NVIDIA Releases New Omniverse Connectors to Expand 3D Workflow Integration
Major Omniverse updates announced at GTC include increased access to generative AI, simulation, and the industrial metaverse.
DreamWorks Animation Shares ‘The Croods: Family Tree’ Season 6 Trailer
The Bettermans are back in six all-new episodes of the popular 3DCG animated series, inspired by the hit film, ‘The Croods: A New Age,’ coming to Peacock and Hulu this month!
NVIDIA and Getty Images Collaborate on Generative AI Tools
Just announced joint effort will focus on using NVIDIA Picasso to produce customized text-to-image and text-to-video models using fully licensed visual content.
NVIDIA and Adobe Partner on New Generative AI Tools
The tech companies will co-develop generative AI models with a focus on deep integration into Creative Cloud applications like Photoshop, Premiere Pro, and After Effects, as well as the NVIDIA Picasso cloud service, for content creators, designers, and marketers.
New NVIDIA RTX Ada GPUs to Power Next-Gen Laptop and Desktop Workstations
6 new GPUs, available this month, will be featured in computers from system builders like BOXX, HP and Lenovo, offering accelerated computing power for collaborative content creation, design, and AI-augmented applications.
Raoul Servais, Pioneering Father of Belgian Animation, Passes at 94
With a style that ‘blended expressionism and magical realism,’ the filmmaker produced 16 shorts and one feature, including the award-winning ‘Harpya’ and ‘Nocturnal Butterflies;’ he also served as ASIFA president for a decade and founded continental Europe’s first animation training course in 1960 at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent.
MELS’ President Martin Carrier to Step Down
TVA Group announced that the company leader, who expanded the business while launching a virtual production platform service during the pandemic, is leaving his position to pursue new challenges; existing executive team will establish a leadership transition plan and ensure continuity in company’s business activities.
Flawless AI Names Peter Busch Chief Strategic Officer
The film and TV AI tech company adds AI and facial animation technology veteran to leadership roster, joining former Lionsgate COO Jen Hollingsworth and company’s co-founders and co-CEOs Scott Mann and Nick Lynes.
EVP Victoria Alonso Exits Marvel Studios
The longtime studio executive, who helped grow the MCU into the most successful franchise in theatrical history over her nearly two-decade run, has left the company for reasons unknown.
OPSIS Scores with VFX for Frito-Lay’s FIFA World Cup ‘Soccer or Football’ Commercial
Director Michael Bay brought in the visual effects house on the spot, featuring soccer icon David Beckham and football legend Peyton Manning, to create some very “cheesy” Cheetos-munching debris, a CG ball smacking a chip bag, and generic stadium shots where all manner of branded signage, banners, flags, and video screen imagery had to be removed.
Ingenuity Studios Appoints Juliet Tierney Executive Producer
Based in the Los Angeles office, the animation, VFX and live-action producer will lead nationwide business development for Streamland Media’s visual effects division.
The Monk Studios’ ‘The Adventures of Tumbi’ Coming to Annecy in June
The Bangkok studio’s latest original, selected as a Mifa Campus 2023 finalist, is a co-production with Hong Kong toy design and manufacturer Unbox Industries.
Preymaker Adds Senior Production Team Talent
The cloud-based creative studio brings on Clairellen Wallin to support client/artist relationships and Mike Pullan to handle day to day project management and planning.
CAFÉ Returns May 16 for 2nd Edition
Hosted by the Quebec Film and Television Council, the Montréal-based event is now open for registration; this year's focus is technology, creativity, and industry – wellness at work and inclusion.
WATCH: Apple TV+ Drops All-New ‘Bad Luck Spot’ for St. Patrick’s Day
‘Luck’s hilarious hazmat bunnies get their own ‘spot’ in a new animated short starring Jane Fonda as ‘Babe the Dragon.’
‘RAID: Call of the Arbiter’ Animated Series Coming to YouTube
Publisher Pixel United and Plarium have teamed to create the 3DCG video game-to-series adaptation of ‘RAID: Shadow Legends,’ which will air as 10, 5-minute shorts, premiering once a week starting May 18, 2023 on YouTube.
Cyber Group Studios Expands Leadership Team
Michèle Massonnat promoted to Vice-President, Sales and Acquisition, and ex-Warner Bros. creative strategist Ben Abrass named Head of Digital.
‘Bugs Bunny at The Symphony’ Returning to Los Angeles
The film-and-orchestra concert comes to the Microsoft Theater this July, featuring 16 classic ‘Looney Tunes’ projected on a big screen with a live symphony orchestra conducted by Emmy Award winner George Daugherty; tickets go on sale March 17.
Jeremy Podeswa to Direct ‘Blade Runner 2099’ Limited Series
The ‘Game of Thrones’ director to helm Amazon Studios’ new installment of the ‘Blade Runner’ franchise, set 50 years after the events of ‘Blade Runner 2049;’ Silka Luisa to showrun and executive produce.
Apple TV+ Releases 3 ‘Stillwater’ Animated Shorts
In celebration of National Panda Day, the streamer drops new films featuring mindfulness activities with the Zen panda: ‘Jasper’s Journey,’ ‘Making Waves,’ and ‘Breathing.’
FMX 2023 Program Now Online
The 4-day hybrid event returns to Stuttgart April 25-27 with an exclusive online day April 28; confirmed presentations include the creative and technical journey of Netflix’s ‘1899’ and Digital Domain’s use of Charlatan, its neural network for ‘deep fake’-like face replacements on Disney+’s ‘She-Hulk: Attorney at Law.’
Jeff ‘Swampy’ Marsh Boards New ‘Phineas and Ferb’
The hit series' co-creator inks deal with Disney Branded Television, joining longtime creative partner Dan Povenmire to executive produce and voice direct all-new episodes of the award-winning animated show, which premiered in 2008 and became one of DTV’s most successful animated kids’ shows.
Paramount+ Shares ‘Rugrats’ Season 2 Trailer
From Nickelodeon Animation, the iconic babies return for new adventures - across the frozen tundra, discovering treasures of ancient babies, and meeting Tommy’s new brother! The first 13 all-new episodes hit the streamer next month.
All-Star Cast Eyed for Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’
Andrew Garfield, Oscar Isaac, and Mia Goth are in early talks to appear in the Oscar-winning ‘Pinocchio’ filmmaker’s upcoming classic monster flick remake for Netflix.
Annecy 2023 Official Short Film Selections Revealed
Out of 3,200 short film submissions from 100 countries, 37 films were chosen to compete in the ‘Official’ category, 7 films were selected in the ‘Off-Limits’ category, 19 in the ‘Perspectives’ section, and 8 in the ‘Young Audience’ section; the festival runs June 11-17.
