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Toonbox Entertainment Inks Co-Production Deal with ‘TMNT’ Producer Galen Walker

Walker’s GAMA Entertainment to co-develop and co-produce intellectual content, with their first feature film project scheduled for production this month.

Oscars Headline News

Academy Unveils Finalists for 2018 Student Academy Awards

Four international and seven U.S.-made animated short films named finalists for the 2018 Student Academy Awards.

Visual Effects Society Headline News

Visual Effects Society Announces Special 2018 Honorees

VES Hall of Fame honorees include L.B. Abbott, Richard “Doc” Baily, Saul Bass, Ray Harryhausen, Derek Meddings, Eileen Moran and Gene Roddenberry.

Amazon Headline News

Amazon Launching Animated Kids Series ‘Pete the Cat’ September 21

Based on the best-selling children’s books, new series from ‘Phineas and Ferb’ creator Jeff “Swampy” Marsh stars Jacob Tremblay, Elvis Costello and Diana Krall, with original music from Costello and Krall.

In Passing Headline News

‘Quintessential Imagineer’ Scott Watson Dies in Plane Crash

Disney Imagineering CTO remembered for his numerous technical achievements and contributions to popular theme park attractions during his nearly 30-year tenure at the company.

Epic Games Headline News

Epic Games Introduces Unreal Engine Online Learning

New learning platform for Unreal Engine 4 users illustrates common workflows across Game Development, Architecture, Industrial Design and Media and Entertainment.

Chaos Group Headline News

Chaos Group Debuts New Real-Time Ray-Tracing Technology at SIGGRAPH 2018

Project Lavina Demonstrates photorealistic computer graphics rendering at up to 90 frames per second on new NVIDIA Turing-based Quadro RTX GPUs.

nvidia Headline News

NVIDIA Unveils Quadro RTX, World’s First Ray-Tracing GPU

New Turing-based design revolutionizes workflow of millions of designers and artists on the desktop and in the datacenter.

nvidia Headline News

NVIDIA Reinvents Computer Graphics with Turing Architecture

Hybrid rendering fundamentally changes computer graphics by fusing real-time ray-tracing, AI, simulation and rasterization.

Vicon Headline News

Vicon Introduces Origin, the First Complete LBVR Solution with Unbreakable Tracking

Created with help from industry leaders including Dreamscape Immersive, bundle includes everything needed to power location-based VR tracking.

Technology Headline News

AMPAS, Linux Foundation Launch Academy Software Foundation

Founding members include Animal Logic, Autodesk, Blue Sky Studios, Cisco, DNEG, DreamWorks Animation, Epic Games, Foundry, Google Cloud, Intel, SideFX, The Walt Disney Studios and Weta Digital.

CalArts Headline News

CalArts Students Create Short Films Promoting Gender Equity for HeForShe Summit

Led by Experimental Animation Program faculty Pia Borg and Character Animation Program faculty Soyeon Kim, CalArts students create a series of short films for the annual HeForShe Summit.

Chaos Group Headline News

Chaos Group Opens V-Ray Cloud Beta with Free Rendering for a Limited Time

World’s simplest cloud rendering service leverages Google Cloud for ultra-fast renders; open beta includes free credits until launch.

SIGGRAPH Headline News

Can’t Make it to Vancouver? Watch the SIGGRAPH 2018 Live Stream!

Experience the excitement, technology, and innovation of SIGGRAPH 2018 on Facebook and YouTube.

Disney Headline News

CLIP: Meet Shank, See Disney Princesses in Sneak Peek of ‘Ralph Breaks the Internet’

‘Wonder Woman’s Gal Gadot voices the tough and talented racing driver Shank in ‘Ralph Breaks the Internet,’ arriving in theaters on November 21, 2018.

GKIDS Headline News

GKIDS Sets U.S. Theatrical Release for Mamoru Hosoda’s ‘Mirai’

Japanese animated film from the celebrated director behind ‘The Boy and the Beast,’ ‘Wolf Children,’ ‘Summer Wars,’ and ‘The Girl Who Leapt Through Time’ arrives in theaters on November 30, 2018.

The Oscars Headline News

Industry Anger Grows Over Proposed Oscar Telecast Changes

By Dan Sarto | Friday, August 10, 2018 at 12:35pm

Formal VES statement mirrors sentiment of many artists unhappy with decision to cut categories from live Academy Awards broadcast.

SIGGRAPH Headline News

SIGGRAPH 2018 Spotlights Women in Computer Graphics

From production sessions to the Women in Animation Vancouver Summit, women are in the spotlight at SIGGRAPH 2018.

Disney Headline News

Disney Animation Unveils Technological Innovations at SIGGRAPH 2018

Disney Animation to bring the world debut of its first-ever VR short, ‘Cycles,’ a behind-the-scenes look at ‘Ralph Breaks The Internet’ and share a complete data set from ‘Moana.’

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