Warner Bros. Taps Nolan For Latest Superman Reboot
Director Christopher Nolan (THE DARK KNIGHT, BATMAN BEGINS) has been hired by Warner Bros. to consult on the best way forward for the franchise, DEADLINE.COM reports.
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Poindexter, Magallanes Upped at Nickelodeon
VARIETY reports that Nickelodeon promoted two executives in its animation programming division.
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HIT Entertainment Greenlights Two New Projects
In a move to focus on the organic growth of new properties, HIT Entertainment, a leading provider of quality children’s entertainment, has bolstered its Global Development team with the naming of four experts to a newly created Global Advisory Committee.
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Luxology Unveils New Studio Lighting and Illumination Kit
Luxology, an independent technology company developing next-generation 3D content creation software, is today introducing a new Studio Lighting & Illumination Kit.
Trace Pictures Scoops Pixies
Trace Pictures wins big at The Pixie Awards this year. The Pixies is the annual festival honoring outstanding creativity in motion graphics, visual effects and animation.
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Hawaii Film Partners and Toonzone Studios Prep Series for KidScreen Summit 2010
Hawaii Film Partners and Toonzone Studios will bring three animated television series to KidScreen Summit 2010 -- GUARDIANS OF THE POWER MASKS (trailer), ACTION DAD (pilot episode), and APE ESCAPE (38 episodes).
ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics Quarterly Spotlights StudioGPU
StudioGPU announced today the ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics Quarterly, the official publication of the ACM SIGGRAPH organization, has published an industry white paper in the February 2010 issue focusing on StudioGPU MachStudio Pro software.
Dear John Dethrones Avatar
DEAR JOHN has the enviable position of outshining AVATAR after James Cameron's film dominated for seven consecutive weeks.
Daredevil Reboot Underway at 20th Century Fox
Twentieth Century Fox is developing a reboot of Marvel Comics' DAREDEVIL with News Corp VP Peter Chernin producing and David Scarpa writing the script, DEADLINE.com.
PublicVFX Launches With Hyundai Super Bowl Campaign
PublicVFX, a recently formed commercial visual effects studio, has launched its new venture with the delivery of visual effects for Hyundai’s latest ad campaign.
Ntropic Contributes to New Documentary Mine
Digital effects company Ntropic is proud to have contributed post and effects services to the new documentary "MINE" now in select theaters nationwide and available via iTunes (www.itunes.com/movies/mine.)
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Nick Tesi leaves Eyetronics to launch The Nicholas Group
Nick Tesi a veteran of the 3D graphics and Visual Effects business through 3D Scanning and Motion Capture has recently left Eyetronics (Sept 1st 09) after 9 1/2 years to start and build his own company ‘The Nicholas Group”.
Sony Wants The Terminator
Sony has put in a bid to the Halcyon Group for the TERMINATOR franchise, reports VARIETY.
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A Stampede Of Sales For New Babar Series
Corus Entertainment's Nelvana Enterprises is pleased to announce that it has found a home with a number of the world's leading broadcasters for the new 3-D animated television series Babar And The Adventures Of Badou.
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Technicolor Takes Over Paprikaas
Technicolor has confirmed that it has bought out the minority shareholders of Paprikaas and now owns the Bangalore-based animation studio entirely.
Scott Free Hires New Execs
Scott Free Prods., Ridley and Tony Scott's production house, have tapped the services of Jack Arbuthnott, former BBC Films' development exec, and Surian Fletcher-Jones, former BBC television drama script editor.
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Groups Agree to Ethics Charter in Monaco
Under the patronage of H.S.H. the Sovereign Prince Albert II, representatives from public bodies, educational groups, professional associations and private businesses signed a code of ethics governing the use of three-dimensional images and data.
Avatar Eclipses Titanic Domestic Box-Office Numbers
According to Twentieth Century Fox, James Cameron's AVATAR has passed his previously held domestic box-office record for TITANIC.
Avatar Sequel Being Pushed by News Corp.
News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch told analysts during a quarterly earnings call that he is in "very early talks" with director James Cameron to do an AVATAR sequel, according to THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER.
Warner Bros. Lines up 3-D Release Slate
Warner Bros. Pictures has confirmed a series of upcoming 3-D releases.
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Transformers 3 Could Get 3-D Play at Paramount
VARIETY is reporting that Michael Bay's next project, TRANSFORMERS 3, might be getting the 3-D treatment at Paramount with help from Industrial Light & Magic.
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Lakeshore Nabs Horror Project
Lakeshore has picked up a new film project and plans to begin shooting this summer, VARIETY reports.
Career Coach: Be Passionately Persistent
Pamela Kleibrink Thompson provides encouraging advice when job hunting.
Zombieland on Blu-ray and DVD, Planet Hulk on Blu-ray and DVD, Plus More
ZOMBIELAND on Blu-ray and DVD, PLANET HULK on Blu-ray and DVD, AMELIA on Blu-ray and DVD, DOCTOR WHO: THE COMPLETE SPECIALS on Blu-ray and DVD, DOCTOR WHO: THE WATERS OF MARS on Blu-ray and DVD, DOCTOR WHO: THE END OF TIME: PARTS ONE AND TWO on Blu-ray and DVD, HELLBOY ANIMATED: SWORD OF STORMS / BLOOD & IRON on DVD, THE WOLF MAN on DVD, WOLVERINE & THE X-MEN: FATE OF THE FUTURE on DVD, THE BOYS ARE BACK on Blu-ray and DVD.
Teen Wolf Remake at MTV Lands Director
Russel Mulcahy has been tapped to direct the pilot for MTV's TEEN WOLF, a remake of the 1985 movie, SHOCKTILLYOUDROP.COM reports.
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