Emma Watson to Star in Disney’s Live-Action ‘Beauty and The Beast’
‘Harry Potter’ star to play Belle in the live-action remake to be directed by Bill Condon.
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Box Office Report: ‘Paddington’ Holds, ‘Strange Magic’ Dives
U.K. feature ‘Paddington’ remains the family offering of choice, coming in third place with $12.4 million, while the George Lucas-produced ‘Strange Magic’ debuts in seventh place with $5.5 million.
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Brand New School Makes 2015 Wonderfilled for Oreo
Follow up to the holiday-themed Times Square digital experience is a musical romp featuring Brand New School’s trademark playful style.
NVIDIA 2015 GPU Technology Conference Kicks off March 17
Media & Entertainment Track at GTC 2015 to highlight breakthroughs in GPU technology across broadcast, video, and filmmaking
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DigiDay Video Awards Announce 2015 Recipients
Advertising agency MRY takes home Best B2C Video Campaign for its campaign for Adobe Creative Cloud.
MastersFX Receives VES Nomination for ‘Hemlock Grove’
Visual Effects Society affirms noted character company’s successful digital makeup effects techniques.
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Framestore Names William Bartlett Executive Creative Director
New appointment reflects Framestore’s expansion into virtual reality and other immersive content.
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Proof Inc. Provides Previs for Oscar-Nominated Features
Leading provider of high-quality visualization services provides extensive previs and postvis services for Oscar VFX nominees ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ and ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier.’
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Deluxe Combines Post Facilities under Creative Services Banner
Stefan Sonnenfeld named CEO of the new business unit; Encore’s Bill Romeo appointed Chief Marketing Officer; Joshua Touber appointed COO.
Rising Sun Pictures Shares Oscar Nomination for ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’
Studio’s work on the film’s Quicksilver “Kitchen” scene also garners BAFTA, VES and AACTA nominations.
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Visual Effects Society Announces 2015 Board of Directors Officers
Award-winning independent visual effects producer and freelance VFX consultant Mike Chambers is elected Board Chair.
Technicolor-PostWorks Acquires The Room
The Room founder Ben Murray assumes new role as VP of Creative Services at Technicolor-PostWorks NY.
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Vicon’s Motion Capture Bears Fruit for ‘Paddington’
Vicon T40 cameras enable VFX house Framestore to carry out quality previsualization for marmalade loving bear Paddington.
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Coming Soon…to Your Living Room: Boxtrolls, Evil Dolls and Ninja Warriors
Timid Boxtrolls, an evil doll, and ninja warriors all team up on store shelves for this week's home entertainment releases on Blu-Ray and DVD.
ADAPT Legal Effort on VFX Tax Subsidies Ends
Its leaders citing a lack of financial support, a campaign to end international VFX subsidies to U.S. studios has ended.
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Box Office Report: ‘American Sniper’ Strikes $89.5 Million Debut
Clint Eastwood's ‘American Sniper’ tops the North American box office with a massive $89.5 million debut; StudioCanal’s ‘Paddington’ lands in third place with $19 million.
Motion Picture Sound Editors Announce 2015 Golden Reel Nominations
The 62nd MPSE Golden Reel Awards to be held February 15 at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles, CA.
‘LEGO Movie’ Named Best Animated Feature at 20th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards
Marvel’s ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ named Best Action Feature; ‘Interstellar’ named Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie; Best Visual Effects goes to ‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.’
Nominations for 87th Academy Awards Unveiled
Nominees for Best Animated Feature are Disney’s ‘Big Hero 6,’ LAIKA’s ‘The Boxtrolls,’ DreamWorks Animation’s ‘How to Train Your Dragon 2,’ Cartoon Saloon’s ‘Song of the Sea,’ and Studio Ghibli’s ‘The Tale of the Princess Kaguya.’
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‘Avatar’ Sequel Delayed Until 2017
Director James Cameron plans to have scripts for the three highly-anticipated sequels completed this month.
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Teen Robot Terrorizes Globe in New Trailer for ‘Chappie’
Written and directed by Neill Blomkamp, sci-fi feature ‘Chappie’ arrives in theaters March 6.
Go Robot! Joins Forces with Beast
Creative editorial company names Go Robot! co-founder Adam Liebowitz as Senior Editor; co-founder Alisa Sheinberg is appointed Managing Director.
MPC Creates Epic Environments and Complex Crowds for ‘Exodus’
MPC completes more than 500 shots for Ridley Scott’s ‘Exodus: Gods and Kings,’ including huge crowds, massive environments and complex FX work across 10 different scenes.
2015 VFX Bake-off: 10 Spectacular Hopefuls Vie for Nominations
The Academy’s annual voting event showcases the year’s top visual effects-driven films.
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DGA Announces 2014 Feature Film Nominees
Nominees for the 67th Annual DGA Awards include Wes Anderson for ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel,’ Clint Eastwood for ‘American Sniper,’ Alejandro G. Iñárritu for ‘Birdman,’ Richard Linklater for ‘Boyhood’ and Morten Tyldum for ‘The Imitation Game.’
