Warner Bros. Dates Two New Animated Movies
Two as-yet untitled films are set for the Memorial Day holiday on May 25, 2018, and on May 24, 2019.
Plympton’s ‘Cheatin’ Arrives in L.A. August 15
Oscar-winning animator Bill Plympton to attend the Los Angeles premiere of his new feature, Cheatin', on Friday, August 15, at the Downtown Independent Cinema.
Fabric Software Introduces New Pricing Model
Company behind development framework Fabric Engine announces multi-year, multi-site deals with Double Negative, Psyop and Blur Studio.
Chaos Group’s V-Ray Comes to The Foundry’s Modo, Nuke & Katana
Development collaboration brings popular VFX, broadcast and design renderer to industry-standard apps.
FremantleMedia Announces New Senior Appointments
Three new appointments complete the restructure of the Consumer Products business announced earlier this year and bolsters the division’s brand management team.
U.S. Trailer Released for ‘Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart’
Shout! Factory debutes the U.S. trailer for ‘Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart,’ arriving in select theaters in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Scottsdale, Denver, Atlanta, Detroit, Miami, Houston, Orlando and Tampa beginning September 24, 2014.
Thinkbox Software Previews Deadline 7
Thinkbox Software previews Deadline 7 at SIGGRAPH 2014 with built-in Virtual Machine Extension for comprehensive cloud support.
ftrack announces version 3.0
PES Unboxes Nikon D810 Animator’s Kit
PES, the creator of the 2012 Oscar-nominated stop motion short film, ‘Fresh Guacamole,’ unboxes the first Nikon D810 Animator’s Kit.
Mercenaries Engineering to Unveil New Guerilla Render at SIGGRAPH 2014
Mercenaries Engineering brings a new version of professional rendering, look development and lighting solution Guerilla Render to SIGGRPH 2014.
Mixamo Fuse Adds Support for Kinect for Windows v2
New Fuse-Kinect for Windows v2 workflow allows users to get 3D models into Mixamo’s character creator software, Fuse.
Reel FX Grows Commercial & Interactive Sales Team
Summer Whitley, Will Andeer and Tina Ghezzi join the Dallas, TX-based digital studio currently at work on 20th Century Fox's animated feature 'The Book of Life.'
DreamWorks Animation Helps Boost Pixar’s OpenSubdiv
DreamWorks Animation details architectural and performance improvements to Pixar Animation Studio’s OpenSubdiv project, significantly accelerating both general CPU processing and GPU pre-processing.
Fox Releases New Trailer for ‘Book of Life’
Twentieth Century Fox releases the second trailer for director Jorge R. Gutierrez and producer Guillermo del Toro’s animated feature, ‘The Book of Life.’
Pixar Set to Showcase RenderMan at SIGGRAPH 2014
Studio plans demonstrations and insights into Pixar’s next-generation RIS rendering architecture, scheduled for release in the fall of 2014.
Kabillion Partners with VHX
Free on-demand kids TV network partners with VHX to offer new digital storefront website where kids can own episodes of their favorite Kabillion titles.
DreamWorks Animation Contributes Lossy Compression to OpenEXR 2.2
In advance of SIGGRAPH 2014, DreamWorks Animation details the studio’s contribution of its patented, production-quality Lossy Compression Codec to the OpenEXR standard developed by ILM.
PipelineFX Releases Qube! 6.6
Render farm management software increases efficiency, maximizes throughput and promotes easy integration with key pipeline components; See Qube! 6.6 at SIGGRAPH 2014.
Seven NFB Films to Screen at TIFF 2014
The National Film Board of Canada presents a diverse lineup of stellar titles at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival, including Oscar winner Torill Kove’s latest short film, ‘Me and My Moulton.’
DreamWorks Animation Unveils New Trailer for ‘Penguins of Madagascar’
Twentieth Century Fox and DreamWorks Animation release a new trailer for ‘The Penguins of Madagascar.’
Toon Boom Appoints Lindsay Watson U.K. Representative
Disney Reports Record Earnings
Operating income at the media conglomerate's film studio more than doubles to $411 million as ‘Frozen’ outperforms internationally and in home entertainment.
‘Frozen’ Director Jennifer Lee to Adapt ‘Wrinkle in Time’ for Disney
The writer and co-director of Disney’s ‘Frozen’ is set to tackle the adaptation of Madeleine L’Engle’s beloved book, ‘A Wrinkle in Time.’
Golden Globes Revise Animation Category Rules
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association rewrites the rules to better define what makes a movie qualify as “animated,” and to allow foreign-language movies into the animation category.