DreamWorks Animation has unveiled a pair of first-look images from its upcoming short film, Marooned, which will premiere at Annecy next month. The film has just been confirmed as an official selection of the Palm Springs 2019 ShortFest (June 18-24). Directed by Andy Erekson (story artist How to Train Your Dragon 3, Captain Underpants; head of story on 2021’s The Boss[…..] […]
By CARLOS AGUILAR Warner Bros. has scheduled the release of Taika Waititi’s live-action remake of Akira for May 21, 2021. Previously, the studio had set that date for the opening of the animated feature DC Super Pets, which has now been moved to 2022. Actor Leonardo DiCaprio, who has tried to launch an Akira adaptation[…..] […]
Technical, Art Papers Programs to Present a Combined 157 Projects CHICAGO—Pushing the boundaries of computer science, SIGGRAPH 2019 announces its Technical Papers and Art Papers research programming. SIGGRAPH 2019 will run 28 July–1 August in downtown Los Angeles. Known in its 46-year history to deliver cutting-edge, global research, this year’s innovations are sure to inspire[…..] […]
Absent from the ‘Toy Story’ narrative after having been given away long ago, Bo has dusted herself off to become a strong, funny and adventurous female character that belies her seemingly fragile porcelain exterior. The toys – Bo Peep, Woody, Buzz Lightyear, Bunny and Ducky – find themselves in the dusty shadows of Second Chance[…..] […]
Aladdin still has the magic according to cinema-goers who turned out in their droves for the first weekend of Disney’s live-action remake. Guy Ritchie’s take on the 1992 movie brought in more than $86m (£68m) in its first three days in North America. The film, released on the US’s four-day Memorial Day weekend, is expected[…..] […]
The Good, the Bad and the Duckly: VFX giants MPC reveal how your favourite – and not so-favourite – Pokémon made the jump from 2D to 3D in the new Detective Pikachu movie. Warning: This article is spoilerific. On the surface, Pokémon Detective Pikachu may seem like a family film centered around everyone’s favourite yellow pocket monster, but anyone who’s[…..] […]
The National Film Board of Canada will make a strong showing at this year’s Annecy International Animation Film Festival (June 10-15) with three short films and one VR work, all in official competition. Annecy 2019 will see the return of three world-renowned filmmakers: Regina Pessoa, with her short film Oncle Thomas – La comptabilité des jours (Uncle[…..] […]
Landmark USC Annenberg’s Inclusion Initiative study results to be presented by Dr. Stacy L. Smith with French Actress/Producer Julie Gayet presenting a keynote presentation to wrap up the day. May 24, 2019 – Los Angeles and Paris — Women in Animation (WIA) and Les Femmes s’Animent (LFA) are pleased to announce the program lineup and initial[…..] […]
The 15 edition of character design festival Pictoplasma is now over(although expect its NYC version to pop up towards the end of 2019.) So what scoops from the world of digital arts were the most intriguing to surface from our time in Berlin? And how exactly was that deliciously retro end credits scene of Spider-Man: Into[…..] […]
British vfx and animation company DNEG announced today it has hired Pixar veteran Andrew Gordon as head of character animation for its feature animation team. Gordon will work at the company’s London headquarters, where he will join managing director of feature animation Tom Jacomb, animation director Troy Saliba, and vfx supervisor Philippe Denis. In[…..] […]
