Category: Visual Effects

Press Release from The Foundry

London, UK, 3rd June, 2009: Leading visual effects software developer, The Foundry (www.thefoundry.co.uk), whose software products have been used to make many of the past year's biggest motion pictures, today announced a management buyout for an undisclosed sum led by Advent Venture Partners.

Advent has backed The Foundry's management team, led by CEO Dr Bill Collis and the original founders, in a transaction that sees the sale of the shareholdings of previous investors, Wyndcrest Holdings.

Press Release from THQ Inc.

E3 Expo 2009AGOURA HILLS, Calif. -- THQ Inc. (NASDAQ:THQI) today announced its Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) 2009 line-up featuring games for both core and casual gamers across all across all major platforms to be displayed in booth #5300, in the West Hall of the Los Angeles Convention Center June 2-4.

Takashi Shimizu has started filming THE SHOCK LABYRINTH, Japan's first digital 3-D film, per VARIETY.

Shimizu directed the Japanese THE GRUDGE series and the two American remakes. LABYRINTH will be distributed by Asmik Ace Ent. in Japan in October 2009.

The story is based on a popular scare house attraction at the Fuji-Q High Land amusement park near Mt. Fuji and is about a group of teens who take a friend to an old hospital that turns out to be a horrific labyrinth. The film will be shot at the actual attraction.

Press Release from I.E. Effects

Culver City, CA: June 3, 2009 -- Director Sam Raimi and visual effects supervisor Bruce Jones recently turned to Culver City-based I.E. Effects to deliver key visual effects sequences for DRAG ME TO HELL. The horror film, which opened May 29, tells the story of a woman who is subject to a supernatural curse and features stunning visual effects sequences.

Press Release from Guerilla FX

Press Release from Dassault Systmes and EuropaCorp

(June 02, 2009) PARIS -- Dassault Systmes (Paris:DSY) (NASDAQ:DASTY), a French software editor and world leader in 3D solutions, and EuropaCorp, a French international film studio, today announced that they will join forces around a strategic innovation partnership to bring the power of industrial and experiential 3D to the domains of cinema and marketing.

Press Release from Cooliris

PALO ALTO, Calif., June 2 -- Today, Cooliris announced that NVIDIA is using the Cooliris Wall to demonstrate its revolutionary 3D Vision experience at Computex 2009, one of the largest technology fairs in the world. NVIDIA 3D Vision(R) is the world's first high-definition 3D stereo solution for home entertainment. Merging the two technologies, the Cooliris Wall was unveiled in true 3D for the first time, making it possible for users to enjoy their favorite media on a real three-dimensional wall.

Press Release from Starz Digital Media and Sony Computer Entertainment America

Press Release from Ubisoft

LOS ANGELES -- JUNE 1, 2009 -- Today at the Electronics and Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles Ubisoft revealed new product details for JAMES CAMERON'S AVATAR: THE GAME. Making a surprise appearance during Ubisoft's Press Conference earlier in the day, James Cameron introduced the first details for AVATAR: THE GAME along with Yannis Mallat, President of Ubisoft Montreal.

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY reports that Robert Luketic is working with Dino De Laurentiis to develop a BARBARELLA remake.

Robert Rodriguez had been attached at one point with Universal, which wanted to shoot in Germany while Rodriguez reportedly wanted to stay in Austin, Texas to be close to his family. De Laurentiis is looking to move the film to a different studio and " It will be a big intergalactic adventure with a sexy twist," according to a source close to the project.

Press Release from Hyperfocal Design

Australia, SA, May 27th - Digital Art developer Hyperfocal Design offers its most ambitious product yet with its new "Very High Dynamic Range Skies" collection. The sky panoramas in VHDRI Skies weigh in at a huge 14,000 x 7,000 pixels with super high dynamic range - up to 17 stops. VHDRIs is the first product in what Hyperfocal plans to be its "V Series" of products, which will feature high resolution, super high dynamic range, and industry leading image quality.