Check out the teaser for David Guivant’s live-action anime project, Captain Future.
Warner Bros. has snatched up the rights to Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler's sci-fi novel THE FUTURE OF US, reports Deadline.com.
Digital production studio Digital Domain was tapped by RSA director Carl Erik Rinsch to help Dodge envision what the future holds for those who love to drive.
Deadline.com reports that Kiefer Sutherland is circling HEROES creator Tim Kring's pilot TOUCH.
Blu-ray got a big shot to the arm this week with the debuts of THE ALIEN ANTHOLOGY (Fox Home Ent.) and Robert Zemeckis' BACK TO THE FUTURE trilogy (Universal Home Ent.).
Japanese animation studio Future Planet has filed bankruptcy, reports Variety.
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Academy Award-winning cinematic franchise that generated nearly one billion dollars worldwide, the Back to the Future 25th Anniversary Trilogy will debut on Blu-ray on October 26, 2010 from Universal Studios Home Entertainment.
Telltale Games, the leading independent digital publisher and developer of episodic interactive entertainment, today announced a multi-year, two-title video game development deal with Universal Partnerships & Licensing.
On a Full Forum Super-Seven-Student Panelpalooza, Joel and Alan survey animation students who study animation at Boston's extra-prestigious School of the Museum of Fine Arts about their likes, dislikes, and the future of future animation futures. During the course of the discourse, many fundamental life questions are questioned; what's the best way to animate glitter raining down on a stripping cat?, would you really give up your right pinky for the abilities of a changeling?, how can one take a shower in the classroom?, and most importantly, can Hamburger Helper help you to help yourself?
Joel Silver, producer of the comic book adaptation of SGT. ROCK, told the LOS ANGELES TIMES the film's setting is changing course.
(Chicago, IL) - SIGGRAPH 2009's Emerging Technologies presents innovative technologies and applications in many fields including alternative displays, robotics, input interfaces, gaming, audio, haptics/VR, and experimental sensory experiences.
Presented in a combination of curated demonstrations and juried interactive installations, a minimum of 29 of the more than 100 international juried submissions were selected and will be on display and available for interaction with attendees in New Orleans this summer.
THE HANGOVER writers Jon Lucas and Scott Moore have been tapped to turn Disney's themed amusement park land Tomorrowland into a feature film, according to ComingSoon.net. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is set to star as test pilot Rip, who gets transported to the future. Lucas and Moore will take a non-retro look at the future for what they describe as "PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN in space."
KidsCo, the international children's channel owned by media companies NBC Universal, Cookie Jar Group and Corus Ent. has secured the broadcast rights to two animated series: DINOSQUAD and THE FUTURE IS WILD. The agreement will see these shows airing on KidsCo for the first time ever.
KidsCo's agreement with Cookie Jar for the broadcast rights to the action-adventure series DINOSQUAD, will see the channel airing the 26 x 22 minute series across all its global feeds on an exclusive basis (excluding Turkey, South Africa and Bulgaria).
The BACK TO THE FUTURE trilogy and the three WALLACE & GROMIT shorts are now available separately on DVD, with the Blu-ray release of DONNIE DARKO and the DVD/Blu-ray release of MIRACLE AT ST. ANNA, plus DRAGON BALL Z and DEATH NOTE DVDs and more.
The inaugural 3D Entertainment Summit wrapped up Wednesday, concluding two days of industry expert commentary, panel discussions defining business models and creative technique, 3D presentations of trailers, videogames and never-before-seen sneak previews of test footage and technology demonstrations.
Your look into the future of imaging starts November 18 as the industry's most innovative minds from around the world meet for 6Sight 2008. As visual communication advances in new and previously unimaginable ways, 6Sight explores industry challenges, proposes dynamic solutions, and lets business leaders like you plan for new opportunities.
Principal photography for TERMINATOR SALVATION: THE FUTURE BEGINS, starring Sam Worthington and Christian Bale, is now underway in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
TERMINATOR SALVATION: THE FUTURE BEGINS is directed by McG from a script by Michael Ferris and John Brancato. It is a Halcyon Company film from Mortiz Borman Production and a McG Film.
McG will write a production blog on the movie's official site: http://rss.warnerbros.com/terminatorsalvation/.
The Future TV Show North America 2008 is a platform for broadcasters and network operators to meet production companies and channels and discuss media convergence.
Key discussion topics include:
* Creating and selling stories for the medium* What content works on the new platforms?* Measurement models for emerging platforms* Will commercial ratings become the currency of the business?* The future of TV revenue* Perspectives from industry veterans and market newcomers* Viewer of the future
Makoto Shinkai's BYOUSOKU 5 CENTIMETERS ("5 Centimeters per Second: A Chain of Short Stories about their Distance") has won the Lancia Platinum Grand Prize at the 2008 Future Film Festivasl in Bologna, Italy. In selecting the film, the judges cited its "ability of combininig poetry, art and technical skills with animation and new technologies, a touching and deep-rooted story and a model direction. Every element of the movie, from the screenplay to the editing, is realized with great professionalism and inspiration".
Future Film Festival 2008Bologna, ItalyJan. 15-20, 2008Deadline: Nov. 15, 2007
The Future Film Festival, now in its 10th edition, is the first and most important Italian event dedicated to the latest digital technologies applied to cinema, television and the Net. The program includes homages, premieres and meetings with special effects production companies from all over the world. For more information, visit www.futurefilmfestival.org.
MEET THE ROBINSONS, the first feature under the new Walt Disney Animation banner, arrives Oct. 23 on DVD ($29.99) and Blu-ray Disc ($34.99) from Walt Disney Studios Home Ent.
Discovery Kids has announced the upcoming launch of THE FUTURE IS WILD, a new animated series inspired by Animal Planet's CGI documentary specials of the same name. The cutting-edge show turns natural history on its head with scientifically valid predictions for new life forms that seem out of this world, but could really exist millions of years from now.
In collaboration with the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival, AKQA has organized the second annual "Future Lions Competition" for advertising students from around the world. The 2007 winners of the global student competition will be announced Friday, June 22, 2007, at the Debussy Theater.
The 2nd Annual Future TV Show 2007 in Oslo, Norway is where broadcasters, telcos, production companies and new platform owners come together to discuss the future of television. Taking place on 22-23 May, this event will cover all forms of future TV including VOD, IPTV, User-Generated Content, Mobile TV, Advertising Models and Quadplay. For more information, visit www.futuretvshow.com.
Bill Desowitz speaks with some of the creative forces behind Disney's latest animated feature, Meet The Robinsons.
