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Anonymous Announces Latest Tiger Woods Videogame

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Working via agency Heat, Anonymous Content Director Justin Reardon released an entertaining :30 introducing Electronic Arts' Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 videogame.

Academy's Tech Council Selects 2010 Interns

The Science and Technology Council of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has selected five students to participate in a summer internship program designed to provide real-world experience to students interested in careers in motion picture computer graphics, technology and research.

Stereoscopic Camera Fundamentals with Aristomenis Tsirbas

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This week The Gnomon Workshop announces the release of its first tutorial on stereoscopic imagery.

Prime Focus Adds VFX Intensity to The A-Team

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Prime Focus, a global visual entertainment services group, has completed visual effects shots for the summer movie event “THE A-TEAM” for Twentieth Century Fox.

The Foundry Arms Singapore Schools With Nuke

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The Foundry, a leading developer of visual effects software whose products have been used to make globally acclaimed movies such as Avatar and Robin Hood, is pleased to announce that a number of specialist VFX educational centres in Singapore and across Asia are investing heavily in its powerful compositing tools Nuke and NukeX.

Summit Announces Twilight: Breaking Dawn To Be Released As Two Separate Films

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Summit Entertainment confirmed today that THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN will be released as two separate films with the first of the two slated to be released in theatres on November 18, 2011.

Barbossa Rushes into Pirates 4

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VARIETY reports that Geoffrey Rush is ready to play Capt. Hector Barbossa again in PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES.

Clash of the Titans 2 Production Could Begin Jan. 2011

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Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures are working on getting CLASH OF THE TITANS 2 into production quickly.

Woo's Reign of Assassins Descends on Weinstein Co.

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The Weinstein Company has secured the North American and South African rights to Chinese martial arts flick, REIGN OF ASSASSINS, starring Michelle Yoeh, reports VARIETY.

Men in Black III Scares Off Battleship

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Last month, Columbia Pictures announced that MEN IN BLACK III would arrive in theaters on May 25, 2012. Because of the power of Will Smith and a proven franchise, Universal has decided to move Peter Berg's boardgame adaptation BATTLESHIP from that date to May 18, 2012, reports ComingSoon.net.

Maya Entertainment Creation Suite 2011 Review: Killer Productivity

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Brad Clark reveals how Maya, MotionBuilder and Mudbox work better together.

Disney's Tangled Trailer Arrives Online

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The trailer for Walt Disney's TANGLED has debuted online at Yahoo! Movies.

Cendrillon 3D Ready for Ball in 2011

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Paris-based Herold and Family has said its 3-D, CG feature, CENDRILLON 3D, will be ready in June 2011, reports VARIETY.

Live-Action Wind in the Willows Blows into Weta

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Weta Workshop has been hired by RG Ent. to work on its live-action/animatronic version of THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS, reports VARIETY.

Green Lantern 2, Flash Secure Scribes

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Warner Bros. has hired GREEN LANTERN scribes Greg Berlanti, Michael Green and Marc Guggenheim to pen the treatments for both GREEN LANTERN 2 and THE FLASH, reports HEAT VISION.

Corpse Bride Writer to Attack Monsterpocalypse

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John August, writer of BIG FISH, CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY and CORPSE BRIDE, is in talks to pen DreamWorks' adaptation of the strategy game MONSTERPOCALYPSE, reports HEAT VISION.

Telltale Developing Back to the Future & Jurassic Park Games

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Telltale Games, the leading independent digital publisher and developer of episodic interactive entertainment, today announced a multi-year, two-title video game development deal with Universal Partnerships & Licensing.

Warner Bros. Interactive Announces New Mortal Kombat Game

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Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announces Mortal Kombat, the most brutal installment of the landmark fighting game to date for release on the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system and Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft in 2011.

Splicing Dren Together

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Bob Munroe adds some splice to the new horror film about the evils of genetic engineering.

Rango Teaser Hits the Web

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The teaser trailer for Gore Verbinski's animated feature RANGO has hit Apple Trailers.