Marvel Releases First Teaser for ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’
The Avengers reassemble to defeat James Spader as Ultron, a terrifying technological villain hell-bent on human extinction.
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Modern VideoFilm Forms New Management Team
Modern VideoFilm announces the addition of Scott Avila as CEO, Cooper Crouse as President and Roxanna Sassanian as CFO.
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BENT Image Lab Taps Hilly Reps for Midwest Representation
BENT Image Lab's impressive roster of commercial work, post/VFX expertise and evolution into the digital arts have made them a perfect addition to Hilly Reps repertoire of industry talent.
House of Moves Announces Management-Led Buyout
Motion capture and animation studio closes management-led buyout deal from parent company Vicon and OMG.
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Chaos Group Releases V-Ray 3.0 for Maya
Substantial upgrade to rendering pipeline with improved ray tracing performance and new progressive image sampler.
Encore Appoints Thor Roos VP, Business Strategy
Senior Colorist upped to Vice President of Business Strategy for the post production and VFX company’s Vancouver office, reporting to Encore Executive Vice President Bill Romeo.
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Disney’s ‘Maleficent’ Headed to Retail November 4
‘Maleficent,’ starring Angelina Jolie, heads to DVD, Blu-ray, and Digital HD November 4, 2014.
In Films, Home Entertainment, People | ANIMATIONWorld, Headline News, VFXWorld | Geographic Region: North America
The Foundry Introduces NUKE 9
New offering brings powerful node-based VFX, Editorial and Finishing into a new single studio application, as well as providing core upgrades to the advanced compositing workflows of NUKE and NUKEX.
In 3D, CG, Technology, Visual Effects | ANIMATIONWorld, Headline News, VFXWorld | Geographic Region: All, Europe
Digital Domain to Produce 3D Holograms of Pop Legend Teresa Teng
Digital Domain 3.0 parent company Digital Domain Holdings Limited enters into a 10-year agreement with TNT Production to produce 3D virtual performance holograms for concerts, films and other media.
Zombies Head to Universal in Halloween-Themed Spot
A Common Thread’s Clay Staub directs a zombie invasion for Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights.
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axisVFX Delivers New Danger for ‘Doctor Who’
For the latest episode of ‘Doctor Who,’ avisVFX provides 66 VFX shots including a new multi-dimensional menace.
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Framestore Creates Sheldon the Snail for Freesat
The Corrie-loving snail, whose life is transformed by Freesat’s Freetime service, is created by Framestore for a new campaign by TellyJuice and director David Skinner.
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Box Office Report: ‘Book of Life’ Sees $17M Debut
Set around the Mexican holiday Day of the Dead, Jorge Gutierrez’ animated feature, ‘The Book of Life,’ makes a third place debut, trailing behind Brad Pitt’s ‘Fury’ and David Fincher’s ‘Gone Girl.’
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Patton Oswalt Returns for 13th Annual VES Awards
‘Ratatouille’ star returns for fourth hosting gig at the Visual Effects Society’s annual awards gala.
In Awards, People, Places, Visual Effects | ANIMATIONWorld, Headline News, VFXWorld | Special Events: VES Awards | Geographic Region: North America
Digital Domain Elevates Daniel Seah
Digital Domain 3.0 CEO Daniel Seah named executive director and CEO of parent company Digital Domain Holdings Limited.
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Allegorithmic Ships Substance Painter 1.0
Allegorithmic’s award-winning particle painter adds new features for high-res support, custom shaders and is now available on Steam and Unity Asset Store.
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Warner Bros. Announces Upcoming Feature, TV Slate
Studio confirms plans for three Harry Potter-themed films from J.K. Rowling’s ‘Fantastic Beasts,’ 10 DC Entertainment super hero features -- including ‘Wonder Woman’ -- and three new ‘LEGO’ features.
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ZERO VFX Delivers Over 600 Visual Effects Shots for ‘The Equalizer’
Visual effects supervisors on Hollywood blockbuster transform Boston, elevate action sequences throughout the film.
Sue Rowe and Erik De Boer Talk ‘The Maze Runner’
Method’s VFX and animation supervisors discuss the creation of the maze environment and Griever characters for Wes Ball’s hit YA adaptation.
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Faculty, Students & Industry Collaborate on Classic Game-Inspired Cinematics
Classic text-based adventure game ‘ZORK’ inspires live-action and computer generated cinematics for University of Wisconsin-Stout Art and Design project.
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Framestore Unveils the VFX behind ‘Dracula Untold’
Framestore delivers more than 700 VFX shots for Universal’s ‘Dracula Untold,’ including CG environments, CG battle scenes and millions of CG bats, as well as look development and character animation for the film’s central character, Vlad Tepes, also known as Vlad the Impaler.
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Visual Effects You Might Have Missed
If you ask a VFX artist what the ultimate goal was with their work, they might respond they would like it to be invisible.
AJA Io 4K Supports 4K Playback for ‘Gone Girl’ VFX Review
AJA Video Systems' Io 4K supported 4K playback for VFX review on director David Fincher’s ‘Gone Girl.’
humble Uses Projection Mapping to Create Immersive TV Ad for Pacific Life
humble and Sorrel Bae use 3D project mapping to create the graceful choreography of a pod of humpback whales in “Projections,” a new spot for Pacific Life.
Platige Image Delivers VFX for Bagiński’s ‘Ambition’
Award-winning filmmaker Tomek Bagiński’s ‘Ambition,’ starring Aidan Gillen and Aisling Franciosi, to premiere in BFI sci-fi program, “Days of Fear and Wonder,” on October 24th.
