We Need to Chat
ChatGPT will be for creators what plastic surgery is for actors: everyone will use it, but few will admit it.
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Marvel Drops New Trailer for ‘Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania’
The MCU Phase 5 kicks off this February with the third installment of the ‘Ant-Man’ franchise; Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lilly reprise their titular roles.
NVIDIA Plans to Accelerate Evolution of USD
The company will pursue a multi-year effort to expand USD’s capabilities beyond VFX, working with its inventor, Pixar, along with Adobe, Autodesk, and Siemens.
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Foundry Releases Flix 6.4
New version streamlines story and editorial workflows with faster file transfer and uploads, UI improvements, and greater integration with Storyboard Pro.
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Backlight Launches After Buying 5 Media Software Companies
New cloud solutions provider, backed by $200M+ investment led by PSG, opens for business after snapping up ftrack, iconik, Celtx, Wildmoka, and Zype.
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Has China Jumped the Shark?
China’s changing media environment and the pivot of attention to Southeast Asia.
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Territory Studio Names Colleen Butler Executive Producer
Bringing extensive entertainment, gaming and publishing experience, the Mutiny Pictures co-founder will oversee business development out of company's San Francisco office.
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Cinesite Welcomes New London HQ GM and VFX Supervisor Hires
Joce Capper will oversee London studio, working in tandem with her Montreal colleagues; Rebecca Manning joins visual effects team following tenure at FuseFX as digital effects supervisor & head of 2D.
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mCube, Xsens and Kinduct Rebrand as Movella
With a new name and a new mission, the service provider in sensing, capturing, and analyzing motion data seeks to bringing meaning to movement and to accelerate innovation in entertainment, sports, health, and industrial market.
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Technicolor Creative Studios Launching Global Creative Hubs
Series of interconnected co-located facilities will provide one-stop shopping for technology, talent and creativity servicing the entertainment, advertising, and brand experience industries; campuses coming soon to Soho, London, Soho, New York and Culver City, Los Angeles.
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DreamWorks Animation and Stephen Curry Team on Kids and Family Content
First-ever Comcast NBCUniversal ‘Global Talent Partnership’ deal extends content opportunities with NBA MVP’s media company across media giant’s entire portfolio, including first look deals with Universal Studio Group and DWA.
For Whom the Polls Toll
Should you be paid less by your company for working from home? (and other queries).
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Rodney Rothman and Adam Rosenberg Launch Modern Magic
The Oscar-winning ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ writer/director and former MGM co-president’s new company will focus on event animation and live-action; 20 projects underway including feature films and series in various stages of development.
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Real-time Story Development
If we were to devise a visual story development process from scratch, what would it be?
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Streaming into the South China Sea
Mainland China’s ban is Southeast Asia’s boon
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Producer Ted Hope Joins ASU’s Thunderbird School of Global Management
The former Amazon Movie exec will co-lead the school’s new LA-based ‘Master of Arts in Global Affairs and Management in the Creative Industries’ program, designed for individuals pursuing global leadership and management careers in film/television/new media and other creative industries.
Epic MegaGrants Passes $60 Million in Support, New Recipients Announced
By supporting nearly 1,000 teams and individuals so far, Epic Games cements commitment to furthering the progress of a range of creators to do outstanding work with Unreal Engine or contributing to open source capabilities for the 3D graphics community.
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Foundry Launches Modo 14 Series Complete
Full three-part release features updates in direct and procedural modeling, rendering, animation, and rigging; update review webinar set for November 17.
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What’s Your Coronavirus Contingency?
Wishful thinking is not a plan.
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Throwback Thursday
Creative references and resources from 2008 through today.
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The Telly Awards Announce 2020 Winners
‘Bonfire,’ Baobab Studios’ interactive VR experience voiced by comedian Ali Wong, and ‘A Voice is All You Need” are among animation standouts at this year’s awards.
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E-books, Free Books, 1-2-3 (4) Books
Peewee Frog makes its library of e-books free for coronavirus-challenged families.
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Stay Calm and Keep Animating
It’s the end of the world as we know it... but I have quota.
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The New Normal
Reality REALLY bites: a report from the field.
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