unexpected and Welcome Return of Bo Peep in ‘Toy Story 4’
Absent from the ‘Toy Story’ narrative after having been given away long ago, Bo has dusted herself off to become a strong, funny and adventurous female character that belies her seemingly fragile porcelain exterior.
Creating a Sense of Realism in ‘Pokémon Detective Pikachu’
Framestore’s Jonathan Fawkner and MPC’s Pete Dionne discuss the various ways visual effects were produced to help director Rob Letterman bring the smart-aleck yellow cartoon sleuth to the screen.
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Calypso and 60s Cartoon Design Collide in ‘Guava Island’ Opening Titles
Six Point Harness animates stylized opening for secret Donald Glover and Hiro Murai 55-minute musical that just premiered at Coachella.
