Podcast EP 185: How Future House Is Building Animation Projects in The Metaverse
The animation studio’s director Ryan Bird and founder, Adam Sidwell, discuss getting started in VR and how they started building client projects, like virtual concerts, meetings and games, in the metaverse.
FMX 2023 Set for April 25-28
The 4-day hybrid event returns to Stuttgart with 1-day devoted to online presentations from around the world; BAFTA-winning and Oscar-nominated producer Jinko Gotoh serves as the next program chair.
BOXX Upgrades APEXX S4 Workstations with New CPUs
Now featuring 13th Gen Intel Core i7 and i9 processors, the desk-side system is built to optimize creative and accelerated 3D workflows for CAD, 3D design, motion media, and other professional software applications.
Arcturus Announces $11M Funding from Cloudtree Ventures, Autodesk and Epic Games
New round of Series A funding will enable HoloSuite platform enhancements and continued development of new tools and techniques for 3D creation tools like Maya and Unreal Engine.
Netflix Drops ‘My Dad the Bounty Hunter’ Teaser
Take your kids to work day gets a whole new meaning in new animated action-comedy from Academy Award winner Everett Downing and Patrick Harpin; the 10-episode season hits the streamer this coming February 9.
Spillt Creates ‘Low Country: The Murdaugh Dynasty’ Main Titles
Creative studio harnesses stock and ripped footage, AI elements, and rough Photoshop comps to create a powerful tone, luring viewers into HBO Max’s 3-part docuseries; the series unravels accusations of fraud, deception, and murder chronicling South Carolina’s Murdaugh family legacy and century-long influence over its legal system.
2022 Animation Guild Officers and Executive Board Announced
Of the Animation Guild IATSE Local 839’s new set of officers, 3 out of 5 re-elected, with an additional 11 members chosen to serve on the executive board; electees will be sworn into office in December when their 3-year terms begins.
DreamWorks Animation Drops 'Puss in Boots: The Last Wish' Trailer
Better make that last life count - the all-new animated adventure stars Antonio Banderas reprising his role as the fearless, swashbuckling PiB, with Salma Hayek as our feline hero’s former partner and nemesis, Kitty Soft Paws – coming to theaters in time for Christmas.
Epic Games Releases Unreal Engine 5.1
New release increases efficiency and versatility across industries, and includes enhanced world-building tools; animation, rigging, and modeling enhancements; and updates for virtual production, broadcast, live events.
‘Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous: Hidden Adventure’: One Last Interactive Quest
Showrunner Scott Kreamer and DreamWorks Animation’s all-new interactive special – debuting today on Netflix - takes audiences back for a final adventure on Isla Nublar, where Darius and the rest of ‘The Nublar Six’ spend each day running for their lives, braving the elements while trying not to get eaten.
Gina Rodriguez’s Catwoman Sneaks Onto ‘Batwheels’
Gotham City’s iconic jewel thief makes her first appearance in Cartoonito’s ‘Batman’ preschool series on November 21st.
Crunchyroll Announces Indian Subscriber Rollout Plan
The upcoming subs and dubs in Hindi and Indian English include ‘Demon Slayer Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train’; ‘Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc’; ‘Darling in the FRANXX’; and ‘Fire Force.’
Untitled ‘Avatar Aang Film’ Coming to Theaters in 2025
The first of three planned standalone animated films, the project from Nickelodeon Animation, Paramount Animation, Avatar Studios, and Flying Bark Productions, brings on Lauren Montgomery to direct.
Nick Shares All-New ‘Peppa Pig’ Holiday Lineup
To put some “Pep” in your holiday step, new episodes of the hit series premiere every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday December 5-23.
Netflix Working on Multiple ‘Gears of War’ Projects
The popular sci-fi Xbox franchise is headed to both a feature film and adult animation series, with more potential adaptations in the future.
Cinesite Shares ‘Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank’ Breakdown Reel
The studio took over the troubled production that began life as ‘Blazing Samurai,’ and with directors Rob Minkoff (‘The Lion King’) and Mark Koetsier (‘Minions’), working from only an animatic, concept art, and some 3D models, brought the 3DCG film to a rich and colorful completion.
‘Housebroken’ Holiday Specials Airing December 4
Fox reveals two upcoming ‘howl-iday’ episodes of their animated comedy that follows a group of neighborhood pets and stray animals as they work through their issues inside and outside their therapy group.
Crunchyroll Reveals November Film Lineup
‘Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Aria of a Starless Night,’ ‘Laid-Back Camp The Movie,’ ‘PSYCHO-PASS: The Movie’ and more arrive on the streamer starting November 17.
A ‘Hercules’ Live-Action Adaptation Inspired by TikTok?
Fans are up in arms after a Variety interview with Joe Russo describes the upcoming musical remake as ‘modernized’ and ‘experimental,’ with possible inspiration by elements of the popular dancing app.
Lucasfilm and Studio Ghibli Unite for ‘Star Wars: Zen – Grogu and Dust Bunnies’
In the most adorable crossover of all time, the new, original hand-drawn short focuses on Baby Yoda and the soot sprites, beloved Ghibli characters from ‘My Neighbor Totoro’ and ‘Spirited Away.’
BIG TEASE: Potential Lucasfilm and Studio Ghibli Collaboration in the Works
While neither camp has officially commented, the beloved Japanese animation studio Tweeted a video of the Lucasfilm logo, followed by the Studio Ghibli logo, hinting at a future project.
Apple TV+’s ‘Slumberkins’ Offers a Safe Space for ‘Big Feelings’
New mixed-media preschool series from the Factory and The Jim Henson Company looks inside teaching kids to get along and share by showing them self-awareness and how to sort through their own feelings.
Stop-Motion Filmmaker Henry Selick Reaquires Rights to ‘The Shadow King’
Scrapped by Disney for being ‘too weird’ after $50 million was spent on production, the ‘Wendell & Wild’ director’s project has found new life and is being shopped around for a permanent home.
Netflix Shares ‘Dragon Age: Absolution’ Trailer, Voice Cast and Images
Streamer releases a trove of materials for its highly anticipated animated series based on BioWare’s popular ‘Dragon Age’ game; show hits the streamer in December.
‘Transformers: EarthSpark’ Brings Earth-Born Robots to the Franchise
Nick’s all-new series, debuting today on Paramount+, introduces a new species, the Terrans, adopted and cared for by humans, who must grow together as a family to become a team of heroes.
