Category: Visual Effects

Press Release from Big Stage Entertainment, Inc. and Virtual Space Entertainment

Red Giant Media is teaming with sci-fi writer Ben Bova's B-Four Productions to work on the writer's THE IMMORTALITY FACTOR for the big screen, per VARIETY.

Kevin Fox will pen the screenplay with Fox, Isen Robbins and Aimee Schoof producing for Red Giant and Grant Turck producing for B-Four.

The story is about two brothers, one a scientist, the other a medical doctor who are divided in their views of stem-cell research but who need to work together to save the life of a woman they both love.

Press Release from Nuke

London, June 9th, 2009 -- Leading visual effects software developer, The Foundry (www.thefoundry.co.uk), today announced that Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), Lucasfilm Ltd's multiple Academy Award-winning visual effects studio, has purchased a site licence of Nuke to complement its in-house pipeline.

Press Release from Autodesk, Inc.

San Rafael, June 9, 2009 - Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) has announced that its new Autodesk Flare visual effects software -- launched just one month ago -- has been licensed by five post-production companies across three continents. Flare is a creative companion to Autodesk Flame and Autodesk Inferno visual effects and compositing software.

Press Release from e-on software

June 09, 2009. Beaverton, Oregon: e-on software, maker of the leading solutions for natural 3D environments, today announced the immediate availability of the Personal Learning Editions (PLE) of its solutions for professionals, Vue 7.5 xStream, Vue 7.5 Infinite and Ozone 4.0.

Vue 7.5 Personal Learning Edition

Press Release from The Television Critics Association

June 3, 2009 Los Angeles, CA -- The Television Critics Association today unveiled its 2009 TCA Award nominations.

NBC leads the list with 11 nominations including comedies "30 Rock," "The Office" and "Saturday Night Live," which garnered 7 nominations total. "Friday Night Lights," which initially aired on DirecTV, got a nomination along with long-time series "ER." NBC also received a nomination for its coverage of the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Press Release from Troika Design Group

HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-- (June 8, 2009) -- Troika Design Group, a strategic branding and design agency for global entertainment and media companies, has been tapped by NBC Universal's Telemundo to give the Spanish-language TV network a sophisticated new identity. The new look can be viewed at: http://www.troika.tv/work/5.134.

Press Release from Activision, Inc

Activision, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATVI) is recruiting gamers to join the battle for world domination in the Battle for the AllSpark V2 web game, available to play now at www.TransformersGame.com, the official web site of the Transformers(TM): Revenge of the Fallen video game, developed under license from Hasbro, Inc. Fans that answer the call can join the AUTOBOTS(R) or DECEPTICONS(R) and compete in real time challenges online against other players worldwide for control of the AllSpark and the fate of the world.

Press Release from 7thSense

Copenhagen, Denmark, 2 June 2009 -- The forthcoming Euromax conference will see the launch of Intensity3D, a radical new concept in multi-dimensional video projection. Intensity3D combines the best in digital cinema and curved screen technology to provide new levels of image quality on a curved screen.