Cooking Up a Chinese VR Short
China's first improv VR table read informs the development of ‘Four Dishes and a Soup.’
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Hallmarks of Future Sensory Entertainment
The "I's" have it.
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The Only VR Metric That Matters
Raise your hand if you have a family member who uses VR every day
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Chinese Government Bans ‘Peppa Pig’ in Children’s Book Crackdown
Beloved British book series part of a government crackdown against an influx of Western ideology that also includes the Harry Potter books and Roald Dahl’s ‘James and the Giant Peach.’
Pesky Licenses ‘Boj’ to Chinese SVOD Service
Chinese OTT service iQIYI picks up a block of animated kids shows from Cbeebies.
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Co-Pros Are No-Go
If you’re thinking of doing a Chinese co-production, think again...
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ILM Singapore Hubs its First Feature with Zhang Yimou’s ‘The Great Wall’
VFX supervisor Samir Hoon discusses the challenges of integrating the work of multiple facilities for the groundbreaking Chinese-U.S. big-budget co-production.
Original Force Taps GFM for Distribution of ‘Duck Duck Goose’ Feature
CG-animated family adventure directed and co-written by Christopher Jenkins features a celebrity voice cast including Jim Gaffigan, Zendaya, Lance Lim, Greg Proops, Reggie Watts, Carl Reiner, Jennifer Grey, Stephen Fry, Natasha Leggero, Diedrich Bader, Rick Overton and Craig Ferguson.
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Studio 100’s CGI Shows Head to China
Studio 100 Media signs distribution deal with WeKids Asia for ‘Maya the Bee,’ ‘Vic the Viking,’ ‘Nils Holgersson, and ‘The Wild Adventures of Blinky Bill.’
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Kidscreen Summit Grows in Miami
Nearly 2,000 delegates took part in the 2017 event, with significant growth from Asia-Pacific, South America and Europe.
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Animation Nights New York Sets Monthly Free Screening Event for March 8
Free, monthly curated screening of animated short films and VR experiences from all around the world set for Wednesday, March 8.
GALLERY: LAIKA’s ‘Kubo’ Visits China’s Forbidden City
The star of LAIKA’s BAFTA and VES Award-winning stop-motion/CG-animated feature travels to the Middle Kingdom for a special visit to the 15th Century Chinese imperial palace.
Riki Group Announces Strategic Asian Partnership
Fun Union, a joint venture based in Hong Kong, will carry out worldwide development of ‘KikoRiki,’ ‘BabyRiki,’ and ‘PinCode’
China’s Tencent Partnering with Up Studios for ‘Super BOOMi’
Chinese tech and media giant Tencent teams with one of China's leading original IP studios to produce of a new CG-animated series based on the hit character BOOMi.
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Mixed Reality Takes Off in the Middle Kingdom
An American entrepreneur opens China's first high-end mixed reality showroom.
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Squeeze Joins $18M Animated Feature Co-Production
Québec City-based CG animation studio joins international partnership to produce $18 million animated feature, ‘Troll, the Tale of a Tail.’
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China in the Spotlight at Annecy 2017
Tribute to Chinese animation to include a retrospective screening of ‘Princess Iron Fan’ by brothers Laiming and Guchan Wan, three programs of historical short films, a retrospective of Sun Xun, a program of short films from contemporary artists, a retrospective of the work of Xu An and Xi Chen, and the best shorts from Chinese schools.
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Building A Home for Story, VFX and Technology in China
An ambitious new Beijing Film Academy initiative seeks to elevate Chinese content creation for the modern era.
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Chinese Stone Lions Now an Actual Reality
A seven-year odyssey comes to fruition as Disney's first original Chinese TV co-production.
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Cardiff’s Cloth Cat To Produce Chinese Animated Series
Series based on the popular Chinese character Luo Bao Bei will be a co-production between Cloth Cat Animation and the Beijing-based DaYe Transmedia Group’s Magic Mall.
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LAIKA’s ‘Kubo and the Two Strings’ Opens Today in China
Infotainment China Media, the country’s first private international film sales agency, launches LAIKA’s stop-motion- and CG-animated feature across the Middle Kingdom on more than 7,500 screens.
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‘Deer Little Forest’ and ‘Flora’ Debut at Hong Kong Licensing Fair
Empire Multimedia to launch Jo Rose Brands in China, South Korea and South East Asia.
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SIGGRAPH Asia Macau Musings
No VR game-changer amid the gaming tables.
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The Art of Indirection
Transcript of my VR storytelling principles presentation just given at the 7th Int’l Conference & Exhibition on Visual Entertainment in Beijing.
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Box Office Report: ‘Your Name’ Reigns in China, U.S. Audiences Flock to ‘Moana’
Makoto Shinkai’s anime feature debuts to $41 million in China, and passes Hayao Miyazaki’s ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’ to become the second-largest-grossing Japanese film of all time; Disney’s CG-animated ‘Moana’ rules North American box office for second weekend in a row.
