Cinesite announced today it has secured investment from Gryphion Capital Investments along with new banking facilities from Barclays and NatWest which amount to US$112m Taron Egerton plays Elton John in Rocketman (2019), Paramount Pictures. All rigths reserved. VFX by Cinesite Working together Barclays and NatWest will initially provide Cinesite with up to US$52 million for[…..] […]
After two successful years the Film London Scheme funded by ScreenSkills will be held again in 2020, to help 10 candidates find further work opportunities and receive on-going support re-entering the industry. Film London Return to London event photo Return to Work Scheme participants, 2019 Film London, the capital’s screen industries agency has announced their third[…..] […]
If you played Remedy’s mind-bending occult action game Control this year, you know it does some remarkable things with level design and dream logic, and at GDC in March you’ll have the opportunity to learn how! That’s because Remedy narrative designer Brooke Maggs will be there to present a talk on the Game Narrative Summit called “Weirder Than Usual: Narrative Designing the[…..] […]
The Rabbids are headed to the movies, thanks to a deal between Lionsgate and Ubisoft. The deal expands the franchise, which has sold more than 15 million games worldwide and spawned a television show that airs in more than 110 countries. Mandeville Film’s Todd Lieberman and David Hoberman are producing alongside Jason Altman and[…..] […]
One of the most exciting aspects of the game industry’s thriving indie scene is seeing innovators apply new tricks to solve old problems, and at the Game Developers Conference in March one of the Untitled Goose Game devs will show you how a filmmaking background helped define the look of one of 2019’s standout indie[…..] […]
Enormously popular Nickelodeon character, SpongeBob SquarePants is 20 this year. To commemorate the anniversary Nickelodeon commissioned Singaporean artist Johnny Lau, creator of iconic local animated character Mr Kiasu, to draw a coffee table book converging the wildly diverse worlds of the two. Lau released the book “Mr Kiasu Meets SpongeBob SquarePants” at the Singapore ComicCon[…..] […]
Wonder Women, Batmen, Baby Yodas and Ultramen were among the hundreds of cosplayers who showed up at the Singapore Comic Con taking place at the Marina Bay Sands on Saturday. Thousands more queued to get inside the massive event. A bewitching array of almost every well-known comic character on the planet, and events around them[…..] […]
Afrika Toon, the 1st 2D/3D animation studio on the Ivory Coast, is setting up at Les Papeteries – Image Factory. A team of passionate professionals led by Abel Kouamé and with a common dream: “to become an animation studio with worldwide status”. First step: setting up an Afrika Toon filial at CITIA’s unique hub in[…..] […]
The new studio in Brixton bolsters Jellyfish Pictures’ capacity to 350 increasing staff numbers by 40%. New facility in Brixton – Image courtesy of Jellyfish Pictures. Bafta and multi-award winning VFX and animation studio, Jellyfish Pictures, have announced that it has opened its newest state of the art facility in South London, Brixton. The[…..] […]
Kids’ entertainment specialist CAKE has signed a deal with CITV in the UK for TeamTO’s maverick slapstick comedy Mighty Mike. ‘Mighty Mike’ – Image courtesy of CAKE Entertainment. The deal will see Mighty Mike premiering on the channel on 6 January 2020 and airing weekdays at 4.30pm. CITV joins broadcasters Cartoon Network, who air[…..] […]
