1. Complete a three-second animation of a ball (in a month)2. Pass it to someone in another country3. They continue the animation Forty months ago Canadian director/animator Nathan Boey initiated an epic exquisite corpse-like project involving 40 animators (including himself) …
Month: January 2022

Luma Pictures is Well Suited to ‘Eternals’ VFX Production
Two key sequences involved Phastos’ holographic printing press. “The suit is being printed; we’re literally using lines that are coming together and printing suits on the characters,” remarks Dumont. “The other one has Phastos [Brian Tyree Henry] developing the hologram …

‘A Winter’s Journey’: The Hybrid Feature That Combines Schubert, Painted Animation, And A Playstation Game
Jörg Tittel and Philip Munger at London-based Oiffy are producing, alongside Sean Bobbitt and Hugh Welchman at Breakthru Films, Reinhard Brundig at Pandora Film in Germany, Benoit Roland’s Wrong Men North in Belgium, Raphaël Berdugo and Alexis Perrin in France, …

Paramount Will Release Aniventure’s ‘Blazing Samurai’ On July 22
Long in the making, cg feature Blazing Samurai has finally found a home at Paramount Animation. The Hollywood Reporter first reported the news. Paramount acquired the movie from GFM Animation for North America and other key territories, and will release …

Police Dog Hogan “Here Comes Crow” Music Video by Jac Clinch and Blinkink
BAFTA Award-winning director Jac Clinch and the Blinkink animation and model crew unravel the strange tale of an astronaut’s encounter with an ancient civilization of Martian crows for British band Police Dog Hogan. Jac Clinch: “The band gave me the …

Netflix “Archive 81” Techno-Gothic Title Sequence by Antibody
Antibody directors Patrick Clair and Raoul Marks conjure a murky and sinister sequence to set the tone for Archive 81, the new Netflix thriller/ghost story that arises thru the efforts of an archivist restoring damaged vintage videotapes. Posted on Sunday, …

Qyou Media Launches Pioneering Adult Animation Channel In India
The Q Kahaniyan will air animation aimed at the 15–35 age group. Billed as “India’s first and only television channel featuring this style of alternative animation 24/7,” it will be available at launch on smart-tv and mobile-app-based platforms. Image at …

David G. Derrick To Direct ‘Moana’ Series For Disney+
Derrick is Samoan from his grandmother’s side and has spoken in the past about his interest in working on Moana. He told the Boulder Weekly in 2016: The Disney+ series will be the first production produced out of the new …

Paramount+ Drops ‘Star Trek: Picard’ Season 2 Trailer
Source: Paramount+ Debbie Diamond Sarto is assistant news editor at Animation World Network. In the new season, Jean-Luc Picard and his crew embark on a bold and exciting new journey… into the past. Picard must enlist friends both old and …