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Autodesk Reveals New Artist Tools and Workflows at AU 2024

At this year's Autodesk Univerisity, with the help of Mikros Animation, Digital Fish, and Wonder Studio, the tech giant demonstrated a slew of program feature updates and improvements across its product lineup, all designed to increase creative productivity and lower barriers for great storytelling.

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The Annies are Coming! Headline News

52nd Annual Annie Award Nominations Announced

Best Animated Feature nominees ‘Inside Out 2,’ ‘Kung Fu Panda 4,’ ‘That Christmas,’ ‘The Wild Robot,’ ‘Ultraman: Rising,’ and ‘Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl’ top the expansive list of category nominations; animation’s biggest awards ceremony is scheduled to return live on Saturday, February 8 at UCLA’s Royce Hall.

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No Screaming in Space Please VFXWorld

From Miniatures to Machine Learning: Crafting the VFX of ‘Alien: Romulus’

Focusing on seamless integration of cutting-edge VFX with analog craftsmanship that included stop-motion, animatronics, and models, Oscar-winning VFX supervisor Eric Barba helped director Fede Alvarez ramp up the terror and suspense in his haunting deep space saga.

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A Panda Out of Water Story! Headline News

Shout! Studios Reveals ‘Panda Bear in Africa’ Digital Release

The animated feature from Shout! Studios and Shout! Kids in collaboration with Cinema Management Group will be available for rent or purchase on all major digital platforms on January 28, 2025.

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The Proof is in the Great Work Headline News

Proof Shares ‘Something in the Water’ Previs Reel

The leading visualization studio’s work involved animating and editing a number of sequences, including a boat crash and shark chase, for the StudioCanal film about a group of friends who meet up for a wedding in the Caribbean and become stranded at sea after their boat sinks.

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Blue Heeler Business Headline News

Disney, BBC Studios Announce ‘Bluey’ Feature

Company acquires global theatrical film rights to 'Bluey The Movie,' which will hit theaters in 2027, then stream on Disney+ and air on ABC iView and ABC Kids in Australia.

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5DX for the Holidays Headline News

DREAMBOX360º Launches ‘A Christmas Dream’ 5D Projection Experience

The immersive event aims to bring the magic of the holidays to life with 5DX experiences, such as cutting-edge projection visuals, sound, and special effects.

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The Man of Steel Returns! Headline News

DC Studios Drops ‘Superman’ Official Trailer

He’s finally here! After all the rumors, conjecture, peeks, teases and furtive glances, we finally get to see the new man of steel, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor… and superpup Krypto! Hitting theaters next summer.

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Business Headline News

Rob Edwards to Adapt ‘Brown Sugar Fairies: Saroja’s Quest’ Children’s Book

The ‘Princess and the Frog’ screenwriter will write, direct, and produce the animated film; author Aiysha Sinclair produces alongside Stranger Comics president Sebastian A. Jones.

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Ho Ho Ho! ANIMATIONWorld

Re-VIEW: ‘That Christmas’ – A Seasonal Film for Life

Set in a charming coastal town during Christmas, Simon Otto and Locksmith Animation’s new film explores themes of empathy, compassion, and human connection, weaving stories of love, resilience, and community through the perspectives of children and adults; now streaming on Netflix.

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People Headline News

Eve Chauvet and Bertrand Cabrol Join The Yard VFX

The CG supervisors bring a combined 30 years of international experience at leading studios, with credits on films such as ‘Dumbo,’ ‘Blade Runner 2049,’ ‘Deadpool 2,’ ‘Star Wars: Skeleton Crew,’ ‘Fantastic Beasts,’ and more.

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Oh Wilbur! VFXWorld

It’s Much More Than Horseplay for DNEG on ‘Venom: The Last Dance’ VFX

The leading creative studio delivers 500 shots across 11 sequences on the final film of the Marvel and Sony ‘Venom’ trilogy, including a Symbiote dance sequence, a battle atop an airplane, and the first non-human takeover… of a horse.

