San Diego Comic-Con highlights include WB series ‘Teen Titans Go!,’ ‘Justice League Action,’ ‘Freedom Fighters: The Ray,’ ‘DC Super Hero Girls’ and ‘Blade Runner 2049,’ ‘Justice League,’ ‘The LEGO Ninjago Movie’ and ‘Ready Player One’ feature films.
Michael Bay’s ‘Transformers: The Last Knight’ tops the box office both at home and abroad; director Patty Jenkins’ ‘Wonder Woman’ becomes top-grossing woman-directed live-action film of all time.
Pixar Animation Studios threequel makes $53.5 million for its domestic debut to beat director Patty Jenkins’ super hero movie; ‘Wonder Woman’ on track to overtake ‘Mama Mia!’ as the top-grossing female-directed live-action film of all time.
The network will evoke discussion of international production at Annecy in a panel led by ‘The Amazing World of Gumball’ creatives.
Warner Bros. tentpole feature launches new franchise with $225.6 million global bow; DreamWorks Animation’s ‘Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie’ makes $23.5 million debut.
The One Club for Creativity awards has honored Framestore with 49 trophies across five projects, including 18 gold awards for ‘Field Trip to Mars,’ all for the production company’s innovative work in virtual and augmented reality.
Warner Bros. veteran promoted to newly-established position of executive vice president of digital studio Blue Ribbon Content and Warner Bros. Animation, Alternative Programming.
Warner Bros. to release Ultra-HD Blu-Ray Combo Pack, Blu-Ray 3D Combo Pack, Blu-Ray Combo Pack, DVD and Digital HD versions of the film.
Weta Digital’s VFX supervisor discusses the studio’s visual effects work on two of last year’s biggest box office champs.
DreamWorks Animation and distribution partner 20th Century Fox’s ‘The Boss Baby’ tops the domestic box office for the second consecutive week, earning $26.4 million; Funimation release ‘Your Name’ makes $1.6 million domestic debut.
DreamWorks Animation and distribution partner 20th Century Fox’s ‘The Boss Baby’ brings in $50.2 million from 3,773 theaters for its debut, the ninth largest opening for a DWA title.
Live-action remake of the animated Disney classic debuts with a record-setting March opening weekend, delivering seventh-largest domestic opening of all time.
New initiative marks the first time the two companies have offered the massive Hanna-Barbera, Looney Tunes and MGM animation library of more than 5,000 titles on a streaming platform.
The latest DC Universe original movie will debut in LA and NYC with a limited number of free tickets available to fans.
From fiery photorealistic oil rig disasters and fractal geometry-based inter-dimensional mind-bending psychic excursions, to a digitally recreated Carrie Fisher as young Princes Leia, this year’s crop of ten best visual effects productions presented at the Motion Picture Academy represent another reminder of the breadth, depth and range of creative artistry and talent within the industry.
Warner Bros. veteran succeeds DWA founder Jeffrey Katzenberg, who stepped down from his role when the company was bought by Comcast’s NBCUniversal for $3.87 billion in April 2016.
Led by VFX supervisor Andrew Morley, Cinesite delivers just under 100 shots for ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,’ including environments of prohibition-era Manhattan, set extensions and the creation of a magical dinner.
Walt Disney Animation Studios feature tops the North American box office with $18.8 million; Illumination Entertainment’s ‘Sing’ rolls out to international territories ahead of its domestic debut.
MPC returns to the world of Harry Potter, delivering 220 VFX shots including 3D environments of prohibition-era Manhattan, set extensions, magic effects, and the creation of three beasts: Demiguise, Occamy and Billiwig.
New book from Gordon B. Arnold, PhD offers a fresh take on the colorful and sometimes contested saga of the U.S. animation industry.
Under the lead of production VFX supervisor Christian Manz, Oscar-winning VFX house helps develop and animate a range of fantastical CG characters for J.K. Rowling’s new spinoff prequel to the Harry Potter franchise.
Makoto Shinkai’s anime feature debuts to $41 million in China, and passes Hayao Miyazaki’s ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’ to become the second-largest-grossing Japanese film of all time; Disney’s CG-animated ‘Moana’ rules North American box office for second weekend in a row.
Deluxe Entertainment-owned VFX house contributes to the film’s opening and closing sequences in addition to environmental and creature work, as well as reimagining the look of the ‘apparate’ and ‘disapparate’ effects from the Harry Potter films through which a wizard magically teleports into or out of a scene.
South Pacific adventure featuring the voice of Dwayne Johnson as the demigod Maui scores number-two Thanksgiving launch of all time among animated films.
The latest installment in the DC Universe features an all-star cast featuring Matt Ryan reprising his role as Constantine.
