Pixomondo Building World’s Largest Virtual Production Studio in Toronto
The award-winning VFX company has teamed with tech partners Unreal Engine, LED manufacturer ROE Visual, and Nvidia on new facility, scheduled to be completed late 2020.
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Motion Array Releases Six New Plugins for Premiere Pro
New effects are customizable and can apply instantly to keyframes or across the entire sequence.
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ASIFA-Hollywood Now Accepting Recommendations for Special Honorary Awards
Entries can now be submitted to suggest nominees for Winsor McCay Award, June Foray Award, Ub Iwerks Award, Special Achievement Award, and the Certificate of Merit at the upcoming 48th Annie Awards.
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ACE Eddie Awards Adds Best Edited Animated Series for 2021
American Cinema Editors organization announces key upcoming awards dates and new category award for 72nd ceremony set for next April.
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Safe Sets and Virtual Production Bring Remote Guests to The Drew Barrymore Show
Due to COVID-19, producers on the new weekly talk show turned to CBS VFX for a fast, innovative solution to seamlessly and safely integrate L.A. guests into the N.Y.-based production.
Ringling College of Art and Design Designated a Houdini Certified School
The Motion Design Department’s trained students qualify for fully featured EDU licenses of Houdini FX for home use and a one-year Core or six-month FX license upon graduation.
Ghost VFX Opens Vancouver B.C. Studio as Part of Global Expansion Strategy
Visual effects veteran Gillian Pearson named lead studio manager at new Vancouver state-of-the-art facility.
WATCH: Pixomondo’s ‘The Mandalorian’ Season 1 VFX Showreel
VFX supervisor Goran Backman details the studio’s creature and environment work on Jon Favreau, Lucasfilm and Disney+’s VES and Emmy Award-winning hit space-adventure series.
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What’s Your Coronavirus Contingency?
Wishful thinking is not a plan.
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Disney+ Drive-In Festival Comes to Santa Monica October 5-12
Outdoor screening series features Disney+ Originals world premieres of ‘The Right Stuff,’ and ‘Clouds;’ screenings of fan favorites will include ‘The Simpsons,’ ‘Hocus Pocus,’ ‘Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back,’ ‘The Sound of Music.’
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‘Maxon One’ Student and Faculty Subscription Bundle Now Available Through OnTheHub
Qualified academics get streamlined access to industry-leading, easy-to-use, professional tools for 3D animation, GPU rendering, VFX, motion design, and compositing, for a nominal processing fee.
Union Illustrates Marie Curie and Radium’s Impact in ‘Radioactive’
UK visual effects studio tackles a choreographed radium dance, WWI battlefield, Hiroshima bombing, and Chernobyl disaster in Marjane Satrapi’s captivating biographical drama.
Epic Buys SuperAwesome Kids Web Platform
Deal gives leading game company and Unreal Engine makers access to leading GDPR-compliant kidtech platforms for delivering safe, monetizable digital offerings to young kids.
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Mike Mitchell and Drew Massey Bringing Puppet Fun to Nick’s ‘Brendar the Barbarian’
Live-action puppet comedy series, coming to Nickelodeon in 2021, features a fierce female warrior on a quest to free her brother; show is co-created by the ‘Trolls’ and ‘The LEGO Move 2: The Second Part’ director and ‘Sid the Science Kid’ puppet master.
VFX Legion Signs CG Supervisor Blake Anderson
15-year veteran joins leadership team in new B.C. division, bringing expertise in management and collaboration to studio’s growing network of work-from-home teams of artists.
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Foundry’s Nuke Indie 12.2v3 Update Now Available
With the addition of support for H.264 and AAC audio codecs, the indie version for solo artists now includes all file formats supported by commercial Nuke Studio; 3rd party OFX plug-ins are also now enabled.
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Cartoon Saloon’s Tomm Moore to Present ‘Wolfwalkers’ at View 2020
Award-winning director of Oscar nominated films ‘The Secret of Kells’ and ‘Song of the Sea’ will share an in-depth presentation of his latest folklore masterpiece, coming to Apple TV+ this fall.
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‘Black Widow’ and Other Marvel Pics Delayed…Again
Miss Romanoff and her other MCU Phase 4 brethren will now be gracing movie theatres starting mid-2021 instead of November 6th 2020.
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LightBox Expo Creators Introduce Magma Studio
New browser-based painting application facilitates real-time collaboration for up to 30 people at a time, working anywhere.
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‘Peacemaker’ Origin Story with John Cena and James Gunn Gets Series Order at HBO Max
With the rallying cry, ‘Oh f*ck, it’s Peacemaker!” streaming giant greenlights action-adventure-comedy series that explore the origins of character Cena plays in upcoming ‘The Suicide Squad’ film, a man who believes in peace at any cost, including lives.
Ubisoft Announces ‘Assassin’s Creed’ and ‘Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell’ VR Games
Gaming giant reveals development is underway on two new unique immersive experiences, being built from the ground up exclusively for the Oculus platform.
‘Stranger Things’ to Resume Production This Month
While the iconic Netflix series was delayed back in March due to COVID-19, production on Season 4 is tentatively set to resume September 28.
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‘The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance’ Canceled Right After Emmy Win
Netflix has decided to end production on the fantasy adventure series despite its win at this past Saturday’s 2020 Creative Arts Emmys ceremony, leaving fans hanging on the future of the world of Thra.
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Disney+ and Marvel Drop Official ‘WandaVision’ Trailer
It’s creepy, it’s campy, and it’s got Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany as a married couple living in the idealized suburbs… what could go wrong?
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Mace Windu Origin Story with Samuel L. Jackson Rumored at Disney+
None other than Nick Fury himself may be reprising his role as the purple lightsaber master, alongside a younger version of the character, in what would surely be a thrilling origin tale.
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