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Chaos Group Headline News

Chaos Group’s V-Ray Wins Academy Award

Photorealistic production renderer used on more than 150 feature films since 2002, including recent hits like ‘Doctor Strange,’ ‘Deadpool,’ and ‘Captain America: Civil War,’ to be honored for advancing the use of fully ray-traced rendering in motion pictures.

Sony Pictures Animation Headline News

Sony Pictures Animation Details Upcoming Feature Slate

Julia Roberts, Oprah Winfrey, Tyler Perry and Patrick Stewart join studio’s voice roster; animated films from Phil Lord & Christopher Miller and Lin-Manuel Miranda on the horizon.

Chinese animation industry ANIMATIONWorld

Building A Home for Story, VFX and Technology in China

An ambitious new Beijing Film Academy initiative seeks to elevate Chinese content creation for the modern era.

Maxon Headline News

MAXON Cinema 4D Bolsters 3D Animation and VFX Workflows for Marvel’s ‘Doctor Strange’

Leading design studios Sarofsky, Perception and SPOV credit Maxon’s Cinema 4D for inspiring creation of main-on-end titles, previz for main assets, medical animations and a new Marvel Studios logo.

Production Blog Blogs

'The Making of a Dream' Episode 1: What Is This Blog About?

By Mark Simon | Monday, January 16, 2017 at 4:16pm

Mark Simon introduces his new production blog detailing the history and the production of his latest project, 'Dream Factory.'

Outpost VFX Headline News

Outpost VFX Delivers Ghostly Effects for ‘Under the Shadow’

Bournemouth, U.K.-based VFX studio provides 88 complex shots for director Babak Anvari’s BAFTA-nominated film set in in 1988 during the Iran-Iraq war, including cloth simulations, CG characters, digital doubles, and digital matte paintings.

Lucasfilm Headline News

Lucasfilm Won’t be Using a CG Carrie Fisher in Upcoming ‘Star Wars’ Films

Lucasfilm publishes a statement on the official Star Wars website dispelling rumors of a possible CG Princess Leia or General Leia Organa in future installments.

Laika Headline News

LAIKA’s ‘Kubo and the Two Strings’ Opens Today in China

Infotainment China Media, the country’s first private international film sales agency, launches LAIKA’s stop-motion- and CG-animated feature across the Middle Kingdom on more than 7,500 screens.

Home Entertainment Headline News

‘Moana’ Sails Home on Digital HD February 21 and Blu-ray March 7

Continue the journey of Walt Disney Animation Studios’ epic comedy-adventure with hours of fun-filled extras showcasing an all-new mini-movie, the charismatic cast, famed filmmakers, dynamic musical team, the beautiful people and cultures of the Pacific Islands, a deleted song, deleted scenes, and more.

Opinion ANIMATIONWorld

Cheer and Loathing in Animation: Episode VIII - Taciturn Caves

Every Friday Chris Robinson unleashes some freewheeling cheer or loathing on the animation community to be mused, countered, or disregarded. It’s your call.

Rising Sun Pictures Headline News

Rising Sun Pictures Nominated for VES Award for ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’

Nomination for Outstanding Composition in a Photoreal Feature comes for RSP’s work on the Quicksilver Extraction sequence in ‘X-Men: Apocalypse.’

Cinedigm Headline News

Watch ‘Bunyan & Babe’ for Free on Google Play!

Modern take on the American folk story of the legendary lumberjack and his pet blue ox featuring the voice talents of John Goodman, Kelsey Grammer, Jeff Foxworthy, Mark Hamill and Johnny Orlando arrives in theaters February 3.

Disney Headline News

Sing-Along Version of Disney’s ‘Moana’ Sails into Theaters January 27

All-new sing-along version of 'Moana' launching at Hollywood’s El Capitan Theatre on January 20, and in more than 2,000 theaters nationwide on January 27.

Awards VFXWorld

2017 Academy VFX Bake-Off: Finding the Five Motion Picture Nominees

By Dan Sarto | Tuesday, January 10, 2017 at 6:40pm

From fiery photorealistic oil rig disasters and fractal geometry-based inter-dimensional mind-bending psychic excursions, to a digitally recreated Carrie Fisher as young Princes Leia, this year’s crop of ten best visual effects productions presented at the Motion Picture Academy represent another reminder of the breadth, depth and range of creative artistry and talent within the industry.

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