Neil Gaiman Dropped by Dark Horse Comics Following Sexual Assault Allegations
The fantasy author’s ‘Anansi Boys’ comic series has also been cancelled by the publisher, although the Prime Video series adaptation so far appears unscathed.
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The LEGO Group, Netflix, Tomorrow Studios Team for Multiple ‘One Piece’ Sets
Collaboration will bring some of the most iconic scenes in the live-action series to life - in brick form.
‘The Simpsons,’ ‘Bob’s Burgers’ Lead 2025 WGA Awards Nominations for Animation
Two of FOX’s iconic series once again nabs multiple noms, with ‘Blood of Zeus’ rounding out the list; ‘Shōgun,’ ‘Fallout’ among non-animated shows also garnering multiple noms; ceremony set for February 15.
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Disney+ Drops ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Trailer
After shedding its writers and directors back in 2023, the all-new Marvel Studios series starring Charlie Cox and Vincent D’Onofrio reprising their roles as Matt Murdock, aka Daredevil, and Wilson ‘Kingpin’ Fisk finally hits the streamer March 4.
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‘Dune: Part Two,’ ‘The Wild Robot,’ ‘Shōgun’ and ‘The Penguin’ Lead VES Award Nominations
Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi thriller tops all feature film contenders, while Chris Sanders’ animated drama leads all animation contenders and the HBO and FX dramas top all episodic contenders as nominees are announced in 25 categories across film, television, real-time, and special venue projects; ceremony set for February 11 at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in LA.
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Sony Announces ‘The Last of Us’ Season 2 Premiere
The upcoming season of the hit series, based on Naughty Dog’s PlayStation video game franchise, will debut this April on HBO, also streaming on Max.
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Scanline VFX Shares ‘Senna’ VFX Breakdown Reel
The leading visual effects company handled both client side and vendor side production on Netflix’s limited series that tells the story of the late Brazilian Formula 1 driver Ayrton Senna.
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Sony's Beyond Sports, ESPN Team for NBA Real-time Animated Altcast
The Disney-themed Christmas Day program continued the 2024 sports production trend of building immersive viewing events to enhance fan engagement and attract new audiences.
HBO Renews ‘Dune: Prophecy’ for Season 2
The HBO Original drama, which follows two Harkonnen sisters as they establish the Bene Gesserit 10,000 years prior to the ascension of Paul Atreides, gets picked up for a second season; Season 1 streaming now on Max.
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Blur Studio Leverages AWS Cloud Rendering for ‘Secret Level’
The studio collaborated with DIGIC Pictures, Axis Animation, Illusorium, Platige, and Goodbye Kansas on the animated anthology series, scaling render capacity while sharing files with Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) to alleviate rendering challenges.
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Eve Chauvet and Bertrand Cabrol Join The Yard VFX
The CG supervisors bring a combined 30 years of international experience at leading studios, with credits on films such as ‘Dumbo,’ ‘Blade Runner 2049,’ ‘Deadpool 2,’ ‘Star Wars: Skeleton Crew,’ ‘Fantastic Beasts,’ and more.
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Apple TV+ Renews ‘Silo’ for 2 More Seasons
The fourth and final season of the sci-fi drama will complete the adaptation of Hugh Howey’s book trilogy; project stars and is executive produced by Rebecca Ferguson and created by Graham Yost.
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Miagui Reveals ‘Senna’ VFX Breakdown
The Brazilian VFX studio created the visual effects for 2 episodes in the Netflix limited series, recreating racing scenes entirely in CG from the 1984 and 1988 Monaco GPs with extreme historic accuracy.
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Crafting Tolkien’s Vision: Creating Epic VFX for ‘The Rings of Power’ Season 2
VFX supervisor Jason Smith and his bevy of VFX studios, including ILM, DNEG, and Rodeo FX, delivered roughly 8,000 visual effects shots including Ents, a Balrog, Barrow-wights, Shelob, and the Elven forge, on the sophomore outing of Prime Video’s return to J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth.
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52nd Annual Saturn Awards Nominees Announced
This year’s Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films ceremony will be held on Sunday, February 2, 2025 in Los Angeles; will stream live on ElectricNOW and The Roku Channel for free.
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EdenX Unveils ‘AI Movie Theme Park’ Software
The gen AI-powered video platform allows fans of film and TV to create highly personalized and interactive movies based on a single selfie with their gen AI software.
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Exclusive: ‘Big City Greens’ and ‘ZOMBIES: The Re-Animated Series’ Holiday Specials Clips
As part of the ‘Disney Channel’s Fa-La-La-Lidays’ programming slate, Disney Branded Television will deck the halls with new specials of both series premiering December 7, and December 11 / December 18 respectively on Disney+.
Too Much Christmas? The Challenges of Making ‘Mickey and the Very Many Christmases’
Tom Rogers and Rachel Ruderman discuss story development, animation design, and music production on their all-new 3DCG holiday special that finds Mickey making a magical wish that every day could be Christmas, but having second thoughts when that wish comes true; now airing on Disney Channel and Disney Jr. and streaming on Disney+.
‘Tabby McTat,’ ‘La Vida Secreta de tu Mente’ Nab International Emmy Awards
The CG animated film, which follows a busker and his cat, won Best Kids Animation; Warner Bros. Discovery’s animated series aimed at solving the greatest mystery in the universe nabbed the Kids: Factual & Entertainment award.
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Technicolor Group Names David Conley President of MPC
The former Executive Producer at Wētā FX will report directly to Andrea Miloro, Chief Business & Strategy Officer, and Caroline Parot, Chief Executive Officer.
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World VFX Day 2024 Speakers Revealed
The upcoming free livestream event features a lengthy lineup of worldwide VFX talent, allowing viewers to interact with speakers via live chat, ask questions, win prizes, and more, on December 6 and 8.
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FX Drops Teaser, Key Art for ‘Alien: Earth’ Series
The original sci-fi/horror series set in the ‘Alien’ universe from executive producer Noah Hawley hits Hulu in Summer 2025.
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‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ Rounds Out Season 2 Cast
Chin Han, Hoa Xuande, Justin Chien, Amanda Zhou, Crystal Yu, Kelemete Misipeka, Lourdes Faberes and Rekha Sharma join the Netflix show currently in production in partnership with Nickelodeon.
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Explore Disney’s ‘Fa-La-La-Lidays’ and ‘Magical Holidays’ Programming Slate
Starting November 15, Disney Branded Television will deck the halls with joyful shows for the whole family, airing on Disney Channel and Disney Jr. and streaming on Disney+ through January 18, 2025.
‘Mass Effect’ Series in Development at Amazon MGM Studios
‘Fast & Furious 9’ writer Daniel Casey will executive produce and pen the script for the first adaptation of the fan-favorite sci-fi video game.
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