Fox Atomic Emerges as Fox Digital Studios
Fox Atomic, which closed shop in April, is being relaunched as Fox Digital Studios, Variety reports.
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Walt Disney Studios Eyes New Head
Variety is reporting that Rich Ross is all but certain to be promoted to head of Walt Disney Studios.
Zoic Studios TV Work Hits Primetime
Last week Zoic Studios celebrated its awesome work on not one but three major premieres kicking off the Fall 2009 TV season.
Zoic's Andrew Orloff to Speak at Motion09
Press Release from motion09
At this year's motion09 (www.motionconference.com) held October 11-14, 2009, Zoic Studios' Executive Creative Director/VFX Supervisor Andrew Orloff will present "Standing on the Shoulders of Giants." An entertaining examination of present-day creative and past inspiration, "Giants" is part of a weekend-long event that unites professionals and students from the design and effects community.
Mal Chance Gets Producer, Writer
Platinum Studios and producer Tony Krantz (MULHOLLAND DRIVE) have hired writer Scott Murphy to adapt the Platinum graphic novel MAL CHANCE into a feature film, according to VARIETY.
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Hasbro, Inc. Announces Key Executive Appointments for Hasbro Studios
Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE: HAS) announced today the appointment of key executives at the company's newly formed Hasbro Studios, which is based in Los Angeles.
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Platinum Teams with Waverly Place Star for Weapon Film
Platinum Studios, Inc. (OTCBB: PDOS) has partnered with Disney Channel star David Henrie to star in the theatrical adaptation of the Platinum Studios' comic book "The Weapon."
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Post Logic NY announces New Hires
Press Release by Post Logic
New York, NY (August 17, 2009) -- Leading post-production facility Post Logic Studios, a division of Prime Focus Group, announced today two new hires, Kevin Wilson as audio engineer and Mick O'Connor as manager, new business. Both will be based out of Post Logic Studios' New York facility.
Zoic Studios Adds to District 9 Success
Press Release by Zoic Studios
Vancouver, BC - (August 17, 2009) -- Zoic Studios' BC office is proud to have contributed visual effects to the massively anticipated Sony Pictures/TriStar feature DISTRICT 9 which opened this weekend topping US box office charts.
Directed by Neill Blomkamp and presented by Peter Jackson, DISTRICT 9 is a powerful Sci-Fi thriller set in the near future in Johannesburg, S.A., where one million Alien refugees have set up camp.
Rob Hummel Joins Post Logic Studios as CEO
Press Release by Post Logic Studios
New Head for Hasbro Studios
Stephen J. Davis is new President of Hasbro TV Show Studios. Variety reports the former Granada America leader will seek outside creators and oversee shows based on key Hasbro brands including TRIVIAL PURSUIT and MY LITTLE PONY. The new channel, a joint effort with Discovery Communications will launch in fall 2010.
ICM Signs Comic Book Icon
Comic book legend, Neal Adams, is taking his Continuity Studios to ICM for representation, says today’s HollywoodReporter.
Adams plans to take his creations across all forms of media while he makes the artistic transition to film writing and directing. Adams’ realistically modern imagery has received great acclaim as displayed in the 1960s and 1970s comics “Uncanny X-Men," "Green Lantern and Green Arrow" and "Batman.”
Calypso Animation to Open Offices in Bangalore and Chennai
Press Release from Calypso Animation Studios
Calypso Animation Studios (CAS) is pleased to announce the opening of a satellite offices in Bangalore and Chennai, India, headed by Project Manager Muthu A. Muthu is an expert at animation and project management and has over 10 years experience in the Indian animation market specializes in outsourced animation. The CAS Bangalore team will help orchestrate outsourced projects in Central and East Asia.
Escape Studios Secures Venture Capital Funding
Press Release from Escape Studios
London, 01 July 2009: Escape Studios, the world's leading school of computer graphics, has secured funding from leading UK Venture Capital Trust, Chrysalis VCT, to accelerate the development of its distance learning services for the computer graphics industries.
New Mentors at Animation Mentor
Press Release from Animation Mentor
Emeryville, CA -- June 5, 2009 -- AnimationMentor.com (Animation Mentor), the leading online character animation school created by animators for animators, today announces four new professional animators to their roster of mentors now totaling 77.
Second Golden Cursor Animation Awards Chosen
The winners of Golden Cursor Animation Awards were chosen after a comprehensive three-stage process that involved the Indian animation industry, nominating some of their best work across 25 categories. Post that, a panel of experts short listed the top three-five nominees in every category and the same were presented to an eminent jury panel comprising of the animation industry's most revered names, who short listed the entries based on the pre-determined parameters.
Best Animated Feature FilmROADSIDE ROMEO - Yash Raj Films and Walt Disney and Tata Elxsi
New Game Company Loose Cannon Studios Set to Ignite Games Industry
Press Release from Loose Cannon Studios
Blue Sky Headed to Rio
Blue Sky Studios announced their next animated feature, RIO, will be released by Twentieth Century Fox on April 8, 2011.
Carlos Saldanha, whose ICE AGE: THE MELTDOWN earned a worldwide box office of more than $650 million, is set to direct the digital 3-D animation feature. Chris Jenkins (SURF'S UP) and Bruce Anderson (DR. SEUSS' HORTON HEARS A WHO!) will produce.
The Art of Steambot Studios
Begins: May 9, 2009
This exhibit showcases the art of Steambot Studios, featuring the work created for their forthcoming book EXODYSSEY.
Opening party is May 9 at 7 p.m.
"This book is more than just concept art to us. It reflects our achievements in terms of teamwork, quest of identity, and artistic growth. It has been part of our lives for the past three years, along with our daytime jobs, our trips, our girlfriends, family, and friends."
Red Giant Studios Announces First Animated Short
Press Release from Red Giant Studios, LLC
San Francisco, CA, May 01, 2009 -- Red Giant Studios, LLC., a new animation and visual effects studio founded by Dalton Grant, Jr and Cindy Rangel, announces its plan to release its first CG-animated short, THE WAY TO HEAVEN, in July of 2009.
Disney Interactive Studios Names Dan Tudge VP and GM, Propaganda Games
Press Release from Disney Interactive Studios
BURBANK, Calif. -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Disney Interactive Studios today announced the appointment of Dan Tudge as vice president and general manager of Propaganda Games, Disney Interactive Studios' development studio in Vancouver, British Columbia. Tudge is tasked with overseeing the operations of the 130-person studio as it continues the development of two unannounced games.
Marvel Names New Exec VP of Int'l Marketing
Press Release from Marvel Entertainment, Inc.
NCsoft's City of Heroes Innovators Reborn as Paragon Studios
Press Release from NCsoft
AJA KONA 3 Provides Thunder for Norway's Storm Studios
AJA Video Systems' KONA 3 video capture and playback cards are an integral part of the post production workflow at Norwegian VFX and post facility Storm Studios. KONA 3 is AJA's top-of-the-line uncompressed capture card for SD, HD, Dual Link 4:4:4 HD and 2K formats for Apple Mac Pro systems.
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SEGA Partners with Pyro Studios for Planet 51 Game
SEGA Europe, SEGA of America, and Madrid-based Pyro Studios will create a game based on its upcoming animated film, PLANET 51. The PLANET 51 game will be available in winter 2009 for Xbox 360, Wii, PlayStation 3 and Nintendo DS.
