Rocket Pictures Teaming with Mikros Image on Paramount’s ‘Sherlock Gnomes’
Rocket Pictures partners with Mikros Image to lead digital animation work for Paramount Animation and MGM’s follow-up to the hit animated feature ‘Gnomeo and Juliet.’
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VFX Supervisor James Tichenor Joins FuseFX, Vancouver
Emmy-nominated VFX supervisor/producer has previously served stints with Sony Television, MGM Television, Entity FX and Prime Focus.
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MPC Creates Seamless Effects for ‘Spectre’
Led by MPC VFX Supervisor Mark Curtis and Producer Laura Schultz, MPC’s global team worked closely with director Sam Mendes and Production VFX Supervisor Steve Begg, covering three key sequences in the snowy Austrian Alps and the deserts of Morocco.
Box Office Report: ‘Krampus’ Surprises with $16M Debut
Universal and Legendary’s holiday horror-comedy ‘Krampus’ outperforms expectations in its North American debut, grossing $16 million from 2,902 theaters to come in at number two behind ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay -- Part 2.’
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Box Office Report: Pixar’s ‘Good Dinosaur’ Uncovers $56M Thanksgiving Debut
Disney and Pixar’s CG-animated feature performs below expectations, bringing in $39.2 million for the three-day weekend, the lowest debut for a Pixar film since the $33.3 million take of ‘A Bug's Life’ in 1998.
Warner Bros. Animation Ups Jay Bastian & Ed Adams
Warner Bros. Animation promotes Jay Bastian to Senior Vice President, Series, and Ed Adams to Senior Vice President & General Manager.
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‘The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies’ Headed to Blu-ray
The final film in Peter Jackson's epic ‘Hobbit’ trilogy arrives on Blu-ray and DVD from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment on November 17; extended edition features a 20-minute longer cut and more than nine hours of new special features.
Turner & Warner Bros. Sign Global Multi-Series Deal for Boomerang
Nearly 450 half-hours of original content from Warner Bros. Animation to premiere on the rebranded network; New WBA Series ‘Bunnicula,’ ‘Wabbit – A Looney Tunes Production’ and ‘Be Cool Scooby-Doo!’ set for global rollout this fall.
Box Office Report: ‘San Andreas’ Rocks $53 Million Opening
Warner Bros.’ disaster film leads the North American box office with a $53.2 million domestic debut, the highest solo opening ever for star Dwayne Johnson.
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Box Office Report: ‘Tomorrowland’ Tops Slow Holiday Weekend
Brad Bird’s ‘Tomorrowland’ suffers one of the worst Memorial Day starts in recent history with a $41.7 million North American debut. Meanwhile, ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ speeds past the $100 million mark overseas.
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Zoic Splashes Into the Future for ‘Hot Tub Time Machine 2’
Zoic Vancouver crafts 225 shots for comedy sequel from MGM and Paramount.
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Box Office Report: ‘Paddington’ Holds, ‘Strange Magic’ Dives
U.K. feature ‘Paddington’ remains the family offering of choice, coming in third place with $12.4 million, while the George Lucas-produced ‘Strange Magic’ debuts in seventh place with $5.5 million.
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Box Office Report: ‘American Sniper’ Strikes $89.5 Million Debut
Clint Eastwood's ‘American Sniper’ tops the North American box office with a massive $89.5 million debut; StudioCanal’s ‘Paddington’ lands in third place with $19 million.
Box Office Report: ‘Taken 3’ Wins B.O. Race with $40.4M Debut
Liam Neeson's ‘Taken 3’ earns $40.4 million in its North American debut, topping the box office and scoring the second-best January opening of all time.
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Box Office Report: ‘The Hobbit’ Threepeats with $21.9M
Peter Jackson’s ‘The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies’ tops the North American box office for the third consecutive weekend with $21.9 million; new horror entry ‘The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death’ opens in fourth place with $15.1 million.
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Box Office Report: ‘The Hobbit’ Finale Rules Holiday B.O.
Peter Jackson's ‘The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies’ once again rules the North American box office with $54.5 million for the four-day weekend; the New Line and MGM tentpole is on track to eventually cross $1 billion.
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Box Office Report: ‘Hobbit’ Finale Soars with $90.6M Debut
Peter Jackson's ‘The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies’ opens to a massive $90.6 million in North America, while new entries ‘Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb’ and ‘Annie’ both suffer soft starts heading into the year-end holidays.
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Box Office Report: ‘How to Train Your Dragon 2’ Captures $50M Debut
Highly-anticipated sequels ‘22 Jump Street’ and ‘How to Train Your Dragon 2’ take the top two spots at the North American box office.
MGM to Make a New Live Action/CG Hybrid ‘Pink Panther’ Movie
MGM is developing a new a live-action/animated hybrid Pink Panther movie, with The Simpsons director and producer David Silverman set to direct.
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Box Office Report: 'Hobbit' On Top for Third-Straight Weekend
This year, five new nationwide releases were delivered on Christmas Day. By the weekend, however, audiences had turned their attention back to blockbuster holdovers The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and Frozen.
Box Office Report: 'Hobbit' Holds off 'Wolf' on Christmas Day
Five new nationwide releases reached theaters on Christmas Day, though none were quite strong enough to take first place away from Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.
Box Office Report: 'Hobbit 2' Crosses $400 Million Globally
Still in first place over its second weekend at the box office, Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug takes in $31.5 million for Warner Bros., New Line and MGM.
Box Office: 'The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug' Wins Weekend
Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug debuts at the top of the box office charts this weekend, with Disney's Frozen coming in second place.
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