Category: 3D

Transmedia In Action Headline News

Wonderstorm Launches ‘The Dragon Prince: Xadia’ RPG

Creative team and voice talent celebrated the game launch and Emmy-Award winning ‘The Dragon Prince’ Season 6 premiere at SDCC 2024.

Technology Headline News

AOUSD Releases OpenUSD v24.08

The Alliance for OpenUSD also announced that DigitalFish, Hunan Mango Innocreative Technology, Microsoft Corp., Shutterstock, Sony Group, and Sunvega Information Technology have joined the organization.

Mom and Dad Really Need Handling Headline News

Netflix Drops ‘Spellbound’ Teaser Trailer

Rachel Zegler stars in Vicky Jenson and Skydance Animation’s upcoming original fairy tale take on a modern story, except the King and Queen are massive, rampaging monsters, streaming November 22. 

The Bros are Back Headline News

Robert Downey Jr. to Star as Doctor Doom in ‘Avengers: Doomsday’

Marvel Studios’ Hall H showcase panel at Comic-Con 2024 also revealed ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ and ‘Avengers: Endgame’ helmers Anthony and Joe Russo will return to direct ‘Avengers: Doomsday,’ out May 2026, and ‘Avengers: Secret Wars,’ out May 2027.

From Game to Screen Headline News

Heroic Signatures Begins ‘Mutant: Year Zero’ Feature Production

The company taps UE5 technology for its first animated film, which is based on its popular video game ‘Mutant: Year Zero Road to Eden;’ the story follows an unlikely team of animal mutants as they navigate a post-apocalyptic wasteland in search of answers.

Life Will Find a Way! Headline News

DreamWorks Animation Teases ‘Jurassic World: Chaos Theory’ Season 2

Netflix drops a trailer for the 3DCG animated series, set 6 years after the events at Camp Cretaceous; in the wake of tragedy, ‘The Nublar Six’ must unravel a conspiracy that threatens dinosaur and humankind alike.

A Meeting of Giants Headline News

Jensen Huang, Mark Zuckerberg to Speak on the Future of AI, Virtual Worlds at SIGGRAPH 2024

The NVIDIA and Meta founders will discuss the future of artificial intelligence, generative AI, simulations, and the pivotal role of research at SIGGRAPH on July 29 at 4 pm MDT

Food-on-Food Sex Returns Headline News

‘Sausage Party: Foodtopia’ Renewed for Second Season at Prime Video

EPs Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg announced the second season pickup during today’s “Adapting Fan Favorites: A Conversation with Prime Video’s Adult Animation Creators” panel at San Diego Comic-Con.

Technology Headline News

Academy Software Foundation Announces ‘OpenFX v1.5’ Release

Coming later this summer, the significant update boasts a suite of new features and promises to streamline workflows and boost creativity for VFX artists and developers.

From Memes to Movies Headline News

Michael Bay, Adam Goodman Team for Potential ‘Skibidi Toilet’ Film, TV Adaptations

The duo is currently considering developing a franchise surrounding the cultural sensation, and ‘are absolutely in talks right now, both on the television side and the earliest conversations right now on the film side.’

Blast Off! Headline News

Paramount Drops ‘Transformers One’ Trailer #2

Every Transformer has an origin... including Badassatron! Otherwise known as B. And for Optimus Prime and Megatron... who were once the closest of friends; the newest entry in the ‘Transformers’ franchise hits theaters September 20.

Animated Music Videos Headline News

BLINKINK Crafts Coldplay ‘feelslikeimfallinginlove’ Lyric Video

Led by Raman Djafari, 15 artists bring visual life to the group’s new single, blending unique styles seamlessly to tell the story of two souls who repeatedly find each other in many different forms.

A Bond Like No Other Headline News

DreamWorks Animation Drops ‘The Wild Robot’ Featurette

Go behind the scenes with Oscar-nominated writer/director Chris Sanders, production designer Raymond Zibach, and many other artists, along with stars Lupita Nyong’o, Pedro Pascal, and Catherine O’Hara, to see how storyboards, sketches, concept art, models, layout and animation came together to tell the story of a domestic robot shipwrecked on an uninhabited island who becomes the adoptive parent of an orphaned gosling while protecting the animals 'she' encounters; coming to theaters September 27.

