Crunchyroll Drops ‘Attack on Titan Final Season The Final Chapters Special 1’ Dub
The episode follows a crew of Eren’s old allies and enemies as they band together to try and stop his deadly mission; streams on Crunchyroll September 10.
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Netflix Shares ‘Castlevania: Nocturne’ Trailer and Images
The Vampire Messiah looks to enslave humanity in 1792 France in the ‘Castlevania’ universe’s next installment, which streams September 28.
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Trailer, Poster Drop for 20th Century Studios’ Unearthly ‘No One Will Save You’
The sci-fi psychological thriller, told through the eyes of a lonely young woman with a painful backstory - played by Kaitlyn Dever - streams on Hulu September 22; VFX studios include Clear Angle Studios, DNEG, and FuseFX.
Blumhouse Drops Second ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ Trailer
The terrifying horror game phenomenon becomes a blood-chilling cinematic event, as the studio behind ‘M3GAN’ and ‘The Invisible Man’ shares a look at the creepy franchise hitting the big screen and Peacock October 27.
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Cloud 10 Studios Launches Cloud 10 Originals 3D Animation Content Initiative
Productions will use both 3D animation and real-time pipelines leveraging Unreal Engine as a key component.
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SAG-AFTRA Allows ‘Walking Dead’ Spinoffs to Continue Production
The union has signed interim agreements with AMC Studios to resume production on ‘The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon,’ and ‘The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live,’ as well as ‘Interview With the Vampire,’ which all premiere in 2024.
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First Live-Action Pokémon Series to Air in Japan
The original show, based on the Pokémon ‘Red’ and Pokémon ‘Green’ games, titled ‘Pocket ni Bōken wo Tsumekonde’, or ‘Fill Your Pocket with Adventure’ in English, will star Nanase Nishino and premiere on October 19.
‘One Piece’ VFX: A Stretchy and Dismembered Pirates’ Life for Luffy
Co-showrunner Steven Maeda and VFX supervisors Victor Scalise and Scott Ramsey took extra-special care crafting the live-action series adaptation of Eiichiro Oda’s famed 106-volume manga and 20-season anime series, noting huge risks tackling the beloved property while mindful of the long list of failed anime-to-live-action efforts that preceded them.
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Animated ‘LEGO Jurassic Park: The Unofficial Retelling’ to Stream on Peacock+
The 22-minute special from Universal Pictures, Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment, and the LEGO Group, streaming this Fall, is part of a year-long 30th anniversary celebration of the original film.
Key Art, Character Descriptions Revealed for Prime Video’s ‘Gen V’
The anticipated ‘The Boys’ spinoff series from Amazon Studios and Sony Pictures Television will premiere exclusively September 29 on Prime Video.
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Prime Video Sets ‘Fallout’ Series Adaption to Release Next Year
Based on Bethesda Softworks’s popular dystopian videogame franchise, the show centers on Vault 33 in Los Angeles, and with a planned debut sometime in 2024.
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‘Spiderwick Chronicles’ Series Not Moving Forward at Disney+
The adaptation, starring Christian Slater as the evil ogre Mulgarath, Joy Bryant as loving matriarch Helen Grace, and Lyon Daniels and Noah Cottrell as twins Jared and Simon, will be shopped to a new home network after being dropped by the Mouse House due to cost cutting.
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Disney’s ‘Frozen’ Universe Gets New Podcast
The 12-part audio series ‘Frozen: Forces of Nature’ takes place between ‘Frozen 2’ and ‘Frozen 3’ as sisters Anna and Elsa attempt to stop mysterious copper machines from disrupting the natural order of the Enchanted Forest; the series launches later this year.
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Invisible Universe: Dancing Dolls, Culinary Canines, and Celebrity Collaborations
Led by the Serena Williams-inspired Qai Qai, the internet-first animation studio has been steadily building seven different kids’ franchises, incubating first on social media before expanding the brands into film, TV, and games.
The Bewitching Victorian Era VFX of ‘The Nevers’
VFX supervisor Johnny Han, working with Scanline VFX, EDI Effetti Digitali Italiani, Mackevision, MR. X, BUF, and Jellyfish Pictures, produced 2,000 shots for Season 1A and 2,500 for Season 1B – including the ‘Shockdog’ - on the Emmy nominated HBO series, set in an 1896 London rocked by a supernatural event that gives certain people – mostly women – abnormal abilities.
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Sasheer Zamata Joins ‘Agatha: Coven of Chaos,’ Aubrey Plaza Role Revealed
The comedian will play sorceress Jennifer Kale in the upcoming Marvel and Disney+ miniseries, while the ‘White Lotus’ actress will play Rio Vidal, an original main villain character created for the show.
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Is Sigourney Weaver Reprising Her Role in a ‘Galaxy Quest’ Series?
'Never Give Up, Never Surrender…' on a Franchise! Rumor has it the accomplished sci-fi actress will return as Gwen DeMarco in the spinoff series as a mentor-like figure for a new generation of cast members aboard the Protector.
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Netflix Drops ‘One Piece’ Official Trailer
The streamer continues teasing the August 31 series debut with video featuring the original anime ‘Straw Hat’ cast; creator Oda-Sensei shares a message to ‘Crank up the volume’ and enjoy!
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Wētā FX Flexes its Cordyceps in ‘The Last of Us’ VFX
Visual Effects Supervisor Simon Jung and Animation Supervisor Dennis Yoo talk clickers, bloaters, giraffes, and fungi, some of the captivating and ghastly visuals they helped produce for HBO’s critically acclaimed and wildly popular series, nominated for 25 Emmys including Outstanding Visual Effects in a Season or Movie.
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Going ‘Rogue’ with the VFX of ‘Andor’
Production VFX supervisor Mohen Leo and Production VFX producer T.J. Falls picked up where they left off on Gareth Edward’s 2016 ‘Rogue One,’ helping deliver a whopping 3,843 visual effects shots, including the daring oceanic planet Narkina V prison escape, the Eye of Aldhani meteor shower, and the Fondor Haulcraft’s encounters with Fury-class Imperial interceptors, on the inaugural season of Lucasfilm and Disney+’s hit prequel series – nominated for an Outstanding Visual Effects Emmy.
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Netflix Drops Teaser for Adam Sandler’s ‘Leo’
The coming-of-age animated musical comedy starring the noted actor/comedian follows the jaded 74-year-old lizard Leo as he plans to escape his decades-long terrarium home after discovering he has only one year to live, streaming November 21.
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Upping the Virtual Production Ante in ‘The Mandalorian’ Season 3
Production VFX supervisor Grady Cofer and Co-Production Animation Supervisor Hal Hickel discuss how the most recent season of Lucasfilm and Disney+’s hit series – nominated for an Outstanding Visual Effects Emmy - took advantage of new digital tools and processes to better plan and capture more realistic acting performances in-camera, as well as animate their integration with CG characters and sequences.
Netflix Shares ‘One Piece’ Behind-The-Scenes Sneak Peek
Video marks the August 31 streaming release of the live-action high-seas adventure based on the enormously popular manga by Eiichiro Oda.
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Jonathan Schneider Joins Invisible Universe as President of Studios
The Skydance and Disney alum will lead efforts to adopt new technologies for the studio, especially those involving AI, mo-cap, and real-time rendering.
Netflix Drops Trailer for ‘Disenchantment’ Part 5
The misadventures of hard-hitting, hard-drinking Queen Bean, her feisty elf companion Elfo, and her personal demon Luci culminate in an epic battle for Dreamland in the fifth and final installment, streaming November 1 on Netflix.
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