Harry Potter Shop Headed to Chicago
Opening April 10, the Warner Bros. Discovery-owned store will offer multiple ‘Harry Potter’-themed areas, exclusive merchandise, props, and a Butterbeer Bar.
Opening April 10, the Warner Bros. Discovery-owned store will offer multiple ‘Harry Potter’-themed areas, exclusive merchandise, props, and a Butterbeer Bar.
The NY VFXWAALA subsidiary has acquired 11,111,111 company shares through the conversion of convertible debentures valued at SEK 15 million ($1.47 million).
How two former ILM and Square Enix artists, Jeffery Dillinger and Christophe Rodo, navigated cultural and technological challenges, while enlisting new creative tools, to build a successful, cutting-edge, independent visual effects studio in Japan.
Watch the breakdown reel; blending classical art with visual effects, the studio, in collaboration with BigTime Creative Shop and ProdCo, helped produce ‘The Last Crescendo,’ an operative, mythology-inspired spot promoting the highly anticipated rematch between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol that Bivol won by majority decision.
Italy’s premiere animation and visual effects event runs in-person October 12-17 in Torino, Italy with a focus on Computer Graphics, Interactive Techniques, Digital Cinema, 2D/3D Animation, VR and AR, Gaming and VFX.
Now fully operational, the Malaysian studio includes a curved LED wall, side panels, and ceiling displays, powered by three 4K Tessera SX40 LED video processors; INFiLED p2.5, p3.91, and p5.9 LED panels deliver HDR-ready visuals to meet the growing demands of the country’s filmmakers and content creators.
Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed; the language and AI solutions company’s game division has invited all Technicolor Games India employees to return to the Bangalore facility while Division CEO Andy Emery and VP of Global Business Development Eric Williams continue to lead.
In an upset win, Gints Zilbalodis’ animated tale of a cat who wakes up to a world invaded by water took home the Oscar for Best Animated Feature, while the second chapter in Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic won for Best Visual Effects and Best Sound Design on a night that also saw Iranian filmmakers Shirin Sohani and Hossein Molayemi, with visas approved just yesterday, arrive in the U.S. in time to win Best Animated Short for ‘In the Shadow of the Cypress.’
By integrating the Wonder Studio cloud-based 3D animation and VFX technology into its production pipeline, the creative studio took advantage of new AI and machine-learning-based tools to create 134 creature shots in 6 weeks for the CW’s ‘Superman & Lois.’
In the behind-the-scenes video, the creators explain the origin of the trailer story, and as well as what technological solutions were used to animate the monster Bauk.
Based on DC’s ‘Green Lantern’ and produced in association with Warner Bros. Television and DC Studios, the series follows 2 intergalactic space cops drawn into an Earth-based mystery.
Latest version of industry-leading compositing software allows changes to multiple shots at the same time, faster large-scale roto work, and updated timeline tools for faster shot approval and delivery.
Disney’s hit animated adventure, which explores the unlikely rise of the beloved king of the Pride lands, is now available for purchase at digital retailers (Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV and Fandango at Home) and April 1 on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD, packed with a slew of bonus features.
Take a deeper look at ‘Flow,’ ‘Inside Out 2,’ ‘Memoir of a Snail,’ ‘Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl,’ and ‘The Wild Robot,’ all vying for the Best Animated Feature Oscar on March 2, 2025.
While the famed creative services company has begun to shut down U.S. operations, the leadership and most of the artistic staff at The Mill have joined forces with Dream Machine FX for a new venture.
The ‘Speak No Evil’ helmer joins writer Mike Flanagan on the live-action project; the film features the shapeshifting Batman villain last seen in Max’s animated ‘Harley Quinn’ series.
The second and final season, which bridges the gap between Season 1 and the events of ‘Rogue One,’ will be broken into 4 3-episode chapters, debuting April 22.
The parent company sent U.S. employees a WARN notice on Friday, signaling a potential closing or mass layoff due to ‘severe financial challenges.’
The new video includes interviews and behind-the-scenes footage from the upcoming live-action musical reimagining, as well as clips from the famed animated ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.’
The upcoming season of the Emmy winning series, based on Naughty Dog’s PlayStation video game franchise, is set 5 years after the events of Season 1, with Joel and Ellie drawn into conflict with each other and an even more dangerous world.
With a team led by VFX supervisor Adam Balentine, the leading visual effects company delivered more than 1,000 shots across all 6 episodes of the Netflix drama that examines the violent collision of culture, religion, and race in 1857 America.
First teased in 2021 and previously in development at Paramount+, the project has found a new home at Netflix with Drew Crevello serving as writer, executive producer, and showrunner.
Merger with the leading AI VFX tool company used in Robert Zemeckis’ ‘Here’ to de-age stars Tom Hanks and Robin Wright, coupled with United Al Sager Group’s second investment in the DNEG Group, leaves Brahma with post-transaction value of US$1.43 billion.
‘The Wild Robot,’ ‘Wicked,’ ‘Nosferatu,’ ‘Fallout,’ and ‘Shōgun’ are among the winning films and TV series recognized for excellence in production design at the February 15 ceremony.
The stop-motion comedy and ‘Dune’ sequel each take home 2 awards, with ‘Wicked’ winning twice as well, including Best Production Design, at the yesterday’s 2025 EE British Academy Film Awards gala.