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Method Studios Gets Psychedelic for Marvel’s ‘Doctor Strange’
Method Studios tackles the ‘Magical Mystery Tour’ sequence, a mind-bending journey through parallel dimensions that guides Doctor Strange through the multiverse.
Hybride Brings Director Denis Villeneuve’s Vision to the Big Screen for ‘Arrival’
Quebec visual effects studio teams with VFX Supervisor Louis Morin to craft 245 shots for a total of 25 minutes of screen time, including all the alien shots seen in the movie.
Framestore Returns with More VFX Magic for Marvel’s ‘Doctor Strange’
Framestore provides more than 365 shots for the Marvel Studios blockbuster directed by Scott Derrickson, with work spanning CG environments and complex ‘Mandlebrot’ sets, digi-doubles of key characters, and the creation of Doctor Strange’s astral form used throughout the film.
Blur Studio Teams with RESET on Epic Spot for ‘Titanfall 2’
Culver City, CA-based production studio provides editorial, VFX and finishing for new ad combining naturalistic landscapes and sophisticated character animation.
Disney’s ‘Pete’s Dragon’ Headed Home for the Holidays
Reimagined Disney classic with visual effects provided by Weta Digital available on Digital HD, Blu-ray and Disney Movies Anywhere on November 29.
Blinkink, nineteentwenty Create Christmas Movie Magic for Sky Cinema
Sky Cinema enlists production company Blinkink and visual effects specialists nineteentwenty to deliver their Christmas movie premieres in one seamless winter wonderland.
Planar Systems to Acquire NaturalPoint
Biggest Fall TV Shows Utilize Blackmagic Design Cameras and Software
More than 46 of 2016’s fall television shows used Blackmagic Design’s cameras, Fusion Studio and DaVinci Resolve Studio for production and post production work.
Award-Winning Production Studio Trizz Joins Blacklist
Boutique production studio based in Barcelona specializes in CG, live-action, and VFX-based projects for brands including Hyundai, Red Bull and Armani, as well as experiential installations for events such as the Coachella Music Festival.
Sarofsky Masters Meticulous 3D Main Titles for Marvel’s ‘Doctor Strange’
In its fifth collaboration with Marvel Studios, Chicago-based design company animates a series of intricate mandalas for the 90-second main title sequence for director Scott Derrickson’s ‘Doctor Strange.’
Nice Shoes Expands Internationally with New Toronto Studio
New studio adds directors Gary Thomas and Matt Greenwood, design director Stefan Woronko, senior colorist Roslyn Di Sisto, and executive producer Kristen Van Fleet.
Augusto Schillaci Joins Reel FX
Award-winning director and VFX supervisor to make his feature film debut with ‘The Mischievians,’ based on the book by William Joyce.
The Foundry’s Bill Collis Joins Cubic Motion Advisory Board
Collis joins Vladimir Mastilovic and Chris Taylor O.B.E. in helping Cubic Motion expand in the games, film, TV, virtual reality and augmented reality markets.
Framestore Sells Majority Stake to Chinese Investors
Shanghai-based Cultural Investment Holdings to acquire 75 percent of the Oscar-winning VFX studio’s business in a deal valued at $187 million; Framestore founder & CEO William Sargent to retain minority stake.
FuseFX Appoints Randall Rosa & Wendy Lanning to Lead Vancouver Team
Rosa to serve as Head of Production/Senior VFX Supervisor with Lanning serving as Executive Producer.
Disney’s Live-Action ‘Wrinkle in Time’ Begins Production
Creative team for the live-action adventure based on the classic book by Madeline L’Engle includes ‘Frozen’ director Jennifer Lee, who wrote the screenplay for the film, and Oscar-winning visual effects supervisor Rich McBride.
Adobe Charts Future of Creativity and Design at Adobe MAX 2016
Adobe showcases innovation coming to Creative Cloud in experience design, photography, virtual reality, character animation and 3D compositing.
Thinkbox Store Helps Straightface Studios Streamline Production
Straightface Studios employs Thinkbox Software’s Deadline coupled with on-demand licensing for The Foundry’s NUKE to manage the facility’s compute resources.
Image Engine Bolsters Artistic Leadership with Key Senior Hires
Vancouver-based VFX house bolsters artistic leadership with visual effects supervisor Thomas Schelesny, visual effects producer Tara Conley, and digital environment supervisor Damien Thaller.
Blackmagic Adds ACES Color Support to DaVinci Resolve
DaVinci Resolve 12.5.3 update adds support for the new version of Final Cut Pro X, as well as improvements to Media Composer interoperability, ACES color science, and more.
Vicon Motion Capture Technology Lends Magic Touch to ‘Doctor Strange’
VFX house Framestore uses a 24-camera Vicon system paired with Vicon’s data capture and processing software Blade to precisely capture data straight into Autodesk MotionBuilder.
MAXON Announces Cross-Platform GPU Rendering Collaboration
Iloura Heightens the Intensity in ‘Deepwater Horizon’
Led by VFX supervisor Jason Billington, Deluxe Entertainment-owned effects house is tapped to heighten realism in many of the film’s high action sequences, adding digital mud, fire and smoke.
Argentina’s ‘Uncanny Valley’ Short Tops animago AWARD 2016
Jury Prize is awarded to Israel’s ‘Ma’agalim’ by Uri Lotan & Yoav Shtibelman; Best Visualization awarded to the U.K.’s ‘A Guide To Happy’ from Panoply Creative.