By Mercedes Milligan | September 7, 2018 MIPJunior has announced that Margie Cohn, President of DreamWorks Animation Television, will keynote this year’s edition of the world-leading kids’ entertainment industry event. The confab is taking place in Cannes, France on October 13-14 ahead of MIPCOM (Oct. 15-18). The keynote address will be held at the JW[…..] […]
By Mercedes Milligan | Published on September 7, 2018 The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences will present on Friday, September 21 “Women in Indie Animation” — part of its continued monthly residency at cinephile-devoted theater Metrograph in Manhattan. The 7 p.m. screening will showcase 90 minutes of work from groundbreaking artists Signe Baumane, Emily[…..] […]
By Mercedes Milligan | September 6, 2018 French production house Superprod Animation and newcomer Atmosphere Media (Berlin/Zurich/New York) have inked a co-production agreement for six animated TV series aimed at kids over the next three years. Atmosphere will co-produce internally with Digital Graphics, the Belgian animation/VFX studio it took co-ownership of earlier this year. Production[…..] […]
A few days ago, the world’s first 3D Cinderella animated film “New Cinderella” exposed its poster and trailer. The film was officially scheduled to be released on October 1 in more than 80 countries around the world and was directed by the Disney director Lynne Southerland (Mulan Ⅱ) and his elite team. Based on the[…..] […]
Hosted by the Organizing Committee of the 14th session of Changchun Film Festival·China and organized by JILIN ANIMATION INSTITUTE (JAI), “2018 China·Jilin International Animation & Game Forum” inaugurated in JAI on September 5th. The forum lasts two days. With the theme of “Exploring Internationalization of China’s Comics & Animation in a New Era”, many domestic[…..] […]
Industry analyst Jon Peddie weighs in on the significance of NVIDIA’s recently announced Turing GPU architecture and AI-enhanced photorealistic rendering. By Dan Sarto | Thursday, September 6, 2018 at 12:41pm In the weeks following NVIDIA’s August 13 announcement, and CEO Jensen Huang’s 90-minute SIGGRAPH keynote reveal two days later, of the company’s brand-new groundbreaking RTX[…..] […]
Xinzhiyuan AI WORLD – 2018 Global AI Summit On the third anniversary of its launch, Xin Zhiyuan Starship officially announced the results of its exploration today. The world’s first Chinese AI academic influence list has been released, with a hundred young and middle-aged AI scholars selected! As the first academic list worldwide to do quantitative[…..] […]
Writer and directors Kevin Adams and Joe Ksander discuss the making of the Chinese-Canadian animated co-production about the bittersweet power of memories. By Jennifer Wolfe | Thursday, September 6, 2018 at 11:31am Set to debut on Netflix on Friday, September 7, CG-animated feature Next Gen is a funny, exciting and heartwarming adventure that explores the[…..] […]
The ultimate trailer of Disney’s live-action “The Nutcracker And The Four Realms” is released, starring Mackenzie Foy – Little “Murphy” in “Interstellar”! Keira Knightley and Matthew McFadden from “Pride and Prejudice” as well as veteran actors Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren will join the cast. The film tells the story of Clara, a girl who just[…..] […]
“Spider-Man: Homecoming” is in intense shooting now, its specific storyline and background not known to public yet. However, with new actors joining, the new cast has revealed some contents of the film. The two officially-confirmed heavyweight franchisees are Samuel Jackson and Cobie Smulders, who continue to play their classic roles in the Marvel movie – Nick[…..] […]
