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Sarofsky Headline News

Sarofsky’s ‘Guardians’ Return Yields Engaging Main Titles and End Crawl for ‘Vol. 2’

The Chicago-based design house rose to the challenge of creating both an animated, custom typeface and a bold main title sequence logo for the return of Peter Quill, Rocket, Baby Groot, Gamora and Drax the Destroyer in 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.'

Deluxe Headline News

Deluxe Unleashes The Portal for ‘American Gods’

Digital content creation and delivery leader Deluxe Entertainment Group deploys its VFX workflow The Portal for STARZ’s original series adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s ‘American Gods.’

The Weinstein Company Headline News

Weinstein Company Unveils New Poster & Trailer for ‘Leap!’

New trailer for CG-animated family adventure directed by Eric Summer and Éric Warin features Carly Rae Jepsen’s hit song from the soundtrack, ‘Cut To The Feeling.’

GKIDS Headline News

GKIDS, Fathom Set One-Day Screening Event for ‘Mune: Guardian of the Moon’

French feature film from the producers of ‘The Little Prince’ debuts in U.S. movie theaters on Saturday, August 12.

Nexus Studios Headline News

Nexus Teams with Director FX Goby on Short Film for Google I/O ‘17

Produced alongside creative studio Mighty Nice, ‘The Story of An Idea’ builds from hand-drawn 2D black-and white-animation to a full CG VFX-heavy grand finale.

SIGGRAPH 2017 Headline News

Floyd Norman to Deliver Keynote Address at SIGGRAPH 2017

The subject of the 2016 documentary film ‘Floyd Norman: An Animated Life,’ Disney legend to discuss his life and career during a fireside chat kicking off SIGGRAPH 2017.

Foundry Headline News

Foundry and J Cube Partner to Improve Katana and Maya Pipelines

The software developer and R&D company work to boost the CG ecosystem with seamless and fast data transfer of layouts and geometry between 3D applications, as well as look to address wider industry problems, such as proper motion blur render of varying meshes in Maya and Katana.

Superights Headline News

Superights Appoints Nathalie Pinguet Head of Sales and Acquisition

The new deputy general manager has handled major accounts at advertising agencies Carat and Leo Media, and now brings her expertise in kids’ viewing habits and broadcaster’s needs to the international sales company.

Animalps Headline News

Animalps Announces Co-Productions Post MIFA

The French production company has an exciting slate of co-productions following this year’s MIFA at Annecy, France, including animated series and features, with companies like Future Dog Studio, Nippon Animation and Michele Guaschino Studio.

box office Headline News

Box Office Report: ‘Transformers 5’ Makes $265.3M Global Debut

Michael Bay’s ‘Transformers: The Last Knight’ tops the box office both at home and abroad; director Patty Jenkins’ ‘Wonder Woman’ becomes top-grossing woman-directed live-action film of all time.

Nickelodeon Headline News

Nickelodeon Embraces 90s Nostalgia with ‘Rocko’s Modern Life: Static Cling’

The brand-new TV reboot reunites the original voice cast of ‘Rocko’s Modern Life,’ including the voice actors behind Rocko, Heffer and Filburt Turtle, in a story written and executive produced by original series creator Joe Murray, premiering in 2018.

Events Headline News

The Dark Knight is Back for One-Night Animated Original Event

Fathom Events, along with Warner Bros. Studios and DC Entertainment, will present a nationwide theatrical screening of the new DC Original Movie ‘Batman and Harley Quinn,’ including a first look at the Harley Quinn Featurette, August 14.

SIGGRAPH 2017 Headline News

SIGGRAPH Unveils 2017 Computer Animation Festival Lineup

Ten Virtual Reality experiences and 22 features, short films, commercials and game trailers are selected for the 2017 SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival.

Laundry Headline News

Laundry Names James Sweigert Managing Director

The former executive producer of TV & streaming at mOcean brings extensive experience in marketing, brand strategy, design and TV and film production to his new role spearheading business development at Laundry.

Rooster Teeth Headline News

Andy Serkis and Joe Letteri to Speak at RTX Austin 2017

Both the actor and the Academy Award-winning VFX supervisor for WETA Digital, respectively, will sit on the keynote panel and host an exclusive Q&A following an early screening of ‘War for the Planet of the Apes,’ their recent collaboration.

SIGGRAPH Headline News

SIGGRAPH 2017 to Host VR Presentation and Film Produced by 'The New York Times'

Director of immersive platforms storytelling for ‘The New York Times’ Graham Roberts will present a 40-minute talk about the organization’s VR expertise and integration of the new medium into the media outlet’s news reporting through NYT VR, as well as insight into the making of the 10-minute short film ‘The Antarctica Series: Under A Cracked Sky,’ executive produced by Roberts and one of four films in the Times’ Antarctica series.

Adobe Headline News

Adobe Acquires Mettle’s SkyBox Tools

The acquisition accelerates Adobe’s position in the cutting-edge 360-degree film and virtual reality media, allowing native integration of SkyBox plugin functionality in future releases of Premiere Pro and After Effects.

Virtual Reality Headline News

VR Playhouse School Launches in Los Angeles

Launched by creative studio VR Playhouse, the program consists of three essential, six week courses covering 3D production, interactive 360 video and storytelling in virtual reality starting July 10, with other intensives planned.

China Headline News

WingsMedia Plans Ambitious, Collaborative Sci-Fi Franchise Expansion

Tiny Island Productions will adapt and expand their ‘Dream Defenders’ animated series for the China market with a TV series, feature film, comics and an augmented reality experience, all as part of WingsMedia’s hope to grow ‘Starship MZ’ properties into China’s Marvel Universe equivalent.

Spark CG Headline News

SPARK CG Launching Canada 150: Indie Animation Special Series

Special series spotlighting Canadian animators with Robert Valley, Bruce Alcock, Danny Antonucci, Cordell Barker, Theodore Ushev and Janet Perlman runs July 8 through December 9 at Vancouver Film School.

GKIDS Headline News

GKIDS Unveils New Poster & Trailer for ‘Girl Without Hands’

Animated feature debut directed by Sébastien Laudenbach and produced by France’s Les Films Sauvages opens in New York on July 21st and in Los Angeles on August 4th.

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