Is Warner Bros. Planning a ‘Harry Potter’ Film Reboot?
Amidst studio’s ongoing upheaval, many major franchises have been affected, from the DCU to ‘Game of Thrones;’ will a reimagined magical world bring audiences back to theaters?
NVIDIA Launches ‘Omniverse Avatar Cloud Engine’ Early-Access
New suite of cloud-native AI microservices helps developers build and deploy intelligent virtual assistants and digital humans at scale, including adding animation to any avatar built on virtually any platform – such as Unreal’s MetaHuman tech and cross-platform game avatar development tools - and deployed on any cloud.
Build-A-Bear Producing ‘Glisten and the Merry Mission’ Animated Feature
The ‘stuff it yourself’ teddy bear toy company is teaming with Foundation Media Partners on its first animated Christmas feature, complete with an all-star cast, based on the real-life Holiday plush collection star Glisten the snow deer.
NVIDIA Reveals New Omniverse AI Tools for 3D Artists
As part of tech giant’s CES Special Address, company announced Blender enhancements that include Omniverse Launcher and Audio2Face, Audio2Gesture, and Audio2Emotion — generative AI tools that enable instant 3D character animation.
NVIDIA Releases Major Omniverse Enterprise Updates
The latest release features new deployment options, new Omniverse connectors, and enhanced performance for optimized workflows that connect 3D pipelines to develop and operate large-scale, physically accurate virtual 3D worlds.
Hulu Drops ‘Koala Man’ Trailer
Debuting January 9, the original animated series about a middle-aged superhero dad, his titular not-so-secret identity, and his quest to stamp out crime in his hometown, stars Michael Cusack, Hugh Jackman, Sarah Snook, Jemaine Clement, and Demi Lardner.
Ingenuity Studios Shares ‘Let the Right One In’ VFX Breakdown Reel
The visual effects studio delivered 1,522 shots on the Showtime vampire/horror series, including fully CG chimps that morphed into vicious vampire chimps.
Territory Studio Gets New London HQ Digs
Following studio launches in Munich and Barcelona, the new facility will accommodate company’s growing team and project roster while increasing its capacity and production capabilities.
Will Prime Video’s ‘God of War’ Series Follow Video Game Lore?
Amazon Studios head Vernon Sanders assures fans the first season is ‘incredibly true to the source material,’ despite the synopsis seemingly omitting game events preceding 2018’s ‘God of War’ soft reboot.
Possible ‘Batman Beyond’ Film Starring Michael Keaton, Michelle Pfeifer Canned
The feature, set after the events of the ‘Batman Beyond’ animated series, may have seen Michelle Pfeiffer return as Catwoman, reviving the romance between her and her ‘Batman Returns’ rival.
A Great ‘Thing’ Revealed in ‘Wednesday’ Behind-the-Scenes Photos
Images show the disembodied hand actor Victor Dorobantu doing his ‘thang’ on set, though his role required a surprising full-body contorting performance.
‘Santiago of the Seas’ Creator Niki López Completes Short for Nickelodeon
The Puerto Rico native, one of ‘Variety’s 10 Animators to Watch,’ made the film as part of Nick’s Intergalactic Shorts Program initiative to develop original comedy-driven content with an eye towards eventual series development.
‘Game of Thrones’ Projects Shelved in Wake of HBO Max Shakeup
According to the famed franchise’s creator, while crowd favorite ‘House of the Dragon’ will move forward to its second season, all other spinoffs not yet greenlit have been ‘shelved.’
Framestore Adds Festive Flair to Marvel’s 'The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special’
The award-winning studio delivers 271 shots for the Disney+ special, including a newly built and decorated Knowhere, Cosmo the (digital) dog, and a dancing adolescent Groot.
‘Paul Martin and the Magic Magnifying Glass’ Getting Animated
Creation Entertainment Media and Magic Frame Animation are teaming up to develop and produce and feature film adaptation of Georges Alexander Vagan’s detective adventure book series that follows young Paul Martin as he traverses a land of perpetual Christmas and snow.
Review: The 22nd Annual 'Animation Show of Shows'
This year’s selection of 10 shorts, including films by Patrick Smith, Gil Alkabetz, and Oscar winner Frederic Back, showcases a variety of techniques and tones in a celebration of unconventional approaches to the medium.
New Images Revealed for ‘Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham’
Three exciting first-look character images have been released for upcoming Lovecraftian animated film, including glimpses of Batman (David Giuntoli), Harvey Dent, (Patrick Fabian), Oliver Queen (Christopher Gorham), and Talia al Ghul (Emily O’Brien).
Crunchyroll Drops New Trailer, Release Date for ‘NieR: Automata Ver1.1a’
The anime series based on Square Enix and Platinum Games’ role-playing game, featuring the battle between androids and machines in a post-apocalyptic Earth, is set to release January 7.
Milk VFX Launching Bordeaux Studio in 2023
The award-winning visual effects house to kick off the new year with a new French-based facility helmed by Creative Director/Head of Studio Andy Morley; continued studio expansion follows the recent acquisition of Lola Post Production.
NVIDIA Studio Highlights ‘I Am Not Afraid!’ Animated Short
Creative studio Fabian&Fred harnessed Adobe Creative Cloud, Blender, and DaVinci Resolve, bolstered by GeForce RTX 3090 GPUs, creating an authentic reflection of a little girl’s fear and her discovery of the true meaning of bravery.
Stoopid Buddy Stoodios Transports ‘Nouns’ into the 134th Annual Rose Parade
The Emmy Award-winning animation studio teams up with the Nouns DAO digital art community to usher in 2023, designing and building a 65-foot-long float manned by greater than life-sized memes Cone, Pickle, and Shark – some of the digital figures sold in daily NFT auctions.
Is Another ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ Project on the Way?
Avatar News reveals an original animated series following the next ‘earth cycle’ Avatar, set after the events of ‘The Legend of Korra,’ may be coming to Paramount+ in 2025.
Famed ‘Naruto’ Producer and Studio Pierrot Founder Yuji Nunokawa Dies at 75
In addition to the illustrious anime icon’s achievements in entertainment, he was responsible for establishing initiatives to aid the anime industry, such as The Association of Japanese Animations collective and NUROANI Juku.
Nick Drops ‘Bossy Bear’ First Look Images
The animated preschool series from the creative minds behind ‘UglyDolls’ follows unlikely besties Bossy Bear and Turtle on their misadventures in Pleasantburg, slated to debut in 2023.
‘Twister’ Sequel Swirling into Theaters Summer 2024
The ‘new chapter’ from the 1996 disaster movie is in development at Universal, with Lee Isaac Chung directing a script by Mark L. Smith.
