Fredrikstad Animation Festival 2021 – October 21-24
Begins: October 21, 2021
FAF 2021 will present the best and latest within Nordic-Baltic and international animation - live and in person and online.
Category: People
yU+co’s Stylized ‘Justice League’ Teaser Speaks to Diehard Fans
Brand-new fully-CG ‘Mother Box Origins’ trailer, based on Zack Snyder’s own drawings, is packed with clues and symbolic imagery chronicling the long journey to restore the director’s original vision.
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CINANIMA 2021 Returns November 8-14
Begins: November 8, 2021
Oscar qualifying event in Espinho, Portugal promotes animation and its creators with a commitment to educating professionals and the public.
WATCH: Trailer for ‘The Spine of Night’ Animated Fantasy Horror Feature
Years in the making, Philip Gelatt and Morgan Galen King’s hand-rotoscoped film is set in a fantasy land ripe with magic and intrigue, where a dark force is unleashed sending mankind into an age of ruin; film stars Lucy Lawless, Patton Oswalt, and Richard Grant, and has its world premiere March 18 at SXSW.
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Be Careful Who You Pray To: Screen Gems Drops ‘The Unholy’ Trailer
Sam Raimi produces, Evan Spiliotopoulos writes and directs, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan stars in a supernatural horror thriller about a young deaf girl who's visited by the Virgin Mary... or something much more sinister; film hits theatres this Good Friday, April 2.
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VIEW 2021 in Turin, Italy and Online October 17-22
Begins: October 17, 2021
The VIEW Conference is the premiere international event in Italy on Computer Graphics, Interactive Techniques, Digital Cinema, 2D/3D Animation, VR and AR, Gaming and VFX.
In 2D, 3D, Anime, Awards, Business, Cartoons, CG, Digital Media, Education and Training, Event, Festival, Films, Games, Interactive, Motion Graphics, People, Places, Previs/Postvis/Visualization, Production, Short Films, Stereoscopic 3-D, Stop-Motion, Technology, Transmedia, Virtual Production, AR/VR/XR, Visual Effects | Event Types: Competitive Festivals, Conferences
Disney CEO Denies Political Leanings Following Gina Carano Firing
During annual shareholder call, CEO Bob Chapek maintains the media giant isn’t ‘left leaning or right leaning,’ but instead stands for the universal values of respect, decency, integrity, and inclusion.
DreamWorks’ ‘Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous’ Season 3 Debuts May 21
Watch teaser trailer for hit animated series based on the ‘Jurassic World’ franchise; show returns to Netflix with 10 new episodes.
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Nominees Announced for 71st Annual ACE Eddie Awards
Winners to be announced live at the American Cinema Editors virtual awards ceremony set for April 17.
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Crunchyroll Drops Trailer for ‘Attack on Titan Final Season’
The final season of the popular dark fantasy anime series culminates with an epic war that will determine the fate of humanity; season finale set for March 28.
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Women in Animation Awards 10 Young Women with WIA Scholarships
WIA Chair of Education Hsiang Chin Moe announces and honors the recipients at 2021 BRIC Talent and Innovation Summit.
‘This Duckburg Life’ ‘DuckTales’-Inspired Podcast Premieres March 29
The original 7-part scripted podcast is hosted by Huey Duck for Duckburg Public Radio; the animated series’ voice cast reprises their roles in the new program that highlights riveting stories from Duckburg.
Kevin and Dan Hageman Ink Multi-Year Production Deal with CBS Studios
Studio gets exclusive rights to all TV content from the Emmy Award-winning creative duo behind the animated TV series, ‘Star Trek: Prodigy;’ the brothers co-wrote ‘The Croods: A New Age,’ co-created ‘The LEGO Movie, and created the story for ‘Hotel Transylvania.’
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Zach Parrish Talks Disney's ‘Us Again’ Animated Short
For the director of the studio’s vibrant and lively new 7-minute film, now playing theatrically in front of ‘Raya and the Last Dragon,’ yearning for what you had in the past can prevent you from enjoying what you have in the present.
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Apple TV+ Renews ‘Central Park’ for Season 3
Hit animated musical comedy from the creators of ‘Bob’s Burgers’ gets third season nod ahead of its Season 2 debut this June; watch a first look sneak peek.
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Hugh Grant and Sophia Lillis Join ‘Dungeons & Dragons’
‘Mickey Blue Eyes’ himself will portray big bad villain Forge Fletcher, while ‘It’ girl Lillis is set to play the mysterious Doric.
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FuseFX Names Lindsey Kaiser Executive Producer at L.A. Studio
Global growth triggers L.A. staffing shift; VP of production, Johnny Fisk, takes new active role in global business development group.
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Mainframe Studios Names Kim Dent Wilder Executive VP
In her newly created position, she will continue to help the studio’s expansion by seeking out new and diverse talent.
Duffer Brothers and Spielberg Team on Stephen King’s ‘The Talisman’
Creative duo behind ‘Stranger Things’ to executive produce series adaptation of famed novel, which follows a young boy who slips into a parallel universe as he searches for a crystal meant to heal his dying mother; Amblin Television to produce.
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Trioscope Studios Inks Production Deal with Quality Films
Studio behind Netflix’s The Liberator WWII limited series will pair their innovative hybrid animation technique with media company’s extensive celebrity roster to produce a slate of original scripted content; action horror series exploring African American struggles in America already under development.
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How Netflix’s ‘City of Ghosts’ Takes a Kid’s-Eye View of the Supernatural
‘Adventure Time’ director Elizabeth Ito’s new documentary-style animated series follows a group of kids, known as the Ghost Club, as they investigate ghost sightings and encounters around L.A.
Nexus Studios Signs Haein Kim and Paul Rhodes
Duo brings their unique storytelling approach to the studio’s talent roster; their short film ‘Peepin’ was featured a several festivals including Pictoplasma, KLIK, and AACTA.
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Derek Kolstad to Write and Produce ‘Hellsing’ Manga Film Adaptation
The ‘John Wick’ scribe will team with Amazon studios for live-action take on the popular comic, a reimagining of the familiar Dracula / Van Helsing dynamic.
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CAKE Names New CEO in Executive Shake-Up
Ed Galton named new CEO as Tom van Waveren steps down; Cat Seddon named COO.
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View Conference and VFX Festival 2021 Present Kris Pearn ‘Art vs Story’ Discussion
Join a virtual conversation about the intersection of good/bad story and good/bad design with ‘The Willoughbys’ director and Escape Studios’ Saint John Walker.
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