Maxon Releases Cinema 4D R23
Update includes new character animation tools, improved UV workflows, and new scene node system.
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Watch: New Trailer and Key Art for ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Season 3
CBS All Access teases new season action and reveals key art at Star Trek Day celebration; series returns with new episodes October 15.
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Santiago-Based Believe Signs with BLAH! blah? (Blah…)
Move by Latin American animation studio, along with recent Saarinen & Pico and Sharon & Perry representation signings, boosts its presence in US commercial market.
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Controversy Grows As ‘Mulan’ is Released on Disney+
Criticism continues to mount in response to the film’s end credits ‘special thanks’ to Xinjiang government organizations reportedly involved in refuting Western claims of massive forced incarceration and human rights abuses of over 1 million ethnic Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities.
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Mr. Bond Returning to Theaters November 2020
MGM drops the second action-packed trailer for their next highly anticipated iconic spy thriller franchise installment, ‘No Time To Die,’ though time will tell if, and when, its theatrical release is possible.
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WATCH: Pixomondo’s ‘Euphoria’ Rotating Hallway VFX Breakdown Reel
Overall VFX supervisor David Van Dyke and PXO VFX supervisor Nhat Phong Tran detail the production of the HBO series’ drug-induced gravity-defying spinning hall sequence from Episode 1.
‘The Batman’ Production Halted as Pattinson Contracts COVID-19
The novel Coronavirus strikes again on the set of the Warner Bros. and DC tentpole, as the UK production shut down for a second time after announcement that lead star Robert Pattinson has contracted the virus.
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Animated Soft-Serve Meets Metaphysical Thriller in ‘I’m Thinking of Ending Things’
Oscar-nominated animation producer Rosa Tran teamed with Oscar-winning director Charlie Kaufman to create a 1930’s style 2D animated ice-cream commercial as the pièce de résistance in his new film, dropping today on Netflix.
Streamland Media’s FarmFX Division Joins Ghost VFX
International visual effects house further solidifies global service business with UK offices in London and Manchester.
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Zack Snyder’s ‘Army of the Dead’ Expands with Prequel Film and Anime Series
Netflix reveals plans for both new projects, being penned by Shay Hatten, based on characters from the upcoming action adventure feature set to premiere on the streaming giant in 2021.
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LOOK: One of Us’ VFX Breakdown Reel for Matteo Garrone's ‘Pinocchio’
The Soho visual effects studio’s digital work added to the richness and beauty of the make-believe world inspired by original 19th century illustrations of Carlo Collodi’s famous story.
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Osnat Shurer to Present Disney’s ‘Raya and the Last Dragon’ at VIEW 2020
The Oscar-nominated ‘Moana’ producer will discuss Don Hall and Carlos López Estrada’s upcoming animated feature at the 21st edition of annual conference, being held October 18-23, online and on-site in Torino, Italy.
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Pinewood Atlanta Studios to Offer a First-of-its-Kind Virtual LED Stage
Studio joins forces with MBSi, Fuse, and SGPS/ShowRig to offer plug-and-play filmmaking technology site for content creators looking for world-class studio facilities.
VFS Enables Remote Student Learning with Help from Nvidia
School provides students with NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000 powered workstations that allowed them to continue using production-level technology in their remote studies.
Sony Pictures Animation and RISE CoE Partnering on Pre-Production Innovation R&D
The studio behind Oscar-winning ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ is teaming with Cyprus-based CG research center to explore new front-end animation production technology using machine learning and advanced 3D.
Weta Goes All-in on AWS for Animation and VFX in the Cloud
Pioneering visual effects company, known for ‘Avatar’ and ‘The Lord of the Rings,’ has chosen Amazon Web Services to create a new, cloud-based visual effects workflow.
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Jon Favreau’s ‘Gnomes & Goblins’ VR Experience Coming September 23
20-minute partial build of highly anticipated immersive project debuts today as part of the Venice VR Expanded lineup for the Venice Film Festival.
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David Benioff and D.B. Weiss to Develop ‘The Three-Body Problem’ at Netflix
Chinese author Liu Cixin’s Hugo Award-winning trilogy about humanity’s first contact with an alien civilization will be adapted into live-action series.
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SIGGRAPH 2020 Concludes Virtual Conference: Content Available Until October 27
The latest innovations in art, science and technology are showcased both in implementation and presentations during a two-week virtual gathering of the global graphics community.
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WATCH: ‘His Dark Materials’ Season 2 Trailer
HBO’s teaser trailer offers a glimpse into the next installment, coming this fall, of the strange new world adapted from Philip Pullman’s popular fantasy series.
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New Cinema 4D Tutorial Recreates Bill and Ted’s Iconic Phone Booth Time Machine
Dan ‘Hashi’ Hashimoto’s step-by-step video uses Maxon and Red Giant tools, along with After Effects, to produce stunning animation and VFX like that used in the film.
Free Pixar RenderMan Main Event 2020 Online Starts September 1
Main Art & Science event to feature major announcements and Q&A about the upcoming release of RenderMan; two days of special programming follow September 2-3.
OTOY Launches RNDR Enterprise Tier with Nvidia Tensor Core GPUs on Google Cloud
New technology pushes the boundary of GPU rendering and cloud computing, allowing artists to create high-end visual effects with fewer restraints.
Folks VFX Recreates JFK’s Fateful Dallas Visit in ‘Umbrella Academy’ Season 2
VFX supervisor Laurent Spillemaecker and his Montreal team turned Toronto into early 1960s Dealey Plaza and surroundings with an exacting, detailed set of CG environments, people and digital assets.
New Trailer and Posters Dropped for Ridley Scott’s ‘Raised by Wolves’
Sci-fi thriller about two androids raising human children on a mysterious planet launches September 3.
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