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This Ain’t No Pleasure Cruise Headline News

Featurette, Spooky 360 Experience Drop for ‘The Last Voyage of the Demeter’

Discover what evil that lurks aboard the merchant ship ‘Demeter,’ which was chartered to carry private cargo, in the new 360 experience that looks at the creation of the infamous vampire; film hits theaters August 11.

Geeking out with ‘One Piece’ Headline News

Netflix and ‘One Piece’ Star Drop ‘Growing Up Geeked with Iñaki Godoy’ Video

The Monkey D. Luffy actor shares experiences growing up as an anime and manga fan and other geeky, nerdy stuff; the all-new pirate adventure series sets sail on August 31.

Business Headline News

Mortal Media Leads Investment Round for Swaybox Studios

Led by Mortal Media execs Blake Griffin and Ryan Kalil, with participation from Joel Whitley and IAG Capital Partners, the new funding will allow for an expansion and streamlining of animation studio’s production pipeline.

Representation! Headline News

Over 50 Marvel VFX Artists Bid for IATSE Unionization

The brave group have signed authorization cards to help bring the VFX industry towards union representation in the face of shocking firings, long hours, and 7-day weeks.

Do it in the Cloud! Headline News

AWS Releases AWS Thinkbox Deadline 10.3 for UE5

New Unreal Engine 5 plugin leverages existing render setups and scalability so cloud-based resources can accelerate final-pixel outputs; also updates DCC apps, including Adobe After Effects 2023, Autodesk Maya 2024, Autodesk 3ds Max 2024, Autodesk VRED 2023 and Maxon Cinema 4D 2023.

Technology Headline News

Unity Unveils New Unity Wētā Tools Division at SIGGRAPH 2023

By Dan Sarto | Monday, August 7, 2023 at 10:03am

Leading platform for real-time 3D (RT3D) content and experience creation will showcase groundbreaking work in character creation, environment building, rendering, and compositing; live keynote today from August 7 2pm - 3pm PDT.

mergers and acquisitions Headline News

Lionsgate Acquires Hasbro’s eOne for $500 Million

The sale includes almost 6,500 titles, but notably omits popular franchises such as ‘Peppa Pig,’ ‘Transformers,’ ‘Dungeons & Dragons,’ ‘Magic: The Gathering,’ ‘My Little Pony,’ ‘Power Rangers,’ ‘Play-Doh,’ ‘Monopoly’ and ‘Clue,’ which will receive ‘significant development, production and financing capabilities.’

Do It in the Cloud Headline News

CoreWeave Completes Conductor Cloud-Based Rendering Service Integration

Customers can now access expansive compute resources including NVIDIA RTX A5000-A6000 graphic cards for VFX, animation, and motion graphics workloads; check out the demo at SIGGRAPH 2023, running August 6-10 in LA.

Events Headline News

NVIDIA GTC 2024 Announces Call for Submissions

By Dan Sarto | Thursday, August 3, 2023 at 11:32am

The conference, taking place March 18-21, 2024 in San Jose, California, seeks submissions for talks, posters, and training labs by September 8, 2023. 

Geralt Handiwork is Afoot Headline News

Cinesite Adds ‘Monstrous’ VFX to ‘The Witcher’ Season 3

The award-winning visual effects studio creates the huge-jawed Aeschna sea monster, the deadly Flesh Monster, and a huge Ring of Fire, in the hit fantasy adventure’s latest season; watch the final S3 episodes now on Netflix. 

This Aint No Pleasure Cruise Headline News

Watch: ‘The Last Voyage of the Demeter’ Featurette

Take ‘A Look Inside’ the new film, based on a single chilling chapter from Bram Stoker’s ‘Dracula,’ that tells the terrifying story of the merchant ship ‘Demeter,’ which was chartered to carry private cargo and one infamous vampire, in theaters August 11.

People Headline News

DNEG Adds Academy Award Winner Tim Burke as VFX Supervisor

The visual effects veteran brings 20+ years’ experience to his new role, including an Oscar win on Sir Ridley Scott’s ‘Gladiator’ and a BAFTA win on ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2.’ 

Anyone Can Wear the Mask Headline News

‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’ Heads Home

Catch the second chapter of the Spider-Verse, as Miles Morales meets a team of Spider-People charged with protecting the Multiverse, coming on Digital August 8, and 4K UHD & Blu-ray September 5.

You’re Gonna Die Down Here Headline News

Universal Drops Official ‘The Exorcist: Believer’ Trailer

Ellen Burstyn reprises her iconic role as Chris MacNeil, an actress who has been forever altered by what happened to her daughter Regan five decades before in the newest installment of the ‘Exorcist’ franchise, haunting theaters starting Friday, October 13. 

Business Headline News

Trixter Announces New Leadership

Christina Caspers-Roemer and Christopher Hantel takes the helm of the high-end visual effects studio; co-founder and former Chief Creative Officer Simone Kraus Townsend returns to creative leadership as Animation Supervisor.

Technology Headline News

NVIDIA RTX A5000 Graphics Cards Special Pricing from PNY Now Available

By Dan Sarto | Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at 8:00am

PNY, one of NVIDIA’s leading professional visualization partners, has announced special limited-time pricing for the versatile, advanced, and high-performance NVIDIA RTX™ A5000 professional graphics card.  

Filmmaking Slight of Hand 101 VFXWorld

‘I’m a Virgo’ Channels ‘The Lord of the Rings’ Camera Tricks for its Own ‘Giant’ Magic

FuseFX VFX supervisor Jamie Barty shares his studio’s work using old-fashioned in-camera forced perspective to help tell the story of a 13-foot-tall young Black man, Cootie, as he experiences the beauty and contradictions of the real world, in Boots Riley’s new series, now streaming on Prime Video.

Technology Headline News

Academy Software Foundation Adopts OpenImageIO

The Foundation’s newest hosted project, created by Larry Gritz in 2008, is widely used by VFX and animation studios and integrated into leading production software products; don’t miss the OIIO ‘Birds of a Feather’ session at SIGGRAPH August 7. 

Recognizing the Best Aspiring M&E Designers Headline News

13th Annual Rookie Award Winners Revealed

The annual international competition garnered 5,517 entries from aspiring design and media entertainment artists; a panel of more than 150 judges and industry professionals selected winners based on criteria including creative, technical, and presentation skills as well as complexity and raw talent.

Revenge Doggy Style Headline News

New Trailer For ‘Strays’ Packs Some Bite

Will Ferrell and Jamie Foxx star as best doggy buds Reggie and Bug, who exact sweet revenge on Doug, a lowlife human who abandoned Reggie, in the raunchy live-action comedy adventure, scampering into theaters August 18.

Game to Cinema Oh My! Headline News

Eli Roth’s ‘Borderlands’ Feature Gets Release Date

The live-action adaptation of the hit video game, starring Cate Blanchett, Jack Black, Edgar Ramirez, Kevin Hart, Ariana Greenblatt, Florian Munteanu, and Jamie Lee Curtis, will debut in theaters August 9, 2024.

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