An upstart studio just made animators’ lives easier. Who will be the Pixar or Aardman of the 2020s? Will it just be the Mickey Mouse monopoly of Disney owning everything in CGI animation next decade, or could a small upstart like Thinko rise up to take the crown? The Brooklyn-based animation studio may not be[…..] […]
Disney+enjoyed a pretty solid launch at the tail-end of 2019, but 2020 poses all new challenges and opportunities for the nostalgia-fueled streaming service. The new network wisely launched with a healthy mix of both new properties–both feature length and short-form–and a sizeable amount of archival material; it helps that Disney just so happens to own[…..] […]
Just the other day, Beijing Animation Week is a dynamic Chinese festival committed to showing top-flight artistic animation. And now we’ve got wind of another event like it: The West Lake International Animation Festival (IAF), whose inaugural edition will be held in Hangzhou on April 16–19, 2020. It will subsequently be held every two years.[…..] […]
In the animated spy comedy adventure Spies in Disguise, super spy Lance Sterling (voiced by Will Smith) finds his life taking an unexpected turn that forces him to team up with scientist Walter Beckett (voiced by Tom Holland) for the ultimate mission. In order to succeed, the otherwise suave and debonair spy must allow himself[…..] […]
Working on the animation is quite a complex process. Surely, you can find plenty of articles and videos about working on animation and hoe to get your skills better, but there are some professional studios that share their experience and knowledge of the area with other artists. Pixar Animation Studios is quite known in the[…..] […]
“When you’re sitting at a table, and if everybody looks like you? You’re in trouble. You’re not gonna get the best story out of that.” That’s Kevin Feige, head of all things Marvel Cinematic Universe, speaking to a crowd of film students at a New York Film Academy Q&A about the importance of representation in[…..] […]
The long-speculated Doctor Strange sequel Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness was confirmed at San Diego Comic-Con 2019, and if there’s one thing everybody immediately agreed on, it’s that is without a doubt the best dang title in the MCU. And it turns out Kevin Feige himself agrees; the MCU chief sat down for[…..] […]
ViacomCBS Consumer Products (VCP) announced that Venetia Davie will join the company as Vice President, U.K. and Ireland. Davie will start the role in January, reporting to Mark Kingston, Senior Vice President, International, VCP. In this role, Davie will lead VCP’s U.K. and Ireland business, managing the London-based team and overseeing local relationships with key[…..] […]
The Centers for Disease Control has reported that roughly 6 in 10 adults in the US have chronic disease; 4 in 10 have two or more, so you can expect to encounter folks with chronic disease on a regular basis in your career. That’s why Game Developers Conference officials are excited to confirm that Sony[…..] […]
There’s no denying that the most popular genre around these days is the superhero movie. Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy proved that comic book adaptations could be just as dramatic and heavy as non-genre films, Marvel Studios jumpstarted a massive interconnected series of superhero movies that were significantly more colorful and humorous, and audiences have[…..] […]
