GIVEAWAY: ‘Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch’ Arrives on Blu-ray February 5
Illumination and Universal Pictures’ heartwarming holiday tale, with bonus Minions and Max mini-movies, available now on digital download and via the digital movie app Movies Anywhere.
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Nominations Announced for 91st Academy Awards
Brad Bird’s ‘Incredibles 2,’ We Anderson’s ‘Isle of Dogs,’ Mamoru Hosoda’s ‘Mirai, Disney’s ‘Ralph Breaks the Internet,’ and Sony’s ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ receive nominations for Best Animated Feature.
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ANIMA 2019 Unveils New VR Competition
Festival programmers announce eight projects selected for their first animated virtual reality film competition, being held in Brussels March 1-10.
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Go Behind the Scenes of ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ at SPARK FX 2019
Special Friday night program featuring Sony Pictures Animation’s hit animated superhero adventure highlights annual visual and digital effects conference and career fair coming February 8-10 in Vancouver.
PGA Crowns ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ Producers
Sony Pictures Animation’s hit superhero movie continues to rack up accolades as Avi Arad, Phil Lord & Christopher Miller, Amy Pascal and Christina Steinberg are honored for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures at the 2019 PGA Awards.
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MPSE Announces Nominees for 66th Golden Reel Awards
Animation and games featured in seven outstanding achievement in sound editing categories, while VFX-driven film and TV take spots in eight others.
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‘Coco,’ Toy Story 3’ Director Lee Unkrich Leaving Pixar
Oscar-winning director exits company after 25 years, ‘not leaving to make films at another studio.’
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ILM’s Rob Bredow to Present ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ at FMX 2019
Studio’s head and executive creative director will share inner workings of their visual and physical effects work on Disney's BAFTA and VES-nominated sci-fi adventure.
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Autodesk Maya 2019 is Here
Featuring new tools and performance enhancements for faster animation, improved working environments, higher quality previews and improved pipeline integration.
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Directing Duo Launches Bullpen Design and Animation Studio
Elliot Lim and Aaron Kemnitzer join forces in new bi-coastal partnership, providing their clients flexible, hands-on creative services.
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Visual Effects Society Names Chris Meledandri Recipient of VES Lifetime Achievement Award
Oscar-nominated producer and Illumination CEO to be awarded at 17th Annual VES Awards on February 5.
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Framestore Delivers Dazzling VFX in Robert Zemeckis’ ‘Welcome to Marwen’
Creative studio’s advanced motion-capture technology and new pipeline for integrating live-action with CG dolls help director visualize true story of photographer Mark Hogancamp’s recovery from a vicious hate crime.
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CLIPS: There’s Glitter Galore in New Season of DreamWorks Television’s ‘Trolls: The Beat Goes On!’
Season 5 of ‘DreamWorks Trolls: The Beat Goes On!’ launches exclusively on Netflix on January 18.
Automated Anime and VR at SIGGRAPH Asia 2018
Exhibition hall highlights included algorithms driving increased 2D character animation production speed and more immersive virtual reality experiences.
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‘Avengers: Infinity War,’ ‘Incredibles 2’ and ‘Lost in Space’ Top VES Noms
Winners in 24 categories will be announced February 5 at 17th annual gala awards ceremony.
‘Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki’ Arrives on Blu-Ray April 30
Shout! Factory and GKIDS documentary about Studio Ghibli’s Academy Award-winning director of Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke and My Neighbor Totoro getting DVD and digital release.
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China’s Alibaba to Partner with STX Entertainment on UglyDolls Franchise
New deal includes previously announced ‘UglyDolls’ animated feature film directed by Kelly Asbury along with an animated TV series, digital and print publishing, mobile and educational games, soundtrack and music, and merchandising and licensing programs.
VIDEO: Pollen Creates Cinematic Score for Oscar-Shortlisted ‘Age of Sail’
Pollen Music Group’s Scot Stafford employs a modern, minimalist approach to creating the score for director John Kahrs’ sweeping new short film and VR experience for Google Spotlight Stories, ‘Age of Sail.’
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Recipe for Success: How Three Directors Cooked Up Phil Lord’s Vision for ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’
It took the combined efforts of directors Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey and Rodney Rothman to channel Phil Lord’s ground-breaking animated comic book vision into a film that captures audiences’ hearts and imaginations.
Pixar Debuts Experimental Storytelling Initiative, ‘SparkShorts’
First three animated short films -- ‘Purl,’ ‘Smash and Grab,’ & ‘Kitbull’ -- to be presented for exclusive one-week run at the El Capitan Theater alongside ‘The Little Mermaid’ starting January 18, followed by release on YouTube and Disney+ later in 2019.
Visual Effects Society New York Hosts 5th Annual Awards Celebration
Digital pioneer Bob Greenberg to receive Empire Award; VFX innovators Jonah Friedman and Andy Jones to receive Empire Tech Award.
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24th Encounters Festival: September 25-30, 2018 – Bristol, England
Being both a live action and an animated short film festival, the Encounters Festival schedule was packed with film programs of every description.
God and Alien Invaders Collide in ‘The Laws of the Universe-Part I’
Isamu Imakake’s sci-fi anime sequel to ‘The Laws of the Universe-Part 0’ reverses history in a tale of an ancient Earth civilization and its battle with space reptiles.
Margie Cohn Appointed President, DreamWorks Animation
Chris deFaria to depart DWA following the global release of ‘How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World’; Illumination founder and CEO Chris Meledandri to continue to act as senior advisor.
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Nominations Announced for 2019 BAFTA Awards
‘Incredibles 2,’ ‘Isle of Dogs’ and ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ receive nominations in the Animated Film category; ‘Avengers: Infinity War,’ ‘Black Panther,’ ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald,’ ‘First Man,’ and ‘Ready Player One’ nominated for Special Visual Effects.
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