Universal Pictures Drops ‘Night Swim – Pool Party Possession’ Featurette
Frolic in the deep end if you dare… Atomic Monster and Blumhouse’s new supernatural thriller starring Wyatt Russell dives into theaters January 5.
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Exxact Now Offering Workstations with AMD Threadripper PRO 7000WX Processors
The new processor series offers up to 96 cores and 192 threads, with a peak boost clock of 5.3GHz overclockable, to tackle complex simulation, generative design, rendering, and AI training tasks.
Phew! Warner Bros.' ‘Twisters’ Not a Reboot or Continuation of ‘Twister’
Lead Glen Powell reveals the upcoming film, set in the world created by the original 1996 disaster film, is a 'standalone story in the modern day;' the pic storms into theaters July 19, 2024.
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Did ‘Andor’ Season 2 Premiere Get Pushed into 2025?
While the ‘Star Wars’ sci-fi franchise boasts many upcoming offerings, including ‘The Acolyte,’ ‘Skeleton Crew,’ and ‘The Bad Batch Season 3,’ Disney’s release slate for 2024 has one notable omission…
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NVIDIA Studio Highlights Michael Gilmour’s ‘Winter World’ Videos
NVIDIA DLSS 3.5 now available on real-time 3D creation software D5 Render; blog showcases 3D artists’ long-form “winter worlds’ videos designed to offer viewers a sense of peace and relaxation.
Teaser Drops for Zack Snyder’s ‘Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver’
Watch the trailer for the second installment of the epic two-part science-fantasy that explores an original universe and lore; streams April 19 only on Netflix.
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Painting Practice Shares ‘Doctor Who 60th Anniversary Special’ Design Reel
Studio delivers concept design, hybrid virtual production previs, postvis, motion graphics, and VFX design and supervision across all three anniversary episodes - ‘The Star Beast,’ ‘Wild Blue Yonder,’ and ‘The Giggle;’ work includes creating the Doctor’s all-new Tardis interior virtual reality asset and graphic language for his new Sonic Screen.
NVIDIA Announces Omniverse Enterprise Free Trial
Users can now download and deploy a 30-day trial of the native OpenUSD software platform for connecting complex 3D pipelines and simulating large-scale physically accurate virtual worlds.
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FMX 2024 Shares First Program News
The 4-day event kicks off in Stuttgart on April 23, 2024 with a focus on ‘Connecting Ideas’ and the return of the ‘Lighting & Rendering” track; annual Animation Production Days is now accepting projects through February 6.
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Disney Loses MOVA VFX Technology Infringement Case
After over six years of litigation, an Oakland jury has awarded roughly $600,000 to Reardon’s Oscar-winning VFX software MOVA Contour, with a paltry $345,000 meant to represent the profits gained from the wrongful use of assets.
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Rising Sun Pictures Lights Up ‘Miss Minutes’ in ‘Loki’ Season 2
The VFX studio animates Disney+ series’ AI-driven character’s sinister transformation from friendly to deranged, delivering more than 125 shots, while also creating Loki’s green energy blasts and a digital extension to represent a blighted, working-class section of Chicago.
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Marvel Studios Drops New ‘Echo’ Trailer, Premiere Date
The gritty, action-packed dramatic series that follows anti-hero Maya Lopez as she runs from a criminal empire debuts all its bingeable episodes at once January 9, 2024 on both Disney+ and Hulu.
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‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians’: A Kid Demigod Takes the LED Stage
Jon Steinberg and Dan Shotz’s reimagining of Rick Riordan’s best-selling book series, that tells the story of a 12-year-old with newfound divine powers and his journey to find a lightening bolt he’s accused of stealing, looked to ILM VFX supervisor Jeff White and the studio’s groundbreaking StageCraft LED Volume technology for live-action shoots integrating real-time animated environments.
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Academy Announces Shortlists in 10 Categories for 96th Oscars
VFX category narrowed down to 10 films; voting for nominations runs next month, January 11-16, with nomination announcements set for January 23.
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Universal Pictures Drops Featurette for Thriller ‘Night Swim’
Based on the acclaimed 2014 short film, the new film from the producers of ‘M3GAN’ stars Wyatt Russell as Ray Waller, a former major league baseball player who discovers a dark secret tied to his new backyard swimming pool.
‘Stranger Things’ Season 5 Set to Begin Production in January
After facing numerous delays due to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, work resumes in the new year; the series' final season will now premiere sometime in 2025.
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It’s a Wrap: SIGGRAPH Asia 2023
The annual conference concludes its latest edition, which ran December 12-15 in Sydney; 5,690 attendees from more than 40 countries gathered, including technical and creatives in research, science, art, animation, gaming, interactivity, education, and emerging technologies.
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Matt Reeves’ ‘Arkham Asylum’ Series Officially in the DCU
DC Studios co-chairman James Gunn has confirmed the mysterious upcoming series will be canon and may feature characters and plotlines from other projects within the DCU; Reeves’ ‘The Batman – Part II’ and ‘The Penguin’ remain part of DC Elseworlds.
Matthew Orton Joins ‘Captain America: Brave New World’ As Writer
Although principal photography was completed before both the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, additional shoots have been expected, delaying the film multiple times with the premiere now set for February 14, 2025.
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‘One Piece’ Anime Remake Coming to Netflix
After the success of the live-action adaptation, the streamer has teamed with franchise creator Eiichiro Oda, Shueisha, Fuji Television Network, Toei Animation Co., and WIT Studio to reboot the pirate tale following Monkey D. Luffy and his misfit crew.
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‘Wednesday’ Spinoff Featuring Uncle Fester in Development at Netflix
Fred Armisen is set to star in a spinoff of the fan favorite supernatural mystery series chronicling Wednesday Addams’ years as a student at Nevermore Academy, which has been greenlit for a second season.
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Disney and Netflix Win Big at 2nd Annual Children’s & Family Emmy Awards
Disney Channel’s ‘Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur,’ and Netflix’s ‘Lost Ollie’ and ‘Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight’ were three of the top shows among the winners at this weekend's two separate awards ceremonies.
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Grounding the Apocalyptic Visuals in ‘The Last of Us’
VFX supervisor Alex Wang talks the Infected, Bloaters, massive Bloaters, a giraffe, and a crashing airliner as he breaks down the production of 3,000 visual effects shots created by DNEG, Wētā FX, Distillery VFX, Zero VFX, Important Looking Pirates, beloFX, Storm Studios, Wylie Co., RVX, Assembly, Crafty Apes, UPP, RISE, Framestore, Digital Domain and MAS on HBO’s critically acclaimed and wildly popular series.
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Gareth Edwards’ Epic Sci-fi Thriller ‘The Creator’ Coming to Hulu
The gripping adventure set amidst a future war between humans and the forces of AI debuts on the streamer December 20; also now available for purchase on digital and 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD.
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French Music Artist Jacques’ ‘Absolve’ Music Video - Where Art + AI Meet
Created by Paul Trillo, the short follows a cosmic teardrop throughout the Musée Du Louvre; behind-the-scenes short illustrates how traditional VFX and AI tools help realize creative visions.
