The Mill Helps Create Holiday Magic for Kohl’s
The Mill provides visual effects, including a fully CG reindeer, for Kohl’s new holiday campaign.
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Justin Lin to Direct Third ‘Star Trek’ Feature
‘Fast & Furious’ director replaces Roberto Orci, who exited the project in early December but will still serve as producer.
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Darren Aronofsky to Receive MPSE Filmmaker Award
Director of ‘Noah,’ ‘Black Swan’ and ‘The Wrestler’ will be recognized for outstanding contributions to the art of cinema at the 2015 MPSE Golden Reel Awards set for February 15.
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MPC Brings Museum to Life for ‘Night at the Museum 3’
MPC completes 250 shots for Shawn Levy’s ‘Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, including the creation of a variety of characters, digi-doubles and CG environments.
Proof Helps Visualize ‘Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb’
Led by previs supervisor Eric Benedict, visualization house provides extensive previs and postvis services to 20th Century Fox’s latest release.
Box Office Report: ‘Hobbit’ Finale Soars with $90.6M Debut
Peter Jackson's ‘The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies’ opens to a massive $90.6 million in North America, while new entries ‘Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb’ and ‘Annie’ both suffer soft starts heading into the year-end holidays.
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yU+co Creates 22-Story Projection Mapping Spectacular for Grand Park’s N.Y.E. L.A.
yU+co’s groundbreaking display will envelop City Hall in sound and 3D imagery in the culmination of The Music Center’s annual New Year’s celebration.
YouTube’s Malik Ducard to Keynote 2015 Kidscreen Summit
Kidscreen Summit 2015 announces Malik Ducard as the keynote speaker and the official conference schedule.
2015 HPA Tech Retreat Announces Power-Packed Schedule
The Hollywood Post Alliance announces the lineup for the HPA Tech Retreat taking place February 9th to the 13th in Palm Springs.
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Luis Ribeiro Joins Framestore
Framestore hires executive producer Luis Ribeiro to oversee business development for integrated advertising in New York.
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Nexus Teams with Factory Fifteen to Create VFX-Driven Short
Collaboration with Vice’s The Creators Project delivers epic VFX for dystopian short film.
Sarofsky Creates Main Titles for Marvel’s ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’
Custom typography featured in now-famous title sequence animated using Adobe After Effects, Autodesk Maya, The Foundry's Nuke, and Tweak RV.
Nexus Creates Interactive ‘Futureville’ Installation
Nexus Interactive Arts will debut FutureVille, an interactive installation created by director Jim le Fevre, as part of The Science Museum’s exhibition Engineer Your Future.
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Hungary’s Puppetworks Creates Cinematic Cut Scenes for ‘The Crew’
Ubisoft taps Puppetworks Studios to create 13 minutes of full CG cutscenes for their new game ‘The Crew.’
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Thinkbox Software Launches Deadline 7
Flexible, built-in cloud support lets users leverage private and public resources.
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Boris FX to Acquire Imagineer Systems
Visual effects software developer Boris FX signs an agreement to acquire Imagineer Systems Ltd., the UK-based developer of the exclusive Planar Tracking and masking tools.
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Disney Releases First Look at Jon Favreau's ‘Jungle Book’
The latest 'Jungle Book' revamp will blend live-action with CGI, and is set for an October 2015 release date.
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7 Features Advance in Race for Makeup & Hairstyling Oscar
Three films will be selected for consideration for the 87th Academy Awards on Saturday, January 10.
Box Office Report: ‘Exodus’ Reigns with $24.5M Debut
Ridley Scott’s ‘Exodus: Gods and Kings’ easily tops the U.S. box office with a $24.5 million debut; Peter Jackson’s ‘The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies’ opens in 37 international markets, earning a massive $117.6 million.
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Psyop Announces New Film & TV Division
Award-winning industry vets Kymber Lim, Dan Schrecker, Dan Levitan and Marshall Krasser push visual effects expertise into the newly-formed Psyop Film & Television division.
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Chaos Group Releases V-Ray 3.0 for 3ds Max SP1
Improved render speeds, new Microfacet GTR / GGX BRDF, and major advancements in GPU rendering now available.
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Rodeo FX Opens Los Angeles Office
Montreal VFX studio welcomes former Hatch FX team to extend its Hollywood presence.
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Digital Domain Ups Amit Chopra
Digital Domain 3.0 COO Amit Chopra named executive vice president of parent company Digital Domain Holdings Limited.
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Industry Vets Launch Visual Effects Boutique JAMM
VFX supervisors Andy Boyd and Jake Montgomery team with executive producer Asher Edwards to open artist-driven creative studio.
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Bazillion Pictures Announces Restructuring
Kansas City-based 3D animation/VFX boutique restructures and expands its reach to include projection mapping, digital media and mobile applications.
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