eOne Family Appoints VP of Creative Affairs
Jillianne Reinseth joins Entertainment One Family as Vice President of Creative Affairs.
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VFXWorld Magazine
Filmmakers Rely on Codex for Marvel’s ‘Agent Carter’
Marvel’s Agent Carter marks the first time a Codex/ARRIRAW workflow has been used extensively in series television.
In Business, Technology, Television, Visual Effects | Headline News, VFXWorld | Geographic Region: Europe
Axis Teases ‘Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns’ with New Trailer
ArenaNet taps Axis and Director Stephen Donnelly to create a teaser trailer for the second installment of the multiplayer online role playing game.
In 3D, Business, Commercials, Games, Interactive, People, Visual Effects | ANIMATIONWorld, Headline News, VFXWorld | Geographic Region: Europe
Coming Soon…to Your Living Room: Studio Ghibli’s ‘Princess Kaguya’
Studio Ghibli’s Oscar-nominated ‘The Tale of the Princess Kaguya’ lands on store shelves with this week's home entertainment releases on Blu-Ray and DVD.
Reallusion launches iClone 6
Real-time 3D animation and cinematic rendering tool adds support for Substance, SpeedTree, PhysX and Indigo Render with 10x faster production speed.
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Box Office Report: ‘Kingsman’ Scores $85.6M Worldwide
Comic book adaptation opens to $36.2 million at the North American box office, and is track to pass $100 million domestically.
In Business, Films | ANIMATIONWorld, Headline News, VFXWorld | Geographic Region: All, North America
9 Story Media Group Appoints Jennifer McCann
New development director to source and develop animated and live-action properties for 9 Story’s growing IP slate.
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The Academy Helps ‘Reclaim the Kitchen’ with New PSA
Swedish team Brikk inspires culinary artistry in a new PSA blending sharp tabletop with cleverly delectable cuisine design for Wolf Ranges.
The Freise Brothers Create ‘Making It Home’ for PATH
New spot from biscuit filmworks directorial duo The Freise Brothers employs 3D modeling software and compositing techniques.
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Vancouver Animation School Launches New Digital Matte Painting Program
First-of-its-kind specialized diploma program features industry-standard curriculum implementing the process and pipeline used at MPC and other Vancouver-area visual effects studios.
Iloura Brings CG Expertise to ‘The SpongeBob Movie’
Australian animation and visual effects studio completes 550 shots for the 3D/2D/live-action hybrid feature, including building and animating the SpongeBob entourage for their big-screen CG debut.
In 2D, 3D, CG, Films | ANIMATIONWorld, Headline News, VFXWorld | Geographic Region: Australia, North America
‘Birdman’ Tops 29th Annual ASC Awards
‘Birdman’ wins American Society of Cinematographers theatrical award; ‘Boardwalk Empire’ and ‘Manhattan’ take top honors in TV categories; Spotlight Award goes to ‘Concrete Night.’
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Thinkbox Opens Beta for Deadline Cloud Wizard for Google Cloud Platform
New Deadline feature simplifies the creation of cloud-based render farms; Beta access comes with $500 credit for Google Cloud Platform render resources.
Allegorithmic Announces Substance Designer 5
Next-gen texture compositing tool adds node processing and transfer baker, procedural art improvements usher in new hub for PBR pipelines.
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Brickyard VFX Breathes Life into Disneyland Short, ‘Soar’
Directed by Adolescent Content’s 15-year-old director Claire Jantzen, animated short will be shown in theaters and air on the Disney Channel.
Big Block Adds Powerhouse Team of Executive Producers
Big Block creates a powerhouse team with Corwin Carroll, Scott Prisand, Tom Pellegrini assuming concurrent roles as executive producers at Big Block Live.
In Business, Films, People, Places, Television | ANIMATIONWorld, Headline News, VFXWorld | Geographic Region: South America
House Special’s ‘Tale of Momentum & Inertia’ Wins One Screen Award
Global short film and video competition for the film and advertising industries recognizes House Special’s ‘A Tale of Momentum & Inertia,’ ‘A Girl Named Elastika’ directed by Guillaume Blanchet, and NYOD ‘Long Live New York’ by Y&R New York.
Hollywood Post Alliance Rebranding as Hollywood Professional Alliance
Move underlines role as the leading trade organization for industry professionals across the content production, finishing, distribution through archive lifecycle.
VIZ Productions Developing 'Fruiting Bodies’ Feature
‘Batman’ screenwriter Sam Hamm to develop script about an infestation of deadly hallucinogenic spores based on author Sayuri Ueda’s short story, ‘The Street of Fruiting Bodies.’
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SXSW Unveils 2015 Short Film, Midnighters Lineup
Animated Shorts program includes Sundance winner Don Hertzfeldt’s ‘World of Tomorrow’ and the new Pixar short ‘Lava.’
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Legend3D Launches Virtual Reality Division
3D conversion company partners with Metaverse on ‘The Recruit: R U In,’ a new interactive project currently featured on Samsung’s Milk VR store.
Zoic Teams with Industrial Toys For ‘Midnight Star’ Launch
Culver City-based visual effects shop partners with independent game studio to enhance the visual experience for the launch of the company’s debut title.
axisVFX Delivers Visual Effects for BBC series ‘Eve’
Led by VFX supervisor Stu Aitken and art director Jon Beeston, Bristol and Glasgow-based visual effects studio creates the visual effects for the brand-new BBC sci-fi series ‘Eve.’
HP DreamColor Display Developers Receive Academy’s Sci-Tech Award
HP DreamColor Display used in production of Oscar-nominated films, including DreamWorks Animation’s ‘How to Train Your Dragon 2.’
Framestore Helps Create a Wachowski World for ‘Jupiter Ascending’
Framestore's London and Montreal teams deliver over 500 shots to help realize the Wachowski’s lavish and beautifully designed sci-fi universe, including CG hero characters, CG environments, digital doubles, and a host of CG space ships and planets, along with all manner of explosions, fireballs, shattering glass and liquid nano-technology.
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