Framestore Launches Feline into Space for O2 Spot
London-based VFX house teams with visualization specialists The Third Floor to help launch O2's ‘Be More Dog’ campaign into outer space.
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Nexus Expands Senior Team with Jeremy Smith Hire
Nexus announces the appointment of executive producer Jeremy Smith.
Marvel Studios Announces Nine Features Through 2019
Upcoming Marvel slate to include ‘Captain America,’ ‘Thor,’ ‘Avengers’ and ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ installments, along with films featuring Black Panther, Captain Marvel, Doctor Strange and the Inhumans.
mOcean Nabs Two Wins at THR Key Art Ceremonies
The entertainment creative agency mOcean stands as the only to win top honors in both theatrical and television categories.
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Ntropic Creates Interactive Look Book for Reebok
Ntropic collaborates with DIKO and Unit9 to create interactive look-books for Reebok, letting visitors see Reebook footwear and apparel in action.
Box Office Report: ‘Ouija’ Scares Up $20M Debut
Based on the classic Hasbro board game, new horror entry was produced by Blumhouse Pictures and Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes for less than $5 million.
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Brazil’s O2 Post Taps DaVinci Resolve
Blackmagic Design announces DaVinci Resolve has become a central part of O2 Post’s entire production and post production workflow, with the creation of one of the largest DaVinci Resolve workflows in the world.
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HPA to Honor Alan Heim, Randy Roberts with Lifetime Achievement Awards
Hollywood Post Alliance will celebrate the careers and contributions of Alan Heim and Randy Roberts at the 9th Annual HPA Awards Show.
Marvel’s Victoria Alonso Calls for More Women in VFX
Marvel’s executive producer and executive VP of visual effects & postproduction says roughly half of all women who decide to have children don’t return to the business.
Marvel Releases First Teaser for ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’
The Avengers reassemble to defeat James Spader as Ultron, a terrifying technological villain hell-bent on human extinction.
Modern VideoFilm Forms New Management Team
Modern VideoFilm announces the addition of Scott Avila as CEO, Cooper Crouse as President and Roxanna Sassanian as CFO.
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BENT Image Lab Taps Hilly Reps for Midwest Representation
BENT Image Lab's impressive roster of commercial work, post/VFX expertise and evolution into the digital arts have made them a perfect addition to Hilly Reps repertoire of industry talent.
House of Moves Announces Management-Led Buyout
Motion capture and animation studio closes management-led buyout deal from parent company Vicon and OMG.
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Chaos Group Releases V-Ray 3.0 for Maya
Substantial upgrade to rendering pipeline with improved ray tracing performance and new progressive image sampler.
Encore Appoints Thor Roos VP, Business Strategy
Senior Colorist upped to Vice President of Business Strategy for the post production and VFX company’s Vancouver office, reporting to Encore Executive Vice President Bill Romeo.
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Disney’s ‘Maleficent’ Headed to Retail November 4
‘Maleficent,’ starring Angelina Jolie, heads to DVD, Blu-ray, and Digital HD November 4, 2014.
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The Foundry Introduces NUKE 9
New offering brings powerful node-based VFX, Editorial and Finishing into a new single studio application, as well as providing core upgrades to the advanced compositing workflows of NUKE and NUKEX.
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Digital Domain to Produce 3D Holograms of Pop Legend Teresa Teng
Digital Domain 3.0 parent company Digital Domain Holdings Limited enters into a 10-year agreement with TNT Production to produce 3D virtual performance holograms for concerts, films and other media.
Zombies Head to Universal in Halloween-Themed Spot
A Common Thread’s Clay Staub directs a zombie invasion for Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights.
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axisVFX Delivers New Danger for ‘Doctor Who’
For the latest episode of ‘Doctor Who,’ avisVFX provides 66 VFX shots including a new multi-dimensional menace.
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Framestore Creates Sheldon the Snail for Freesat
The Corrie-loving snail, whose life is transformed by Freesat’s Freetime service, is created by Framestore for a new campaign by TellyJuice and director David Skinner.
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Box Office Report: ‘Book of Life’ Sees $17M Debut
Set around the Mexican holiday Day of the Dead, Jorge Gutierrez’ animated feature, ‘The Book of Life,’ makes a third place debut, trailing behind Brad Pitt’s ‘Fury’ and David Fincher’s ‘Gone Girl.’
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Patton Oswalt Returns for 13th Annual VES Awards
‘Ratatouille’ star returns for fourth hosting gig at the Visual Effects Society’s annual awards gala.
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Digital Domain Elevates Daniel Seah
Digital Domain 3.0 CEO Daniel Seah named executive director and CEO of parent company Digital Domain Holdings Limited.
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Allegorithmic Ships Substance Painter 1.0
Allegorithmic’s award-winning particle painter adds new features for high-res support, custom shaders and is now available on Steam and Unity Asset Store.
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