Director Justin Simien recently shared the news, explaining, ‘It was pretty developed. There was a Bible. There was concept art. There were scripts. But it just wasn’t meant to be.’
The five-part series, which follows an international crisis triggered when an ancient species rises from the ocean, will be led by Russel Tovey and Gugu Mbatha-Raw.
Save the date - FMX 2025 will run May 6-9, 2025; free content from this year’s conference is now available to stream, kicking off with ‘AI is now at the Gates of VFX and Animation’ panel.
Upcoming Warner Bros. Television and DC Studios series, which continues Matt Reeves’ ‘The Batman’ epic crime saga with stories focused on Oz Cobb, will debut weekly beginning September 19.
Visual Effects Supervisor Josh Simmonds runs down the many ways in which his team amped the verisimilitude in George Miller’s latest ‘Mad Max’ franchise outing.
Fans at San Diego Comic-Con got a first look at the upcoming season of the popular series that follows Captain Pike, Science Officer Spock, and Number One in the years before Captain Kirk boarded the ship; show gets Season 4 greenlight ahead of the Season 3 2025 debut.
The two companies, which now boast over 900 artists combined, previously teamed for ‘Bridgerton’ (Season 1 and 2), ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore,’ ‘Napoleon, Zone of Interest’ and ‘Luther: The Fallen Sun.’
Fans at San Diego Comic-Con were treated to a peek at the upcoming original movie from the expanding ‘Star Trek’ universe; starring Michelle Yeoh, Omari Hardwick, Sam Richardson and Kacey Rohl, it makes its streaming debut in early 2025.
Marvel Studios’ Hall H showcase panel at Comic-Con 2024 also revealed ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ and ‘Avengers: Endgame’ helmers Anthony and Joe Russo will return to direct ‘Avengers: Doomsday,’ out May 2026, and ‘Avengers: Secret Wars,’ out May 2027.
Emmy-nominated ‘Shōgun’ VFX supervisor Michael Cliett to lead new effort in the growing BC market, adding to the studio’s presence in Toronto, Los Angeles, Georgia, and New York HQ.
2 years ago, he hit Gotham like a hurricane... and now he's back to 'give the people what they want!' The gritty ’80s jukebox musical about the deadly, romantic relationship between Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker and Lady Gaga’s Harley Quinn, dances into theaters October 4.
The three industry leaders bring decades of shared experience to the AI mocap and real-time 3D creation tools developer as it ramps up its product expansion.
Are Lydia Deetz and her rather difficult daughter, Delia, shrunken heading to disaster? Care to ask Bob? Tim Burton and Michael Keaton team up once more in the highly-awaited ‘Beetlejuice’ sequel that finds 3 generations of the Deetz family unexpectedly reunited with the mischievous demon and his particular type of mayhem, hitting theaters September 6.
Visual Effects Supervisor Matt Sloan, handling as much in-camera as possible so digital effects didn’t overshadow the tremendous stunt work, helped deliver 1,400 VFX shots working with Framestore, Cinesite, Rising Sun Pictures and Crafty Apes, as well as extensive postvis by OPSIS, on David Leitch’s behind-the-scenes ode to stuntmen, starring Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt.
The fight against the Covenant ends for now; both seasons of the live-action series, which follows Pablo Schreiber’s Master Chief as he leads his team of elite Spartans against the alien threat, stream now on Paramount+.
Wondershare Filmora adds NVIDIA RTX Video HDR support and RTX-Accelerated AI features; content creator Kevin Stratvert shares how AI is a crucial part of his creative toolkit.
Italy’s premiere animation and visual effects event runs in-person October 14-19 in Torino, Italy with a focus on Computer Graphics, Interactive Techniques, Digital Cinema, 2D/3D Animation, VR and AR, Gaming and VFX.
The annual computer graphics conference and exhibition comes to Tokyo, Japan December 3 – 6; will once again the Electronic Theater and Animation Theater will celebrate the best in computer animation.
VFX supervisors Jabbar Raisani and Marion Spates, working with Company 3’s Siggy Ferstl, developed an innovative workflow where many shots normally sent to a visual effects studio were handled by the colorist, making use of the extensive toolset within Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve.
Newly confirmed speakers include the famed director, plus Raymond Zibach and Jeff Budsberg, the top creatives behind DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming feature; Italy’s premier animation and VFX event runs October 14-19 in the beautiful baroque city of Turin.
Inspired by the novel ‘Sisterhood of Dune,’ and set 10,000 years before Paul Atreides’ ascension, the new live-action series follows the Harkonnen sisters as they combat forces that threaten the future of humankind; six-episode Season 1 coming to HBO and Max in November.
The ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ and ‘Avengers: Endgame’ helmers could return to the franchise for ‘Avengers 5’ and ‘Avengers: Secret Wars,’ the two-part theatrical conclusion to the MCU Multiverse Saga.
Holy chestbursters 2024! Produced by Ridley Scott and directed by Fede Alvarez, the terrifying new chapter of the ‘Alien’ franchise hits theaters August 16.
Specializing in visual effects, design, and immersive, the studio boasts a 100% remote pipeline with global partners and U.S.-based senior creative talent.
New functionality empowers IT and DevOps teams to automate preparation and deployment of customized ‘build candidate’ virtual machine images to any network connected machine from a single unified and user-friendly interface.
