Production House DNA Signs Anders Rostad
Production House DNA adds Director and VFX artist Anders Rostad to its directorial roster.
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Flavor Creates Colorful New Campaign for Arrow
Branding, advertising and marketing agency Karsh Hagan and creative production studio Flavor team up on a colorful new campaign for Arrow Electronics.
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Film Roman Signs First Look Deal with Transition Entertainment
Producer-director-writer William Butler’s Transition Entertainment inks a first-look deal with Starz Animation’s Film Roman.
NVIDIA Transforms Product Design with Iray VCA
At the GPU Tech. Conference NVIDIA introduced NVIDIA Iray Visual Computing Appliance (VCA), a GPU rendering appliance that dramatically accelerates ray tracing.
LightWave Offers Free 30-Day Trial of ChronoSculpt
LightWave 3D Group is offering a free 30-day trial of their software ChronoSculpt with allows 3D artists to create time-based content sculpting and the ability to correct cache animation and dynamic simulations from 3ds Max, Maya, LightWave 3D, Softimage, Modo, and Cinema 4D software.
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Shade VFX Expands To New York
Shade VFX announces the opening of a second location in New York and the promotion of David Van Dyke to the position of Vice President.
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Radley Promotes Trio of Executives
Radley announces the promotion of three of their founding partners to help facilitate further growth of the studio, Kurt Spenser to Chief Creative Officer, Antonio Cicarelli to Executive Creative Director of Design and Animation, and Brandon Hill to President of Television.
Quixel Unveils Quixel Suite
Quixel introduces the new Quixel Suite which features NDO, DDO, 3DO, and the newly introduced Megascans.
Disney Buys YouTube Network Maker Studios for $500M
The Walt Disney Company pays $500 million for Maker Studios, one of YouTube’s largest multi-channel networks.
Knox Avenue Launches at Maker City in Los Angeles
A brand-new, next-generation production company, Knox Avenue, opens in downtown Los Angeles at Maker City LA with a fully developed Directorial roster, made up of up-and-coming talents hand-selected by Founder/Executive Producer Brooke Dooley.
RE:Vision Effects Announces Twixtor 6
RE:Vision Effects announces Twixtor 6, a new version of Twixtor that allows users to create engaging slow motion shots without the cost of renting a high speed camera, and which features with GPU support for The Foundry Nuke and Assimilate Scratch.
Gaumont Grows 'Calimero' Brand in Italy
Gaumont Animation announces Giochi Preziosi has signed a Master Toy license to develop figurines, accessories & play sets based on Calimero, which just made a CG comeback on France’s TFOU and debuts on Italy’s RAI March 25.
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Reel FX Signs Senior Flame Artist Dan Margules
Reel FX announces the addition of Senior Flame Artist Dan Margules to its Dallas facility.
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Portfolio Appoints Trent Locke COO, VP of Finance
Trent Locke joins the executive management and strategy team of Portfolio Entertainment as Chief Operating Officer and VP of Finance.
Disney Names Ben Sherwood Successor to Anne Sweeney
Ben Sherwood named to succeed Anne Sweeney as Co-Chairman, Disney Media Networks and President, Disney/ABC Television Group in February 2015.
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Box Office Report: ‘Divergent,’ ‘Muppets’ Sequel Oust ‘Mr. Peabody’
Young-adult adaptation Divergent rules the box office this weekend with a $56 million debut.
Henson Licenses Cult Classic Series ‘Farscape’ to the U.K.’s BSKYB
Sci-fi fantasy series celebrates its 15th anniversary this year.
'The Boondocks' Returns to Adult Swim for Fourth and Final Season
Season 4 of the award-winning animated series created by Aaron McGruder to premiere April 21, 2014.
IMAX and Disney Expand Partnership with Multi-Picture Deal
Blockbuster titles, including Star Wars: Episode VII, Marvel's Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Marvel's Avengers: Age of Ultron, will come to life in the IMAX experience.
Sprout Acquires New Preschool Series, ‘Earth to Luna!’
New animated series Earth to Luna! debuts this summer with 52 11-minute episodes.
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Rainmaker Announces Sales for ‘Ratchet & Clank’ and ‘Sly Cooper’
Rainmaker Entertainment and Blockade Entertainment announce a raft of international distribution deals for their two new stereoscopic CG-animated feature films Ratchet & Clank and Sly Cooper.
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Camille Geier Joins Rodeo FX as Executive Producer
Rodeo FX bolsters presence in the U.S. with the addition of Camille Geier as Executive Producer, who will work predominately in New York City and on the East Coast.
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Chaos Group Announces V-Ray 3.0 for Maya Beta
Chaos Group announces the beta release of V-Ray 3.0 for Maya, which features faster ray tracing, progressive rendering, and open source support.
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Boris FX Announces Boris Continuum Complete 9
Boris FX announces Boris Continuum Complete 9, a package of visual effects for NLE and compositing platforms, which features over 30 new filters and transitions in key areas such as Image Restoration, Film, Stylize, and more.
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Trigger Happy’s ‘Toon Hero’ Launches Social Network
Toon Hero app launches social network beta for storytellers, animators and voice talents.
