BURBANK, Calif. (July 23, 2009) -- Emile Hirsch has been tapped to narrate this summer's hottest sports documentary film "X Games 3D: The Movie," opening nationwide August 21, 2009. An in-depth and exciting 3D ride, the film features some of the world's best-known action sports athletes, including X Games gold medalists Bob Burnquist, Ricky Carmichael, Kyle Loza, Travis Pastrana, Danny Way and Shaun White.
Beverly Hills, CA -- The Science and Technology Council of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has selected four individuals to participate in a summer internship program for students interested in careers in motion picture computer graphics and animation technology.
Animafrik 2009 African Animation FestivalAccra, GhanaOctober 5-9, 2009Deadline: August 31, 2009
Animafrik is an animation festival dedicated to African animation and designed to promote African art and animation. Events include film screenings, an art exhibition, animation workshops and panel discussion: "Prospect and Challenges of the Animation Industry in West Africa."
e-on software, the leader in Digital Nature solutions today announced it will be showcasing key new features of its upcoming Vue 8 professional solutions (scheduled for release later this year) in New Orleans, during the SIGGRAPH show, August 3-7, 2009, at booth 2909.
Vue 8: Digital Nature
Vue is the premiere solution for creating, animating, and rendering natural 3D environments, providing:-- Unrivaled Natural Scenery Creation-- Precise Artistic Control-- Leading Edge Performance
San Diego, CA, July 26, 2009 -- Television's #1 animated series for kids, Disney's "Phineas and Ferb," will be presenting two programming events this fall, a two-part time travel episode and a viewers' choice countdown special featuring the Top 10 favorite musical numbers from the hit series. The announcement was made today at Comic-Con International in San Diego, California. Each "Phineas and Ferb" episode will premiere on Disney XD. The series also airs on Disney Channel.
Marlborough MA -- July 27, 2009 -- Boris FX, the leading developer of integrated effects technology for video and film, announced that a new Boris Continuum Unit, Cartoon Look, is now available. The Boris Continuum Cartoon Look Unit includes the Cartoon Look, Pencil Sketch, Charcoal Sketch, and Watercolor filters from Boris Continuum Complete 6:
Press Release from DUCK
DUCK has signed Brooklyn-based art and animation studio Golden Lucky, bringing a high-end animation studio onto its ever-expanding roster. The studio, led by Creative Directors Saiman Chow and Sean Dougherty, is known for churning out creative projects for multiple applications with their unique variety of animation, which involves blending music, storytelling, character development, and the creation of sets and artwork from various materials.
London, 27 July 2009: Disney XD, the UK's first boy-focused, girl inclusive TV channel for kids aged 6-14 years, will launch on Monday 31 August.
Ad-supported Disney XD will debut with "Aaron Stone", an original live action-adventure series about Charlie Landers, a teenager who's enlisted to become the real-life version of a crime-fighting online game character. The series has secured record ratings in both the U.S. and France.
Go behind the scenes of Zack Snyder's WATCHMEN as part of the extended Computer Animation Festival panel discussions at SIGGRAPH. The adaptation of the legendary graphic novel is a diverse CG marvel to behold, building layer upon layer of riveting pop cultural info. The panel explores the making of Dr. Manhattan, the all-powerful, all-CG blue man, the inkblot-stained mask of Rorschach, the 3D environments and CG Owlship and the CG enhancements for the bravura opening title sequence, which intricately sets up the history of the masked superheroes.
Beverly Hills, CA -- The submission deadline for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' 2009 Scientific and Technical Achievement Awards is Friday, July 31. A completed entry form must be submitted to the Academy online by 5 p.m. PT.
In late May, the Academy mailed more than 850 "call for entries" letters to individuals and companies around the world specializing in motion picture science and technology.
Dominic Monaghan ("Lost") is joining the cast of ABC's exciting new fall drama, "FlashForward," which premieres on Thursday, September 24 (8:00-9:00pm, ET) on the ABC Television Network.
LOS ANGELES -- StudioGPU announced today that MachStudio Pro, a professional 3D-workflow and rendering package created by artists for artists, now offers free exporters for Google SketchUp Pro and McNeel Rhino 3D modeling and animation software. With these new exporters, 3D assets from SketchUp Pro 7 and Rhino 4 can easily be transferred into MachStudio Pro, where users can create and manipulate lights, materials and HDR cameras in a real-time non-linear environment to achieve cinematic-quality results.
SAN RAFAEL, Calif., July 23, 2009 - At SIGGRAPH 2009 in New Orleans, Autodesk will showcase its latest Digital Entertainment Creation solutions and demonstrate how studios can make the creative process a more interactive, collaborative and efficient experience. The company will host a number of live events including Tech Talks and presentations on new and upcoming projects, such as "9" and "Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning."
Shotgun Software is hosting a user group at SIGGRAPH 2009 featuring guests from Digital Domain and Zoic Studios. Shotgun Software develops Shotgun, a project management and collaboration system for the animation, games and visual effects markets. The pipeline presentation will be held on Tuesday, August 4, 2009 from 1:30-3:30PM in room Blaine Kern C at the Convention Center Marriott, New Orleans.
The event is open to all SIGGRAPH attendees; please RSVP to register at http://www.shotgunsoftware.com/rsvp.
Rogaland county in southwest Norway is preparing for the celebration of the 20th anniversary of Cartoon Forum, the annual European rendezvous to support the co-production, financing and distribution of animation series for television and new media platforms.
From September 22-25 the world of animation will be watching the cities of Stavanger and Sandnes, where producers from across Europe will present the latest generation of European animation series.
Electronic Arts' DEAD SPACE film adaptation will be directed by EAGLE EYE helmer D.J. Caruso, according to VARIETY.
EA is producing with Temple Hill's Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey. Writers have been sending over prospective ideas, and once a writer and creative direction is set, producers will auction the property to studios.
EA followed much the same course with upcoming game DANTE's INFERNO that Universal beat three other studios for the rights.
