IATSE and ABAS Offering Free Legal Support for Laid Off MPC Vancouver Workers
Offer made to provide support for those workers affected by the studio’s abrupt closure on December 11.
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MPC Shuts Down Vancouver Facility
One of the VFX industry’s leading studios abruptly closes the doors at one of its locations.
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Autodesk Releases Arnold 6
New updates provide increased flexibility, speed, and power to artist workflows, dramatically reducing render times.
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Autodesk Releases Maya 2020
Latest version includes new animation, rendering, effects, modeling and rigging advancements to empower artists throughout the production pipeline
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DNEG Promotes Lee Berger to Bolster Global Client Services
VFX veteran assumes role of executive VP and head of LA studio.
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Art Directors Guild Announces Noms for Excellence in Film and TV Production Design
DreamWorks Animation’s ‘Abominable,' Disney’s ‘Frozen 2,’ DreamWorks Animation’s ‘How to Train Your Dragon: Hidden World,’ Disney’s ‘The Lion King’ and Pixar’s ‘Toy Story 4’ are nominated in animated film category.
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Nominations Announced for 77th Golden Globe Awards
Disney’s ‘Frozen 2,’ DreamWorks Animation’s ‘How to Train Your Dragon: Hidden World,’ Disney’s ‘The Lion King,’ LAIKA’s ‘Missing Link’ and Pixar’s ‘Toy Story 4’ receive nominations for best animated feature.
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The ‘Eyes’ Have It: Stuart Adcock Talks Will Smith at 23 and 50 in ‘Gemini Man’
Weta Digital’s facial modeling and performance capture animation expert discusses the difficulties and challenges of creating one of the most convincing digital humans ever seen on film.
Call for Submissions: Animation Production Days 2020
Deadline for entries to the 14th APD co-production and financing platform event is February 20, 2020.
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WATCH: First Trailer for James Bond 25 - ‘No Time to Die’
With DB5 miniguns blazing, Daniel Craig reprises his role, possibly / maybe / probably for the last time, as iconic Agent 007, in MGM’s upcoming action-adventure spy-thriller, arriving in theatres April 8, 2020.
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Pixar Animation Studios Releases RenderMan 23
New release delivers next level artist interactivity, enhanced USD support and Houdini 18 Solaris integration.
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20 Films Announced as Contenders for VFX Oscar
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has just released their list of films to be considered in the race for the Best Visual Effects award at the upcoming 92nd Academy Awards.
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47th Annual Annie Award Nominations Announced
Animation’s biggest night set for Saturday, January 25, 2020 at UCLA’s Royce Hall.
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Albert Mason Joins Alkemy X as Head of Production
VFX and post-production veteran will bring his feature film experience to the episodic space.
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‘Joker’ VFX Supervisor Edwin Rivera Joins DNEG Los Angeles
Veteran visual effects and CG supervisor with 25+ years’ experience joins studio’s senior creative team.
Boutique Live-Action and Post-Production Studio Destro Launches in Los Angeles
New studio, founded by veterans Drew Neujahr, Sean McAllen, and Shane McAllen, will focus on producing, directing and post, including mixed media and VFX.
Animals Uncaged Hunt Down Nicolas Cage with Help from Ziva VFX
Tau Films uses leading physics-based simulation system to create CG woolly spider monkeys and rare white jaguar for Wonderfilm’s indie thriller, ‘Primal.’
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Rising Sun Pictures Recreates 1966 Daytona Speedway in ‘Ford v Ferrari’
VFX studio builds photoreal replica depicting famous ’24 Hours of Daytona’ racetrack for James Mangold’s thrilling historical auto racing drama.
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Mark Wahlberg Demoted from Heartthrob to Old Man Mentor
Sony’s ‘Uncharted’ will feature Tom Holland as the sarcastic and sexy Nathan Drake, alongside the ‘Ted’ star as gruff and tumble Victor ‘Sully’ Sullivan, in theaters December 2020.
‘Lord of the Rings’ Spin-off Series Gets Second Season to Rule Them All
Amazon Prime’s ‘Lord of the Rings’ prequel has already been renewed for a second season, ahead of its 2021 Season One release.
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Cuteness Levels Over 9,000 with New ‘The Mandalorian’ Character
Jon Favreau’s highly anticipated Disney+ ‘Star Wars’ series features a mysterious infant fans have dubbed ‘Baby Yoda,’ and it’s the cutest thing since Ewoks.
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Miss Pickle Rick to Hulk-Smash Onto Disney+
Emmy-winning ‘Rick and Morty’ scribe Jessica Gao has signed on as writer and developer for Marvel TV’s ‘She-Hulk,’ reportedly set to stream in 2020.
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Epic Games Acquires Megascans Producer Quixel
World’s largest photogrammetry asset library and bundled toolset will become free for all Unreal Engine use.
Adobe Shares Innovative ‘Sneak Peeks’ at Adobe Max
Highly anticipated event for onsite attendees offered an exclusive look at the newest company research initiatives.
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Sam Gainsborough’s ‘Facing It’ Takes Home 2019 VIEW Award
Francesco Filippi’s ‘Red Hands’ wins the Italianmix for best short; ‘Trois Francs, Six Sous,’ and ‘Blieschow’ also take top honors.
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