Aladdin still has the magic according to cinema-goers who turned out in their droves for the first weekend of Disney’s live-action remake. Guy Ritchie’s take on the 1992 movie brought in more than $86m (£68m) in its first three days in North America. The film, released on the US’s four-day Memorial Day weekend, is expected[…..] […]
The Good, the Bad and the Duckly: VFX giants MPC reveal how your favourite – and not so-favourite – Pokémon made the jump from 2D to 3D in the new Detective Pikachu movie. Warning: This article is spoilerific. On the surface, Pokémon Detective Pikachu may seem like a family film centered around everyone’s favourite yellow pocket monster, but anyone who’s[…..] […]
The National Film Board of Canada will make a strong showing at this year’s Annecy International Animation Film Festival (June 10-15) with three short films and one VR work, all in official competition. Annecy 2019 will see the return of three world-renowned filmmakers: Regina Pessoa, with her short film Oncle Thomas – La comptabilité des jours (Uncle[…..] […]
Landmark USC Annenberg’s Inclusion Initiative study results to be presented by Dr. Stacy L. Smith with French Actress/Producer Julie Gayet presenting a keynote presentation to wrap up the day. May 24, 2019 – Los Angeles and Paris — Women in Animation (WIA) and Les Femmes s’Animent (LFA) are pleased to announce the program lineup and initial[…..] […]
The 15 edition of character design festival Pictoplasma is now over(although expect its NYC version to pop up towards the end of 2019.) So what scoops from the world of digital arts were the most intriguing to surface from our time in Berlin? And how exactly was that deliciously retro end credits scene of Spider-Man: Into[…..] […]
British vfx and animation company DNEG announced today it has hired Pixar veteran Andrew Gordon as head of character animation for its feature animation team. Gordon will work at the company’s London headquarters, where he will join managing director of feature animation Tom Jacomb, animation director Troy Saliba, and vfx supervisor Philippe Denis. In[…..] […]
The first set of speakers for VIEW 2019 have been announced. The annual International Digital Media Conference will return to Turin, Italy from October 21-25. Dean DeBlois, writer, director and executive producer of this year’s How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, and Changhan (CH) Kim, CEO of PUBG Corporation, will give keynote addresses, as announced[…..] […]
American Marketing Enterprises Inc., Centric Socks LLC, Children’s Apparel Network, and Jay Franco Help Popular Brand ‘Roar’ at Retail Nationwide Starting Spring 2020 Culver City, CA, May 23rd, 2019 – It’s Ginormous! Gigantosaurus, the laugh-out-loud new CGI animated preschool series from Cyber Group Studios, airing daily on Disney Channel and Disney Junior, is extending all[…..] […]
Studio delivers 300 VFX shots, including never-before-seen Bruce Banner / Hulk hybrid, for Anthony and Joe Russo’s box office smash ‘Infinity War’ follow-up. After more than 10 years and 22 films, Avengers: Endgame marks the end of an era for both Marvel Studios and Framestore. Having produced stunning visuals on 11 films in the build-up to this[…..] […]
Ubisoft’s focus on emerging technology, from blockchain to VR, points to something bigger for the French games giant from: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-05-21-inside-station-f-the-grander-ambitions-of-ubisoft At 366,000 square feet, Station F is the largest startup campus in the world. Walking its vast open spaces, spying through the glass walls at young trendy people discussing their big ideas, it certainly feels like[…..] […]