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Feature Film VFX Headline News

JAMM Brings ‘Brothers’ Samuel the Orangutan to Life

Watch the breakdown reel; VFX Supervisor Andy Boyd and his team produced 202 final shots, from set supervision to delivery, via Houdini, Maya, Nuke Hiero, Shotgrid, and V-Ray.

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Business Headline News

Apple TV+ Renews ‘Silo’ for 2 More Seasons

The fourth and final season of the sci-fi drama will complete the adaptation of Hugh Howey’s book trilogy; project stars and is executive produced by Rebecca Ferguson and created by Graham Yost.

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It’s How You Play the Game Headline News

Disney Removes Trans Narrative from ‘Win or Lose’

Pixar’s first longform series will no longer feature the storyline, with the studio explaining, ‘many parents would prefer to discuss certain subjects with their children on their own terms and timeline.’

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It’s Anime-zing! ANIMATIONWorld

Sae Okamoto Talks Mechanical Arms and Animating Mechas

8 years after a successful Kickstarter, the first-time anime series director’s show, ‘Mecha-Ude: Mechanical Arms’ is now streaming on Crunchyroll; it blends traditional 2D with hand-retouched 3DCG to deliver fluid, lifelike human-machine characters.

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Gnarly New Shorts from Tim Miller Headline News

Prime Video Renews ‘Secret Level’

On the heels of its December 10 premiere, a second season has been ordered for the record-setting animated anthology from Tim Miller, which features original stories set within the worlds of some of the most beloved video games.

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It’s Anime-zing! Headline News

Crunchyroll Announces Winter 2025 Anime Lineup

Highlights of the upcoming slate include ‘Solo Leveling’ Season 2, ‘ZENSHU’, ‘The Apothecary Diaries’ Season 2, and more.

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On the Road to the Oscars Headline News

Academy Announces Shortlists in 10 Categories for 97th Oscars

VFX category narrowed down to 10 films, animated shorts to 15; voting for nominations runs next month, January 8-12, with nomination announcements set for January 17, 2025.

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Clayface Shifts into Theaters Headline News

DC Studios Greenlights ‘Clayface’ Feature

Mike Flanagan is penning the script while the hunt for a director is underway; plot details have not been revealed for the film which features the shapeshifting Batman villain last seen in Max’s animated ‘Harley Quinn’ series.

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TV VFX Headline News

Miagui Reveals ‘Senna’ VFX Breakdown

The Brazilian VFX studio created the visual effects for 2 episodes in the Netflix limited series, recreating racing scenes entirely in CG from the 1984 and 1988 Monaco GPs with extreme historic accuracy.

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Not that Magic Potion! Headline News

Netflix Drops ‘Astérix & Obélix: The Big Fight’ Teaser

The animated series created by Alain Chabat, which hits the streamer Spring 2025, follows the exploits of the beloved Gaulish duo after their village’s potion master forgets the crucial magic potion recipe.

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Return to Middle-earth VFXWorld

Crafting Tolkien’s Vision: Creating Epic VFX for ‘The Rings of Power’ Season 2

VFX supervisor Jason Smith and his bevy of VFX studios, including ILM, DNEG, and Rodeo FX, delivered roughly 8,000 visual effects shots including Ents, a Balrog, Barrow-wights, Shelob, and the Elven forge, on the sophomore outing of Prime Video’s return to J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth.

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Commercials Headline News

See Creature Animation, Cossette, Rodeo FX Team for ‘Hanging by a Thread’

The handcrafted crochet stop-motion commercial is part of a broader awareness campaign about psychological health in the workplace that aims to prevent psycho social risks such as bullying and harassment.

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A Tangled Web We Weave Headline News

Live-Action ‘Tangled’ Remake in Development at Disney

‘The Greatest Showman’ filmmaker Michael Gracey is in talks to helm the upcoming project from a script by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson; casting has not been announced.

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