Pixologic Inc., makers of the award-winning 3D sculpting, texturing and painting application ZBrush, released a preview video showcasing two new powerful features of the soon to be released ZBrush 4.
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CULVER CITY, Calif., June 15 -- In IGN's District 9 VIP Access Sweepstakes, two moviegoers can win a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to interview Oscar(R)-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson, as well as DISTRICT 9's director, Neill Blomkamp, and star, Sharlto Copley. The grand prize winners will get the unique chance to learn exclusive details about the highly-anticipated science-fiction thriller DISTRICT 9 during a two-day trip to San Diego, California as they cover Comic-Con for IGN.com.
Marlborough MA -- June 16, 2009 -- Boris FX, the leading developer of integrated effects technology for video and film, announced that the Boris Continuum Chroma Key Unit now includes a Chroma Key Studio filter for real-time previews and rendering in Apple Final Cut Pro, Motion, and Final Cut Express.
NEW YORK, June 16 -- Atari, one of the world's most recognized video game publishers, today announced that the highly anticipated, summer blockbuster title, GHOSTBUSTERS(R): THE VIDEO GAME is now available at retailers across North America.
DRAPER, Utah - June 16, 2009 - Providing artists with greater opportunity for advanced 3D content creation, DAZ 3D today announced a new free version of its celebrated 3D art and animation package, DAZ Studio 3, as well as the debut of its enhanced, professional-quality toolset, DAZ Studio 3 Advanced, ideal for 3D animators, designers and illustrators.
Disneynature has acquired the North American and Mexican distribution rights to the exciting new underwater film "OceanWorld 3D," the first feature-length nature documentary ever filmed and released in 3D, it was announced today by Jean-Francois Camilleri, executive vice president and general manager for Disneynature, and Francois Mantello, chairman of 3D Entertainment.
Troika Design Group announced that Stan Lim has joined the strategic branding and design agency as art director, where he'll play an important role guiding creative on projects within Troika's collaborative environment. Lim comes to Troika from Imaginary Forces, where he developed a reputation for artistic rigor, strategic thinking and a fresh design approach -- qualities that will soon be put to use on upcoming work for Troika clients such as ABC and Fox.
The3dStudio.com, Inc. has added 2D and 3D software products to its extensive resource library. In addition the selection of plugins has been updated and expanded.
The3dStudio.com currently offers over 260,000 free and priced resources including 3D models, textures, tutorials, plugins, gallery art, stock images, and software. Expert custom work and free file conversion are available.
IESB.net discovered a BusinessWire.com story that seems to confirm that ANGELS & DEMONS helmer Ron Howard is on board to direct the bigscreen adaptation of Hasbro's STRETCH ARMSTRONG toy.
Two years after being killed, Marvel Comics will bring back to life Captain America, according to the NEW YORK DAILY NEWS (via IESB.net).
"The original Captain America is finally coming back," Marvel Comics editor in chief Joe Quesada said. "We've been patiently planning for this moment for 21/2 years."
WANTED director Timur Bekmabetov talked to Russian news website RIA NOVOSTI recently, and the helmer said they are making preparations for a sequel, and that they've found a way to bring back Angelina Jolie's character back to life (via ComingSoon.net).
"In July we will start preparation for the film. I think in the late autumn or winter shooting will be performed. The shooting will take place in America, India and Russia," Bekmabetov said.
Cinesite created all of the visual effects, and oversaw the Visual Effects Supervision for Liberty Films' sci-fi thriller MOON. Their work involved the creation of over 270 visual effects shots, including the photorealistic CG Gerty robot (one of the film's principal characters), stunning panoramic digital lunarscape matte paintings showing the space environment, and extensive multi-element compositing.
Hollywood, CA (June 11, 2009) - Award-winning VFX studio Frantic Films VFX, a division of Prime Focus Group, has contributed a number of visual effects shots -- including one of the film's key naval battle scenes-for the John Woo-directed epic, "Red Cliff." The most expensive Chinese-language picture ever made, "Red Cliff" is a co-production of China Film Group, South Korea's Showbox Entertainment, Taiwan's CMC Entertainment group and Japan's Avex Entertainment, and hits Asian and European theaters in Jan. 2009.
June 15, 2009. Beaverton, Oregon: e-on software, maker of the leading solutions for natural 3D environments, in association with Maxon, Pixologic, 3D Total, 3Dconnexion, Cornucopia3D and 3D World Magazine, today announced the fourth edition of the "Vue 3D Environment Competition", designed to showcase the capabilities of 3D technology for CG environments.
(Chicago, IL) -- Design and Computation is brought to the forefront in the SIGGRAPH 2009 Curated Art Gallery -- Generative Fabrication -- an exploration of non-linear and natural processes in design and digital fabrication.
WILLIAMSTOWN, MA, June 12 -- Designer/Director Jeff Kleiser will be honored with the "Special Award for a Distinguished Professional Career in Animation/VFX" at the Mundo Digitales Festival in A Caruna, Spain this summer (www.mundodigitales.org). Kleiser will join past recipients Paul Debevec, Chris Landreth, Mike Milne and others.
On BBC Radio 5, Guillermo del Toro announced that Hugo Weaving, Andy Serkis and Ian McKellen will all reprise their roles from THE LORD OF THE RINGS in his two-part HOBBIT screen adaptation. Weaving played Elrond the elf leader, Serkis played Gollum and McKellen received an Oscar nomination for his performance as wizard Gandalf. The two films are set to be released December 2011 and December 2012.
Chud.com broke the news that FRIDAY THE 13TH director Marcus Nispel has signed on to direct CONAN THE BARBARIAN, replacing Brett Ratner who had to step down due to scheduling conflicts. Millenium and Lionsgate still hope to get the production rolling soon, but a summer start looks tough with no star signed yet. Joe Gatta is producing the relaunch of the franchise.
Bloody-Disgusting.com reports that THE DESCENT's Neil Marshall is in negotiations with 20th Century Fox to direct the PREDATOR prequel, PREDATORS. Robert Rodriguez is producing the franchise reboot via his Trouble Maker Studios. Fox wants to have the film in theaters on July 9, 2010.
mental images, a global leader in rendering software and visualization tools for animators, visual effects artists and other professionals, announced that Parametric Technologies Corporation (PTC) has selected mental images’ mental ray 3.7+ to bring the highest quality photorealistic rendering features and performance to its integrated 3D CAD/CAM/CAE solution, Pro/ENGINEER. With the inclusion of mental ray 3.7+ in the Pro/ENGINEER Advanced Rendering Extension (ARX), Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 5.0 users can seamlessly utilize its high-end rendering capabilities for product design and development.
Producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli of EON Productions Ltd and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures have today announced that Peter Morgan (FROST/NIXON, THE QUEEN), Neal Purvis and Robert Wade (QUANTUM OF SOLACE, CASINO ROYALE) will be the screenwriters of the 23rd James Bond adventure.
Chrissie England will transition out of her role as president of Industrial Light & Magic, with Lynwen Brennan, exec in charge of production, tapped as her successor. Beginning Feb. 1, 2010, Brennan will become president and GM of ILM, which is enjoying a busy summer with STAR TREK, TERMINATOR SALVATION, TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN and HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE.
