$1.2 Billion ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Debut Shatters Box Office Record
Marvel’s highly anticipated follow-up to ‘Infinity War’ beats industry predictions and blasts right by previous records for both domestic and international opening weekends.
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New Oscar Rules for Animated Feature Voting and Shorts Qualification
Academy Board of Governors announces new rules impacting animated features and shorts as well as a name change for the foreign language film category.
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WATCH: Sony Drops New ‘Men in Black: International’ Trailer
Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson take London by storm, with style, in the latest ‘MIB’ franchise effort, hitting theatres June 14th.
PC Gamers Shifting to TV Gaming Platforms
New Jon Peddie Research report anticipates 20 million PC game players will migrate from personal computer platforms to TV displays and related gaming services by 2022.
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Abigail Disney Takes Further Aim at Disney Compensation in Washington Post Op-Ed
Walt’s activist grandniece expounds on her stand against the ‘naked indecency’ of studio CEO Robert Iger’s compensation.
Industry Trade Groups Launch Non-Profit Mentoring Program
Entertainment Industry Professionals Mentoring Alliance (EIPMA) will provide career guidance to students, veterans and others seeking craft and technical careers in movies, television, music, and other entertainment arenas.
‘Avengers: Endgame’ and ‘Captain Marvel’ VFX Presentations Set for FMX 2019
‘Endgame’ screening, in cooperation with Trickfilm Festival, will cap four packed conference days starting April 30 in Stuttgart, Germany.
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Disney Heir Condemns Bob Iger’s ‘Insane’ Salary
Noted philanthropist and activist, Walt’s grandniece criticizes the Disney CEO’s compensation during talk at Fast Company Impact Council.
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Call for Entries: 2019 VIEW Awards Now Open for Submissions
Italy’s premier animation, VFX, games and immersive storytelling conference is now accepting submissions for its film competition, with a €2,000 first prize.
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Pixomondo Creates the ‘Purrfect’ Big Kitten in ‘A Dog’s Way Home’
Design company takes on 450 VFX shots that feature the hero digital cougar along with many other CG animals, in Sony’s family adventure.
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‘Star Wars: Force for Change’ Expands Global Philanthropic Initiative
Disney and Lucasfilm will provide a $1.5 million donation, in-kind and mentorship resources to help expand access to worldwide K-12 nonprofit FIRST programs.
Animated Women U.K.’s Achieve Program 2019 Open for Entries
In its third year, the ‘Helen North Achieve Programme’ continues to provide targeted career development support to women across the animation and VFX industries.
Rewriting the Visual Rule Book on 'Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse'
Using customized Nuke tools, Sony Pictures Imageworks created the film’s signature graphic look almost entirely in comp.
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LAIKA CEO Travis Knight to Direct ‘Six Billion Dollar Man’
Director, fresh off success of ‘Bumblebee,’ boards Warner Bros. adaptation of classic hit TV series.
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Unity 2019.1 Now Available for Download
New version boasts more than 300 improvements, including special optimization tools for mobile developers.
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LAIKA’s ‘Missing Link’ Disappoints in Opening Weekend
Studio’s fifth animated feature, a comedy adventure written and directed by ‘ParaNorman’ director Chris Butler, posts their worst theatrical opening ever.
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The Streaming Wars Heat Up as Disney Unveils Details for Disney+
Taking a direct shot at Netflix, The Walt Disney Company announces plans to release more than 25 original series and 10 original films, documentaries and specials in the first year of its rival streaming service.
Disney Unveils Title, Teaser & Images for the Final Installment of the ‘Star Wars’ Saga
Opening in U.S. theaters on December 20, ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ will include previously unused footage of Carrie Fisher as General Organa.
Ziva Dynamics Automates Anatomy Transfers in Ziva VFX 1.6
Rapidly create new 3D characters from the same Ziva rig; free lion and cheetah assets.
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Marvel Studios’ Victoria Alonso to Deliver Keynote Address at SIGGRAPH 2019
Registration now open for conference in Los Angeles running July 28 - August 1.
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WATCH: Disney Releases Official Trailer for ‘The Lion King’
Directed by Jon Favreau, Disney’s live-action remake of The Lion King opens in U.S. theaters on July 19.
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How MPC Animated the High-Flying Elephant for Tim Burton’s ‘Dumbo’
From defying gravity to expressing emotion in a believable way, reality was key for animation supervisor Catherine Mullan and the team of artists at MPC.
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Epic Games’ Unreal Engine Wins Technical Emmy
Powerful real-time 3D animation engine featured in more than 50 broadcast partner presentations at NAB 2019.
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Maxon Acquires Redshift Rendering Technologies
Developer of industry leading animation software Cinema 4D acquires powerful and flexible GPU-accelerated renderer.
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NVIDIA RTX Powering Game-Changing Workflows at NAB 2019
From real-time virtual production and mixed-reality broadcasts to delivering cinematic-quality visuals and faster than real-time 8K transcoding, NVIDIA GPUs are powering demos for more than 85 partners at the world’s biggest broadcast trade show.
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