In part one of my look at the simulation of an American pastime in MLB 2K11, we examined the broad strokes of creating a baseball simulation -- specifically the players and the stats. Now we turn our attention to the fine details that make the world come alive.
The Hollywood Reporter writes that 3-D TV network, 3net, will launch a kids block on Oct. 1.
Universal has put its adaptation of the Hasbro board game OUIJA into turnaround, reports Vulture.
Genson Entertainment, helmed by veteran producer Bob Larson ("Coal Miner's Daughter", "Continental Divide", "Gorky Park", "Play Misty For Me") announced today it has entered into a partnership with Identity Studios to begin production on Chennault, the maverick story of General Claire Lee Chennault's Flying Tigers in China during World War II.
Ben Affleck has attached himself to Warner Bros.' LINE OF SIGHT, reports HitFix.
Legendary East is lining up its first production, THE GREAT WALL, with Ed Zwick as director (THE LAST SAMURAI), reports Deadline.com.
Clifton Collins Jr. (STAR TREK) has swum onto Guillermo del Toro's PACIFIC RIM, reports Variety.
Students at Clemson University’s Sonoco Institute are getting hands-on packaging design experience with a multimillion-dollar, state of the art computer lab equipped with the industry’s most innovative tools, including Luxology’s modo and its Package Design and Construction Kit (PACK).
Tiny Island Productions, Singapore’s leading Stereoscopic 3D CG animation production company, today announced that they are working with renowned American director Victor Cook and Silas Hickey, Creative Director for Animation, Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific, Inc., on the production of both non-stereoscopic and stereoscopic-3D versions of Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens, a 66 minute television movie written by Marty Isenberg, slated for premiere in 2012 on Cartoon Network globally.
IMAX Corporation (NYSE:IMAX; TSX:IMX) and Paramount Pictures announced today that Transformers: Dark of the Moon, the third film in the blockbuster Transformers franchise, is returning to 246 IMAX domestic locations for an extended two-week run from Friday, Aug. 26 through Thursday, Sept. 8.
Introducing two notable academic and industry heavyweights as our Featured Speakers at the SIGGRAPH Asia 2011 conference in Hong Kong – Ken Perlin, Professor in the Department of Computer Science at New York University, and Bill Buxton, Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research - both of whom will share their expertise with the conference attendees.
Aniboom Virtual Studio (aniboom.com), the world’s first virtual animation studio, has released a new service – The Aniboom Animation Marketplace.
Djimon Hounsou has been cast as Abdiel, the angel of death, Legendary Pictures' PARADISE LOST, reports Variety.
Dusty, the small-town crop-duster from DisneyToon Studios' upcoming feature “Planes,” has found his voice: Emmy Award-winning actor Jon Cryer, lands the role of the daring dreamer who takes on the most notoriously grueling air race in history, and in the process gives a spellbound world the inspiration to soar. “Planes,” an all-new, CG-animated comedy action adventure, flies into homes on Blu-ray and DVD in Spring 2013.
Digieffects (www.digieffects.com) announced today it has entered the professional remote management marketplace with the launch of RenderMon.
Joe Bauer divulges the ghoulish VFX in this 3-D remake of a horror classic from the '80s.
At the D23 Expo, Disney•Pixar announced details of two untitled films.
A new Toy Story Toon will accompany THE MUPPETS into theaters, Disney•Pixar revealed at the D23 Expo.
Walt Disney announced plans for a TANGLED TV special at the D23 Expo.
For the weekend of Aug. 19-21, 2011, THE HELP claimed the top spot at the box office fending off three new vfx spectacles.
Noah Oppenheim, former TODAY SHOW producer turned screenwriter, has been tapped to pen MGM's remake of WAR GAMES, reports Deadline.com. Seth Gordon
DreamWorks has picked up the film rights to Karen Marie Moning's five-book DARKFEVER fantasy series, reports Variety.
Karl Gajdusek (UNKNOWN) has been hired to write Working Title's VIKING, reports Variety.
Mary-Louise Parker has begun talks to join the cast of Universal's R.I.P.D., reports Variety.
Leading global media company Legendary Entertainment ("Legendary") and Hong Kong-listed Paul Y. Engineering Group Limited ("PYE") (HKSE stock code: 577), today announced PYE as a potential new investor in Hong Kong-based joint venture, Legendary East Ltd. ("Legendary East").
