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Turner Hires Edward Barnieh for APAC Acquisitions

Posted In | News Categories: Business, People, Places, Television | Geographic Region: Asia | Site Categories: Business, People, Places, Television
Turner International appoints Edward Barnieh as Programming and Acquisitions Manager, Asia Pacific.

Moscow's Generation Campus Announces Animation Lab

Posted In | News Categories: Education and Training, People, Places | Geographic Region: Europe | Site Categories: Education and Training, People, Places
Generation Campus announces the names of the tutors for this year’s edition of Generation Campus and introduces the first ever Animation Lab.

Production Pipeline Expo Moves to Raleigh Studios

Posted In | News Categories: CG, Events, Films, People, Places, Technology, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: CG, Events, Films, People, Places, Technology, Visual Effects
The venue for the first annual Production Pipeline Expo, which takes place May 3-4, 2013, is changed to Raleigh Studios in Hollywood.

Academy to Present Deconstructing Pi VFX Panel

Posted In | News Categories: CG, Events, Films, People, Places, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: CG, Events, Films, People, Places, Visual Effects
The Academy takes a look at the breakthrough stereoscopic and visual effects work that went into crafting the Oscar-winning film “Life of Pi,” featuring an onstage discussion with members of the film’s creative teams.

Framestore Creates Smashing CG Effects for Beyonce’s Mirrors

Posted In | News Categories: Business, CG, Commercials, People, Places, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Business, CG, Commercials, People, Places, Visual Effects
In one of the first effort to come out of Framestore's new LA studio, Framestore teams up with 180LA and Pepsi on a new advertising campaign featuring Beyoncé.

Monsters University Enrolls Top Talent

Posted In | News Categories: Films, People, Voice Acting | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Films, People, Voice Acting
Steve Buscemi, Helen Mirren, and other top Hollywood stars join Billy Crystal and John Goodman on the roster of voice talent for Disney/Pixar’s “Monsters University.”

Chris Bernier Joins MPC NY

Posted In | News Categories: Business, CG, People, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Business, CG, People, Visual Effects
Chris Bernier joins MPC NY as VFX Supervisor and CG Lead.

UCA to Produce Fearsome Beastie CG Animated Short

Posted In | News Categories: Books, Cartoons, CG, People, Places, Short Films | Geographic Region: Europe | Site Categories: Books, Cartoons, CG, People, Places, Short Films
Award-winning children’s book, “The Fearsome Beastie,” by Giles Paley-Phillips, is to be adapted into an animated short co-directed by Katie Steed and Jon Hunt in collaboration with the UK’s University of Creative Arts.

LOOK Effects Heads to FMX Conference

Posted In | News Categories: Events, Films, People, Places, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: Europe | Event: FMX | Site Categories: Events, Films, People, Places, Visual Effects
VFX company LOOK Effects President Mark Driscoll weighs in on the “Panel Discussion on the Future of the VFX Industry” and visual effects supervisor Dan Schrecker presents the company’s visual effects work in “The Making of Warm Bodies” at the 2013 FMX conference in Suttgart, Germany.

SquareZero Creates Dancing Queens for ABBA Museum

Posted In | News Categories: CG, Internet and Interactive, People, Places, Technology, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: Europe | Site Categories: CG, Internet and Interactive, People, Places, Technology, Visual Effects
British digital motion graphics company SquareZero updates its holographic representations of Bjorn, Agnetha, Benny and Frida for the ABBA museum, set to open in Stockholm in May.

ITFS Announces 2013 Festival Highlights

Posted In | News Categories: Events, Films, People, Places, Short Films | Geographic Region: Europe | Site Categories: Events, Films, People, Places, Short Films
Program highlights are announced for the 20th edition of the Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film, which runs next week from April 23 through April 28.

Pixar’s Inside Out Gets Official Announcement

Posted In | News Categories: Business, Cartoons, CG, Films, People | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Business, Cartoons, CG, Films, People
Disney confirms details of Pete Docter’s “Inside Out,” told from the perspective of the emotions inside the mind of a little girl.

Sanders, DeMicco Return for Croods Sequel

Posted In | News Categories: Business, Cartoons, CG, Films, People | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Business, Cartoons, CG, Films, People
With “The Croods” poised to cross the $400 million mark worldwide, DreamWorks Animation is moving ahead with a sequel to its prehistoric family comedy.

Britney Spears to Release New Song for Smurfs 2

Posted In | News Categories: Business, CG, Films, Music and Sound, People | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Business, CG, Films, Music and Sound, People
Britney Spears to release “Ooh La La” for Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures Animation’s family comedy “The Smurfs 2.”

Iron Man 3 Comes to FMX 2013

FMX 2013 to include talks on “Iron Man 3,” “Oblivion,” “Despicable Me 2” and “Assassin's Creed 3” in addition to the “Virtual Production” and “Virtual Humans Forum” track highlights.

Fox Pulls Family Guy Episode Showing Deaths at Boston Marathon

Posted In | Blog Categories: TV Shows, People | Site Categories: Cartoons, People, Television
Fox has pulled from its website the March 17th "Turban Cowboy" episode of

Family Guy

showing Peter Griffin running down marathoners with his car in his bid to win the race.

Remix Your Brand Music Licensing Company Launches

Posted In | News Categories: Business, Commercials, Licensing, Music and Sound, People | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Business, Commercials, Licensing, Music and Sound, People
Matt Nelson and Tom Hinton launch Remix Your Brand, a new music licensing company focused solely on cutting edge music genres.

Foxed! Gets 3D Premiere at Stuttgart

Posted In | News Categories: Events, People, Places, Short Films, Stop-Motion | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Events, People, Places, Short Films, Stop-Motion
Geneva Film’s stop-motion animated short “Foxed!” will premiere in 3D at Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film on April 25.

Chaos Group Spotlights ILM Production Pipeline at FMX 2013

Posted In | News Categories: CG, Events, Films, People, Places, Technology, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: Europe | Event: FMX | Site Categories: CG, Events, Films, People, Places, Technology, Visual Effects
Chaos Group announces that they will demonstrate V-Ray, spotlight ILM’s production pipeline, and host a day of presentations and tutorials for 3D artists in training at FMX 2013.

Em Cooper Animates Tribeca's Kiss the Water

Posted In | News Categories: Art, Events, Films, People, Places | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Art, Events, Films, People, Places
Film Club Productions partners with Em Cooper to animate sequences of the documentary, “Kiss the Water,” set to premiere at the 2013 edition of the Tribeca Film Festival.