This week in AWN's Forums, a member has some questions about a project they're working on, including how to get the character to be super-imposed in front of a locked-off video shot.
The producers behind GET SMART and THE INTERNATIONAL have purchased the rights to make a live-action feature based on VOLTRON, per THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER's Steven Zeitchik.
Atlas Ent.'s Charles Roven, Richard Suckle and Steve Alexander form the team ready to make a movie out of the robot-lion property after it's sat in development for several years at Mark Gordon Company.
NEW YORK -- Marvel Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: MVL), a global character-based entertainment and licensing company celebrating the 70th anniversary of its founding in 1939, announced today the addition of Theo Paphitis to the company's International Advisory Board. Comprised of business leaders from key international growth markets, the Advisory Board works with Marvel executives to explore opportunities for expanding the presence of the Marvel brand and key character franchises in international markets.
Jamaica Digital Arts Festival 2009Kingston, JamaicaSeptember 19-20, 2009Deadline: July 31, 2009
The Jamaica Digital Arts Festival was formed to create a new opportunity to unleash and showcase some of the nation's productive energy and to develop a critical mass across all social divides to push this creativity for societal benefit. This festival is intended to kick-start national interest in a cultural industry based on the creation of digital arts products.
Nokia Mobifest Toronto 2009Toronto, Ontario, CanadaNovember 2-3, 2009Deadline: September 28, 2009
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TV-Loonland has inked various deals with high profile TV broadcasters in Asia. LEON (52 x 3 Minutes), multi-formatted property PAT & STAN (39 x 7 Minutes, A 30-minute Special and 350 Shorts) and RAYMOND (78 x 7 Minutes) have all found new TV homes and are set for launch across the Asian continent this coming Autumn.
In the Land of the Rising Sun, Disney Japan has secured TV rights for the much sought after and truly unique LEON and Cartoon Network Japan has added quirky comedy series RAYMOND to its programming line-up.
Mass Animation, Sony Pictures and Intel Corporation today announced that the ground-breaking animated short film "Live Music," a worldwide collaboration by animators using a unique application built on the Facebook Platform, will be attached to TriStar Pictures' animated feature "Planet 51," scheduled for a Nov. 20 wide theatrical release in North America.
Axiotron and Toon Boom Animation today announced the introduction of the Nomad Storyboarding System, combining the speed and portability of Axiotron's award-winning Modbook tablet Mac computer with the creativity and ease-of-use of Toon Boom's industry-leading Storyboard Pro digital storyboarding application. The Nomad Storyboarding System is available beginning immediately in North America exclusively through Complete Tablet Solutions by calling toll-free (866) 780-7480, ext. 101.
Vicon, developer of motion capture and image understanding systems, for the entertainment, life science and defense industries, has today announced that it will be showcasing a pre-release version of its eagerly awaited boujou 5 at the SIGGRAPH conference this August in New Orleans, LA. boujou is the industry leading camera matchmoving software allowing 3D professionals to automatically derive complex camera motion and calibration data from image sequences.
D-BOX Technologies Inc. (DBO.A on the TSX Venture Exchange) announced today the next movie title to feature its immersive motion technology will be Focus Features' new film, "9" debuting on Sept. 9, 2009.
San Francisco, CA, July 20, 2009 -- VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, will publish a series of new releases based on Ponyo, the new animated film from Studio Ghibli and Academy Award-winning director and world-renowned Japanese animation legend Hayao Miyazaki.
MPC is to undergo significant expansion in the coming months. Capacity is set to increase in both the Vancouver and London studios to cover exciting projects. With these developments; MPC's recruitment team are on the lookout for talented individuals to work in each of their locations; and will have a booth at SIGGRAPH New Orleans where they will be interviewing for specific roles.
NYC based visual effects/conceptual design company, Manic has signed Creative Director Fran Roberts as part of its continued growth as a leading creative brand. Fran's reputation and extensive capabilities in graphic design, computer-generated animation, photography and visual effects will provide Manic's clients with a creative visionary disciplined in a concept through production approach to all projects.
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., July 20 -- In a groundbreaking move that promises to further elevate and differentiate the Blu-ray user experience, Universal Studios Home Entertainment today announced a plan to deliver an extensive array of iPhone and iPod touch-enabled features on its upcoming Blu-ray releases that can be accessed via companion applications from the App Store.
Chicago, IL -- July 20, 2009 -- 3D Garage.com, a top producer of instructional training videos for 3D modeling and digital content creation, announced today Luxology modo 401 Signature Courseware is now available at www.3dgarage.com. The DVD, created by Dan Ablan author of the "Official Luxology modo Guide" for modo 201 and modo 301, is a comprehensive instructional video for beginning to intermediate modeling and animation using modo 401.
Jeff Wadlow will direct ARENA for Summit Ent., a sci-fi actioner that he began developing with the studio a few months ago, per THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER.
Wadlow had been working on the prison escape project THE TOMB for Summit but the project stalled and the studio exercised an option in his contract to move him to ARENA.
Chris Bender and J.C. Spink of BenderSpink and Jim Thompson of Original Content are producing along with Alex Franklin and Jonah Loop of Pangea Pictures. Summit's Erik Feig and Geoff Shaevitz are overseeing.
Warner Bros. and Leonardo DiCaprio's production house Appian Way have hired Rand Ravich to write a script based on the TWILIGHT ZONE TV series, per VARIETY.
The project was first set up a year ago to transform the iconic sci-fi, fantasy and horror series into a feature film.
Ravich directed THE ASTRONAUT'S WIFE and was an exec producer on CONFESSIONS OF A DANGEROUS MIND. He is the creator on NBC's detective series LIFE.
