‘The Pigeon,’ ‘The Elephant’s Song’ and ‘Gun Shop’ Take Home ASIFA-East Awards
Bethe Kazanjian, Lynn Tomlinson and Patrick Smith among winners at 50th Annual ASIFA-East Animation Festival awards ceremony.
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Neko Productions Animates ‘Ask Dr. Ruth’ Holocaust Documentary
Mix of 2D and 3D used to portray emotional memories of famed sexuality expert’s early life in Nazi Germany.
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Google Cloud Announces Major Zync Render Update
Version 2.0 rewrite of cloud-hosted rendering platform provides faster job startup, increased scalability and up to 48,000 CPU render cores.
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Disney Bumps ‘Avatar’ Sequel to 2021, Sets Dates on Three Unnamed ‘Star Wars’ Movies
First of four sequels to James Cameron’s sci-fi epic pushed out a full year to 2021, while new ‘Star Wars’ films to hit every other year starting 2022.
MasterpieceVR Releases Masterpiece Motion Rigging Software
New VR software provides pain-free, fast and easy 3D model rigging for gaming and animation.
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Jonny Slow Named Pixomondo CEO
Founder Thilo Kuther to continue as president of global VFX company.
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Pixar Returns to its Greatest Franchise Success with ‘Toy Story 4’
For director Josh Cooley and producers Jonas Rivera and Mark Nielsen, the overriding concern revisiting the treasured ‘Toy Story’ world was making sure they ‘didn’t mess it up.’
Henry Bull Joins Framestore as Head of Recruitment in London Office
Recruiter, formerly at Dneg TV, Double Negative and the Mill, plans to expand studio’s creative team on projects like ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ and ‘Spider-Man: Far from Home.’
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WATCH: Sony Drops New ‘Men in Black: International’ Trailer
Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson take London by storm, with style, in the latest ‘MIB’ franchise effort, hitting theatres June 14th.
Nickelodeon and CBS Greenlight Animated ‘Star Trek’ Series
Emmy Award-winning team of Kevin and Dan Hageman developing new CG series about a group of lawless teens who take over a derelict Starfleet ship.
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BIAF 2019 Reveals Official Poster by ‘Funan’ Director Denis Do
Annecy 2018 Cristal-winner and Gobelins graduate creates signature materials for upcoming 2019 edition of Bucheon International Animation Festival.
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Pixar Drops Final ‘Toy Story 4’ Poster and New TV Spot
Bo Peep returns, to Woody’s surprise, joining newcomers Ducky and Bunny, voiced by comedic duo Keegan-Michael Key & Jordan Peele, in 'Toy Story' franchise's third sequel hitting theatres June 21.
Call for Entries: 2019 VIEW Awards Now Open for Submissions
Italy’s premier animation, VFX, games and immersive storytelling conference is now accepting submissions for its film competition, with a €2,000 first prize.
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Pixomondo Creates the ‘Purrfect’ Big Kitten in ‘A Dog’s Way Home’
Design company takes on 450 VFX shots that feature the hero digital cougar along with many other CG animals, in Sony’s family adventure.
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Disney Channel Orders Third Season of ‘Big Hero 6’ Ahead of Season 2 Premiere
Second season debut of Emmy-nominated series, based on Disney’s 2014 Oscar-winning animated feature, set for May 6.
Rewriting the Visual Rule Book on 'Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse'
Using customized Nuke tools, Sony Pictures Imageworks created the film’s signature graphic look almost entirely in comp.
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LAIKA CEO Travis Knight to Direct ‘Six Billion Dollar Man’
Director, fresh off success of ‘Bumblebee,’ boards Warner Bros. adaptation of classic hit TV series.
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Netflix Announces ‘Klaus’ and ‘The Willoughbys’ Sneak Peeks at Annecy Festival
Directors Sergio Pablos and Kris Pearn will share inside looks at their upcoming films, Netflix’s first two original animated features.
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Chris Butler Takes on Sasquatch and Indiana Jones in LAIKA’s ‘Missing Link’
The writer and director of LAIKA’s new stop-motion/CG-animated epic comedy adventure shares his insights on helming the studio’s biggest, most complex and technologically innovative film yet.
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‘The Art of Missing Link’ Now Available
Beautifully presented coffee table book dives deep into concept art, character designs storyboards and other materials from LAIKA’s new stop-motion feature film, ‘Missing Link.’
Beautiful Maladies – The Uncanny World of Rosto
Ottawa Animation Festival artistic director Chris Robinson shares a previously unpublished 2015 Pimpcast interview with the iconic Dutch musician and director, who passed away at 50 on March 7.
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Set Visit: Go Behind the Scenes of LAIKA’s ‘Missing Link’
AWN delivers a close-up look at the production for the Oregon stop-motion studio’s biggest, most sophisticated and largest-scale animated feature yet, arriving in theatres on April 12.
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FEATURETTE: Meet the Voices Behind Paramount’s ‘Wonder Park’
With a TV series set for later this year, CG-animated feature from Paramount Animation, Nickelodeon Movies and Ilion Animation Studios is now playing in theaters.
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Call for Entries: BIAF 2019
The 21st Bucheon International Animation Festival, which runs October 18-22 in Bucheon, South Korea, is now open for submissions.
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WATCH: Lord Danger Delivers New Trailer for Capcom’s ‘Devil May Cry 5’
Director Mike Diva blends stylized combat with dreary, absurdist notions of an anti-depressant commercial to announce availability of latest action series game installment.
