The Trainwreck Production Of ‘Animal Kingdom: Let’s Go Ape,’ A Celebrity-Driven Animation Bomb
Star power can launch films. It can also capsize them. An article published (in French) by BFM TV has lifted the veil on the film’s convoluted, torturous production. Speaking to key players on the project, many of whom opted to stay anonymous,…
Tools Of The Trade: Every Animation Tool Used On The Upcoming Series ‘Royals Next Door’
The tool of choice was Blender, the number one open-source 3d authoring program in the known universe. We used it to model and render the backgrounds, as well as some of the comp tasks. Pablo Jordi Shotgrid (formerly known as Shotgun) is the standard…
Thomas Lennon Developing ‘The Post Guard’ Animated Series at Fox
The Post Guard follows the rag tag crew of humans, turtles, seals, and mermaids at the secretive, and often overlooked mashup of the Coast Guard and Post Office, as they scour the high seas to find and deliver messages in bottles, while settling who…
STEAM Accreditation Program Launched for Toy Industry
Submitted products will first be tested by the industry’s most demanding audience – children. While the kids play, they will be observed by professionals who have been trained to carry out research with children in a robust and ethically…
It’s Back! ‘Madagascar: A Little Wild’ Season 4 Premieres Today
Whet your appetite with the trailer… then tune in! DreamWorks Madagascar: A Little Wild is back with a new season now streaming on Peacock and Hulu. In Season 4, fearless pals Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Melman the Giraffe, and Gloria the…
“A is for Azure” Microsoft Icon Refresh Film
Posted on Friday, August 6, 2021 · Leave a Comment Azure A Team Contributors: Doug Kim, Jason Kilpatrick, Jennifer Han, Joe Hallock, Julien Tauban, Matthieu James, Pallavi Damera, Sang In Lee, Steph Battershell From the team at Microsoft…
“Out Of Bounds” Short Film by Franz Impler
While studying illustration at the Academy of Fine Arts in Leipzig Germany, Franz Impler taught himself 3D animation then went on to break every rule and convention of the genre in his wonderfully bizarre thesis project “Out Of Bounds”.…
Vimeo Revenue Grows In First Quarter As Public Company, After Pivot To Tech
One result: Vimeo’s importance as a place for filmmakers to upload their work has diminished relative to, say, Youtube’s. But Vimeo’s pivot has resulted in growth, spurred by increased demand for its services in the pandemic. The…
An ‘Infinity Train’ Exhibition Is Coming To L.A.’s Gallery Nucleus
Dennis endorsed the initiative, writing in his newsletter: “Remember, trend events DO actually help, even if they don’t feel like it. They introduce new people to the show, and also prove to execs (at various companies, not just CN [Cartoon…
Baillie Gifford Play for All the Marbles
Inspired by the idea of “predetermined resilience”, Scottish studios Playdead and Eyebolls create a tough little glass protagonist navigating a perilous and crowded landscape in this brand film for investment managers Baillie Gifford. Sound…
Autodesk Explores the Future of VFX at SIGGRAPH 2021
10:00-10:30am 12:05-12:30pm Rodeo FX: Harnessing the Power of Rigging in Maya 11:45am-12:05pm A fireside chat moderated by Dan Sarto, co-founder, and publisher at AWN, and featuring Prem Akkaraju, CEO at Weta Digital, and Diana Colella, Entertainment and…
‘South Park’ Creators Sign $900M Deal With ViacomCBS To Make 14 Movies, More Episodes
“We did a South Park movie in 1999, and we’ve never done another one because the show has been so satisfying,” Stone told Bloomberg. “Now we’re older, and the idea of what streaming movies can be is pretty promising.”…
Getty Museum “2-Minute Time Machine” Films by BIEN
Client: Getty Museum “More importantly, we seriously upped our historical accuracy game. Every single design, illustration, and artifact was carefully reviewed and vetted by the Getty staff curators and the museum director, himself. Our inner nerds…
6 Animated Shorts That Are Early Contenders For Oscars 2022
Director: Nicolas KeppensCountries: Belgium/France/NetherlandsAwards: Annecy (Jury Award), Anima (Best Belgian Short Film) Beryl, the working-class heroine of several shorts by Quinn and partner Les Mills, returns in what may be the pair’s most…
Two New Xilam Original Animated Series Land on Global Platforms
The series follows two tiny troublemakers, Chip and Dale, trying to live the good life in a big city park while having giant-sized, sky-high adventures. Nervous worrier Chip and laid-back dreamer Dale make the perfect odd couple: they’re best…
“Contour” Short Film by Ryo Kitabatake and Takuma Sasaki
Production: WOWDirector: Ryo Kitabatake, Takuma SasakiExecutive Producer: Hiroshi TakahashiProducer: Ko YamamotoAssistant Producer: Ken IshiiColorist: Masahiro Ishiyama Volumetric Capture: Dimension Studio Ryo Kitabatake and Takuma Sasaki: “Modern…
Carbon Welcomes Veteran VFX Supervisor Tommy Smith
Posted on Tuesday, August 3, 2021 · Leave a Comment No stranger to award wins, Tommy’s VFX work has been honored at ADC, AICP, Andy’s, Clios, D&AD, and LIA, amongst others. Most recently, Tommy achieved accolades working as…
Crunchyroll and Zoe Saldana Developing ‘Dark Star Squadron’
Crunchyroll has announced the development of Dark Star Squadron, an epic animated space opera, in partnership with actress Zoe Saldana’s Cinestar Pictures. Todd Ludy (Voltron: Legendary Defender) is onboard to write with Saldana. Cisely Saldana and…
Curators Reveal Details Of Academy Museum’s Upcoming Hayao Miyazaki Exhibition
The curators also tell the podcast of their experience working with Studio Ghibli, which is closely involved with the exhibition. They admit the studio was “skeptical” at first, having never greenlit an exhibition curated by a third party…
Cartoon Animator 4 Makes It Easy To Composite 2D Animation And Live Action
One of the most famous films to mix 2d and live action has to be the groundbreaking 1988 classic Who Framed Roger Rabbit, directed by Robert Zemeckis. The film stars Bob Hoskins and Christopher Lloyd as live-action characters alongside cartoon characters…
Biotherm x Carbios Brand Film by XK Studio
[embedded content] Client: Biotherm Director/designers Alexa Sirbu and Lukas Vojir at XK studio in London: “Carbios and Biotherm have partnered to create a revolutionary pilot: the first beauty product in the world with a bottle made from 100%…