The premise of 3 Body Problem – the first in a trilogy of novels by Liu Cixin, appeared March 21 as a Netflix streaming series – was simple. What happens when three suns orbit a planet? The suns’ alternating proximities cause gravitational effects and climate fluctuations that throw civilizations into chaos and lead inhabitants to seek[…..] […]
Founded in October 2008 by Adam Gascoyne and Tim Caplan, Union are celebrating their 15th birthday. The company is still wholly owned by its Co-Founders who lead the team, alongside Managing Director Lucy Cooper and Creative Director Simon Hughes. Over their 15-year history, Union have seen steady growth financed by their success with a collective team[…..] […]
Prince of Persia launches on January 18 (or on January 15 for Ubisoft+ subscribers and owners of the Digital Deluxe Edition), whether you’re playing on PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, or Amazon Luna. The game offers up challenging combat and platforming, but the development team at Ubisoft Montpellier[…..] […]
DeAPlaneta Entertainment has signed a remarkable deal with Fantwild Inc, the most influential animation company in China, with renowned animation brands including Boonie Bears, Boonie Cubs, and Chicken Stew, among others. Thanks to this important deal, DeAPlaneta Entertainment will be the Licensing Agent and will manage all Media & Digital Rights of kids animated series Adventurer[…..] […]
What elements of a script sets one apart from the other and what sort of scripts get you excited to shoot them? Jennifer: A piece of advice that has always stuck with me is, “if there’s a project you feel like you know a secret about, that’s the project you should do.” For me, this[…..] […]
“Arcane – League of Legends” Riot Games What makes a successful video game adaptation? Should you take on board all the codes of gaming or move away from them? And what about French know-how in this particular field? We asked Pascal Charrue, co-founder of the animation studio Fortiche Production (the Arcane – League of Legends[…..] […]
Deep under the Sargasso Sea, a determined flying fish (Jane Fonda) and sassy European eel (Camila Cabello) run a gauntlet of perils before they are welcomed into a protected sanctuary by a kind whale (Simon Pegg). Bristol-based animation studio, Rumpus Animation, teamed up with Greenpeace on this new star-studded short film, Sanctuary, which tells a[…..] […]
Launched in 2003, Freefolk are a team of Emmy winning creative artists, technicians, producers and problem solvers. Working with clients in the advertising, film, TV and music industries they provide full-service post-production and VFX offering high-end colour grading, 2D and 3D visual effects, shoot supervision, animation, design, direction and concept. Their most recent film and[…..] […]
Richard Frazer, VFX Supervisor and Tracy McCreary, Managing Director of BlueBolt Founded in 2009, BlueBolt is an award-winning independent visual effects company based in central London. The studio provides high-end CGI to the global film and television industry, specialising in compositing, computer graphics and digital matte painting for film and television productions. BlueBolt recently completed[…..] […]
“Mexico’s stop-motion success is due to a lack of resources,” say Cinema Fantasma duo behind ‘Frankelda’s Book Of Spooks’ Roy Ambriz and Arturo Ambriz’s Cinema Fantasma is behind the hit HBO Max series Frankelda’s Book Of Spooks. The Mexico City-based animation producers are in Annecy with the feature Frankelda And The Prince Of Spooks which[…..] […]
