HALON Entertainment Ups Chris Ferriter to CEO
HALON Entertainment founder Daniel Gregoire set as chairman of the board.
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Nexus Teams with Director FX Goby on Short Film for Google I/O ‘17
Produced alongside creative studio Mighty Nice, ‘The Story of An Idea’ builds from hand-drawn 2D black-and white-animation to a full CG VFX-heavy grand finale.
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The Third Floor Returns to its Groots on ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2’
Supervisor James Baker leads the studio’s previs, techvis and postvis efforts on their second ‘Guardians’ and 11th Marvel film collaboration.
Chaos Group Releases V-Ray 3.6 for 3ds Max
The renderer update introduces CPU-GPU hybrid rendering and improves compositing output and compatibility with Autodesk 3ds Max 2018.
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Foundry and J Cube Partner to Improve Katana and Maya Pipelines
The software developer and R&D company work to boost the CG ecosystem with seamless and fast data transfer of layouts and geometry between 3D applications, as well as look to address wider industry problems, such as proper motion blur render of varying meshes in Maya and Katana.
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Box Office Report: ‘Transformers 5’ Makes $265.3M Global Debut
Michael Bay’s ‘Transformers: The Last Knight’ tops the box office both at home and abroad; director Patty Jenkins’ ‘Wonder Woman’ becomes top-grossing woman-directed live-action film of all time.
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SIGGRAPH Unveils 2017 Computer Animation Festival Lineup
Ten Virtual Reality experiences and 22 features, short films, commercials and game trailers are selected for the 2017 SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival.
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Laundry Names James Sweigert Managing Director
The former executive producer of TV & streaming at mOcean brings extensive experience in marketing, brand strategy, design and TV and film production to his new role spearheading business development at Laundry.
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Andy Serkis and Joe Letteri to Speak at RTX Austin 2017
Both the actor and the Academy Award-winning VFX supervisor for WETA Digital, respectively, will sit on the keynote panel and host an exclusive Q&A following an early screening of ‘War for the Planet of the Apes,’ their recent collaboration.
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SIGGRAPH 2017 to Host VR Presentation and Film Produced by 'The New York Times'
Director of immersive platforms storytelling for ‘The New York Times’ Graham Roberts will present a 40-minute talk about the organization’s VR expertise and integration of the new medium into the media outlet’s news reporting through NYT VR, as well as insight into the making of the 10-minute short film ‘The Antarctica Series: Under A Cracked Sky,’ executive produced by Roberts and one of four films in the Times’ Antarctica series.
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Adobe Acquires Mettle’s SkyBox Tools
The acquisition accelerates Adobe’s position in the cutting-edge 360-degree film and virtual reality media, allowing native integration of SkyBox plugin functionality in future releases of Premiere Pro and After Effects.
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VR Playhouse School Launches in Los Angeles
Launched by creative studio VR Playhouse, the program consists of three essential, six week courses covering 3D production, interactive 360 video and storytelling in virtual reality starting July 10, with other intensives planned.
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WingsMedia Plans Ambitious, Collaborative Sci-Fi Franchise Expansion
Tiny Island Productions will adapt and expand their ‘Dream Defenders’ animated series for the China market with a TV series, feature film, comics and an augmented reality experience, all as part of WingsMedia’s hope to grow ‘Starship MZ’ properties into China’s Marvel Universe equivalent.
Method Studios Returns to the Marvel Universe for ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2’
Vancouver and Los Angeles facilities deliver 550 VFX shots for the latest Marvel blockbuster, including key CG character sequences with Rocket and Baby Groot, large-scale destruction and spaceship crashes, environment design, and more.
Director Dan Brown Brings Sci-Fi Parable to Paradise in Odesza Music Video
Live-action production company UNHEARD/OF joined forces with the director and post specialists World Famous to craft the video for ‘Line of Sight,’ the latest single from the renowned electronic duo.
Godzilla Battles Iconic Rivals in Next Film
Director Michael Dougherty helms the next installment in the Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures monsterverse, starring Kyle Chandler, Vera Farmiga, Millie Bobby Brown, Ken Watanabe and Zhang Ziyi, with a planned March 2019 release.
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Reap the Rewards with Free VR Experience
The makers of the Limitless VR Creative Environment have released the interactive, animated VR experience, ‘Reaping Rewards,’ available for free on Steam and coming soon to the Oculus store.
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Marc Chu Joins Atomic Fiction as Animation Department Supervisor
Based out of their Oakland office, Chu will oversee animation company-wide, bringing to bear 20 years of experience animating and supervising, after his most recent role as animation director at ILM.
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Scanline VFX Licenses Ziva Technology for Virtual Character Simulation
Internationally acclaimed visual effects studio leverages proprietary virtual anatomy and biophysics simulation platform co-founded by SciTech Academy Award winner James Jacobs for character and creature work.
Milk VFX Secures £2M Funding Investment
Oscar-winning independent U.K. visual effects house secures investment from the Business Growth Fund to grow the company, with increased focus in the feature film market.
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Outpost VFX Delivers Photoreal CG Sharks and More for ‘47 Meters Down’
Bournemouth, U.K.-based visual effects studio creates more than 420 shots as sole VFX vendor for director Johannes Roberts’ intense survival film, ‘47 Meters Down.’
SMPTE and VES to Explore Imminent AR Evolution
VES of Los Angeles and the Hollywood Section of SMPTE emphasize the importance of augmented reality technologies with special joint June meeting.
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Sony Pictures VR Launches 'Spider-Man: Homecoming' Experience
The multi-platform VR experience is based on Columbia Pictures’ 'Spider-Man: Homecoming,' in theaters July 7, and will be free across major VR platforms PlayStationVR, HTC Vive and Oculus Rift June 30.
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Autodesk Appoints Andrew Anagnost President & CEO
Interim co-chief executive officer and chief marketing officer to lead Autodesk through next phase of growth.
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Foam Studio Explores Automation in New Video
Fictional personality Autonomous Rolf borrows vocal synthesizer Hatsune Miku’s voice to sing ‘It’s Not Unusual,’ in ‘Auto Nom,’ one part of a series of animations based on Rolf.
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