No Task Too Small: The Third Floor and the Previs of ‘Ant-Man’
Previs supervisor Jim Baker walks us through The Third Floor’s key previs and postvis efforts on the latest Marvel feature.
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Animation and VFX Fall 2015 Movie Preview
Variety abounds in the animated and VFX-focused films headed our way this fall.
Sony Sets ‘Jumanji’ Reboot for December 25, 2016
Paul Feig's ‘Ghostbusters’ remake is moved up one week to July 15, 2016; Stephen King adaptation ‘The Dark Tower’ is set for January 13, 2017.
Pixar Licenses NVIDIA Technology for Accelerating Film Production
Pixar Animation Studios licenses a suite of image rendering NVIDIA technologies to accelerate production of the studio’s computer-animated feature films and short film content.
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R.I.P. Disney Animation Historian John Culhane 1934-2015
Animation historian John Culhane -- the inspiration for Mr. Snoops in ‘The Rescuers’ and Flying John in ‘Fantasia/2000’ -- dies in his home in Dobbs Ferry, NY at the age of 81.
MPC to Showcase Feature VFX at SIGGRAPH 2015
MPC Film heads to SIGGRAPH 2015 to present crowd, fur, digi-doubles and destruction technology, presenting the company’s visual effects work on movies including ‘Terminator Genisys,’ ‘Exodus: Gods and Kings,’ ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’ and ‘Cinderella.’
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Prime Focus World Scales New Heights in Marvel’s ‘Ant-Man’
Prime Focus World’s senior stereo supervisor Richard Baker reveals how the team worked with miniature scale in Marvel’s latest superhero blockbuster “Ant-Man,’ starring Paul Rudd.
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DreamWorks Animation Reports Second Quarter Losses of $38.6M
DWA head Jeffrey Katzenberg calls the studio’s second quarter financial results “solid,” bolstered by the theatrical release of ‘Home’ and expansion of the company’s television and new media businesses.
I Got Your Voxels Right Here: The Updated Digital Characters of ‘Pixels’
Sony Imageworks VFX supervisor Dan Kramer helps bring iconic low-res 1980s arcade game characters into the CG world of 2015 in the new Adam Sandler film.
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WATCH: Lionsgate Unveils New ‘Norm of the North’ Trailer
Directed by Trevor Wall for Splash Entertainment, ‘Norm of the North’ features a voice cast including featuring Rob Schneider, Heather Graham, Ken Jeong, Gabriel Iglesias, Loretta Devine, Michael McElhatton, Colm Meaney and Bill Nighy.
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Voice Cast Announced for ‘Ethel & Ernest’ Feature
Production is underway on Lupus Films’ animated film from Cloth Cat Animation based on Raymond Briggs’ classic graphic novel, ‘Ethel & Ernest.’
Solving Tiny Problems: Double Negative Tackles ‘Ant-Man’
Dneg VFX supervisor Alex Wuttke talks lighting, camera arrays and macro photography on Marvel’s latest superhero movie.
Germany’s LUXX Flies High with Production for ‘Manou the Swift’ Feature
German animation and VFX studio embarks on its first CG animated feature, 'Manou the Swift,' with a pipeline that includes Autodesk 3ds Max, The Foundry’s NUKE, Pixologic ZBrush, and Chaos Group’s V-Ray.
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Box Office Report: ‘M:I5’ Wins Weekend with $56M Domestic Debut
Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions’ $150 million tentpole feature launches to $65 million overseas for an early total of $121 million worldwide.
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Miyazaki Collection Headed to Blu-ray
‘The Collected Works of Hayao Miyazaki,’ including all 11 of Miyazaki’s feature-length masterpieces in one spectacular 12-disc collection, is available on Blu-ray via Amazon.com on November 17, 2015.
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Northwest Animation Festival Issues 2015 Call for Entries
The 2016 festival takes place on May 9-15 in Portland; entries can be made for free through September 1, 2015.
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Patrick Osborne to Direct ‘Battling Boy’ for Paramount
Action/adventure comic book adaptation, based on the hit graphic novel from Eisner award-winner Paul Pope, is written by David Gordon Green and Josh Parkinson.
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LOOK: DreamWorks Animation Releases ‘Kung Fu Panda 3’ Concept Art
‘Kung Fu Panda 3’ concept art reveals the hidden panda village as seen at the end of the 2011 movie.
Method Studios Comes Up Big by Going Small on ‘Ant-Man’
VFX supervisor Greg Steele talks about bringing ants, wasps and a tiny superhero to the big screen in Marvel’s new action adventure.
Josh Frankel & Sridhar Reddy Launch Modern Prometheus
‘Welcome to Showside’ animated pilot featuring Henry Rollins and a feature film adaptation of Paul Pope’s ‘One Trick Rip-Off’ in preproduction phase.
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Syd Mead to Receive VES Visionary Award
The Visual Effects Society to present master visual futurist and iconic artist Syd Mead with the professional honorary society’s Visionary Award at the 14th Annual VES Awards on February 2, 2016.
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Latest ‘Naruto’ Feature to See Theatrical Run
VIZ Media and Eleven Arts debut ‘Boruto: Naruto The Movie’ in over 80 major U.S. CITIES this October; Action-filled new anime adventure features the rebellious son of the legendary ninja Naruto who seeks to become an even greater ninja.
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Visualizing an Age of Wonder: Lola VFX Takes on ‘Ant-Man’
VFX supervisor Trent Claus discusses aging and de-aging the character of Dr. Hank Pym in Marvel’s new superhero feature.
Cooper Hewitt to Present Pixar Exhibit This Fall
Examining the collaborative design process behind Pixar Animation Studios, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum presents ‘Pixar: The Design of Story” from Oct. 8 through Aug. 7, 2016.
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China’s Light Chaser Animation Sets Release Date for ‘Little Door Gods’
Directed and written by Beijing-based Light Chaser Animation founder Gary Wang, animated feature ‘Little Door Gods’ will be released in China on January 1, 2016.
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