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Scarlett Johansson Talks Black Widow at Avengers Premiere

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Scarlett Johansson discusses fight stunts and Black Widow's long comic book history at Disney's massive premiere for Marvel's THE AVENGERS.

Quiet Man Teams with Petty for Regina Spektor

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QuietMan recently handled beauty, retouching and color correction for Regina Spektor's All the Rowboats music video.

Classic Polish Animation Tours the U.S.

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The Polish Cultural Institute New York has partnered with UNSOUND Festival, BAMcinématek, Detroit Institute of Arts and The Cinefamily to present the U.S. tour of POLISH ANIMATION WITH LIVE MUSIC BY BAABA, with dates announced in New York, Detroit and Los Angeles.

SMC Forms Digital Division

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SMC Entertainment Group has named Heather Smith Noback to the post of Vice President, Interactive & Digital Media.

DreamWorks Studios Gets New Finance Deal

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DreamWorks Studios, the film boutique founded four years ago by Steven Spielberg and Stacey Snider, got a new lease on life as Reliance Entertainment agreed in principle to continue financing the company.

Teletoon Signs Chop Chop Ninja Development Deal

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Montreal-based Sardine Productions in co-production with Gamerizon Studio, have signed a development deal with TELETOON Canada to bring the CHOP CHOP NINJA universe to television screens and beyond.

Stop & Go 3-D Heads to Europe

Posted In | News Categories: Events, Places, Short Films, Stop-Motion | Geographic Region: Europe | Site Categories: Events, Places, Short Films, Stop-Motion
The San Francisco Bay Area-conceived stop-motion animation festival will travel to the Netherlands, Germany and Croatia for the world premiere of Stop & Go 3-D.

Shotgun and Tweak Launch Revolver

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Shotgun announced it has teamed up with Tweak on a new product called Revolver that provides digital studios with an all-in-one review toolset.

Encore Opens Vancouver Facility

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Encore, a Deluxe Entertainment Services Group company, announced today the addition of a new facility in Vancouver, BC, further expanding its established network of post production facilities dedicated to serving television clientele.

Scott Miller Joins Techtonic Games as CEO

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Techtonic Games announced that online-gaming veteran Scott Miller joined the company as CEO.

Luma Brings Underworld’s Über Lycan to Life with OptiTrack

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Luma Pictures employed an OptiTrack motion capture system for character development, animation and visual effects for the Über Lycan in Sony’s “Underworld: Awakening.”

Sony to Cut 10,000 Jobs Worldwide

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Japan's Sony Corp Sony Corp. will cut about 10,000 jobs worldwide over the next year as it tries to return to profitability.

Rodeo Creates Storybook Environments for Mirror Mirror

Posted In | News Categories: Art, Films, People, Places, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Art, Films, People, Places, Visual Effects
Montreal-based Rodeo FX created digital landscapes and environments for Tarsem Singh's Snow White feature “Mirror Mirror.”

Win a Free Master Class with Eric Goldberg

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Laguna College of Art and Design (LCAD) and The Creative Talent Network (CTN) have partnered to offer one complimentary registration in the Animation Master Class taught by one of the world's most talented and revered legendary animators, Eric Goldberg.

Cathy Saidiner Named President of Blitz

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Cathy Saidiner, the former president of McCann Erickson L.A., has been named to the new position of president of digital agency Blitz.

Images Show Extensive No. Korean Preparations for Doctor Who Convention

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Recent satellite images of a North Korean military complex show what appear to be rows of Tardises lined up next to a flatbed truck filled with Daleks, alongside other evidence of extensive and accelerated preparations for what Defense Dept. officials are calling a Doctor Who Convention.

Angry Public Responds to Digital Domain’s John Textor

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A public response to the recent revelation that Digital Domain CEO John Textor intends to fuel Tradition Studios, the company’s new feature animation studio in Port St. Lucie, Florida, with student labor.

DreamWorks to Post Q1 Results May 2

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DreamWorks Animation announced that the company's first quarter results will be released on Wednesday, May 2, 2012, after the market close.

Serge Bromberg Announces U.S. Tour

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Serge Bromberg announces U.S. dates for his popular show TRIP TO THE MOON AND OTHER TRIPS.

Sweden’s SVT Brings Real Humans to Life with Mocha

Posted In | News Categories: People, Places, Technology, Television, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: Europe | Site Categories: People, Places, Technology, Television, Visual Effects
SVT, the Swedish equivalent of the UK’s BBC, recently completed visual effects and on-screen graphics for the network’s forthcoming sci-fi drama series, "Äkta människor" ("Real Humans").