Guillermo Del Toro Leads Academy’s Fall Programming Slate
The Academy kicks off its fall programming slate with ‘In the Labyrinth: A Conversation with Guillermo del Toro’ on Wednesday, October 7 at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
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Epic Games Unveils ‘Bullet Train’ at Oculus Connect 2
The latest Virtual Reality experience from Epic Games delivers world-scale VR gunfight experience with gameplay that weaves in and out of bullet time.
In Event, Games, Technology, AR/VR/XR | ANIMATIONWorld, Headline News, VFXWorld | Geographic Region: North America
Sony Pictures Hosting ‘Mix Presents Sound for Film’
Second annual conference and exhibition slated for September 26th at Sony Pictures Studios.
WATCH: New ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ 360 Video Launches on Facebook
New 360-degree video allows fans to take a closer look at the already iconic imagery of the fallen Star Destroyer on a desert planet teased earlier this year.
One Fine Day Creates Launch Trailer for ‘Fear the Walking Dead’
New York-based creative studio One Fine Day delivers VFX-intensive trailer for AMC’s ‘Walking Dead’ spinoff.
Chainsaw Sinks Its Teeth into ‘Teen Wolf’
Post facility develops unique workflow to deliver quality and quick turnaround times for the fifth season of MTV’s popular high school drama.
Post Haste Digital Forms Strategic Alliance with Larson Studios
New Culver City studio co-op expands post offerings in West Los Angeles.
Encore Hollywood’s Stephan Fleet Joins Zoic Studios
Seasoned VFX supervisor joins Culver City-headquartered visual effects house, where he will work on projects across Zoic’s Culver City, New York and Vancouver studios.
In Business, People, Television, Visual Effects | Headline News, VFXWorld | Geographic Region: North America
SCAD Students and Grads Score Seven Red Dot Awards
Eleven Savannah College of Art and Design students and alumni garner seven wins in Germany’s prestigious Red Dot Awards for Communication Design.
Tröll Pictures Signs Director Natalie Johns
Award-winning filmmaker Natalie Johns joins directorial roster of Los Angeles-based production company for commercial representation.
In Business, Commercials, People | ANIMATIONWorld, Headline News, VFXWorld | Geographic Region: North America
Shotgun Software Hires Rob Di Figlia as Sr. Business Development Manager
Oktobor Animation co-founder to partner with new and existing Hollywood studio clients to drive product development and implementation.
Framestore Creates Interactive Digital Signage for Morgan Stanley
Large-scale, outdoor data visualization project developed in conjunction with Bloomberg’s internal creative agency brings interactive data to the thousands of people who traverse Times Square every day.
BAFTA Awards Scholarships to Students in the U.K. & U.S.
Awardees include three beneficiaries of the Prince William Scholarships in Film, Television and Games, supported by BAFTA and Warner Bros.
NUKE STUDIO Plugin Now Available in ftrack 3.2
Advanced NUKE STUDIO integration opens up a more streamlined production pipeline.
Zoic Teams with NBC Sports Group for ‘Sunday Night Football’ Show Open
NBC Sports, Bodega, Northern Lights and Zoic Studios take the stage with The NFL’s best for ‘Waiting All Day for Sunday Night.’
Digital Domain Delivers Blockbuster VFX for New ‘Destiny’ Trailer
Digital Domain, games, trailers, Activision, Bungie, 72andSunny, RESET, Destiny: The Taken King, Joseph Kosinski
Shotgun Software Releases New Shotgun Panel
New productivity tool available for all Shotgun Pipeline Toolkit users.
Make a Sci-Fi Short from Scratch with Digital-Tutors’ New VFX Training Series
Expert tutorials explain production techniques used on live-action/CG short; modeling and rigging lessons free.
Technicolor Buys The Mill for $292 Million
New purchase is part of the French-owned media company’s strategy to expand its ties with advertisers and build out its visual effects business, which already includes MPC, Mr. X and Mikros Image.
WATCH: Disney Unveils New Trailer for Jon Favreau’s ‘Jungle Book’
‘Iron Man’ director Jon Favreau relies heavily on motion-capture techniques for his live-action adaptation, surrounding actor Neel Sethi (as Mowgli) with a slew of CG animals and environments.
ILM Appoints Sam Mercer as Head of Studio
Reporting to Lucasfilm general manger Lynwen Brennan, veteran film producer will oversee Industrial Light & Magic’s four global studios located in San Francisco, Singapore, Vancouver and London.
In Business, Films, People, Visual Effects | Headline News, VFXWorld | Geographic Region: North America
Peter Chou Joins Digital Domain Holdings
HTC co-founder named chairman of the board of directors of parent company of the Academy Award-winning Hollywood digital production studio Digital Domain 3.0 Group.
In Business, People, AR/VR/XR, Visual Effects | Headline News, VFXWorld | Geographic Region: North America
Pixomondo Links Global Render Farm with Deadline
International creative design and VFX studio maximizes efficiencies with its globally dispersed render farm thanks to a proprietary process built on top of Thinkbox Software's Deadline.
Rodeo FX Wins Second Emmy for VFX for ‘Game of Thrones’
For the second year in a row, Montreal-based studio is awarded for Outstanding Special Visual Effects for its work on Season 5.
In Awards, Television, Visual Effects | Headline News, VFXWorld | Special Events: Emmy Awards | Geographic Region: North America
SIM Group Launching New Production Center at Former Eastman Kodak Site
Toronto-based supplier of production equipment, workflow and post-production solutions undertakes a multi-million dollar build-out of the Hollywood Office Campus to house Los Angeles operations of Chainsaw, SIM Digital and Bling Digital.
