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We Want More Snoopy! Headline News

Apple TV+ Releases ‘The Snoopy Show’ Season 3 Trailer

By Dan Sarto | Wednesday, May 24, 2023 at 2:12pm

12 new episodes of the Apple Original series, based on the iconic ‘Peanuts’ comic strip and starring the beloved beagle and his feathered pal Woodstock, premiere globally on the streamer June 9.

Rawwwrrrr! Headline News

Exclusive: Jon Favreau, Mike Gunton, and Tim Walker’s ‘Prehistoric Planet’ S2 Featurette

By Dan Sarto | Wednesday, May 24, 2023 at 8:00am

Go behind the scenes with the executive producers and producer, who talk about how VFX artists at MPC and scientists - especially Dr. Darren Naish, consulting paleontologist - worked together to bring the second season to life, with new dinosaurs, new habitats and scientific discoveries; now streaming on Apple TV+.

careers in animation Headline News

Podcast EP 208: How Jake Friedman Became Friends with Art Babbitt's Wife When Writing 'The Disney Revolt'

By Dan Sarto | Monday, May 22, 2023 at 8:28pm

The writer, artist, and current animation history professor at RISD discusses his book, ‘The Disney Revolt: The Great Labor War of Animation's Golden Age.’

Those Shifty Shape Shifters Headline News

Netflix Drops ‘Nimona’ Teaser and Art

By Dan Sarto | Friday, May 19, 2023 at 9:56am

Based on the New York Times bestselling graphic novel by ND Stevenson, the 3DCG animated film follows Ballister Boldheart, a knight framed for a crime he didn’t commit, and the titular shapeshifter who sets out to help him prove his innocence; coming to the streamer June 30.

Who Doesn’t Hate to Waste Meat? Headline News

Season Finale Exclusive Clip: ‘The Great North: For Whom The Smell Tolls Part Two’

By Dan Sarto | Friday, May 19, 2023 at 9:14am

The show wraps Season 3 with an all-new episode airing this Sunday on FOX; it’s a day of reckoning for Lone Moose, as Beef and a group of townspeople attempt to rescue all the prom-goers from a flood of rotten meat waste.

That Dang Quantum Realm! VFXWorld

Digital Domain Leaps ‘Ahead’ with AI in M.O.D.O.K. CG Creation

By Dan Sarto | Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 12:37pm

The studio wrangles facial mocap performances into its proprietary suite of AI tools to tackle one of Marvel Studios’ most unique villains, a 5-foot-tall flying face, in ‘Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania.’

Avoiding the Big One VFXWorld

Jeff Okun Shares the ‘Disastrous’ VFX of ‘The End is Nye’

By Dan Sarto | Tuesday, May 16, 2023 at 1:47pm

The veteran VFX supervisor delivered between 500-800 shots per episode on the 6-episode Peacock series, depicting Bill Nye getting killed in the most epic global disasters imaginable, including large-scale asteroid strikes, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis, floods… that mixed visual effects with actual footage to show what would happen and how we can either mitigate it, stop it, or survive it.

Nighty Night! VFXWorld

Halon’s ‘Slumberland’ Visualization Shows Exactly What Dreams are Made Of

By Dan Sarto | Friday, May 12, 2023 at 12:51pm

Teams led by Casey Pyke and Ryan McCoy produced previs – and some postvis – on key scenes involving the Ballroom Dance, an Octopus chase, a Garbage Truck chase, and the big third act dreams chase, on Francis Lawrence’s adaptation of Winsor McCay’s famous comic strip, now streaming on Netflix.

New Voices in Animation Headline News

FIAPF and WIA Announce 2023 ‘Stories x Women’ Program Participants

By Dan Sarto | Friday, May 12, 2023 at 8:34am

Initiative provides mentoring and coaching sessions from industry experts to prep women animators from emerging animation communities in Africa, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America to pitch projects next month at Annecy 2023.

