Visual Effects

Ireland’s Animation Dingle Festival Kicks off March 24

Speakers at Animation Dingle’s fifth edition include ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ director Dean DeBlois, Cartoon Saloon’s Nora Twomey, former Nickelodeon exec Russel Hicks, Brown Bag Films’ Bronagh O’Hanlon and Darragh O'Connell, Lupus Films’ Camilla Deakin, Amazon Studios’ Tara Sorensen, and more.

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Polynoid Headline News

Polynoid, Woodblock Tease ‘Shark in the Park’ Short

First in a series of CG-animated edutainment films aimed at discovering the real magic of the world we live in approaches the explanation of natural phenomena in a fantastical way.

In 3D, CG, Short Films, Visual Effects | ANIMATIONWorld, Headline News, VFXWorld | Geographic Region: All, Europe

box office Headline News

Disney’s ‘Beauty and the Beast’ Delivers Record-Setting $170M Debut

Live-action remake of the animated Disney classic debuts with a record-setting March opening weekend, delivering seventh-largest domestic opening of all time.

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Short Films Headline News

Media Design School Releases ‘The Dragon’s Scale’ Short

Popular festival short film created by third-year students in New Zealand is now on Vimeo.

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FMX 2017 Headline News

Anne Kolbe Bringing Guy Ritchie’s ‘King Arthur: Legend of the Sword’ to FMX 2017

International conference on animation, effects, VR, games and transmedia runs May 2-5 in Stuttgart, Germany.

In 3D, CG, Event, Films, People, Places, Technology, AR/VR/XR, Visual Effects | ANIMATIONWorld, Headline News, VFXWorld | Blogs: Animated Travels, FMX Conference Spotlight | Special Events: FMX | Geographic Region: Europe

Awards Headline News

Animation Ireland Announces Nominees for 2017 Irish Animation Awards

‘Danger Mouse,’ ‘Puffin Rock,’ ‘Octonauts,’ ‘Wander Over Yonder,’ and more receive nominations for the second annual Irish Animation Awards to be held in Dingle on Saturday, March 25th.

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Chaos Group Headline News

Chaos Group Releases All-in-one Fluid Dynamics Plugin Phoenix FD 3 for Autodesk Maya

Fire, smoke, liquid and ocean simulations now possible directly in Maya; FLIP Solver tops new feature set.

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call for entries Headline News

The Rookies Announces 7th Annual Call For Entries for Young Creators

Deadline for submissions to Autodesk-sponsored global competition is May 29th.

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Post-Production Headline News

Umedia Launches New Vancouver Post Facility

Visual effects and post-production company’s new Vancouver facility installs powerful Baselight TWO grading and finishing suite.

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ILM Singapore Hubs its First Feature with Zhang Yimou’s ‘The Great Wall’

VFX supervisor Samir Hoon discusses the challenges of integrating the work of multiple facilities for the groundbreaking Chinese-U.S. big-budget co-production.

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Zoic Studios Headline News

Zoic Studios Partners with ABC and Dustin Lance Black on ‘When We Rise’

Zoic transforms modern-day Vancouver into period San Francisco, Arizona and Washington DC locales to elevate the historical authenticity of the real-life struggles of the people at the center of the LGBTQ movement.

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Education Headline News

Rising Sun Pictures Expands VFX Training Program

Award-winning visual effects studio builds new classroom facility to accommodate more students and new program offering a Graduate Certificate in Dynamic Effects and Lighting.

In CG, Education and Training, Places, Visual Effects | Headline News, VFXWorld | Geographic Region: Australia

Animation Ireland Headline News

Irish Animation Awards Salute Outstanding Talent

Animation Ireland’s second annual awards ceremony honoring outstanding creative talent within the Irish animation, visual effects and game industries will take place on Saturday, March 25th as part of the Animation Dingle Festival.

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Business Headline News

Cinesite Acquires Vancouver Animation Studio Nitrogen

Full-service Vancouver-based animation studio known for animating many episodes of iconic children’s show ‘Thomas and Friends’ and Seth Rogen’s R-rated ‘Sausage Party’ employs 70 creative and production staff.

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Home Entertainment Headline News

‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them’ Arrives on Blu-ray March 28th

Expanded ‘Fantastic Beasts Virtual Reality’ experience will be available for purchase on several VR platforms later this year.

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Mr. X Headline News

VFX House MR. X Expands to Montreal

Graham Peddie to manage the day-to-day operations of MR. X Montreal, with the studio’s first confirmed project to be various sequences for Netflix’s western mini-series, ‘Godless.’

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Disney Headline News

Captain Jack Sparrow Returns in First Full-Length Trailer for ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales’

First full-length trailer for the fifth installment of the popular Disney franchise showcases visual effects created by lead VFX house MPC alongside Atomic Fiction, Lola, Mr. X, and more.

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Halon Entertainment VFXWorld

Halon Turns Around Rapid Previs Sequence for ‘The Great Wall’

Santa Monica-based studio Halon Entertainment helps ‘The Great Wall’ director Zhang Yimou explore the storytelling possibilities of previsualization.

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Chris Edwards in Beijing - Part 2: Virtual Visionary

THE THIRD FLOOR founder continues to champion virtual production and lead the charge into virtual reality.

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Travis Knight Headline News

LAIKA Head Travis Knight Pivots to Live-Action with ‘Transformers’ Spinoff ‘Bumblebee’

Following his directorial debut with the twice-Oscar-nominated epic animated feature, ‘Kubo and the Two Strings,’ LAIKA CEO Travis Knight to helm Transformers spinoff ‘Bumblebee’ for Paramount Pictures.

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Brickyard VFX Headline News

Brickyard VFX Atlantic Names Andrew Bell Managing Director

New MD joins Brickyard’s Boston facility from MPC Los Angeles; Amy Appleton promoted to Executive Producer.

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Chaos Group Headline News

Ray-Traced Volume Simulations Now Possible with V-Ray 3.5 for NUKE

Render OpenVDB simulations directly in Foundry’s industry-leading compositor; deep volumes now supported.

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augmented reality Headline News

Epic Games, The Mill & Chevrolet Unveil Real-time Film at GDC 2017

The Unreal Engine, virtual production technology, and an iconic brand come together in ‘The Human Race,’ a real-time short film and AR presentation.

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Backstage at the 89th Academy Awards

AWN celebrates Hollywood’s biggest night out backstage at the 89th Academy Awards, gathering remarks from the Oscar-winning teams behind best animated feature ‘Zootopia,’ best animated short ‘Piper,’ and best visual effects for ‘The Jungle Book.’

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2017 Oscars Headline News

‘Zootopia,’ ‘Piper’ & ‘The Jungle Book’ Win Oscars at the 89th Academy Awards

Oscar gold: Walt Disney Animation Studios’ ‘Zootopia’ wins Best Animated Feature, Pixar’s ‘Piper’ wins Best Animated Short, and Disney’s live-action remake of ‘The Jungle Book’ wins Best Visual Effects at the 89th Academy Awards.