Denis Villeneuve Begins Filming ‘Dune: Part Two’
Villeneuve is directing Dune: Part Two from a screenplay he co-wrote with Jon Spaihts. Villeneuve further serves as producer, alongside Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Tanya Lapointe, and Patrick McCormick. Josh Grode, Herbert W. Gains, Brian Herbert,…
MPC London Scraps 2022 Raises, Introduces Color-Coded Alert System For Troubled Projects
A thread dedicated to the MPC announcements in the r/vfx subreddit was the sub’s most-upvoted post of the day on Sunday and has received more than 175 comments slamming the company and its policies. Been at MPC a year or so, ready to move on so…
Craig McCracken Is Rebooting ‘The Powerpuff Girls,’ ‘Foster’s Home For Imaginary Friends’
Details: Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe has started development on reboots of classic Cartoon Network series The Powerpuff Girls and Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends with creator, producer, and director Craig McCracken attached to develop both.…
Guinness Gets Back to the Land with “Goodness”
“Even though this story would be impossible to capture in live action, it was important for the film to look realistic. We designed an aesthetic that appears natural, organic, and highly detailed, but more stylized than what would be observed in…
Xeros “The Power of Change” Product Films by Found Studio
“We worked with agency Made Thought to tell the story of Xeros’ core technologies, Care and Filtration in two films that open with the environmental problem before showcasing the solutions in an understandable, engaging and beautiful…
‘Paws of Fury’ Review Roundup: An Outmoded And Out-Of-Touch Animated Feature
Paws of Fury is an efficient yet underimagined animated fable that barely musters the flavor of a cliché Western comedy. Mel Brooks, who is one of the film’s executive producers, has a voice role — he’s the Shogun, who says…
Nintendo Buys Dynamo Pictures
The move follows a growing trend across the gaming industry: Both Sega and Sony, for instance, have invested heavily in producing features and series based on their respective gaming properties, from Sonic the Hedgehog, to The Last of Us, to Uncharted.…
25 Years Of ‘Cow & Chicken’: A Conversation With Creator David Feiss
Feiss: I did the pilot of Cow and Chicken, we tested it, and they said, ‘We want to do a series.’ But then they said, “We want do a half -hour format with two seven-minute Cow and Chickens and we want a new middle cartoon that’s…
Netflix Drops ‘DOTA: Dragon’s Blood’ Book 3 Official Trailer
The hugely popular DOTA: Dragon’s Blood returns to NETFLIX with Book 3 on August 11. The fantasy anime series is based on Valve’s popular DOTA 2 video-game franchise. The multiplayer online battle arena, or ‘MOBA’ game, is one of…
disguise Buys Immersive Entertainment Company Meptik
“We have always prided ourselves on our ability to service both sides of the xR equation – the creative and the technical – and we love creating dynamic virtual worlds that blow audiences away,” noted Rivero. “Joining forces…
Eagle Ottawa “Immersion” Product Film by Lunar North
Music/sound design: Proper Sounds Posted on Friday, July 15, 2022 Production: Lunar NorthDirector: Lunar NorthCreative Director: Marcus MullinsDesign: Marcus Mullins, Emily Tinklenberg2D Animator: Marissa Cruz, Marcus Mullins, Samantha Pickett, Emily…
Imagine Dragons “Sharks” Music Video by Ingenuity Studios
Alex Popkin: “The Sharks brief was completely open-ended, and the winning pitch was just one of five phenomenal ideas that the team came up with. Production: Ingenuity StudiosVFX Supervisor and Founding Partner: David Lebensfeld,VFX Supervisor and…
Dean Fleischer-Camp to Direct ‘Lilo & Stitch’ Live-Action Adaptation
Dean Fleischer-Camp, director of the just-released indie comedy Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, is set to direct a live-action feature film adaptation of Lilo & Stitch for Disney, Deadline reports. Disney’s original animated feature tells…
Nintendo To Acquire CG Animation Company Dynamo PIctures
Here is what we know about the deal: Nintendo announced today that it is purchasing the Japanese cg animation studio Dynamo Pictures. Nintendo’s acquisition of Tokyo-based Dynamo Pictures is intended to “strengthen the planning and production…
‘99¢ Pizza’ By Lucas Ansel Is The Perfect Slice Of Animated Horror
Lucas Ansel’s 99¢ Pizza is a student film made at Rhode Island School of Design and it’s a perfect slice of animated horror. [embedded content] The mixed-media short blends stop-motion animation with cg backgrounds created in Blender.…
Stash 154 Turns Up the Summer Heat!
WOUQ • WONDERLUST • JAKE WEGESIN • TENDRIL • TEMPLE CACHÉ • KIM TAYLOR • IGOR SORDOKHONOV • SOMEIDESIGN • SMITH & FOULKES • ROBERT SETHI • SAROFSKY • FRANÇOIS ROUSSELET • SIMON…
Fleischer Studios Drops ‘Betty Boop’ NFT Launch Teaser
[embedded content] The NFT collection will feature stylized Digital Fashion clothes and accessories inspired by classic cartoons and designed by MYAMI Studio, known for creating digital high fashion that can be worn and traded in virtual realities. The…
“Forest in a Bottle Redux” Unreal Engine Tests by Leo Torres
“The Early Access scenes were rendered out on an Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB, while the newer shots were done on an Nvidia RTX 3060 6GB graphics card using deferred rendering with the Movie Render Queue. Toolkit: Unreal, EngineBlender “It’s…
California Carves $2.5 Million From State Budget for Animation Museum Project
Newquist’s early plans are to host gallery displays and exhibitions as well as events in a physical location, while a virtual component could reach those outside the state. The idea is to explore animation’s history and evolving technology…
Black-Owned Studio Smokescreen Launches In L.A., Watch Their First Short Here
I’ve been lucky to have experience meeting these types of talent for years, beginning with my old podcast called The Animation Network. That drove lots of undiscovered talent my way, in addition to doing portfolio reviews on behalf of Disney at…
BMWi Oasis Brand Films by FutureDeluxe
Client: BMW Sound Design: Echolab Production: FutureDeluxeDirecter: FutureDeluxe “From precision and materiality to speed and passion, each world exists to provide a window into the brand and how it feels to get behind the wheel of a BMW…