The Enduring Search for Funny ANIMATIONWorld

The Very Very Big Adult Swim SMALLS Shorts Program

By Dan Sarto | Thursday, May 11, 2023 at 3:34pm

For Dave Hughes, 300+ films over five years are just the beginning as he continues to find innovative creators like Nic Collins and Sean Godsey, Sam Lanier, Kelly Cooper, Felipe Di Poi, and Sarah Schmidt in his search for funny new stories he hopes can jump to specials, pilots, or series.

Business Headline News

It’s On – The Writers Guild of America Goes on Strike

By Dan Sarto | Tuesday, May 2, 2023 at 8:56am

For the first time since 2007, the WGA has ordered a work stoppage on all film and TV script writing, with pickets beginning this afternoon to protest wage and residual pay level inequalities exacerbated by the rise of streaming platforms.

A Great Week for Animation in Stuttgart Headline News

‘Dog Apartment,’ ‘Nayola’ Take Top Honors at ITFS 2023

By Dan Sarto | Tuesday, May 2, 2023 at 7:28am

The festival wrapped its 30th edition with an April 30 ceremony honoring winners of the main competitions, with Priit Tender and José Miguel Ribeiro, respectively, taking home the big awards.

Maury and Connie are Coming Back! SVOD Headline News

‘Big Mouth’ Renewed Through 8th and Final Season

By Dan Sarto | Monday, April 24, 2023 at 1:41pm

Netflix’s Emmy Award-winning animated comedy from Nick Kroll, Andrew Goldberg, Mark Levin, and Jennifer Flackett will become the streamer’s longest running series ever outside Kids & Family programming.

Technology Advancing Art Headline News

NVIDIA Studio Highlights NVIDIA Omniverse and USD in ‘Cold Inside Diorama’

By Dan Sarto | Thursday, April 20, 2023 at 1:27pm

3D artists Gianluca Squillace and Pasquale Scionti’s project interconnect their workflows by replacing linear pipelines with live-sync creation, harnessing the collaboration platform powered by RTX GPU to create their Viking scene that conveyed a cold, glacial mood.

Technology Headline News

AMD Reveals Its Newest AMD Radeon PRO Graphic Cards

By Dan Sarto | Thursday, April 13, 2023 at 10:50am

The AMD PRO W7000 series boasts advanced chiplet design to support real-world multi-tasking performance, as well as offers the new AMD Radiance Display Engine featuring DisplayPort 2.1; cards are also certified for leading professional applications delivering performance and stability.

Anyone Can Wear the Mask Headline News

The New ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’ Trailer is as Funny and Visually Stunning as We Hoped!

By Dan Sarto | Tuesday, April 4, 2023 at 9:58am

He’s neither cow, nor dalmatian… he’s ‘The Spot,’ and he’s the new villain Miles Morales must face… along with his mom’s wrath for getting just a B in Spanish… and a sea of competing Spideys, in the snazzy, jazzy, and tantalizingly stylized trailer for the highly anticipated sequel, hitting theaters June 2.

The Future of 3D Production ANIMATIONWorld

How NVIDIA’S Omniverse is Helping Shape the Future of 3D Production

By Dan Sarto | Thursday, March 30, 2023 at 8:00am

The company’s General Manager of M&E, Richard Kerris, takes a deep dive into the processes and promise of NVIDIA’s groundbreaking creative platform.

Fresh Out of the Oven ANIMATIONWorld

‘Royal Crackers’: The Crumbly Grandeur of a Half-Baked Family Dynasty

Creator/executive Jason Ruiz and executive producer Seth Cohen share the recipe for their all-new 2D animated comedy series, premiering April 2 on Adult Swim and April 3 globally on HBO Max.

Boyz to Trolls? Headline News

DreamWorks Drops ‘Trolls Band Together’ Trailer

By Dan Sarto | Tuesday, March 28, 2023 at 9:06am

Poppy, Branch, and of course, Tiny Diamond are just a few of the iconic Trolls heading back to theaters this November 17, as they uncover a big secret from the past that leads to an emotional journey to rescue and reunite a family, in the next installment of the glittery, bedazzling, and almost always happy franchise.

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