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Foolish Mortals Headline News

Disney Shares ‘Haunted Mansion’ Featurette

Tiffany Haddish, Owen Wilson, Danny DeVito, and Rosario Dawson star in the creepy comic adventure that promises fans an ‘E ticket’ ride through the classic theme park attraction; in theaters next month.

VFX Magic Headline News

MPC Shares VFX and Animation From ‘Transformers: Rise of the Beasts’

Studio created multiple large-scale full CG and digital set extensions, including one that transported the present-day New York skyline back to 1994; a team of 1,000+ artists across London, Montreal, Bangalore, LA, Toronto, and Adelaide delivered 896 shots, including 18 of the movie’s characters.

Rawwwrrrr! VFXWorld

‘Prehistoric Planet’ Season 2 Takes ‘Dino’ Storytelling to the Extreme

Executive Producer Mike Gunton and Showrunner Tim Walker discuss how they went back in time again, using VFX from MPC, to showcase the lives of new dinosaurs, new habitats, and new scientific discoveries, taking viewers around the world on an epic adventure, now streaming on Apple TV+.

In the Can Headline News

Sony’s ‘El Muerto’ Scrubbed from Theatrical Release Calendar

The ‘Spider-Man’ spinoff starring Bad Bunny as the son of a luchador set to inherit the ancestral superpowers of his bloodline was originally set to release theatrically on January 12, 2024.

People Headline News

AGBO’s Visual Creatures Taps Digital Domain Alum to Lead Virtual Production Studio

Scott Meadows has been named Senior Visualization Supervisor, responsible for the studio’s new motion-capture enabled sound stage and real-time pipelines.

People Headline News

Travis Knight Elected to Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Board of Trustees

The LAIKA president and CEO joins the museum’s governing body; Effie T. Brown appointed honorary trustee of the Academy Museum Inclusion Advisory Committee.

VFX for TV VFXWorld

Kaitlyn Yang Celebrates Being ‘American Born Chinese’

The VFX supervisor, born in China before coming to the U.S. at age 9, shares her work overseeing 1100 visual effects shots on the Disney+ series that included the trickster God Monkey King’s transformation from falcon to tiger to fish, various gravity-defying flying characters, digital doubles, and an ambitious waterfall setting for a dangerous cliff jump.

Birth of a Villain Headline News

Bloodstained Red Band Trailer Drops for ‘Kraven the Hunter’

The very R-rated film, starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson in the titular role, tells the visceral origin story of the villain before his notorious vendetta with Spider-Man, in theaters October 6, 2023.

Technology ANIMATIONWorld

AMD Ups its Blender Game with New Rendering Technology for Cycles X

By Dan Sarto | Thursday, June 22, 2023 at 7:25am

The company’s continuing support for the growing Blender community through new tools like the HIP (Heterogeneous Interface for Portability) API and planned support for USD and materialX means Blender artists can access an expanding set of high-performance graphics card options for their creative production.

Ethan Hunt Returns! Headline News

New Featurette Drops for ‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One’

Watch adrenaline junkie Tom Cruise drive and drift one-handed through the streets of Rome, then catch the film during the Early Access Fan Event July 10 at 7:00 PM at participating theaters, or the nationwide debut on July 12.

People ANIMATIONWorld

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang Talks ‘Generative AI’ at Cannes Lions Festival

By Dan Sarto | Wednesday, June 21, 2023 at 11:16am

The tech giant’s CEO and WPP CEO Mark Read discussed AI's ‘Supercharge’ impact on creative industries, noting new tools augment artists’ creative process and don’t replace it.

It’s Unreal Headline News

Epic Games’ Free ‘RealityScan’ App Now on Android

Photogrammetry app uses pictures taken with Android or iOS device to create high-fidelity 3D models; export to Sketchfab or download to use in other apps such as UE or Twinmotion.

Nice to Meat You Headline News

Prime Video Drops Trailer for ‘The Horror of Dolores Roach’ Series

The darkly comedic drama from Aaron Mark, based on the hit Spotify podcast of the same name, is a contemporary Sweeney Todd-inspired urban legend of love, betrayal, weed, cannibalism, and survival of the fittest, premiering July 7 on the streamer.

It’s Unreal Headline News

Epic Games Releases ‘Electric Dreams’ Unreal Engine Sample Project

The UE demo, unveiled at this year’s ‘State of Unreal’ at GDC, showcases experimental Procedural Content Generation – tech allows users to build scalable, virtual worlds fast with an iterative design pipeline.

The Show Must Go On Headline News

Teaser Trailer Finally Drops for ‘3 Body Problem’

The upcoming Netflix series, based on Liu Cixin's series of sci-fi novels, seems to have moved past its early scandal when former producer Lin Qi was fatally poisoned by Yoozoo Group senior executive Xu Yao.

The New DCU Headline News

Andy Muschietti to Direct New DCU Batman Film ‘The Brave and the Bold’

‘The Flash’ director will helm the upcoming Dark Knight action flick, which will introduce canon Batman and Robin within James Gunn and Peter Safran’s interconnected universe.

More IP Gold Headline News

Sarah Polley to Direct Disney’s ‘Bambi’ Live-Action Remake

The Oscar winning ‘Women Talking’ writer/director and star joins writers Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster (‘Transparent’) and producers Chris and Paul Weitz on the studio’s latest photorealistic CGI remake of an animated classic; story follows a young fawn on his adventures in the forest after tragedy strikes.

Ch-Ch-Changes Headline News

Disney Reshuffles Feature Release Calendar in Anticipation of ‘Star Wars,’ ‘Moana’

Dates for many high-profile projects have been changed, including ‘Deadpool 3’ bumping up by six months, ‘Avatar 3’ delaying a full year, and ‘Avatar 4’ and ‘Avatar 5’ pushing back three years.

Prepare to Check In…or Check Out Headline News

‘The Continental: From the World of John Wick’ First Look Images Released

We catch our first real glimpse of the three-part ‘John Wick’ franchise prequel miniseries, set in 1975, that showcases characters whose assassin shenanigans are sure to thrill when it hits Peacock September 2023.

The Cuts Continue Headline News

‘Lord of the Rings’ Rights Holder Embracer Group Announces Layoffs, Restructuring

The gaming giant reveals a lofty goal of creating a more self-sufficient and ‘highly cash-flow generative’ company, which means studio closures and yet-undetermined staff reductions.

Sword-swinging Summer Headline News

‘The Witcher’ Season 3 Trailer, Images, and Character Art Released

Henry Cavill’s final season on the hit fantasy series streams this summer on Netflix, with Volume 1 launching June 29 and Volume 2 launching July 27.

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