Disney Creates Direct-to-Consumer Unit to Oversee Streaming
Kevin Mayer, who oversaw the acquisitions of Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm and 20th Century Fox, will lead the new division.
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Dublin-based Pink Kong Premieres VR Animated Film 'Aurora'
Ireland’s first original animated VR film made its debut at the Audi Dublin International Film Festival’s Immersive Stories program.
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Substance Designer Adds UDIM Support for Feature Film Artists
Allegorithmic's 3D material authoring tool adds nine new nodes and a big graph speed boost.
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Fiona Chilton Joins Method Studios as Head of Production, Sydney
Veteran of VFX and animation production will oversee all the studio’s film VFX productions.
Box Office: 'Black Panther' Holds Up Over 'Time'
Marvel Studios’ smash hit hangs on to title for the fourth weekend in a row and passes the $1 billion mark in worldwide ticket sales.
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Epic Games Goes Big at GDC 2018
Company behind Unreal Engine plans large presence at the show spotlighting developers, licensees and education.
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Tribeca Film Festival Unveils Immersive Program
Virtual Arcade lineup includes 21 world premiere VR, AR experiences and five projects selected for Storyscapes competition.
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Jon Favreau to Helm Live-Action 'Star Wars' Series
Acclaimed actor, producer and director will executive produce and write the untitled series for Disney’s new direct-to-consumer platform.
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The Rookies Opens its 2018 Competition
Young creatives in film, animation, games, VR, motion graphics and 3D visualization offered evaluation by top professionals and exposure to the industry.
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Oscar Nominee Dee Rees, MPC Create Walmart Oscar Ad
Production company Anonymous Content and VFX studio MPC team for sci-fi short.
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FMX Adds Insights into Blockbuster VFX, AR, Animation
‘Black Panther,’ Oscar-winner ‘Blade Runner 2049’ and ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ will be spotlighted.
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Stuart Robinson to Lead Method's Ad Business in North America
Company also brings aboard Alaina Zanotti in business development and promoted Stephanie Gilgar and Angela Lupo.
Method Sets Wakandan Showdown in 'Black Panther'
Primary vendor on the Marvel Studios hit created environments, digital doubles and most of the climactic battle.
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SIGGRAPH's VR Theater Open for Submissions
Deadline to enter is April 3; annual event is set for Aug. 12-16 in Vancouver.
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'Black Panther' Posts Powerful $64M Third Weekend
Marvel Studios’ most-recent entry is the third-fastest film to reach the half-billion mark at the domestic box office.
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‘Coco,’ ‘Dear Basketball,’ ‘Blade Runner 2049’ Win Oscars at 90th Academy Awards
Glen Keane’s ‘Dear Basketball,’ Pixar’s ‘Coco’ win animation Oscars; ‘Blade Runner 2049’ wins VFX and cinematography awards.
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Electric Dreams: John Nelson Talks ‘Blade Runner 2049’
The overall VFX supervisor riffs on witness cameras, bleak L.A. cityscapes and the super-secret digital recreation of Rachael in Denis Villeneuve’s mesmerizing ‘Blade Runner’ sequel.
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'Paddington 2' Comes to Life With Help From Rodeo FX
Studio created complex sequence in which the beloved bear is trapped underwater.
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DNeg Honored at BAFTAs for 'Blade Runner 2049'
Honor is the most-recent for the visual-effects house in a busy awards season.
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Autodesk Celebrates Awards Success for Projects Using its Tools
All five Oscars best visual effects nominees used software made by the company, whose employees also were honored by the Television Academy and at the Sci-Tech Awards.
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Piecing Together the Puzzle: Bringing ‘Black Panther’ to the Screen
Production VFX Supervisor Geoff Baumann assembled and managed the movie’s heavy-hitter vendor lineup to complete more than 2,000 visual effects shots for Marvel’s most recent hit.
Can Three Caesars Add Up to One More Oscar for Joe Letteri?
Weta’s four-time Oscar-winning senior VFX supervisor talks about the complexities of creating believable digital ape performances in the final film in Fox’s ‘Apes’ trilogy reboot, director Matt Reeves’ futuristic action adventure ‘War for the Planet of the Apes.’
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Chaos Group Sets Total Chaos Event for 3D Artists and Developers
V-Ray developers organize event dedicated to the future of rendering.
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Wacom Introduces Cintiq Pro 24-inch Pen Display
High-performance, mid-size display is built for creative and design applications including augmented and virtual reality.
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Jeff White Named Creative Director of ILM Vancouver
Academy Award winner and visual effects supervisor of ‘Kong: Skull Island’ takes creative reins of ILM’s Canadian studio.
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