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Production Profile: DreamKix

Posted In | Blog Categories: Production Profiles, DreamKix | Site Categories: CG, Television
A farmyard football team is made up of various interesting characters, each with their own limitations.

Mind Your Business: Working with Star Voice Talent

Posted In | Magazines: AnimationWorld | Site Categories: Acting, CG, Films, Voice Acting
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Mark Simon talks to Max Howard about the realities of collaborating with big-name actors.

Little Airplane's Small Potatoes Premieres At BAMkids Fest

Posted In | News Categories: CG, Short Films | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: CG, Short Films
First you can see them on the big screen and then you can download the iPhone ebook.

GenArts & The Foundry Collaborate to Enhance Nuke

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GenArts Inc. has expanded its visual effects software portfolio (Sapphire, Monsters, Raptors and wondertouch) by acquiring The Foundry's Tinder and Tinderbox plug-ins, and will also collaborate closely to expand the capabilities of the Nuke platform.

The Wolfman Hits the Ground Running

Posted In | Magazines: VFXWorld | Site Categories: CG, Films, Visual Effects
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Read how the VFX teams rise to the challenge of enhancing a Universal monster classic.

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs DVD Review

Posted In | Site Categories: CG, Films, Home Entertainment
Maybe I was in a bad mood when Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs came out. Maybe I just resented the idea of taking one of my kids’ favorite picture books and pumping it up into a full-length feature, so I passed on it in the theaters.

Madagascar Writer Has Holy Night

Posted In | News Categories: CG, Films | Geographic Region: Europe | Site Categories: 3D, CG, Films
VARIETY reports that Spain-based Dygra Films has hired MADAGASCAR scribe Billy Frolick to pen HOLY NIGHT!, an English-language 3-D animated Christmas flick.

StudioCanal & NWave Ink Development Deal

Posted In | News Categories: CG, Films | Geographic Region: Europe | Site Categories: 3D, CG, Films
StudioCanal and NWave have signed an extensive development, co-funding and global distribution agreement, reports VARIETY.

Up Wins ACE Award

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This weekend the Editor's Guild handed out its ACE awards.

Production Profile: Ghost Messenger

Posted In | Blog Categories: Production Profiles, Ghost Messenger | Site Categories: 2D, CG, Television
Ghost Messengers are super-power agents from the underground world called the World of Death. The World of Death is a digitalized world with cutting-edge technologies that control and manage the life and death of all living things based on its elaborate systems.

Company Profile: Studio ANIMAL Co., ltd.

Posted In | Blog Categories: Company Profiles, Studio ANIMAL Co., ltd. | Site Categories: 2D, CG, Television
StudioANIMAL is an animation production studio that delivers high quality entertainment that can be enjoyed by anyone. People at StudioANIMAL are working hard to provide better animation and game as well as become a leader in the digital entertainment industry. StudioAnimal aims to become a world-leading animation company...

The Oscars: ILM Talks Star Trek

Posted In | Magazines: VFXWorld | Site Categories: CG, Films, Visual Effects
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ILM discusses going where no Star Trek has gone before.

Disney Wants to Shorten Alice DVD Window

Posted In | News Categories: CG, Films, Home Entertainment, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: Europe, North America | Site Categories: 3D, CG, Films, Home Entertainment, Visual Effects
In the latest battle between studios and theaters in the theater-to-DVD windows war, Walt Disney has requested a shortening of a month for the home entertainment release of ALICE IN WONDERLAND, reports VARIETY.

Cameron Talks Avatar Blu-ray

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James Cameron told AWN that AVATAR will be released on Blu-ray and DVD toward the end of April or May from Fox Home Ent.

Jonathan Winters to Voice Papa Smurf

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UGO reports that Columbia Pictures has hired comic legend Jonathan Winters to voice Papa Smurf in their live-action/CG animated THE SMURFS.

Disney Hires Int'l Prods. Head

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Walt Disney Studios Intl. Prods. has hired Jason Reed as its new EVP and GM, reports VARIETY.

The Oscars: Phelan Talks Granny O' Grimm's Sleeping Beauty

Posted In | Magazines: AnimationWorld | Site Categories: Cartoons, CG, People, Short Films
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Nicky Phelan tells us some of the secrets behind Granny O' Grimm's animated storytelling.

Avatar and the Future of Digital Entertainment Creation

Posted In | Magazines: VFXWorld | Site Categories: 3D, CG, Films, Technology, Visual Effects
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Autodesk's Marc Petit offers an inside perspective on the significance of Avatar.

Up Away with the Annie Award

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On Feb. 6th, ASIFA-Hollywood handed out the prizes in the 37th annual Annie Awards.

Real Steel Calls for Young Lead

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DreamWorks is putting out a nationwide casting call for the Hugh Jackman's son in REAL STEEL, VARIETY reports.