Know Your Indie Filmmaker: Run Wrake
[embedded content] [embedded content] [embedded content] [embedded content] In a phrase: Utilizing bold graphic drawings, Run Wrake’s multi-layered works connect an onslaught of imagery from diverse media and loop them with a brilliant sense of…
BlueBolt Expands Senior Management Team
Independent, London-based visual effects studio BlueBolt has added Tracy McCreary, Henry Badgett, and Nic Birmingham to its Board of Directors. The new board members join studio co-founders Lucy Ainsworth-Taylor and Angela Barson, who will be stepping…
FILFURY and Untold Studios Electrify Hispano Suiza
Sound Design: The WURF Estates Agency: DaughterCreatives: Stuart Jackson, Richard NewellProject Manager: Amber WilsonCreative Partner: Stuart Jackson, Richard Newell, Gareth HopkinsStrategy Partner: Lee JacksonProject manager: Amber Wilson Client:…
Menno Fokma and Woodwork Amsterdam Slip “Into The Metaverse” for Adidas
Posted on Wednesday, April 26, 2023 Client: AdidasSenior Portfolio Manager: Luke WelchProject Manager: Sophia Feary, Juri SchierCreative Director: Richard AskinCreative Lead: Maarten ApeldoornProducer: Jeoffrey van Overveld, Nadine Kuilboer…
Pixomondo Launches Virtual Production Academy
Program graduates will receive a micro-credential completion badge from Seneca and have direct access to employment opportunities at PXO. Seneca Film Institute director Mark Jones said, “Together, we will deliver the most cutting-edge training in…
‘Big Mouth’ Renewed Through 8th and Final Season
Big Mouth spinoff Human Resources will also end after it’s second season run, which launches in the coming months. However, the characters and stories from Human Resources will flow into the final seasons of Big Mouth. Netflix recently renewed its…
Weareseventeen Lights Up New Nordic Channel for BBC
“When exploring ‘The Bright Side’ visually, we naturally turned to 3D and motion first to develop inspiration and inevitably the building blocks of our brand identity. “The core asset at the heart of the identity – a…
Netflix Will Debut ‘Nimona’ At Annecy This June
Netflix will debut its highly anticipated feature adaptation of ND Stevenson’s Nimona at Annecy on June 14, before the film hits the platform later this summer. A knight is framed for a crime he didn’t commit and the only person who can help…
‘Final Space’ To Get Graphic Novel Finale From Creator Olan Rogers
Cartoon Brew’s view: Rogers’ story is one of the few happy endings to come from last year’s WBD culling of animated films and series. There are dozens of other creators who still have no legal means of continuing the work they poured…
Legendary Drops Title Reveal Trailer for ‘Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire’
It’s official. The newest installment in the Monsterverse is Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire, and Legendary has dropped a title reveal trailer for the occasion. Godzilla Vs. Kong director Adam Wingard is back for the sequel project, with a script…
Dada Projects Explores PROWL Studio’s Peel Hemp Chair
Posted on Friday, April 21, 2023 London 3D animation studio Dada Projects (also responsible for this ambitious Rimowa film) visualizes the materials, processes, and life cycle of the Peel Hemp Chair from California studio PROWL. Ana Aguiar, creative…
NVIDIA Studio Highlights NVIDIA Omniverse and USD in ‘Cold Inside Diorama’
The pair’s tools on the project included Autodesk Maya, Adobe Substance 3D Painter, Marmoset Toolbag, Quixel Megascans, Unreal Engine 5, and Maxon’s ZBrush. The NVIDIA Studio blog has just showcased scenes from Cold Inside Diorama by 3D…
After A Five-Year Hiatus, ‘The Venture Bros.’ Are Back In A New Clip For Their Upcoming Film ‘Radiant is the Blood of the Baboon Heart’
The film is scheduled for release later this year by Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment, although exactly how it will be distributed wasn’t made clear in WBD’s announcement. Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has released a first-look clip…
Indian VFX Outfit Basilic Fly Studios Launches Lightrunner Studios In The U.K.
StudiosVFX Basilic Fly Studios has launched a new London-based vfx studio called Lightrunner Studios and is hiring now. | Pictured at top: Superman and Lois In addition to taking on vfx work, the new location will feature an R&D division focusing…
A Short Ode to Life, Death, and Dessert by Lobster and Vincent Tsui
For their latest in-house studio ID, the crew at Lobster Studio in Sofia, Bulgaria, teamed up with illustrator/animator Vincent Tsui and composer/sound designer David Kamp for a one-minute slice of the surreal. Production: Lobster StudioDirector:…
Watch: ‘Doing Time – A Woman’s View’ Animated Short
Doing Time – A Woman’s View is produced by Rehabilitation Through the Arts, with Katherine Vockins serving as executive director. Ricki Gold is deputy director. “We believe the time is overdue for women impacted by the justice system to…
ManvsMachine’s “Adaptive Foam” Product Film for Tuft & Needle
After dropping this stunner for Purple back in 2020, the design and animation team at ManvsMachine return to the CG mattress wars with a cool and sophisticated product film for Tuft & Needle. Production: ManvsMachineDirector: ManvsMachine Posted on…
JL Design and Computerface Merge “Nature x Future” in NexCell Product Film
Client: NexCell Music & Sound Design: Pongo @HyperLung Audio Production Studio “We wanted to connect imagery that shows the renewable and circulating nature at the core of NexCell’s idea. Through this organic/realistic film made…
Horny Aliens, Hungry World Eaters, and the Many Travails of ‘Thoron the Conqueror’
Nic Collins: Sean and I have known each other for over a decade. We met at Columbia College in Chicago back in 2010, and we’ve made a lot of movies and shorts together. Sean is an animator, and he’d been experimenting with making live-action…
Stephan Franck’s Graphic Novel Series ‘Palomino’ Returns to Kickstarter
Check out the project page for “Palomino” Volumes 2 and 3, now live on Kickstarter. Cybersecurity specialist by day, investigative journalist by night. Acclaimed cartoonist and veteran animator Stephan Franck (Despicable…
‘Suzume’ Reviews Roundup: What U.S. Critics Are Saying About ‘Your Name’ Director Makoto Shinkai’s Latest, In Theaters Now
Instead, today we’re looking at what U.S.-based publications are saying about Shinkai’s latest. Suzume currently boasts a 95% critics’ score on Rotten Tomatoes after 63 reviews, most from the U.K. and U.S. That’s not as good…