Prime Focus World, an industry-leading 2D to 3D conversion and VFX studio, announced that Emmy Award winner Chris Del Conte has joined the company as Managing Director, Los Angeles.
Animation studio LAIKA has purchased a site license of Shotgun to manage production and enhance collaboration for stop-motion and VFX work throughout its Portland, Oregon studio.
Susan Eisenberg will join several of her voicecast colleagues for the West Coast Premiere of Justice League: Doom at the Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills on February 16.
SPY, a FotoKem company offering creative finishing services for commercials and feature films, has opened a new studio in Santa Monica, Calif.
Pixomondo has hired Steve Pugh as an Executive Producer to help oversee projects from the Burbank office.
Recent projects from NYC VFX studio Light of Day include “The Official Someday by Justin Bieber” for Give Back Brands, John Varvatos “Star USA,” and Hugo Boss “Something Different.”
Award winning filmmaker Alexander Payne has been selected by the Board of Directors of the American Cinema Editors (ACE) to be honored with the ACE Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award.
Nicktoons launches Monsuno, a half-hour action-adventure series debuting with two back-to-back episodes on Thursday, Feb. 23.
Sesame Street,” the popular children’s show, and “After,” a movie due in theaters this year, both benefited from Magnetic Dream’s decision to license SpeedTree Cinema.
D3Publisher announced a worldwide publishing agreement with DreamWorks Animation SKG.
The Visual Effects Society announced the winners of its 10th Annual VES Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.
Pixomondo recently collaborated with TBWA\Chiat\Day Los Angeles to create an abstract dance-infused spot promoting the 2012 Grammy awards show featuring electronic musician and Best New Artist nominee SKRILLEX.
The Jim Henson Company has finalized a multitude of licensing deals for its preschool brand, PAJANIMALS, in key categories including home entertainment and apparel.
Editorial house Cut + Run contributed to five national and two regional spots that aired during Super Bowl XLVI.
Melanie Wickham joins Absolute Post New York as Executive Producer
The Los Angeles Animation Festival (LAAF) returns for its third annual event with new screenings of animated feature films and shorts from around the world, exclusive panels, and parties celebrating the animation community.
Zoic Studios received seven nominations for the 10th Annual Visual Effects Society (VES) Awards.
Check out the latest trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man, the reboot of the popular franchise starring Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker/Spider-Man and Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy.
Milla Jovovich will host the Academy’s Scientific and Technical Awards on Saturday, February 11.
New York production company Charlex created a new spot, “Notes,” for Verizon via agency McCann Erickson.
Framestore provided visual effects for the new Tom Kuntz-directed Cadbury “Joyville.”
The Art Directors Guild (ADG) announced the winners of its 16th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards in nine categories of film, television, commercials and music videos.
This year’s Super Bowl game pitted the Giants against the Patriots, with many viewers sitting through the broadcast in order to catch new film trailers for John Carter, The Avengers, Battleship, Act of Valor, The Lorax, and a host of other upcoming features.
Visual effects house MPC provided visual effects for Hyundai “Cheetah” for Super Bowl XLVI.
Visual effects house Framestore and videogame developer Blitz Game Studios joined forces to create and develop a streamed digital experience that formed the core of Coca-Cola’s Super Bowl 2012 advertising campaign.
