Women in Animation Announces Anti-Harassment Pledge
Industry agreement bolsters safe and equitable work environments in independent studios.
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Foundry Partners With Google Cloud for Cloud-Based Pipeline Tool Athera
Pairing will allow users to work with multiple VFX applications in the cloud.
ILM’s Richard McBride Helps Conjure Other Worlds for Disney’s ‘A Wrinkle in Time’
Oscar-nominated VFX supervisor takes audiences on a quest through the universe for director Ava DuVernay’s adaptation of the sci-fi classic written by Madeleine L’Engle.
Grysole Rejoins Framestore Montreal as GM
VFX veteran will oversee the studio as it continues to expand and grow.
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Watch: New Trailer, Poster for ‘Solo’
Most-recent movie in the ongoing ‘Star Wars’ saga arrives May 25 in theaters.
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NFB Premieres ‘Biidaaban: First Light’ VR at Tribeca Film Festival
Created by Anishinaabe artist Lisa Jackson, the project imagines a future reclaimed by nature and connected to the past via indigenous language.
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Supporting Role: Paul Linden Talks ‘Tomb Raider’
Visual effects supervisor Paul Linden helps orchestrate a successful marriage between stunts, special effects and visual effects for the new Lara Croft film.
BRON Seeks Talent at Vancouver Career Fair
Company heads April 14 to the Vancouver Convention Center looking to fill openings on its in-production feature, The Willoughbys.
Digital Domain Expands Leadership Ranks
The studio continues global expansion with addition of Montreal to its lineup.
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Nimble and Zerply to Connect Studios to Remote Talent
Companies say studios can save millions with their cloud-based animation platform and seamless access to talent.
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Adobe CC Update Streamlines Video Production
New release accelerates workflows for color, graphics, animation and audio with Adobe Sensei.
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Box Office: ‘Ready Player One’ Scores $41M Opening
‘Isle of Dogs’ expands slightly and retains the top per-theater average, while ‘Black Panther’ hangs on in third place overall in its seventh weekend of release.
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NVIDIA Quadro GV100 GPU Adds Ray Tracing Abilities
RTX technology makes computationally intensive ray tracing possible in real time when running professional design and content creation applications.
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‘Ren & Stimpy’ Creator Accused of Sexual Misconduct with Minors
‘BuzzFeed’ reports on two women who reached out to John Kricfalusi as teenage fans in the 1990s who say they had years-long relationships with him -- with one becoming his live-in girlfriend at the age of 16.
2018 Student Academy Awards Get Underway
Winners of the event qualify for Oscars consideration; submissions deadline is June 1.
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Audiomotion and Vicon Make the Virtual Real for ‘Ready Player One’
Nearly 60 percent of the Steven Spielberg-directed movie featured performance capture.
Foundry Launches Modo 12 Series
Release delivers a range of innovative features including a VR viewport embedded in the UI and improved animation capabilities.
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Cardiff Animation Festival Announces Full Program
Wales event adds special screening of ‘Isle of Dogs’ and Q&A with crew members, plus a look at the stop-motion feature 'Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires.'
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Academy Clears Bailey of Misconduct
AMPAS statement explains the steps taken to investigate the claim and concludes that no further action is required.
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Braun and Maisel Form Mythos Studios
SB Projects founder and Marvel Studios founding chairman create studio focusing on franchise films, acquire 50 percent stake in Aspen Comics.
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Chaos Group Launches V-Ray for Unreal Beta
Seamless import of V-Ray scenes into real-time; ray traced rendering now available in Unreal for architecture, automotive and design.
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FMX Adds Focuses on ‘Jim Button,’ ‘The Rain’ and More
Conference announces plans for panels, new app, collaborations with IFTS.
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E*D Films Sets Free its Scene Track Unity Media Exporter
Award-winning indie animation house launches first open source tool, which lets animators export FBX, MIDI, image and video files from the popular game engine.
Box Office: ‘Rim’ Opens On Top, As ‘Panther’ Adds Records
Wes Anderson’s ‘Isle of Dogs’ does strong business in limited release, as ‘Sherlock Gnomes’ struggles.
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Jaegers and Kaiju Battle Once More in ‘Pacific Rim Uprising’
Overall VFX supervisor Peter Chiang talks previs, techvis, drones and Chinese sound stages on Steven DeKnight’s sequel to Guillermo del Toro’s 2013 sci-adventure romp.