A Universe in Conflict Headline News

Corvus Belli Drops ‘Infinity: Paradise Lost’ Trailer

New animated series, based on the popular tabletop game, is set 200 years in the future in a universe where humanity has abandoned Earth, colonized star systems and achieved a tenuous unity, but conflicts still exist; fans get 1st look at Comic-Con panel July 27.

What Me Worry? Headline News

Pixar’s ‘Inside Out 2’ Now the Highest Grossing Animated Film in History

Now standing at a global cume of just over $1.46 billion, Kelsey Mann’s sequel to Pete Docter’s Oscar-winning 2015 ‘Inside Out’ takes us back inside the mind of newly minted teenager Riley as a new set of emotions, led by Anxiety, arrive to take over operations.

Competitive Festivals Headline News

‘Zima,’ ‘Our Uniform’ Lead Winners at Anibar 2024

15th festival edition wraps up with announcement of films awarded in 6 categories; shorts by Tomek Popakul and Kasumi Ozeki, and Yegane Moghaddam among 11 honored in the competition.

Madness of Two Headline News

Warner Bros. Drops ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ Official Trailer #2

By Dan Sarto | Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 3:45pm

2 years ago, he hit Gotham like a hurricane... and now he's back to 'give the people what they want!' The gritty ’80s jukebox musical about the deadly, romantic relationship between Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker and Lady Gaga’s Harley Quinn, dances into theaters October 4.

People Headline News

RADiCAL Adds Habib Zargarpour, Joe Marks and Dane Allen Smith to Advisory Board

The three industry leaders bring decades of shared experience to the AI mocap and real-time 3D creation tools developer as it ramps up its product expansion.

Ghost with the Most Headline News

The Juice is Loose Again in ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ Official Trailer #2

By Dan Sarto | Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 9:31am

Are Lydia Deetz and her rather difficult daughter, Delia, shrunken heading to disaster? Care to ask Bob? Tim Burton and Michael Keaton team up once more in the highly-awaited ‘Beetlejuice’ sequel that finds 3 generations of the Deetz family unexpectedly reunited with the mischievous demon and his particular type of mayhem, hitting theaters September 6.

Enter Your Work Headline News

Call for Entries: Annie Awards 2025

Submissions will be accepted for animated productions that were released in the United States between January 1, 2024, and December 31, 2024; entries now being accepted through October 30, 2024.

Capturing The Falling Guy VFXWorld

Expert VFX Play a Supporting Role on ‘The Fall Guy’

Visual Effects Supervisor Matt Sloan, handling as much in-camera as possible so digital effects didn’t overshadow the tremendous stunt work, helped deliver 1,400 VFX shots working with Framestore, Cinesite, Rising Sun Pictures and Crafty Apes, as well as extensive postvis by OPSIS, on David Leitch’s behind-the-scenes ode to stuntmen, starring Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt.

Samurai Jack Samurai Jack Headline News

Samurai Jack, Beetlejuice to Headline ‘MultiVersus’ Season 2

From the Cartoon Network and Adult Swim animated series of the same name, the katana wielding warrior joins the new game season launch on July 23. The troublesome ghost Beetlejuice (a.k.a. Betelgeuse) will arrive in time for the ‘Beetlejuice Beeltjuice’ release in September.

They Will Be Remembered Headline News

‘Halo’ Cancelled After Two Seasons

The fight against the Covenant ends for now; both seasons of the live-action series, which follows Pablo Schreiber’s Master Chief as he leads his team of elite Spartans against the alien threat, stream now on Paramount+.

The Road to Turin Events

VIEW Conference 2024

Begins: October 14, 2024

Italy’s premiere animation and visual effects event runs in-person October 14-19 in Torino, Italy with a focus on Computer Graphics, Interactive Techniques, Digital Cinema, 2D/3D Animation, VR and AR, Gaming and VFX.

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