Disney Employees Stage Walkouts Over Company Stance on ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill
CEO Bob Chapek’s fence-sitting stance on the incendiary Florida bill has led employees to organize against it.
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A Full Moon Brings Out the VFX in Peacock’s ‘Wolf Like Me’
VFX supervisor Jay Hawkins talks about the series’ key visual effects sequences, including an show opening car crash and a complex werewolf created using animatronics and CG.
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Paramount Drops Final ‘Sonic the Hedgehog 2’ Trailer
New footage reveals more of the ‘Sonic’ sequel’s plot, and gives fans glimpses of its snowy set pieces and kinetic action scenes.
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Warner Bros. Moves ‘Black Adam’ and Other Upcoming Movie Release Dates
Most of the delays can be chalked up to scheduling challenges visual effects and post-production houses have faced while working on VFX-heavy projects.
Darth Maul’s Return Reportedly Scrapped From ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’
New reports suggest that the iconic antagonist, originally set to appear in Disney+’s upcoming ‘Star Wars’ series, was axed due to creative conflicts on the production.
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Disney+ Drops ‘Ms. Marvel’ First Look Trailer and Poster
Marvel Studios’ all-new original series follows a young Muslim American teen growing up in Jersey City who discovers that high school is tough for everyone, even those with Super Powers; the show debuts June 8.
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Final Pixel Launches ‘The Secrets of Virtual Production’ Podcast
Creative studio specializing in end-to-end virtual production services offers insights into the process and opportunities behind the technology; first 2 episodes, ‘What Is Virtual Production? With Michael McKenna’ and ‘Target 3D The Home of Motion Capture with Allan Rankin’ are now streaming.
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For VES Winners, a Night of Emotion and Renewed Purpose
AWN’s Max Weinstein reflects on last week’s VES Awards ceremony, an evening filled with excitement that nevertheless marked another rough, taxing year for visual effects artists, the industry, and the world at large.
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Neflix Shares ‘The Umbrella Academy’ S3 Teaser, Images and Release Date
The dysfunctional superhero family returns home convinced they prevented the initial apocalypse and fixed time, but…The Sparrow Has Landed and things aren’t exactly how they left them; all new episodes stream June 22.
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George R.R. Martin Shares Working Titles and Details on ‘Game of Thrones’ Prequels
The high fantasy scribe also assured fans he’s made progress on his novel ‘The Winds of Winter,’ while hard at work on the franchise’s many in-development series.
‘Dune,’ ‘The Mitchells vs the Machines,’ and ‘What If…?’ Take Home Critics Choice Awards
The two features add to their winning streaks, with the Disney+ animated series nabbing the award for Best Animated Series (TV), at last night’s ceremony.
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‘Dune’ and ‘Encanto’ Nab Wins at 2022 BAFTA Awards
The two hit films continue their award-winning ways; ‘Do Not Feed the Pigeons’ wins for Best Short Animation at the Sunday night 2022 EE British Academy Film Awards ceremony.
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‘The Mitchells vs. the Machines’ and 'Arcane' Big Winners at 49th Annie Awards
Sony Pictures Animation’s feature honored in eight categories, while Riot Games and Netflix’s series takes honors in nine; 'Encanto' nabs three awards, with ‘Flee,’ ‘Namoo,’ and ‘Bestia’ also scoring wins at Saturday night’s virtual ceremony.
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Peacock’s ‘Joe vs. Carole’ Earns PETA's ‘Tech, Not Terror’ Award
The limited series about the Tiger King, Joe ‘Exotic,’ uses cruelty-free computer-generated imagery instead of real tigers; produced by Universal Content Productions and starring Kate McKinnon, the show is now streaming on Peacock.
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NVIDIA Once Again Powers All 5 Oscar-Nominated VFX Films
For the 14th consecutive year, each Academy Award nominee for the Best Visual Effects used NVIDIA technologies.
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The Rookie Awards Launches 2022 Competition
One of the world’s most important digital skills contests is now open to aspiring artists in VFX, Animation, Games, VR, Motion Graphics, Concept Art and Design; entries will be accepted in all categories now through June 1.
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Paramount+ Drops ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Teaser Trailer
The all-new series features fan faves from Season 2 of ‘Star Trek: Discovery;’ reprising their roles are Anson Mount as Captain Christopher Pike, Rebecca Romijn as Number One, and Ethan Peck as Science Officer Spock; the show hits the streamer May 5 exclusively on Paramount+ in the U.S.
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Disney+ Drops Teaser Image for Robert Zemeckis’ ‘Pinocchio’
Starring Tom Hanks as Geppetto, the live-action retelling of the classic story of a woodcarver who builds a wooden puppet and treats him as his own son is slated to hit the streamer September 2022.
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Disney+ Drops ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ Teaser Trailer and Images
Between darkness and defeat, hope survives; to fans it’s felt like an eternity, but hope springs eternal, as the long-awaited new ‘Star Wars’ series nears its May 25 release.
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Prime Video Looks to Adapt ‘God of War’ as TV Series
The streamer targets another major game IP not long after announcing it’s turning ‘Fallout’ into a live-action show.
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‘Open Source in Entertainment: How the Academy Software Foundation Creates Shared Value’ Research Paper Released
Written by noted journalist Barbara Robertson, the paper visits the origins of today’s open source technology in modern filmmaking beginning with cutting edge digital visual effects and animation in the 1990s followed in the early 2000s with the release of ILM’s OpenEXR and Sony Pictures Imageworks’ OpenColorIO.
‘Dune’ and ‘Encanto’ Lead All Winners at 20th Annual VES Awards
Both films each take home four awards; two MC cancelations notwithstanding, the visual effects community came together in force, packing the Beverly Hilton to celebrate winners in 25 categories and to honor Lynwen Brennan and Guillermo del Toro.
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Will Smith and Michael B. Jordan Set to Star in ‘I Am Legend’ Sequel
The award-winning star of the 2007 sci-fi thriller teases a photo of the forthcoming follow-up feature showing the streets of New York City paved with creeping rot.
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New ‘Alien’ Film From ‘Don’t Breathe’ Director Fede Álvarez in Development
Project finally comes to fruition after helmer’s idea stayed stuck in producer Ridley Scott’s head for many years.
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Lenovo Launches Next-Gen ThinkStation P620 Workstation
Powered by the latest AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO processor, the high-performance machines offer 25% performance gains and 24 core CPU option for increased speed, greater expandability and configurability for professional users.
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