Selling the assets of shows and films always seemed like a sort of afterthought for studios. Indeed, many times they were considered waste to be disposed of. (For the life of me, I cannot now locate a link to the …
Month: December 2021
Twitter’s Perfect Christmas Ad by Roxane Campoy and Passion Paris
Way back in primary school, UK Twitter user @DanannMcAleer penned a darkly comic John Lewis holiday spot. Fast forward 26 years, he tweets his original pitch, and the social platform turns it into a Christmas ad of their own. Production: …
‘Young Justice: Phantoms’ Fashions New Take on Adolescent Heroes
While the spy angle certainly got production off the ground, both showrunners say it was their team’s commitment to adding “heightened realism” that had never been seen before in a superhero series that gave Young Justice its notoriety. Vietti and …
Friends Electric Signs FRAME to their UK Roster
Frame EP Thomas Bay says: “With the recent growth of the business seeing FRAME take on more and more high-profile projects for leading brands, it feels like a natural progression to form an alliance with the mighty team at Friends …
‘Aladdin,’ ‘Moana’ Directors Ron Clements And John Musker Are Working On A DC Superhero Film
Warnermedia has produced plenty of DC animation projects in the past, but those have traditionally been made through its Warner Bros. Animation division, which handles mostly television and direct-to-video. The WAG theatrical group will release its first DC-based animated feature …
Returning to “The House of Nespresso” with FutureDeluxe and Fable FX
Agency: Hogarth, McCann Audio: Resonate Creatures: Fable FX For their follow-up to last year’s ambitious work for Nespresso, CG style masters FutureDeluxe team with Stockholm digital creature specialists Fable FX to create another hyper-real and coffee-centric domestic fantasy. Category: 3D …
Sony Dazzles Again With First Teaser For ‘Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse’
Since that time, the studio has been working to live up to the new standard of quality it set for itself with Spider-Verse. It delivered another winner this year with The Mitchells vs. The Machines, which has again excited both …
‘Namoo’: An Artist Reflects on Life, Death, and Everything In-between
The 12-minute film, named after the Korean word for “Tree,” illustrates the life of a young painter who, after experiencing romantic heartbreak, begins to forget his creative passions, growing up as a businessman who’s a slave to time. But, after …