Dates Set for Asian Animation Summit
Kidscreen’s inaugural Asian Animation Summit, an initiative of Australia’s ABC TV, Korea’s KOCCA and Malaysia’s MDeC, is set to take place on December 10 & 11 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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'Pocoyo' Jumps onto LeapPad
LeapFrog announced their partnership with Zinkia to bring global children’s hit POCOYO to the LeapPad.
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Stephen Lighthill Named ASC President
Stephen Lighthill has been elected to serve as president of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC).
Pitch THIS! Returns to Ottawa
Ottawa International Animation Festival’s Television Animation Conference (TAC) will again play host to open content creator panel Pitch THIS!
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William McDonald Named UCLA Film School Department Chair
William McDonald has been appointed the new Chair of the Department of Film, Television and Digital Media (FTVDM) at UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television (TFT), effective July 1, 2012.
Ron Meyer to Give UCLA Film School Commencement Address
Ron Meyer, Universal Studios President and COO, will be the 2012 Commencement Speaker for this year’s UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television’s (TFT) commencement ceremony.
cebas Disintegrates 'Snow White and the Huntsman'
cebas Visual Technology announced that its thinkingParticles tool was heavily relied on in some of the feature scenes for “Snow White and The Huntsman.”
'Prometheus' Fan Animates Fox Trailer
Los Angeles filmmaker Travis Betz recreated the film trailer for Ridley Scott’s "Prometheus" entirely from paper.
CBS Interactive Announces Gaming Partnerships
CBS Interactive Games extends its reach into eSports and live gaming with new partnerships with own3D and the North American Star League.
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Ray Bradbury Dies at 91
Ray Bradbury, the writer whose expansive flights of fantasy and vividly rendered spacescapes have provided the world with one of the most enduring speculative blueprints for the future, has died.
Hornet Launches Digital Company Bossa
Hornet announced the launch of Bossa, a newly formed digital production company based in New York.
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'Blade Anime' & 'Wolverine Anime' Unleashed on DVD
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and Marvel Animation release “BLADE ANIME” and “WOLVERINE ANIME” on DVD July 31st.
Digital Domain to Create Virtual Elvis Presley
Digital production company Digital Domain Media Group announced that it has signed an exclusive agreement with CORE Media Group to jointly develop, produce and own a series of "virtual" Elvis Presley likenesses for a range of entertainment projects.
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Lorenzo Fonda and UVPHACTORY Animate Scissor Sisters
Lorenzo Fonda teams up with New York-based studio UVPHACTORY for the new Scissor Sisters video, “Baby Come Home.”
SMC Signs 'Jungle Book' Licensing Deals
SMC Entertainment Group has finalized licensing agreements in the U.S. for the new high definition television series, The Jungle Book, scheduled to debut on June 11, 2012 on Disney XD.
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OptiTrack Boosts Previs for 'Snow White'
OptiTrack’s Insight VCS gives Nvizage some perspective on “Snow White and the Huntsman’s” fairy tale battleground.
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Pixeldust Creates 'Untamed' Animations for NatGeo
Emmy Award-winning digital animation and visual design company Pixeldust Studios has produced original animations for National Geographic Channel’s upcoming mini-series event “Untamed Americas.”
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'Star Trek' Video Game Villain Revealed at E3 Conference
Paramount Pictures and video game publisher and developer NAMCO BANDAI Games America gave fans the first look at the key villain to be featured in the upcoming “Star Trek” video game.
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'Annoying Orange' Slices into Prime Time
Pioneering web series “Annoying Orange” premieres on Cartoon Network on Monday, June 11.
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'Adventure Time: The Complete First Season' Heads to DVD
Cartoon Network Announces the DVD Release of “Adventure Time: The Complete First Season.”
DIVE Leads VFX for 'Chernobyl Diaries'
DIVE delivered 145 shots as lead VFX house and provided DI services for director Brad Parker’s “Chernobyl Diaries,” which premiered nationally on Friday, May 25.
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Brian Nilles Joins NaturalPoint
NaturalPoint, makers of OptiTrack motion capture and tracking technology, announced the addition of industry veteran Brian Nilles to the executive team as Chief Strategy Officer.
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Amazon Taps Clive Barker for 'Zombies vs. Gladiators'
“Hellraiser” creator and prolific horror and fantasy writer Clive Barker will rewrite the action horror project “Zombies vs. Gladiators” for Amazon Studios.
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CN's 'WAKFU' Travels to Europe
Starting in Summer 2012, Ankama and Cartoon Network will be broadcasting popular series “WAKEFU” on Cartoon Network and BOING in France, Spain, and Italy.
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'Chronicle of Oldrich S.' Selected for AFI SilverDocs Fest
Czech filmmaker Rudolf Smid’s animated short, “The Chronicle of Oldrich S.,” has been selected by the SilverDocs Documentary Film Festival.
