Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Cabinet of Curiosities’ Trailer is Just as Creepy as You Hoped
Netflix’s upcoming anthology series will debut later this month with a 4-day double episode ‘Netflix & Chills’ Halloween event.
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DNEG Names Daniel Jurow Chief Operating Officer
Former Technicolor COO, with more than 20 years’ experience, takes the operational reigns, to be based at the company’s London studio.
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Marvel Studios Drops Official ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Trailer
We return to Wakanda to meet a new threat... the undersea Talokan nation; studio also shares a new poster and key art for the highly anticipated action-packed sequel, helmed by returning director Ryan Coogler.
Glassbox Releases BeeHive 2.0
Upgrade to the all-in-one, real-time change management solution for Unreal Engine and Maya provides improved remote visualization and collaboration without interruption, resulting in faster iterations and cost efficiencies; 30-day free trial now available.
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HBO Releases First ‘The Last of Us’ Teaser Trailer
Leads Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey see some intense action as they fight the good fight, and we catch our first glimpse at a terrifying cordyceps-infected clicker along with the surprise appearance of Melanie Lynskey as a revolutionary leader.
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‘Lyle, Lye Crocodile’ Original Track ‘Heartbeat’ to Release Ahead of Film
The voice of the singing croc himself, Shawn Mendes, took to Instagram to tease his all-original song – which drops September 30 - from the upcoming film, which hits theaters October 7.
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Jeff Kaplan and Ian Springer to Pen ‘Fantastic Four’ Script
The ‘Bert and Arnie’s Guide to Friendship’ writers have outlined how the ‘Fantastic’ team will fit within the complicated MCU chronology, although no further casting or plot details are known.
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Netflix Sets Tim Burton’s ‘Wednesday’ Release Date
The highly anticipated series, focused on the deadpan eldest daughter of the Addams clan, premieres November 23.
VIEW Conference 2022 Reveals In-Person Recruitment Fair
Representatives from industry-leading companies such as ILM, Framestore, Trixter, Rotomaker, Technicolor Creative Studios and Escape Studios will be on-hand to review portfolios and meet potential hires; event runs October 16-21 in Torino, Italy.
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Wacom Launches the Cintiq Pro 27 Pen Display
Developed in concert with the art and design community, the new display boasts performance improvements, standard multi-touch, faster refresh rates, vivid and accurate color, and added customizable options.
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Startup Visualization Company OPSIS Finds Success with RFX’s Virtual Studio
Co-founder and CEO Henrik Fett talks about starting a new studio in the midst of a pandemic, and how the RFX Virtual Studio, powered by solutions from NVIDIA and Supermicro, made it all possible.
BOXX APPEXX A3 Workstations Now Feature AMD Ryzen 7000 CPUs
New series processors allow for simultaneous multitasking without sacrificing efficiency on an array of applications for 3D modeling, rendering, simulations, and VR.
Technicolor Creative Studios Public Spin-Off Now Official
Previous division of Technicolor SA is now an independent, publicly traded company under TCHCS on Euronext Paris, while Technicolor, comprised of the Connected Home and Vantiva Supply Chain Services divisions, will remain listed on Euronext Paris under its new name of Vantiva.
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DNEG’s Namit Malhotra Wins 2022 South Asian Achievers Award
The company chairman and CEO is honored for outstanding work and leadership as part of the UK’s Asian community.
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Digital Domain Ups Lala Gavgavian to Global President of Visual Effects Studios
The company’s chief operating officer succeeds John Fragmeni, assuming new role overseeing and expanding company’s VFX services, offerings, and continued development of proprietary digital human capabilities.
Henry Selick to Receive 2022 VIEW Visionary Award
The Oscar-nominated director of Netflix’s upcoming ‘Wendell & Wild’ stop-motion animated feature will lift the lid on his new film, about two demons who team up with a teenage punk rocker and abandon the Underworld for the Land of the Living, in a special presentation as he is honored at this year’s VIEW Conference, running October 16-21 in Torino, Italy.
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Netflix Drops Adorable Trailer for ‘Gudetama: An Eggcellent Adventure’
Inspired by the beloved Sanrio uncooked egg character, the series will see Gudetama team up with the chick Shakipiyo as they leave the refrigerator and head out into the world in search of their mother.
‘Scanners’ TV Series Adaptation in Development at HBO
Based on David Cronenberg’s infamous body horror film, the show will follow two women who must learn to work together to topple a vast conspiracy determined to bring them to heel.
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NVIDIA ‘GET3D’ AI Model to Populate Virtual Worlds Revealed
Capping its GTC announcements, the tech giant unveils new model that using only 2D images, generates 3D shapes - with high-fidelity textures and complex geometric details - to easily populate virtual worlds with a diverse array of 3D buildings, vehicles, and characters, in the most popular software app formats.
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‘Mork & Mindy’ Producer Brian Levant’s ‘My Life and Toys’ Now Available
A consummate collection of memorabilia photographed by Joe Pellegrini appears alongside the musings of the TV/Film industry veteran, who reflects on pop culture’s influence in the U.S. dating back to World War II; readers get a chance, and an excuse, to reminisce while taking a walk down memory lane.
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New GeForce RTX 40 Series GPUs Announced
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang’s GTC 2022 keynote reveals numerous performance upgrades for NVIDIA Studio users, including work with Unity and Unreal Engine 5, centered on the company’s new GPU series powered by NVIDIA Ada Lovelace architecture.
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NVIDIA Announces Next Gen OVX Computing Systems for 3D Virtual World Building
New technology provides the graphics and simulation foundation for building and operating metaverse applications, including immersive digital twin simulations, in NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise.
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NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang Reveals Slew of Omniverse Feature Releases and Updates
Omniverse's expansive new features, revealed at this morning’s GTC keynote, include Omniverse Cloud managed services, Omniverse Kit connected tools and microservices, and Omniverse Exchange, a publishing portal for industry and purpose-built third-party solutions; the online conference runs through September 22.
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Keanu Reeves Boards ‘Constantine’ Sequel
Everyone’s favorite demonologist will return in the feature film sequel to the 2005 cult-favorite supernatural action film, with Akiva Goldsman writing and Weed Road Pictures, J.J. Abrams, and Hannah Minghella producing.
Writer Jeff Loveness Boards ‘Avengers: The Kang Dynasty’
The ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’ writer will now pen the Phase 6 film alongside director Destin Daniel Cretton, with a current release date of May 2, 2025.
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