London-based independent animation studio expands its creative team with the Italy-based character designer, animator, and illustrator.
New collaboration includes music, interactive gaming, fashion, and an invitation to fans to share their ‘boldest’ moments.
Italy’s premier international event boasts a roster of award-winning guests, including ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’ co-director Joaquim Dos Santos, BAFTA Award winner and Oscar nominee Henry Selick, and Netflix’s ‘Nimona’ directors Nick Bruno and Troy Quane; event runs October 15-20.
Update boasts new experimental features, including Orthographic Rendering and cinematic-quality volumetric rendering using SVT, refined workflows and capabilities across Lumen, Nanite, Path, Tracing and new standards suite for the next-generation virtual production - within nDisplay.
If approved, the union can use the threat of a strike as a bargaining chip to increase wages and protect against artificial intelligence when talks resume with companies such as Electronic Arts and Activision on September 26.
Productions will use both 3D animation and real-time pipelines leveraging Unreal Engine as a key component.
PIXELvienna 16, an immersive conference and festival, brings a range of presentations, workshops, and screenings to Vienna from November 17 to 19.
Focus on Education includes workshops and masterclasses by renowned industry masters such as famed Disney animator Deja on ‘Character Animation;’ Lucasfilm VP and executive creator Chiang on ‘Art and ‘Star Wars;’ and Cartoon Saloon production designer Almu Redondo on ‘Art Direction, Visual Development and Stylization;’ the VIEW Conference takes place October 15-20 in Turin, Italy.
The original show, based on the Pokémon ‘Red’ and Pokémon ‘Green’ games, titled ‘Pocket ni Bōken wo Tsumekonde’, or ‘Fill Your Pocket with Adventure’ in English, will star Nanase Nishino and premiere on October 19.
Leading mocap and performance capture company names Alex Hill business development manager for gaming, Dan Baybutt post-production supervisor, and Lucy Pennington operations managers.
The studio is harnessing UE5, with its real-time production pipeline, on their new animated virtual production project, a film about a primitive candlemaker’s journey of enlightenment and discovery of artificial light technology.
The international festival of animation, games, and VFX will take place November 6-10 and feature a week of networking, workshops, and screenings.
Based on Bethesda Softworks’s popular dystopian videogame franchise, the show centers on Vault 33 in Los Angeles, and with a planned debut sometime in 2024.
Writer/creative director AJ Grand-Scrutton and animation director Eric Ciccone talk about Dlala Studios’ revival of one of Disney’s oldest character designs, building an entire 2D animated game world for Mickey & Friends that includes a new story and original orchestral score, recently launched exclusively on Nintendo Switch.
The hit Paramount film’s Annie Award-winning writer/director, along with Oscar-winning sound mixer Mark Ulano, join the stellar line-up of in-person attendees and speakers, including Henry Selick, Peter Sohn, and Sam Fell; the VIEW Conference takes place October 15-20 in Turin, Italy.
Carl Flygare, NVIDIA Professional Visualization Marketing Manager at PNY, talks about virtual production, changes in the M&E landscape, and the many virtues of the NVIDIA RTX™ A5000 professional graphics card, which is available at a special promotional price for a limited time.
The new deal divests cloud rights for existing Activision PC and console games to rival Ubisoft instead of Microsoft; the U.K. regulator has until October 18 to decide.
The workers are backed by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) and recently filed a petition for representation election with the NLRB.
Visual Effects Supervisor Simon Jung and Animation Supervisor Dennis Yoo talk clickers, bloaters, giraffes, and fungi, some of the captivating and ghastly visuals they helped produce for HBO’s critically acclaimed and wildly popular series, nominated for 25 Emmys including Outstanding Visual Effects in a Season or Movie.
The transmedia startup has secured $2 million in funding for their sci-fi action rogue-lite RPG.
The beloved voice since 1996 of Mario, Luigi, Wario, and Waluigi in the famed Nintendo game franchise will now serve as an ambassador for the Mario character, with a replacement yet to be announced.
The Skydance and Disney alum will lead efforts to adopt new technologies for the studio, especially those involving AI, mo-cap, and real-time rendering.
On the heels of the sale of eOne to Lionsgate, company announces new division, lead by Olivier Dumont, to create multi-platform content from priority brands; Zev Foreman and Gabriel Marano named head of film and television, respectively.
The animation, video game, and new media market will take place September 26 – October 1 in Valencia, Spain.
The new AI generation technique can be used to generate 3D humanoid animations with realistic movement, details, and depth; Omni Animation will be demonstrated at Devcom Developer Conference later this month.
