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Wubba-Lubba-Dub-Dub! Headline News

‘Ricky and Morty: The Complete Seasons 1-6’ Heads to Blu-ray, DVD

All six seasons of Adult Swim’s award-winning sci-fi comedy, plus special features, audio commentary, deleted scenes, featurettes, animated sketches, and more, will be available on Blu-ray and DVD September 12.

Conference Events

Kre8tif! Conference 2023

Begins: September 27, 2023

The MDEC event aims to connect Southeast Asian animation companies with international markets; the conference, in conjunction with Malaysia Digital Content Festival, runs September 27- October 1.

100 Years of Disney Headline News

Disney+ Announces New ‘Cinderella’ 4K Restoration Debut

Disney’s 100th Anniversary Celebration continues next month during ‘World Princess Week’ with the inaugural 4K streaming release of the 1950 animated classic. 

Welcome to Immersive Insanity ANIMATIONWorld

How Some Disney Storytellers Launched Batman to New Heights in AR Gaming

‘The Arkham Asylum Files: Panic in Gotham City,’ a new DC-licensed augmented reality board game, puzzle book, escape room, and immersive mystery adventure – with over 45 minutes of live-action and animated mobile game content - brings Harley Quinn back to the asylum as a re-licensed doctor on a mission to uncover the anti-hero villain, Anarchy. 

Who Doesn’t Love a Bobstacle Course? Headline News

Aardman, Sky Kids Launch Season 2 of ‘The Very Small Creatures’

The stop-motion show’s second season is accompanied by ‘Morph Thingy-Ma-Bobstacle Course,’ a new interactive game exclusive to Sky Live - the AI-enabled interactive camera from Sky – where you can physically direct Morph along a series of epic obstacle courses, collecting buttons, dodging shapes, and battling bosses to reach the top of the leader board.

Let’s Get Twisted Headline News

Official Trailer Drops for ‘Twisted Metal’ Live-Action Series

Based on the hugely popular PlayStation games, the comedy stars Anthony Mackie as John Doe, a motor-mouthed outsider offered a chance at a better life, streaming July 27th on Peacock.

People Headline News

Ingenuity Studios Names David Sewell VFX Supervisor

Emmy Award-winning industry veteran brings 25+ years experience to his new position overseeing client projects and supporting biz dev in the U.K.; will be based out of the company’s London office.

The Smallest Pebble Can Impact the World Headline News

Netflix Shares New ‘The Monkey King’ Trailer

The streamer releases its official trailer and a new set of images from the upcoming animated adventure, directed by Anthony Stacchi, that follows a rebellious and charismatic Monkey and his magical fighting Stick.

Goodnight Hollywood Headline News

SAG-AFTRA Strike Shuts Down Multiple Productions

‘Deadpool 3,’ ‘Apples Never Fall,’ and ‘Mortal Kombat 2’ are some of the first projects affected as roughly 160,000 film and TV actors take to the picket line after negotiations fail with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.

Ready to Take the VFX Challenge? Headline News

Stage 03 Launches ‘VFX Challenge: Creatures Edition’

By Dan Sarto | Monday, July 17, 2023 at 10:39am

Dive into the world of VFX with this creative contest using After Effects, Maya, and Nuke to incorporate CG creatures into live-action footage; 1st prize is an Insta360 X3 Camera; free to enter, the submission deadline is August 31, 2023. 

Events Headline News

Shout! Studios Heads to San Diego Comic-Con 2023

The leading multiplatform media company returns to SDCC with fan favorites, exclusive items, giveaways, and more; for those unable to make it in-person, Shout! TV will air a special re-cutting and re-imagining, Always a Sword: A Sword & Sorcery Adventure, July 19 at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT.

Technology ANIMATIONWorld

Headshot 2 AI-Enhanced Mesh-to-CC Plugin Released

By Dan Sarto | Monday, July 17, 2023 at 9:21am

Reallusion’s new AI-enhanced Character Creator 4 plugin enables users to create advanced 3D real-time digital humans from photos and 3D models.

Festivals Events

Seoul Indie-AniFest 2023

Begins: September 14, 2023

Organized by KIAFA (the Korean Independent Animation Filmmakers' Association), the 19th edition of the festival seeks to introduce to audiences wonderful independent animation from Asia; the festival runs September 14-19 in Seoul.

Events Events

CTNX – Creative Talent Network eXpo 2023

Begins: November 16, 2023

CTNX 2023 returns November 16-19, providing a collaborative arena in the heart of the animation market to promote employment, education and industry growth.

 

Business Headline News

Kartoon Studios Announces Kartoon Films

The Stan Lee brand is getting energized as the company's new film division will develop content leveraging AI technology to create more animation in less time, reducing expenses while maintaining human creativity. 

Generative AI in Animation Design ANIMATIONWorld

Chad Nelson Talks ‘Critterz’ and the Future Role of AI

The writer and director of the first animated short whose imagery was entirely generated with OpenAI’s DALL-E takes a deep dive into the nuts and bolts of AI production and what this hard charging, disruptive technology could mean for M&E.

Business Headline News

Milk Launches Barcelona VFX Studio

The award-winning visual effects house’s latest expansion leverages London infrastructure while building on relationships with regional talent; new facility helmed by long-time employee and 2D supervisor Jorge Oliva Ruiz de Leon. 

The Bros. are Back Headline News

Exclusive Clip: ‘The Venture Bros.: Radiant is the Blood of the Baboon Heart’

Ahead of the film’s highly anticipated release July 21 on Digital and July 25 on Blu-ray, AWN shares a new video – ‘100,000 Vanquished,’ because how fun is it to track your villainousness? 

Goodnight Hollywood Headline News

Hollywood Shuts Down - SAG-AFTRA Members Officially on Strike

Roughly 160,000 film and TV actors will join the more than 11,000 writers currently on strike after negotiations failed with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.

TV VFX VFXWorld

Finding a Proper VFX Balance on Joe and Anthony Russo’s ‘Citadel’

Led by VFX supervisor Wes Froud and VFX producer Scott Shapiro, lead vendor DNEG, along with Digital Domain, Distillery VFX, Host VFX, Luma Pictures, Outpost VFX, Perception, RISE, Territory Studios, Visual Creatures, and Zoic Studios, delivered a wide selection of 1,796 VFX shots, ranging from UI motion graphics to an explosive train crash, on the famed MCU directing duo’s new spy thriller series, now streaming on Prime Video.

Polar Exploration Can Be Ruff! Headline News

‘Titina’ Now Streaming on The Animation Showcase

The Tokyo Anime Award Winner is available for motion picture industry members to stream and is currently playing at the Cinelounge Sunset Theatre in Hollywood, CA.

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