MGM Drops Final ‘No Time to Die’ Trailer
The latest James Bond thriller finally hits theaters October 8 after a myriad of pandemic work stoppages and release delays... and we can't wait!
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Disney’s ‘Jungle Cruise’ Arrives August 31 on Digital
This summer’s hit comedy adventure stars Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt in a thrilling journey through the Amazon to find an ancient tree said to cure illness and injury; based on Disneyland’s ‘Jungle Cruise’ ride, the film hits 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD on November 16.
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ILM’s VFX Help Marvel Studios ‘Wing It’ in ‘Black Widow’
The storied visual effects studio delivers 800 shots, tackling the high-octane opening small plane escape scenes, a Budapest shoot-out and car chase across the city, and the widows fight in villain Dreykov’s flying HQ, in Marvel Studios’ most recent MCU action-thriller.
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VFXRIO Live Presents Industrial Light & Magic's Hal Hickel
Renown animation and VFX specialist whose career includes work on iconic movie franchises like ‘Star Wars’ and ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ will share insights from the visual effects on ‘The Mandalorian’ Season 2; free live online event coming September 4.
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Marvel Studios Shares ‘Eternals’ Final Trailer and Poster
The MCU’s immortal superheroes come out from the shadows after thousands of years to battle mankind’s oldest enemy; written and helmed by Oscar-winning ‘Nomadland’ director Chloé Zhao, the film opens November 5, 2021.
ASWF Adds Maxon and Tangent Animation, Reveals Open Source Days Event Lineup
Academy Software Foundation adds two new general members as it heads into annual conference, a free virtual event running August 4-5 featuring the latest in open source tools and standards.
VIEW Conference 2021 Reveals Stellar Speaker Lineup
Confirmed presenters include Tom McGrath, director of ‘The Boss Baby: Family Business;’ ‘The Willoughbys’ director Kris Pearn; and legendary animator and VFX supervisor Phil Tippett; conference runs October 17-22 in Turin, Italy and online.
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Academy Software Foundation Adds MaterialX as Hosted Project
Initially developed by Lucasfilm, the open source platform is a key technology in the portability and transfer of look development assets between various applications and renderers.
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Alkemy X Expands VFX Team with 2 New Hires
Abhijeet Nawsagare named head of pipeline across all offices; Brandon Young joins LA office as CG supervisor.
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Pixar Releases Next Generation RenderMan 24 with XPU
The software’s biggest update ever introduces a new shading system, stylized looks, and XPU, which provides live rendering capabilities for immediate feedback on assets.
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Creating the Post-Apocalyptic World of Stephen King’s ‘The Stand’
Overall VFX supervisor Jake Braver, with the help of ILM VFX supervisor Laurent Hugueniot, delivers 2,800 VFX shots depicting a world decimated by plague and a city ruled by supernatural evil, in the 9-part series from CBS Television Studios now streaming on Paramount+.
How Dottie Starling Guided ‘The Underground Railroad’ VFX
The VFX supervisor on Barry Jenkins and Prime Video’s period drama, about a young woman’s desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South, shares how she helped plan and deliver over 1,000 visual effects shots, ranging from 18 minutes of a town on fire to an actual full underground railroad hub.
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Dwayne Johnson Gets Us Ready for Disney’s ‘Jungle Cruise’
Coming July 30, the epic adventure down the Amazon, inspired by the Disneyland ride, also stars Emily Blunt, with VFX by ILM, DNEG, Weta Digital, Rising Sun Pictures, Rodeo FX, and UPP; see the trailer and Johnson announce his role in the film.
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CG Animated ‘Ultraman’ Feature Now in Development at Netflix
Shannon Tindle and John Aoshima to helm new film based on Eiji Tsuburaya’s iconic Japanese superhero that first found audiences 55 years ago.
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MPC Film Names Emile Ghorayeb Animation Director
Industry veteran brings 20+ years’ experience as an animation director and supervisor at leading VFX studios; his appointment further broadens the company’s global animation team.
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Virtual Production Takes Center Stage in ‘The Midnight Sky’
Digitized shots of Icelandic snow, glaciers, and misty weather, coupled with real-time camera tracking and Unreal Engine, meant high-resolution environment projections, and lighting, could be captured in-camera to provide unprecedented realism for onstage shooting, in George Clooney and Netflix’s Oscar-nominated sci-fi drama.
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‘Fast & Furious’ Returns: New ‘F9’ Trailer and Images
The next saga in Vin Diesel’s action-adventure franchise takes the crew on a race across the globe; Justin Lin returns to direct and Grammy-winning Cardi B joins the cast as a woman with a connection to Dom Toretto’s past – in theaters June 25.
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NVIDIA’s GTC Kicks-Off with a View of the Omniverse
Founder and CEO Jensen Huang’s keynote shares breakthroughs in building virtual worlds through a convergence of technologies; new Omniverse Enterprise 3D design platform will soon be widely available, allowing for real-time global collaboration across multiple software suites.
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Epic Games Releases Volume 2 of its Virtual Production Field Guide
Free resource provides in-depth look into virtual production workflows, new methodologies, remote collaboration, in-camera VFX, animation, and what’s coming next in Unreal Engine 5.
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VFX Supervisor Jep Hill Joins Alkemy X
25-year industry veteran brings technical and creative skills acquired while working at the forefront of emerging visual effects technology; his hire comes on the heels of continued growth in the media company’s VFX division.
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Next PreVIEW Set: ‘CG Tornados, Jet Engines and Cows - the VFX of Twister’
Join a free conversation with a panel of the famed VFX practitioners and filmmakers behind Jan De Bont’s 1996 disaster thriller and Oscar nominee for Best Visual Effects; April 8 event will include an audience Q&A.
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Mary J. Blige, Jake Johnson, and Jonathan Groff Join ‘Lost Ollie’ Cast
Shannon Tindle and Peter Ramsey’s live-action / animation hybrid limited series also adds Tim Blake Nelson, Gina Rodriguez, and Kesler Talbot; production underway, with CG characters created by ILM, on the story of a lost toy on an epic adventure.
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DNEG Feature Animation Expands Leadership Team
Industry veteran Archie Donato heads to London as VFX supervisor on new studio project; Ted Ty brings 25+ years of 2D and 3D animation experience to Montreal as new global head of character animation.
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Animators Finding Twitch a Great Place to Teach and Mentor
The world’s largest live streaming platform for gamers has become home to a growing number of animation artists displaying their work, with many streaming instructional and tutorial-style content aimed at sharing their love and knowledge of the profession.
Trilith Studios Appoints Barry Williams Creative Director of Virtual Production
Award-winning visual artist to oversee technical and creative development of the studio’s extensive virtual production facilities, resources, and solutions.
