The adaptation, starring Christian Slater as the evil ogre Mulgarath, Joy Bryant as loving matriarch Helen Grace, and Lyon Daniels and Noah Cottrell as twins Jared and Simon, will be shopped to a new home network after being dropped by the Mouse House due to cost cutting.
The VFX studio provided 250 shots, including guiding the ship ‘The Demeter’ through a terrifying CG storm, and adding whitewater, mist and fog to achieve frightening realism; the movie is now in theaters.
The hit Paramount film’s Annie Award-winning writer/director, along with Oscar-winning sound mixer Mark Ulano, join the stellar line-up of in-person attendees and speakers, including Henry Selick, Peter Sohn, and Sam Fell; the VIEW Conference takes place October 15-20 in Turin, Italy.
The workers join the latest wave of industry artists calling for protections afforded their union colleagues; group follows Marvel VFX workers as only the 2nd ever VFX worker NLRB filing.
Carl Flygare, NVIDIA Professional Visualization Marketing Manager at PNY, talks about virtual production, changes in the M&E landscape, and the many virtues of the NVIDIA RTX™ A5000 professional graphics card, which is available at a special promotional price for a limited time.
Denis Villeneuve’s highly anticipated sci-fi sequel is now expected to hit theaters March 15, 2024, as continuing lack of progress in SAG-AFTRA and WGA negotiations have led to multiple production shutdowns.
VFX supervisor Johnny Han, working with Scanline VFX, EDI Effetti Digitali Italiani, Mackevision, MR. X, BUF, and Jellyfish Pictures, produced 2,000 shots for Season 1A and 2,500 for Season 1B – including the ‘Shockdog’ - on the Emmy nominated HBO series, set in an 1896 London rocked by a supernatural event that gives certain people – mostly women – abnormal abilities.
The 3D camera tracking VFX app joins the Boris FX Suite, which already boasts Sapphire, Continuum, Mocha Pro, Silhouette, Optics and CrumplePop; live SynthEyes demos slated for IBC September 15-18.
The comedian will play sorceress Jennifer Kale in the upcoming Marvel and Disney+ miniseries, while the ‘White Lotus’ actress will play Rio Vidal, an original main villain character created for the show.
'Never Give Up, Never Surrender…' on a Franchise! Rumor has it the accomplished sci-fi actress will return as Gwen DeMarco in the spinoff series as a mentor-like figure for a new generation of cast members aboard the Protector.
The streamer continues teasing the August 31 series debut with video featuring the original anime ‘Straw Hat’ cast; creator Oda-Sensei shares a message to ‘Crank up the volume’ and enjoy!
The 4th annual celebration of EVERYTHING ‘Star Trek’ offers a trove of special screenings and events for Trekkies worldwide including the ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks Special Program’ streaming everywhere, the ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ 2-episode CBS Network debut, and ‘Star Trek: The Animated Celebration,’ a free live event happening at locations the U.S., Canada, and the U.K.
Visual Effects Supervisor Simon Jung and Animation Supervisor Dennis Yoo talk clickers, bloaters, giraffes, and fungi, some of the captivating and ghastly visuals they helped produce for HBO’s critically acclaimed and wildly popular series, nominated for 25 Emmys including Outstanding Visual Effects in a Season or Movie.
Special screenings set at IMAX theaters in major U.S. cities of exclusive first-look footage from the upcoming sci-fi thriller, followed by a live Q&A with the director/producer/co-writer; film hits theaters next month.
Production VFX supervisor Mohen Leo and Production VFX producer T.J. Falls picked up where they left off on Gareth Edward’s 2016 ‘Rogue One,’ helping deliver a whopping 3,843 visual effects shots, including the daring oceanic planet Narkina V prison escape, the Eye of Aldhani meteor shower, and the Fondor Haulcraft’s encounters with Fury-class Imperial interceptors, on the inaugural season of Lucasfilm and Disney+’s hit prequel series – nominated for an Outstanding Visual Effects Emmy.
The visual effects boutique delivers 225+ shots for the psychological thriller, adding to the tale’s horror with invisible effects, which included a 3D animated spider, digital limb replacements, and CG environments and set extensions.
‘Minions: The Rise of Gru’ director Kyle Balda leads a diverse speaker lineup as the storytelling retreat comes to Kaga, Japan, September 20-23, inviting attendees to dive into innovative story creation across various mediums and platforms.
Tim McGovern is honored with the Founders Award and Lifetime VES Member designation, while Sandra Joy Aguilar, Brooke Breton and Bob Coleman receive Honorary Lifetime VES Membership; a celebration of the honorees will take place at a special event in October.
Production VFX supervisor Grady Cofer and Co-Production Animation Supervisor Hal Hickel discuss how the most recent season of Lucasfilm and Disney+’s hit series – nominated for an Outstanding Visual Effects Emmy - took advantage of new digital tools and processes to better plan and capture more realistic acting performances in-camera, as well as animate their integration with CG characters and sequences.
Video marks the August 31 streaming release of the live-action high-seas adventure based on the enormously popular manga by Eiichiro Oda.
The leading visual effects company, led by VFX Supervisor Chris White, revisits one of the Netflix series most compelling – and fully CG – characters in Season 3’s ‘Marigold’ episode, nominated for an Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Single Episode Emmy.
Mixed reality software company taps media and entertainment industry veterans Phil Ventre and Vivian Yu to support its growth servicing demand for virtual production in the broadcast and APAC markets.
The VFX producer joins the full-service creative studio’s Amsterdam studio.
The new production studio, founded by Yates Holley and John Kim, represents a series of boutique VFX & Animation Studios, live-action directors, and sound specialists internationally.
The visual-content provider will partner with Luma Labs AI and RECON Labs’ 3Dpresso to explore development and 3D asset publishing on Shutterstock’s Turbosquid platform; and collaborate with Voling AI on the first-ever network of creators to produce on-demand NVOL environments.
