‘a kite’s tale’ Combines Hand-drawn Animation With VR Technology CHICAGO—Walt Disney Animation Studios, for the second year in a row, will debut an all-new VR short film at the SIGGRAPH conference. Part of the third-annual SIGGRAPH 2019 VR Theater, the experience hails from within the studio’s Short Circuit experimental program. Directed by Bruce Wright, “a[…..] […]
(Top L – R) Karuna Venter, Lauren Mayer-Beug and Ben Looram. (Bottom L-R) Chris Gunn, Jesse Hoy and José Nuñez. Building upon its core VFX and animation business, company moves into production, design, and IP development. Chapeau FX has announced they have renamed as Chapeau Studios with the expansion of their core team from its[…..] […]
Leading digital kids’ network and studio WildBrain has been tapped by Headstart International to shepherd the Best Furry Friends (or BFF) toy brand on YouTube. WildBrain will turn its content and channel management expertise to growing the brand’s global audience with exclusive content aimed at a key demo of girls 6-9. WildBrain will manage existing[…..] […]
Todd Brian joins company as director of animation development, reporting to Betts. HALIFAX, NS – DHX Media has announced the promotion of Stephanie Betts to executive vice president, content. She will be responsible for development and production of original animated content, and will report to the company’s president, Josh Scherba Additionally, Todd Brian has joined[…..] […]
Conference will tackle facial animation, AI, ethics in games as well as showcase the future of real-time production. SIGGRAPH 2019 has just announced Real-Time Live! and Games programming for the upcoming conference in L.A., which will shine a light on topics including but not limited to facial animation, AI, ethics, and the future of real-time[…..] […]
Former Onion writer Chris Karwowski’s 10-episode set of satirical 90-second shorts, co-created with studio behind YouTube series ‘Speedrun,’ will run every Tuesday through August. Our friends at MONDO are teaching extraterrestrial aliens how to succeed on Earth in their new show, The Alien Guide to Earth, a 10-episode series of 90-second satirical animated shorts, launching[…..] […]
Discovery Family will be counting down the final 13 episodes of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, beginning with special mid-season premiere on Saturday, August 3 at 11:30 a.m./10:30C. The final batch of new episodes of the Allspark Animation-produced hit series will also stream live and on demand on Discovery Family GO, the network’s TV[…..] […]
One Animation has announced the appointment of Planeta Junior (part of Grupo Planeta / De Agostini) as its European licensing agent for the global smash hit animated series, Oddbods. The Barcelona-based agency will build a vibrant licensing program for the quirky slapstick characters in categories including apparel, accessories, back to school, home & giftware, and[…..] […]
With the MCU ‘Infinity Saga’ now complete, the studio shares a 10-year visual history of their extensive previs, postvis and techvis work on the famed franchise. ‘Avengers: Infinity War.’ The Third Floor worked on an unbelievable 18 out of 22 films of the MCU ‘Infinity Saga.’ All images © Marvel. All previs and postvis images[…..] […]
Two months after new 20th Century Fox owner Disney called a halt just ahead of production, the motion-capture movie adaptation of David Petersen’s award-winning comics epic Mouse Guard has officially been scrapped. The project was being produced by Matt Reeves with a screenplay by Gary Whitta (After Earth, Star Wars Rebels), and had signed on[…..] […]
