New trailer for the newest animated feature forthcoming from Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures outlines an oddball-buddy plot.
Irreverent comedy extravaganza with incredible music directed by Mike Mitchell and starring Anna Kendrick as Poppy arrives in theaters November 4, 2016.
Essential previs filmmaking tool for professional animated storyboards expands 3D capabilities.
Produced by visual effects and animation studio Sony Pictures Imageworks, ‘The Angry Birds Movie’ is written by Jon Vitti and directed by Fergal Reilly and Clay Kaytis.
First full trailer for stop-motion/CG-animated hybrid action-adventure set in mythic Japan sees Kubo join forces with friendly faces like Monkey and Beetle as he battles with threats such as the Moon King and the twin Sisters.
A major late-in-production story shift and co-director addition are all in a day’s work for the veteran Walt Disney Animation Studios producer.
Indiegogo campaign for the world’s most poseable freestanding human figure for animators, students and other creatives raises $132,614 on an $85,000 goal in just one week.
Short film conceived and directed by Jakub Grygier taps GPU technology for efficient CG rendering.
Artanim delivers new technology allowing users to experience, physically interact, and collaborate in a virtual 3D environment using Vicon motion capture technology.
Five-minute VR film experience created by developers Jack Caron, Todd Bryant, Omer Shapira and Uros Otasevic and shot in 6K is rendered using the Unreal Engine 4 game engine accelerated by NVIDIA Quadro M6000 GPUs.
3D-animated family feature film starring Tori Spelling and Joey Fatone is set for a May 2016 release.
Industry survey highlights need for affordable consumer headsets and high-quality, interactive content.
Danish 3D designer and Cinema 4D lead instructor Thomas Andreasen to present ‘Basic Fluid Simulation Workflow with Cinema 4D & RealFlow’ on January 28.
New release provides new creative tools for artists, better 3D and editorial workflow integration.
Leading motion- and facial-capture companies Animatrik Film Design, Dimensional Imaging (DI4D), and Technoprops to host Open House events January 19-22 in Del Rey, CA.
Directed by ‘Shrek the Third’ co-director Raman Hui, live-action/CG-animated hybrid feature will open in 3D on January 22 in all major North American markets.
The CEO at one of China’s top VFX studios assesses the often painful but mostly positive realities of China’s explosive feature film industry growth.
Inspired by the writings and drawings of Federico Fellini, ‘The Thousand Miles’ marks the four-time Academy Award-nominated director’s highly-anticipated return to feature animation following his 2003 debut, ‘The Triplets of Belleville,’ and 2010’s ‘The Illusionist.’
Vancouver VFX house reveals the processes that drive some of cinema’s most memorable digital characters, including the prawn-like aliens of ‘District 9,’ ‘Jurassic World’s velociraptors, and the eponymous title character of ‘Chappie.’
Independent developers can now create convincing character animation during game play within Unreal Engine 4.
NoxStudio’s epic animated fantasy short wins Valve-sponsored award in drama category.
Creative studio joins forces with MTV on a series of four promos that introduce viewers to ‘The Shannara Chronicles,’ based on the best-selling fantasy book series by Terry Brooks.
London-based visual effects studio creates “Jeremy,” a photoreal CG-animated talking beagle, for life insurance company Beagle Street.
‘Anomalisa,’ ‘Inside Out’ and ‘The Good Dinosaur’ nominated for best edited animated feature film; winners to be announced at the 66th Annual ACE Eddie Awards on January 29th.
J.J. Abrams’ record-shattering ‘Star Wars’ reboot becomes the fastest title in history to hit $700 million, a feat accomplished in only 16 days versus the 72 days it took for ‘Avatar’ to reach the milestone.
