DNEG Revisits Some Old Friends in ‘Zack Snyder’s Justice League’
Leading VFX studio delivers 430 shots on HBO Max’s long-awaited DC feature redo, picking up where they left off in 2017 on Cyborg, Wonder Woman, and the Flash sequences.
VFX Legend Doug Trumbull Presents May 4 at FMX 2021
‘Then & Now Track’ welcomes the visual effects pioneer, who will talk on ‘The Cinema of the Future;’ conference runs online May 4-6.
A Special Hybrid Deer-Boy Arrives June 4 in Netflix’s ‘Sweet Tooth’
Trailer drops for new series, set in a post-apocalyptic world, about a boy that’s half deer and half human; based on Jeff Lemire’s DC comic books and executive produced by Susan Downey & Robert Downey Jr., the story reminds viewers that family and humanity matter.
AWS Launches Amazon Nimble Studio
New cloud-based pay as you go production service provides almost limitless, easily scalable access to high-power accelerated virtual workstations, high-speed storage, and on-demand rendering resources across Amazon’s global infrastructure.
Tech Platform disguise Awarded Innovate UK Grant
R&D project aims to develop a totally immersive virtual production environment delivering high-quality real-time scenes in Unreal Engine.
FMX 2021 Shares New Program Highlights
Running May 4-6, the online even has announced additional talks and highlights, including ‘From 2D to 3D: The Craft of Tom & Jerry,’ more ‘Concept Art Track’ speakers, and a panel by the Animation Media Cluster Region Stuttgart.
HBO’s ‘House of the Dragon’ Officially Begins Production
See snap from show's first socially distanced table read; long-awaited prequel series, based on George R. R. Martin’s 2018 book, ‘Fire & Blood,’ follows the fiery exploits of the oft-mad House Targaryen.
Scarlett Johansson Talks ‘Black Widow’ Role in New Marvel Featurette
To celebrate National Superhero Day, the actor looks back at the career of alter ego Natasha Romanoff; highly anticipated action-packed spy thriller hits theaters and Disney+ with premier access on July 9.
MPC Film Names Emile Ghorayeb Animation Director
Industry veteran brings 20+ years’ experience as an animation director and supervisor at leading VFX studios; his appointment further broadens the company’s global animation team.
Capturing Chaos and Unpredictability in POORSTACY’s ‘Get Out’ Visualizer
Artist Yemi Faleti used Premiere Pro with Boris FX’s Sapphire and Red Giant’s VFX suite to produce the rapid cuts and melting colors in his CG piece for Universal Music Group’s °1824 division.
Getting a Bang Out of ‘The Equalizer’ VFX
VFX supervisor Luke DiTommaso and VFX producer Michael Fernandes are responsible for everything from muzzle flashes to CG explosions on the CBS crime drama, starring Queen Latifah, which was just renewed for a second season.
Juice Merges with PixelBox, Opens VFX Studio in Shanghai
The visual effects and sound studio’s new branch makes previously remote services more hands-on for its China-based clients; PixelBox deal increases the studio’s resources and capabilities.
Emilia Clarke to Join Marvel’s ‘Secret Invasion’
The GoT star will join Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury, and Ben Mendelsohn as Talos, along with newcomers Kingsley Ben-Adir and Olivia Colman, on the upcoming Disney+ series.
‘Soul,’ ‘If Anything Happens I love You,’ and 'Tenet' Take Home Oscar Gold
‘Soul’ also wins for Best Musical Score, while ‘Mank’ wins for Best Cinematography, in the final ceremony of the 2021 awards season.
Nvidia Powers 13 Years of Oscar-Winning VFX
Once again, the technology company’s professional GPUs are behind all five VFX Oscar nominees; the 93rd annual Academy Awards take place this Sunday, April 25.
Adult Swim Releases Hilarious ‘Felt Band’ ‘Mortal Kombat’ Trailer
Enjoy a puppet Sonya Blade, Sub-Zero, and Scorpion pop some threads in a safe-for-work trailer for the upcoming theatrical blood bath that releases in theaters and on HBO Max today.
Virtual Production Takes Center Stage in ‘The Midnight Sky’
Digitized shots of Icelandic snow, glaciers, and misty weather, coupled with real-time camera tracking and Unreal Engine, meant high-resolution environment projections, and lighting, could be captured in-camera to provide unprecedented realism for onstage shooting, in George Clooney and Netflix’s Oscar-nominated sci-fi drama.
Ray Fisher Slams Warner Bros. Over George Floyd Tweet
The ‘Justice League’ actor, who has a long history battling the studio and its executives with accusations of racism and on-set mistreatment, has criticized their supposed ‘performative gesture’ in response to the verdict.
RealTime Conference Announces Full Spring Lineup
The free virtual event, running April 26-28, brings together over 150 speakers from a diverse set of industries; featured topics include Cloud/Pixel streaming in Real-Time; digital humans/virtual agents; virtual production; and how real-time is transforming animation.
Autodesk Talking Retopology, Bifrost, USD, and Shotgun at FMX 2021
Tech giant’s conference program will examine the future and boundaries of animation and VFX: the latest developments in USD; retopology tools for 3ds Max; Bifrost for Maya for visual programming; and remote studio collaboration with Shotgun.
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Disney and Sony Ink Unprecedented Licensing Deal
Multi-year agreement covers theatrical releases from 2022-2026 following each films Pay 1 TV window; deal grants Disney rights to iconic library titles, including the ‘Jumanji’ and ‘Hotel Transylvania’ franchises.
The Future Group Awarded Epic MegaGrant
Award pushes forward development of company’s innovative cutting edge virtual production cloud-based platform - Pixotope Live Cloud.
CoSA VFX Expands Global Leadership Team
VFX house announces promotions; Mark Nazal named director of digital content, and Astrid Eve named global HR manager.
The Future Group Releases Pixotope Version 1.5
With full access to Unreal Engine 4.26.1 and comprehensive integration and support for third-party plug-ins, the new release offers users endless opportunities for experimental XR graphics functionality.