UK Screen Alliance Issues Post-Production and VFX Pandemic Safety Updates
Organization strengthens recommendations based on new government regulations issued in response to the more infectious coronavirus strain recently discovered in the UK.
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WATCH: BlueBolt’s VFX Breakdown Reel for Hulu's ‘The Great’
Studio delivers over 300 shots for satirical comedic drama about the fictionalized rise of Catherine the Great, which required extensive on-location collaboration to create large scale environment extensions for Caserta Palace and the military camp at the Russian Front.
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ArsenalCreative Names Thomas Connors VFX Supervisor/CG Generalist
Veteran 3D artist brings 20+ years of experience, having worked as CG supervisor on notable projects including ‘Walking Dead,’ ‘Fear of the Walking Dead’, ‘McGuyver,’ ’Hawaii 5-0,’ and ‘Shameless.’
WATCH: ‘World’s First Animated COVID Face Mask’ Short
NOMINT founder Yannis Konstantinidis shares a dash of color and dose of hope with a stop-motion short using 400 unique cloth masks; watch the making of to see how the visual parade was produced.
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Bono, Halsey, and Pharrell Williams Join ‘Sing 2’ Cast
A host of new characters and actors board the sequel to Illumination’s 2016 hit animated musical comedy sequel, ‘Sing,’ set for a December 22, 2021 theatrical release.
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Backlash Over WarnerMedia’s HBO Max Movie Streaming Plans Continues
Warner Bros’ announcement that entire 2021 lineup of 17 films will stream on HBO Max simultaneously with their theatrical releases continues to raise the ire of directors and production houses
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Toyotathon’s CG ‘The Journey’ Spot Delivers a Holiday Message
Conill and LOBO collaborate on animated commercial aimed at a cross-cultural audience; short promotes a unified message of family, love, and togetherness featuring a Toyota RAV4 on a road trip with a boy and his dad.
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WATCH: Psyop’s ‘Lost & Crowned’ CG Animated Short
Borja Peña Gorostegui’s film, inspired by the Supercell ‘Clash’ universe, garnered over 100 million views online in the 2 months after its September 12 release.
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‘Raya and the Last Dragon’ Getting Simultaneous Disney+ and Theatrical Release
Disney Animation’s upcoming animated fantasy-adventure will be available to subscribers of the streaming platform for a premium fee on March 5, 2021, the same day it hits cinemas.
‘BobbleHeads: The Movie’: First Film Finished Remotely with Nvidia GPUs and Azure
Cher, Jennifer Coolidge, and Luke Wilson star in animated film completed remotely, during the COVID-19 pandemic, with leading cloud-based technology including Chaos Group’s V-Ray renderer.
Teradici Releases ‘The Separation of Work and Place’ Report
Leading tech company’s findings, gathered from nearly 700 IT professionals, focus on lessons learned by organizations forced to face a ‘new normal’ amid the global pandemic.
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‘A COVID Christmas’ Shares a Cute and Important Holiday Message
As told through the eyes of a kid, this animated Anti-Viral Christmas story features a holiday filled with masked and socially distanced activities.
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MPC Episodic Delivers During the Pandemic for Sky/HBO’s ‘The Third Day’
VFX team provided creatures, CG crowds, FX simulations, environment extensions, and seamless digital shot stitching for the miniseries; 100 artists delivered shots while working and collaborating from home during the COVID-19 lockdown.
Billy Corgan Talks The Smashing Pumpkins ‘In Ashes’ Music Video Series
With the final short’s release, the famous alt-rock musician discusses animated storytelling and his ambitious and expansive five-episode 2D series, produced to support the band’s long-awaited double album, ‘CYR’; watch ‘Purple Blood,’ the fifth and final film.
Register NOW! Sublime Jalisco 2020 Virtual Edition Runs December 8-10
Free registration is available for talks, conferences, and masterclasses on animation, video games, visual effects, and new media industries; guest speakers range from independent animators such as Jorge Gutiérrez (Book of Life, Maya and the Three) to strategic and creative managers from DreamWorks Animation TV and Sony Pictures Animation.
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How Deep Sky Created The Smashing Pumpkins’ ‘In Ashes’ Music Video Series
For Mike Anderson, Jared Hobbs, and Barret Thomson, producing Billy Corgan’s ambitious, five-episode project meant matching a 2D style to the frontman’s vision, while finding innovative ways to develop useful animatics just from scripts, well before the unreleased music made it into their hands.
Chicken Bone FX Makes All the Right Moves in ‘The Queen’s Gambit’
Overall VFX supervisor John Mangia and VFX producer Arissa Blasingame’s team delivered over 750 shots, including the haunting chess piece visions, CG vehicles, set extensions and recreations of exotic Mexico, Moscow and Las Vegas locales for Netflix’s hit limited series.
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Drag Icon and Disney Animator Channel ‘Mary Poppins’ in ‘Quarantine Dream’
Nina West and Dan Lund team up again on an animated short inspired by their love of musicals; the made from home film asks people to ‘Mask up, Stay home, and Watch a Musical.’
Raft Animation Makes a Splash With ‘iOtter Clean Up’ PSA
Partnering with global nonprofit organization Oceana, the eco-storytelling collective uses animation to remind people to be ‘part of the solution’ in cleaning up our world.
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‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Getting Simultaneous HBO Max and Theatrical Release
Warner Bros. will be bringing Christmas cheer to its U.S. streaming platform subscribers as well as theatregoers who brave the pandemic, as it announces its highly anticipated kick-ass superhero film, directed by Patty Jenkins and starring Gal Gadot, will open both in cinemas and living rooms December 25.
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Battery and Stoopid Buddy Stoodios Cook Up ‘Meet Seoul Sausage’
Spot is part of ‘An Idea for L.A’ initiative that provides marketing makeovers for local LA businesses struggling to survive the COVID-19 pandemic; Seoul Sausage and Rhythms of the Village are chosen to receive pro-bono services.
‘Halo’ TV Series Adaptation Resumes Filming
Showtime teases sneak of Master Chief and Cortana as its live-action adaption of the fan-favorite video game series goes back under the lights after production shut down due to COVID-19.
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‘The Croods: A New Age’ Drive-In Screenings November 19-24
Enjoy Universal CityWalk Hollywood’s immersive drive-through experience - all from the safety of your car; tickets are required, proceeds go to Feeding America.
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MPC Brings Sporting Goods Items to Life in Dick’s Commercial
Studio once again teams up with Anomaly and Pacific Rim Films’ Shawn Levy to bring back animated characters for a DICK’S Sporting Goods adventure.
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Disney Bumps Two Anticipated Holiday Releases to 2021
Cinema runs for 20th Century Studios’ ‘Free Guy’ and ‘Death on the Nile’ have been postponed until next year, leaving Warner Bros’ ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ as the last big studio film still scheduled to hit theatres in 2020.
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