Launching June 17, new season to include six new kids’ pilots including live-action show ‘Sigmund and the Sea Monsters’ and animated pilots ‘The Curious Kitty and Friends,’ ‘Jazz Duck,’ ‘Morris and the Cow,’ ‘Toasty Tales’ and ‘Little Big Awesome.’
Annie Award-nominated series created and executive-produced by Daron Nefcy debuts its second season Monday, July 11, with guest voices ‘Weird’ Al Yankovic, Mayim Bialik, Melissa Rauch, Zosia Mamet, Nick Lachey, Patrick Stump and Carl Weathers.
Pilot episode, ‘Little Big Awesome,’ for new series created by Tomi Dieguez and written by Ben Gruber debuts on Amazon Prime Video on June 17.
Disney unveils a new trailer and clips from Pixar Animation Studios’ ‘Finding Dory’ featuring Crush the sea turtle (voiced by director Andrew Stanton) and Hank the octopus
Global children’s entertainment company shifts into high gear with 14 new licensing agents for CG-animated preschool series spanning South America, the Middle East, Asia, Europe and beyond.
Former head of research & development for the Motion Group at Weta Digital will be responsible for overseeing the technology foundation of the company across its Los Angeles, Beijing, Nanjing, Shanghai and Chengdu offices.
MVN Studio update supports full mobile device functionality, bringing unprecedented freedom of movement to motion capture.
Dell and NVIDIA host technology and creative workflow panel at Sony Pictures Imageworks featuring VFX supervisor Danny Dimian and layout supervisor Steve Childers.
Former Carbon VFX creative director/lead flame artist brings two decades of experience working on high-profile commercial campaigns at notable shops including Chimney, Syndicate and Mirada Studios.
Bicoastal content-creation studio partners with Cisco on a series of cinemagraphs for the debut of the technology company’s newest international campaign, ‘There’s Never Been a Better Time.’
New trailer showcases the film’s main characters, including Reese Witherspoon as an overworked mother pig, Taron Egerton as a gangster gorilla trying to break free of the ‘hood, Seth McFarlane as a Sinatra-era mouse, Scarlett Johansson as a Punk Rock porcupine trying to make it on her own, and Tori Kelly as an enthusiastic but shy teenaged elephant.
New trailer showcases spectacular visuals created by VFX house Double Negative as well as the close looks at the film’s cast.
Singer-songwriter performs Irving Gordon’s 1951 song, ‘Unforgettable,’ for the ‘Finding Nemo’ sequel’s end credit sequence.
Nickelodeon picks up exclusive worldwide rights outside of Canada to 9 Story Media Group’s new CG action-adventure preschool series.
First R-rated CG-animated movie features the vocal talents of Seth Rogen, Kristen Wiig, Jonah Hill, Bill Hader, Michael Cera, James Franco, Danny McBride, Craig Robinson, Paul Rudd, Nick Kroll, David Krumholtz, Edward Norton and Salma Hayek.
Boutique visual effects and animation studio teams with production company Mercy Brothers and ad agency FCB West to bring a new two-spot Ghirardelli campaign to life.
New specials to include guest voice appearances from superstar race car drivers Danica Patrick, Jimmie Johnson, Chase Elliott and Kasey Kahne.
CBS unveils first-ever promotional video & logo for the highly-anticipated new ‘Star Trek’ television series.
Co-produced with China’s Youku Tudou, trailers for sci-fi series ‘Raven’ and animated immersive fairytale series ‘Storybox’ debut on YouTube, Facebook/Oculus Video, Jaunt, Littlstar, Vrideo and Samsung MilkVR platforms.
U.K.-based performance capture studio partners with Finnish video game developer Remedy Entertainment to create large-scale in-game stunt sequences and player moves for Microsoft Studios’ blockbuster video game release.
Assimilate’s SCRATCH VR end-to-end workflow and tools employed for two Makropol-produced Virtual Reality projects showcased as part of the VR Days program at the 2016 Festival de Cannes.
New apps for Virtual Reality content now available for Oculus, HTC Vive, Gear VR and Google Cardboard; WebVR support allows users to explore all Sketchfab models in VR.
Technical papers selected to participate at SIGGRAPH 2016 include an exploration of Shadow Theatre, Virtual Reality mapping techniques, sketch-based motion editing for articulated characters, and more.
Short film written and directed by Thierry Lorenzi features VFX from ‘Deadpool’ and ‘Pacific Rim’ effects house Rodeo FX.
Kids cable network doubles its preschool slate with Channel 5 co-production ‘Nella the Princess Knight,’ 9 Story co-production ‘Top Wing,’ Spin Master Entertainment’s ‘Abby Hatcher’ and Brown Bag Films’ ‘Butterbean’s Café,’ as well as new specials for ‘Blaze and the Monster Machines’ and ‘PAW Patrol.’
