Ubisoft Connect debuted in late 2020, opening the door for cross-platform progression and saving and uniting Uplay’s digital storefront with the Ubisoft Club rewards program. It’s a unique service in the game industry, and it represents the culmination of 10 years of work on Ubisoft’s Online Services Platform, built and maintained by the internal Harbour[…..] […]
We’ve been eagerly awaiting the release of Pixar’s new animated film Luca, and it’s finally here! Directed by Enrico Casarosa (“La Luna”), produced by Andrea Warren (“Lava,” Cars 3), and starring Jacob Tremblay as Luca and Jack Dylan Grazer as Alberto, Luca is now streaming exclusively on Disney+. The movie tells the story of Luca,[…..] […]
Daniel De Leon is an accomplished Los Angeles based 3D artist with an increasingly impressive resumé. His work can be seen in the form of larger than life statues such as a 16 foot tall statue of Moses standing in Sight & Sound Theatre in Lancaster, PA and most recently, the official Dropbox mascot residing[…..] […]
Peter Rogers, Managing Director of the Cardiff-based visual effects company Bait Studio – discussing views on the current state of the UK VFX industry, the challenges of the past year, as well as their impressive credits and award-winning work. Bait Studio is a boutique motion design and visual effects studio based in Cardiff Bay, driven[…..] […]
Just in time for the 2021 Emmy season, we chat with acclaimed TV critic Robert Lloyd about the current state of TV animation and other toon-related topics. Animation Magazine: Looking back at 2020 and early 2021, can you tell us which new animated shows managed to impress you and why? Robert Lloyd: I have so[…..] […]
Tom Box, Managing Director and one of the co-founders of Blue Zoo, the multi-award-winning studio and animators of beloved shows Numberblocks and The Adventures of Paddington, and one of the founding member-companies of Animation UK. Pictured: Tom Box, Managing Director and Co-founder of Blue Zoo. Blue Zoo is one of the UK’s leading animation studios,[…..] […]
With the release of Zack Snyder’s version of Justice League last month, the helmer got a second chance to complete his vision for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice after studio politics and the death of his 20-year-old daughter resulted in his replacement by Joss Whedon in 2017. Lackluster box-office results for the extensively reshot[…..] […]
In our series Tools Of The Trade, industry artists and filmmakers speak about their preferred tool on a recent project — be it a digital or physical tool, new or old, deluxe or dirt-cheap. This week, we speak to Larry Cutler about Unity. Cutler is co-founder and CTO of Baobab Studios, the multi-Emmy-winning vr producer.[…..] […]
Inside The Production Of ‘City Of Ghosts’ With French Animation Studio TeamTO How to describe City of Ghosts, a new series that leafs through the many layers of Los Angeles’s past? Its creator Elizabeth Ito has disavowed the word “mockumentary”: she didn’t set out to mock anything. Cultural history? Psychogeographic fantasy? But those terms make[…..] […]
Tony Neoh: chairman of the Hong Kong Police Regulatory Commission, former chairman of the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong and former chief adviser to the China Securities Regulatory Commission Raymon Neoh: President of International Digital Culture and Technology Alliance, President of Krystal Institute Wang Hongpeng: Managing Director, GDC In 2006, a report titled[…..] […]
