Platige Image, CD PROJEKT RED Talk ‘The Witcher 4’ Cinematic Game Trailer
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.
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‘The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep’ Takes Geralt into New Emotional Waters
Actor Doug Cockle and director Kang Hei Chul discuss their work developing and voicing the lesser-known, more bashful side of Andrzej Sapkowski’s famed and fierce monster hunter for the new animated film, now streaming on Netflix.
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Netflix Drops ‘The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep’ Official Trailer
Based on ‘Witcher’ author Andrzej Sapkowski’s short story, ‘A Little Sacrifice,’ the animated film follows Geralt of Rivia as he investigates a series of attacks in a seaside village; streams February 11.
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Netflix Debuts ‘The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep’ Clip, Sets Release Date
Based on ‘Witcher’ author Andrzej Sapkowski’s short story ‘A Little Sacrifice,’ the film follows Geralt of Rivia as he investigates a series of attacks in a seaside village; film streams February 11th, 2025.
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Netflix’s ‘The Witcher’ Takes Home 2024 BAFTA Craft Award
The epic fantasy series wins for Special, Visual & Graphic Effects; AMC Studios and Apple TV+’s ‘Silo’ wins for production design.
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Netflix Greenlights ‘The Witcher’ Season 5, Kicks Off Season 4 Production
Streamer gives a go to the fifth and final chapter of the popular fantasy drama that chronicles the story of monster hunter Geralt of Rivia.
Netflix Announces ‘The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep’ Animated Feature
Check out the teaser trailer… Doug Cockle, the iconic voice of the ‘Witcher’ video games, voices Geralt of Rivia in the upcoming film, based on Witcher author Andrzej Sapkowski’s short story ‘A Little Sacrifice,’ set to release globally in late 2024.
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Rodeo FX Summons ‘The Witcher’ Season 3 Beasts
Watch the VFX breakdown reels showcasing how the studio delivered 236 shots on 20 sequences, including the creation of the Jackapace and the Pit Monster.
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Cinesite Adds ‘Monstrous’ VFX to ‘The Witcher’ Season 3
The award-winning visual effects studio creates the huge-jawed Aeschna sea monster, the deadly Flesh Monster, and a huge Ring of Fire, in the hit fantasy adventure’s latest season; watch the final S3 episodes now on Netflix.
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CD Projekt Red Lays Off Nearly 10% of its Workforce
The Polish developer of ‘The Witcher’ and ‘Cyberpunk’ video game franchises claims the axing of around 100 employees is due to overstaffing.
‘The Witcher’ Season 3 Trailer, Images, and Character Art Released
Henry Cavill’s final season on the hit fantasy series streams this summer on Netflix, with Volume 1 launching June 29 and Volume 2 launching July 27.
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Cinesite Names Shawn Walsh Group Chief Operation Officer VFX
17+ year Image Engine veteran and general manager steps up to helm visual effects production across the company and its partner studios including Image Engine, FX3X, and Trixter.
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Netflix Drops ‘The Witcher’ Season 3 Teaser Trailer, First Look Images
Henry Cavill’s final season on the hit fantasy series streams this summer on Netflix, with Volume 1 launching June 29 and Volume 2 launching July 27.
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Conjuring VFX Magic for Netflix’s ‘The Witcher: Blood Origin’
Visual effects supervisor John Moffatt reveals some of ‘The Witcher’ prequel’s magical sequences, roughly 1,000 shots that include portals, creatures, and the startling human transformation into the original monster hunting Witcher prototype.
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Choc Chip Animation Riffs on Pop Culture in ‘The Art of Murder’
Sisters Nirali and Anokhi Somaia channeled their lifelong love of 2D animation and 90s anime into a new animation studio and original series, about sketchbook characters that come to life at the stroke of midnight; the show's pilot debuts this summer on YouTube.
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NVIZ Names Luke Kaile Managing Director
An early adopter of real-time tech, the London-based VFX studio promotes its Head of Studio to serve alongside creative director Chris Lunney and founder Nic Hatch.
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The Cinesite Group Secures $235M Funding Package
The VFX and animation studio collective announces new long term financing deal to continue its acquisition revenue growth, increase client offerings, capacity, and expand its global footprint; NatWest Corporate Bank led the financing alongside Barclays – the company’s longtime bankers.
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Netflix Drops ‘The Witcher: Blood Origin’ Teaser Trailer
Minnie Driver and Michelle Yeah star in the prequel set 1,200 years prior to the popular ‘The Witcher’ series, when the worlds of monsters, men, and elves merged to become one; the 4-part limited series streams Christmas day.
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Henry Cavill Exits, Liam Hemsworth Joins ‘The Witcher’
Season 3 of Netflix’s hit fantasy adventure series will be the ‘Man of Steel’ actor’s last, with many attributing his departure to heavy deviations from the original source material; ‘The Hunger Games’ star to don the silver wig for Season 4.
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Netflix’s ‘The Witcher’ Takes Home 2022 BAFTA Craft Award
Episode 1, ‘A Grain of Truth,’ wins for Special, Visual & Graphic Effects; award goes to Cinesite, Hivemind, Platige Image, and Pioneer Stillking Images.
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Netflix Unveils Frosty First Photo From ‘The Witcher’ Season 3 Set
Filming on the next chapter of the hit show, starring Henry Cavill as the famed monster hunter, Geralt of Rivia, is currently underway in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia.
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A ‘BioShock’ Film Adaptation is Coming to Netflix
The streaming giant, along with 2K and Take-Two Interactive, will at long last make the dystopian deep-sea sci-fi shooter game into a movie, after previous efforts to do so were abandoned years ago.
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FMX 2022 Shares Official Event Trailer
Conference confirms presentations on the VFX behind ‘Reminiscence,’ ‘The Witcher,’ ‘Lost in Space,’ and ‘Stowaway;’ Animation Production Days is now accepting projects for the ‘Producer Programme.’
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Beau DeMayo Talks Blood, Guts and Honor in ‘The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf’
For the writer and producer of Netflix’s new anime feature about the life of Geralt’s grizzled mentor, Vesemir, viewers hopefully grapple with the moral dilemma of whether sometimes dark and horrible ends justify the means.
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‘The Witcher’ Season 2 to Begin with ‘A Grain of Truth’
Watch as series showrunner Lauren Schmidt Hissrich confirms the first episode of highly anticipated Season 2 adapts Andrzej Sapkowski’s short story, a tale involving a cursed nobleman named Nivellen.
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