Summer Blockbusters Get a Recap
Giving animation fans a reason to cheer, a record number of animated features landed in movie theaters this summer but many have performed below expectations.
Giving animation fans a reason to cheer, a record number of animated features landed in movie theaters this summer but many have performed below expectations.
Sony Pictures Imageworks releases a brand-new new featurette that takes a behind-the-scenes look at the character development for hybrid animation/live action feature, The Smurfs 2.
The art behind DreamWorks’ latest animated feature, Turbo, is featured in this new coffee-table book.
Nvizible provides 350 visual effects shots for Kick Ass 2, including CG set extensions, CG buildings and panoramic environments.
KingsIsle Entertainment taps Clockwork VFX to create the launch ads for online games Pirate101 and Wizard101.
Visual effects company Eden FX creates 26 minutes of original content currently on display at the newly opened Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Polish film director and cinematographer Patryk Kizny follows up on his 2010 hyper-real short film, The Chapel, with the in-progress Rebirth, created with the help of Thinkbox Software’s Krakatoa.
The long-time DisneyToon Studios production exec discusses the rigors and pressures of bringing Planes to the screen.
Brickyard VFX provides color correction and effects for the short film Gravity, which premieres August 18 at the HollyShorts Film Festival.
eyeon Software announces the eyeon for AVID bundle of the company’s visual effects for editing suite of products.
Four and a half years in the making, the long-time direct-to-DVD studio’s biggest feature finally lands in U.S. theatres.
Anchor Bay Entertainment brings Nick Jr.’s hit series Tickety Toc to disc for the first time in the new DVD Chime Time Adventures, available September 10.
Wolf & Crew present a day-in-the-life of Dave as he escapes a Plants vs. Zombies skirmish in the new trailer for Plants vs. Zombies Part 2: It’s About Time!
House of Moves boosts the processing and efficiency of its mocap pipeline with the help of Vicon’s Blade motion capture software.
DreamWorks Animation sets Benedict Cumberbatch and John Malkovich to voice new characters in its spin-off, The Penguins of Madagascar.
Sony Pictures Animation announces an all-new, never before seen mini-movie directed by Stephan Franck that combines cutting-edge computer generated imagery and traditionally hand drawn animation.
Factory VFX completes visual effects work for the upcoming 20th Century Fox feature, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters.
VFX Supervisor Richard R. Hoover discusses our favorite little blue friends, plus a CG cat, warm-gray Naughties and a tight Paris location shoot.
Spin VFX provides over 1,000 visual effects shots across three seasons of Showtime series The Borgias.