Who Knew Road Runner Cartoons Inspired Hollywood’s First Jet Plane Film?
Watch a clip of Oscar winners Ben Burtt and Craig Barron sharing insights into the groundbreaking special effects on Humphrey Bogart’s 1950 film, ‘Chain Lightning,’ his last at Warner Bros.
A New Post-Clone Wars Saga Begins in ‘Star Wars: The Bad Batch’
Supervising director Brad Rau and head writer Jennifer Corbett discuss Lucasfilm’s newest animated ‘Star Wars’ series about a unique group of experimental clone soldiers, set in the aftermath of the Clone War, premiering today on Disney+.
SIGGRAPH 2021 Announces Virtual Art Gallery
The gallery features 14 virtual installations representing an international slate of artists; highlights include Academy Award-nominee ‘Opera,’ Best in Show ‘Cangjie’s Poetry,’ and interactive lighting installation ‘Isle of Reflections.’
New Epic Games White Paper: ‘Grooming for Real-Time Realism: Hair and Fur with Unreal Engine’
Latest deep dive under the hood of Unreal Engine details challenges and real-time solutions for creating realistic-looking hair and fur.
Maggie Simpson Stars in New ‘Star Wars’ Short
Disney+ reveals poster for ‘Maggie Simpson in The Force Awakens From Its Nap’ short that premieres tomorrow, May 4, to celebrate Star Wars Day.
Paramount and Nick Reveal ‘Paw Patrol: The Movie’ First Look Images
Dax Shepard, Tyler Perry, and Kim Kardashian West lead voice cast in the heroic pups’ first big screen adventure, hitting theatres August 20, 2021.
Annecy 2021 Announces Work in Progress Selections
16 WIP projects will be featured at the upcoming hybrid festival edition, with all selections accessible on the festival’s online platform; feature selections include ‘The Siren’ by Sepideh Farsi, ‘Unicorn Wars’ by Alberto Vázquez Rico, and ‘Princess Dragon’ by Anthony Roux and Jean-Jacques Denis.
Erick Oh and Baobab Studios’ ‘Namoo’ to Premiere at Tribeca Film Festival
The Oscar-nominated ‘Opera’ director teams with the Emmy-winning studio behind ‘Baba Yaga,’ ‘Bonfire,’ and ‘Crow: The Legend’ on new theatrical short, created with Quill, about the meaningful moments of one man’s life, symbolized by the positive and painful memories within the branches of a growing tree.
‘Tuca & Bertie’ Back with New Episodes on Adult Swim
Lisa Hanawalt’s critically acclaimed adult animated comedy series, starring Tiffany Haddish and Ali Wong, gets a new lease on life with all new episodes debuting June 13; series centers on the friendship between two millennial bird women dealing with real life issues such as ghosts, sex buses, pottery fails, and therapy.
Animation Masters Summit Announces Legend Awards
Indian animation pioneer, Ketan Mehta and filmmaker, artist, and academic Professor Nina Sabnani to be honored at this year’s virtual summit; registration is open and free for the event, which runs May 4-8.
Tig Notaro’s Animated Stand-Up Special Hits HBO This Summer
Groundbreaking, first-ever fully animated stand-up show, produced by Ellen DeGeneres and animated by Six Point Harness, will also stream on HBO Max.
‘Rock Dog 2: Rock Around the Park’ Coming to Digital June 11
The True Blue Band discovers that fame comes at a price… will they stay true to themselves? Lionsgate’s ‘Rock Dog’ sequel get June 15 Blu-ray (plus Digital) and DVD release.
Chaos’ CG Garage Podcast Explores NFTs
New opportunities for CG artists are emerging with the advent of blockchain technology and cryptocurrency; available episodes feature industry experts including Magnopus’ leading AR/VR developer Sally Slade and NYU professor and chair of finance David Yermack.
How Old Ghosts Shape Our Lives in ‘Baby Blues’ Music Video
Christine Fellows uses cut-out collage and stop-motion to animate Suzie Ungerleider's new song about releasing the hold traumatic events have on our lives.
‘The Mitchells vs. The Machines’: A Scrapbook of Art, Nostalgia, and Killer Robots
Distinctively styled 2D, 3DCG, and live-action, integrated with a highly personal and relatable story, give Mike Rianda and Jeff Rowe’s new apocalyptic comedy adventure a uniquely ‘human’ touch.
10th Edition of Pixelatl Heading Online September 7-11
Festival unveils 2021 poster created by artists Sandra Equihua and Jorge Gutiérrez, the Annie and Emmy Award-winning creatives behind ‘Maya and the Three,’ ‘The Book of Life,’ ‘Son of Jaguar,’ and ‘El Tigre: Las Aventuras de Manny Rivera.’
VFX Legend Doug Trumbull Presents May 4 at FMX 2021
‘Then & Now Track’ welcomes the visual effects pioneer, who will talk on ‘The Cinema of the Future;’ conference runs online May 4-6.
Podcast EP101: Alexandre Siqueira Shares His Process for Creating ‘Purple Boy’ Animated Short
Director shares how he produced and financed his film, including writing narrative that made his story stand out.
Exclusive: Phil Gerus’ ‘Shake Off the Jinx with Your Kiss’ Music Video
Animated by JJ the Icon and debuting today along with the DJ/jazz pianist’s new ‘Too Close to Love’ EP, 2D short envisions a tender dialogue between a woman and nature as they eventually become one.
AWS Launches Amazon Nimble Studio
New cloud-based pay as you go production service provides almost limitless, easily scalable access to high-power accelerated virtual workstations, high-speed storage, and on-demand rendering resources across Amazon’s global infrastructure.
Lebanese Animated Thriller ‘Alephia 2053’ Imagines A World Without Tyranny
Pulling from events surrounding the Arab Spring uprisings, powerful new 60-minute film envisions what the Middle East could look like in 30 years.
Tech Platform disguise Awarded Innovate UK Grant
R&D project aims to develop a totally immersive virtual production environment delivering high-quality real-time scenes in Unreal Engine.
LOBO Animates ‘Draw the Line Against Malaria’ PSA
Using ‘Muundo,’ a new universal visual language created by artist Láolú Senbanjo, animation studio creates promotional spot with eye-catching lines, symbols, and patterns to inspire African youth to call on their leaders to end malaria within a generation.
FMX 2021 Shares New Program Highlights
Running May 4-6, the online even has announced additional talks and highlights, including ‘From 2D to 3D: The Craft of Tom & Jerry,’ more ‘Concept Art Track’ speakers, and a panel by the Animation Media Cluster Region Stuttgart.
The Gremlin’s First New Looney Tunes Cartoon Hits HBO Max
Watch clips of ‘High Speed Hare,’ and Petunia Pig’s ‘Pigture Perfect;’ new batch of 10 shorts premieres April 29.