Audiomotion Creates Ice-Free Skating Rink for ‘The Nutcracker and the Four Realms’
Vicon motion capture system helps add life to crowd scenes, ice skating sequences and attacking Polichinelle clowns in Disney’s new live-action fantasy feature.
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CLIPS: DreamWorks Animation’s ‘3Below’ Debuts December 21
Continuing the adventures of Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Tales of Arcadia’ trilogy, ‘3Below’ follows two royal teenage aliens heroes on the run from intergalactic bounty hunters.
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Animated Preschool Series ‘Abby Hatcher’ Premiering January 1 on Nick Jr.
New show from Spin Master Entertainment features little girl and her quirky Fuzzly friends helping others to solve problems.
Foundry Ships Nuke 11.3
New version includes major improvements to the Live Group feature, boosts to the particle system, multi-file stereo workflows for Nuke Studio, Hiero and HieroPlayer, as well as enhancements to the UI.
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Blue Zoo Opens New 2D Animation Studio in London
Creating more than 60 new jobs, Blue Zoo announces new dedicated 2D animation studio across the road from its central London head office.
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Snowball Reveals His Cuddly Superhero Side in New ‘Secret Life of Pets 2’ Trailer
Illumination Entertainment releases the third trailer for next summer’s sequel to their 2016 animated comedy hit, ‘Secret Life of Pets.’
Nimble Collective Extends Enterprise-Class Animation Platform with Acquisition of RGB Notes
Cloud-based animation review tool is the newest addition to Nimble Studio for enterprise animation production.
Christina Steinberg Talks Risks and Rewards Making ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’
The veteran producer shares insights on trusting her team of artists, producers and Phil Lord’s original vision in Sony Pictures Animation’s new hit animated adventure about an alternative, and highly stylized Spider-Man universe.
Academy Announces Shortlists in Nine Categories for 91st Oscars
With 10 films each remaining in the running in the Visual Effects and Animated Short Film categories, voting for Oscar nominations closes January 14.
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VFX Breakdown: Method Studios Helps Santa’s Reindeer Take Flight in ‘The Christmas Chronicles’
Led by VFX supervisor Hamish Schumacher, Method Studios Vancouver delivers holiday cheer for the Netflix Christmas movie with everything from photoreal reindeer taking flight through a Northern Lights night sky to a sprightly cast of CG elves.
Box Office: ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ Delivers Largest December Animated Opening
Racking up award nominations, Sony’s ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ lands the largest three-day animated opening of all-time in the month of December with a $35.4 million domestic bow.
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Digital Domain Adds Studio in Montréal
Global VFX studio celebrates 25 years with the opening of its ninth location.
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Fantasy Worlds and Characters Abound in Disney’s ‘Nutcracker and the Four Realms’
MPC VFX supervisor Richard Clegg and his team create fully CG environments and complex digital characters such as Mother Ginger, the Mouse King, and an army of seven-foot tin soldiers for Disney’s new feature film adaptation of the classic holiday tale.
Blue Zoo Unleashes Comedy Mayhem with New Holiday Short
Directed by Will Cook, ‘Christmas with The Moonies’ employs real-time rendering using Unreal Engine.
‘Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero’ Wins Best Animated Feature at PSIAF 2018
‘Changyou’s Journey,’ ‘Hybrids’ and ‘Ugly’ among the group of 40 short films awarded by festival audiences across a number of technical and thematic categories.
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9 Scientific & Technical Achievements to be Honored at Academy Sci-Tech Awards
Curtis Clark to receive John A. Bonner Award at the Academy’s annual Scientific and Technical Awards presentation on Saturday, February 9.
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DreamWorks Animation TV Debuts Season 1 Trailer for ‘3Below: Tales of Arcadia’
The second chapter in DreamWorks Animation Television’s ‘Tales of Arcadia trilogy’ premieres on Netflix on December 21.
Pixar Reveals Cast, Plot Details for 2020 Release ‘Onward’
Original new feature film directed by Dan Scanlon and produced by Kori Rae to feature the voices of Chris Pratt, Tom Holland, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Octavia Spencer.
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Creating A Stylized Universe for Sony’s ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’
Sony Pictures Animation head of character animation Josh Beveridge helps bring comic books to the big screen with a hand-crafted illustrative visual style that breaks all the rules of traditional CG.
CG ‘Ghost in the Shell’ Series Coming to Netflix in 2020
Directed by Shinji Aramaki and Kenji Kamiyama, ‘Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045’ will be produced by Production I.G and Sola Digital Arts.
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VIDEO: DreamWorks Animation Short ‘Bilby’ A Testing Ground for New Production Tools
Directors Pierre Perifel, JP Sans and Liron Topaz delve into the making of their CG-animated short ‘Bilby’ -- including the use of the studio’s new Moonray light rendering engine -- in a new exclusive video and accompanying Q&A.
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‘The Breadwinner’ and ‘The Heroic Quest of the Valiant Prince Ivandoe’ Take Home Emile Awards
Director Nora Twomey and co-directors Christian Bøving-Andersen and Eva Lee Wallberg among animation artists honored at second annual ceremony in Lille, France.
‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ Voted Best Animated Feature by LA and NY Film Critics
Sony Pictures Animation’s new Marvel superhero adventure takes top award from both groups; Hayao Miyazaki honored with Career Achievement Award.
‘Ralph Breaks the Internet’ Barely Edges 'The Grinch’ to Remain Box Office Champ
Disney’s ‘Wreck-it Ralph’ sequel holds off Illumination’s Christmas tale to take top spot for third straight week.
A Mesmerizing Homage to Visual Music: SIGGRAPH Asia Best in Show Winner ‘L’oiseau Qui Danse’
Independent VFX artist and director Jean-Marie Marbach pushes motion graphics to new heights with his award-winning music video made entirely with Adobe After Effects and Red Giant’s Trapcode Suite.
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