For DreamWorks Animation’s Trolls World Tour, the Walt Dohrn-directed follow-up to 2016’s Trolls, the filmmaking team embraced the challenge of creating not one but six colorful and completely original Trolls landscapes. They aspired to expand the world of the original film, especially in the lyrical and sonic landscape, so they created an entire map of[…..] […]
Photo of Erik Brunvand by Dina Douglass © 2019 ACM SIGGRAPH CHICAGO—ACM SIGGRAPH has selected Erik Brunvand, of the University of Utah, as chair of its 50th annual SIGGRAPH conference. Brunvand is a professor in the University of Utah’s School of Computing, where he has been on faculty since 1990. Brunvand first attended the[…..] […]
The nominations for the 48th annual ASIFA-Hollywood Annie Awards were announced today. Netflix leads all companies with 40 nominations, followed by Disney with 32 recognitions. Dreamworks Animation pulled in 20 nominations (nine of which are also included in the Netflix total), while Warnermedia (which includes Warner Bros. Animation and Cartoon Network) earned 15 nominations. This[…..] […]
What’s New: Building on Intel’s Memory and Storage 2020 event in December, Intel today is launching the Intel® Solid State Drive (SSD) 670p, a 144-layer quad-level cell (QLC)-based client SSD. “The Intel SSD 670p is based on our 144-Layer QLC 3D NAND with 128 gigabytes per die and provides up to two times better read[…..] […]
Award-winning independent animation studio ZAG and co-producer ON kids & family (Mediawan Group) further solidify their relationship with Disney Channels around the world for its globally renowned series Miraculous – Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir with the channel acquiring seasons four and five (excluding the U.S., Brazil, Australia, Canada, Korea and China.) Season four[…..] […]
Leading multi-platform entertainment company Wind Sun Sky Entertainment (WSS), announces a partnership with the Shaw Rocket Fund to bring the award winning musical mobile game My Singing Monsters, published by Big Blue Bubble to life in animation in a whole new way. The 115+ million fans from around the world will soon get to know[…..] […]
What‘s for the spring 2021 Masterclass sessions? Here is a list of this season’s offerings. Engagement using Matchmaking and Ranking in Competitive Multiplayer Games with Josh Menke This course will focus on best practices for matchmaking and ranking players in different games and audiences. Leadership Skills and Practices for Agile Game Development with[…..] […]
Boat Rocker Studios’ #1 U.S. preschool series ‘Dino Ranch’ lassoed by Disney+ in the UK, Ireland, Australia & New Zealand Boat Rocker Studios (a division of global entertainment company Boat Rocker Media) has announced that Disney+ UK, Ireland, Australia & New Zealand have picked up Dino Ranch. These new deals follow the stellar ratings on[…..] […]
DNEG Feature Animation has announced the appointment of two new senior creative hires to bolster its leadership team. Ted Ty joins as Global Head of Character Animation based in Montreal, while Archie Donato relocates from Los Angeles to join the team as VFX Supervisor on a major new project in London. These new hires follow[…..] […]
The Annecy Festival really wanted to call upon Jean-Charles Mbotti Malolo again to do the 2021 poster. After a completely online 2020 edition, the tribute to animation from the African continent and the Festival’s 60th anniversary were rescheduled for this year, we wanted this explosion of colours and energy again that brought the lakeside to[…..] […]
