Shout! Factory Announces Digital Streaming Service
Titles available for streaming include the Gerry Anderson collection with hand-picked episodes from ‘Thunderbirds,’ ‘Stingray,’ ‘Captain Scarlet,’ ‘Fireball XL5,’ ‘Joe 90,’ and ‘Supercar.’
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Red Giant Releases New Seth Worley Short, ‘Old/New’
Short film narrated by Patton Oswalt is chock-full of visual effects both obvious and subtle, all powered by Red Giant technology.
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Autodesk Acquires Tweak Software
Autodesk acquires Tweak’s image and sequence playback tool RV; Tweak and Shotgun teams to work together to advance review and collaboration technology.
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‘Birdman’ Tops 67th Annual DGA Awards
Alejandro G. Iñárritu wins the DGA’s Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for ‘Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance).’
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‘The LEGO Movie’ Takes Home BAFTA for Outstanding Animated Film
Interstellar’ is given the award for outstanding special effects; ‘The Bigger Picture,’ by Chris Hees, Daisy Jacobs and Jennifer Majka, wins the prize for best British short animation.
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Box Office Report: ‘SpongeBob’ Crushes ‘Jupiter Ascending’
In one of the best debuts ever for the month of February, Paramount and Nickelodeon Movies’ ‘The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water’ soaks up $56 million for its domestic opening.
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Thinkbox Launches Beta for XMesh NUKE Loader
Software developer searching for testers for XMesh NUKE geometry caching system.
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Blackmagic Announces DaVinci Resolve 11.2
New release from Blackmagic Design includes improved CinemaDNG processing.
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Deluxe Entertainment Buys Sony Colorworks
Multimillion dollar deal will see Deluxe take over Sony’s 4K 14,000-square-foot post facility based on the Sony lot in Culver City.
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Ingenuity Engine Taps Cospective's Frankie for Qoros Ad
Hollywood-based VFX facility completes production on a new commercial for Chinese car manufacturer Qoros Automotive using Cospective’s Frankie and cineSync to help cross The Great Firewall.
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Amy Pascal Steps Down From Top Sony Post
Ousted studio head will transition to a major new production venture based on the Sony Pictures lot in Culver City.
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‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’ Tops 13th Annual VES Awards
‘Big Hero 6’ garners five awards; ‘Games of Thrones’ and SSE “Maya” lead in broadcast and commercial wins.
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Stitching Together the VFX of ‘Birdman’ with Rodeo FX
Montreal-based post house delivers 90 minutes of ‘invisible effects’ for Oscar-nominated feature.
Red Giant Pulls the Trigger With Magic Bullet Suite 12
Red Giant’s Magic Bullet Suite 12 delivers GPU-accelerated, real-time color correction and grading, 198 new Looks presets, Streamlined UI and UX, and an all-new Magic Bullet film.
Intelligent Creatures Taps Fusion Studio for ‘Orphan Black’
Toronto-based visual effects shop provides feature-quality effects on a television budget with the use of Blackmagic Design’s Fusion Studio.
Coming Soon…to Your Living Room: Studio Ghibli Titles on Blu-ray
From Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, three Studio Ghibli classics -- ‘Tales from Earthsea,’ ‘Porco Rosso’ and ‘Pom Poko’ -- make their way onto Blu-ray.
biscuit filmworks Directors Score With Super Bowl XLIX Spots
biscuit filmworks directors Matt Dilmore, Noam Murro, Christopher Riggert and Aaron Stoller help brands stand out during Super Bowl XLIX.
RebusFarm 2.0 Now Available
Upgrade includes new automated render technology designed to provide a seamless experience with simplified workflow and faster upload and download times.
Nvizible Provides Effects for ‘Kingsman: The Secret Service’
Nvizible is tapped to provide visual effects for Matthew Vaughn’s Kingsman: The Secret Service, in theaters February 13.
‘Tomorrowland’ Trailer Sees Super Bowl Debut
New teaser for Brad Bird’s live-action feature, ‘Tomorrowland,’ airs during Sunday’s Super Bowl game.
FMX 2015 to Spotlight Immersion and Virtual Reality
Conference on Animation, Effects, Games and Transmedia to explore the impact of immersive technologies on financing, content creation, distribution and viewing behavior across different platforms.
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Polynoid Directs Reveal Video for Lexus GS F
Reveal video presented at the Detroit Motor Show in January was directed by Polynoid and produced by Blacklist, with the animation executed at Polynoid production spinoff Woodblock.
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‘Grand Budapest Hotel,’ ‘Birdman,’ ‘Guardians’ Top 19th Annual ADG Awards
‘The Grand Budapest Hotel,’ ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ and ‘Birdman’ are each recognized for excellence in production design for a feature film in 2014.
The Foundry Names Jon Wadelton CTO
The Foundry promotes Jon Wadelton, known as ‘Mr. Nuke,’ to chief technology officer and head of media production.
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Dan DeLeeuw Talks ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’
The Oscar-nominated VFX supervisor breaks down some of the key grand finale action on Marvel’s second ‘Captain America’ hit.
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