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Spot Welders Launches VFX Company Shipping + Handling

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Editorial house Spot Welders launches Shipping + Handling, headed up by VFX supervisor Casey Price and executive producer J. Patrick McElroy.

Psyop Creates Wolfenstein Trailer

Posted In | News Categories: Commercials, Games, Internet and Interactive | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Commercials, Games, Internet and Interactive
Psyop creates a trailer for Bethesda Softworks new game title, “Wolfenstein: The New Order.”

Asian Animation Summit Sets Venue

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The 2013 Asian Animation Summit will take place on the tropical island of Phuket in Thailand December 9-11, 2013.

Zoic Delivers VFX for Hemlock Grove

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Visual effects house Zoic Studios delivers a dose of spine-tingling transformations from human to beast in the new Netflix original murder mystery series “Hemlock Grove.”

Luma Pictures Suits Up for Iron Man 3

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VFX company Luma Pictures recently contributed to Marvel Studios' new Iron Man 3 film, creating full-body CG armor replacements for both Iron Man and Iron Patriot.

SVA Announces 2013 Dusty Festival Winners

Posted In | News Categories: Awards, Cartoons, People, Places, Short Films, Stop-Motion | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Awards, Cartoons, People, Places, Short Films, Stop-Motion
Winners are announced for the 2013 edition of the New York School of Visual Art’s Dusty Film & Animation Festival and Awards.

Method Studios Announces New Top Animation Hires

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Global VFX house welcomes Erik-Jan de Boer, James Jacobs and Keith Roberts.

Beyoncé Records New Song for Epic

Posted In | News Categories: Cartoons, CG, Films, Music and Sound, People, Voice Acting | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Cartoons, CG, Films, Music and Sound, People, Voice Acting
Recording star Beyoncé creates an original song, “Rise Up,” for the upcoming Twentieth Century Fox Animation and Blue Sky Studios motion picture, “Epic,” for which she also voices one of the lead characters.

Disney Announces Big Hero 6 Animated Feature

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Disney officially announces “Big Hero 6,” the first Disney animated feature based on a Marvel Comics property.

Summit Releases Ender’s Game Trailer

Posted In | News Categories: Films, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Films, Visual Effects
Newly-released trailer gives a look at an epic war between the human race and the alien Formics.

Adobe Delivers Innovation at MAX 2013

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Adobe delivers “sneak peeks” of ground-breaking creative innovation at MAX 2013, including spotlights on “Perspective Warp” in Photoshop and “Video Color Grading” in After Effects.

Southpaw Launches TACTIC 4.0

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Southpaw launches TACTIC 4.0, which adds more advanced data connection technology and greater configurability to help organizations design their own unique digital workflows.

Cartoon Network Premieres LEGO Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles

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The Jedi master returns in “LEGO Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles.” A 30-minute special premieres Wednesday, May 29, at 8:00 p.m. (ET, PT), with two additional specials to air in 2013.

HP, Adobe Team to Boost Workflows

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HP partners with Adobe to offer workstation solutions designed to maximize performance using Adobe's newly announced Creative Cloud.

Nickelodeon Announces SpongeBob SquareShorts Competition

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Nickelodeon announces the first ever “SpongeBob SquareShorts: Original Fan Tributes,” and invites fans and filmmakers of all ages from around the world to create and submit original, SpongeBob-inspired short films.

Buster Beefs Up Creative Talent Roster

Posted In | News Categories: Broadcast Design, Business, Motion Graphics, People | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Broadcast Design, Business, Motion Graphics, People
Buster signs Joseph Kiely as the company’s new Executive Creative Director for motion graphics, and Neville Burtis as Executive Creative Director of the agency’s print, outdoor and digital division.

Google Doodle Celebrates Saul Bass

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Designer of famed title sequences for Alfred Hitchcock and Martin Scorsese gets elaborate animated tribute.

Worker Studio Announces Phil Hartman’s Flat TV Feature

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Animation and visual effects company Worker Studio secures the option to produce an animated property based on the comedy album, “Phil Hartman’s Flat TV.”

Disney Reports 2013 Q2 Earnings

Posted In | News Categories: Business, Films, Television, Theme Parks - Installations | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Business, Films, Television, Theme Parks - Installations
Company reports a massive jump in net income for its fiscal second quarter, lifted by the performance of its media networks, movie studio and theme parks.

Byron Howard to Helm New Disney Film

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Jason Bateman is in talks to voice a starring role in a new Walt Disney Animation feature project that will be directed by “Tangled” director Byron Howard.