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Disney FX Wiz Robert Broughton Dies at 91
Pioneering camera effects artist Robert Broughton who worked on almost every Disney movie from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) to The Black Hole (1979) passed away recently at a nursing home in Rochester, Minn. Broughton used color traveling matte composite cinematography to help Dick Van Dyke dance with [...]
Glen Hanson, Director, Shiny Toy Guns’ Ghost Town Video
It’s always a pleasure to see a cool new animated music video that goes beyond the standard limitations and clich’s of the genre. The Shiny Toy Guns video for their new video single Ghost Town is designed and directed by L.A.-based artist Glen Hanson. A Sheridan college alumnus, the acclaimed [...]
Black Freighter Gets Arrrrr Rating
While Warner Bros.’ upcoming superhero epic Watchmen is solidly tailored to the PG-13 crowd, its animated companion piece has been slapped with an R rating by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). Tales of the Black Freighter, a gruesome pirate story directed by Zack Snyder, was flagged by the [...]
Top 10 Animation/VFX Tools of the Year
We left it up to our readers to pick their favorite animation and vfx tools/software packages of the year. Here are the terrific 10 items that earned the most votes, in alphabetical order: 3ds Max (3D Studio Max) ’09. Employed in many of the top Hollywood film productions, videogames and [...]
LEGO Batman Flies to iPhones/iPods
Just in time for the holidays, fans of LEGO Batman: Gotham City Games can enjoy their favorite caped crusader on iPhones and iPod Touch screens. The Warner Bros. Interactive game features 16 fun mini games that explore the heart of Wayne Manor. Along the way, players pilot the LEGO Batwing [...]
Bully Bros. Post Ready for Business
A new state-of-the-art post and vfx studio has opened its door in Santa Monica, Calif. Founded by creative director/lead fx artist Kiki Chansamone and exec producer Jason Forest, Bully Bros. specializes in full-service HD finishing for spots, expert compositing, RED and P2 conversions, 3D previz/storyboarding and on-set vfx supe work. [...]
Laika Lets Go 65, Nixes Jack and Ben
Portland-based animation studio Laika Entertainment has laid off 65 people and axed its troubled project in development Jack and Ben’s Animated Adventure. The CG-animated feature was slated to be the studio’s follow-up pic after the upcoming Coraline. Mulan director Barry Cook was signed to direct the film. According to a [...]
Singapore Plans New VFX Studio
In conjunction with this week’s Asia TV Forum and SIGGRAPH Asia, the Singapore government has announced plans to build a new state-of-the-art soundstage in the region. The special effects studio will be completed in 2011 and will allow filmmakers and production houses to shoot high-def and 3-D projects. The first [...]
CG Pioneer Encourages SIGGRAPH to Broaden Focus
Don Greenberg, director of Cornell University’s highly regarded computer graphics program, encouraged the audience at the inaugural edition of SIGGRAPH Asia in Singapore to expand the applications of the technology and to help build bridges between disciplines in the future. In his keynote speech today (December 11), Greenberg used colorful [...]
Missing Lynx Found in Santa Monica
Actor and producer Antonio Banderas and Spanish director Raul Garcia introduced their new CG-animated feature The Missing Lynx (El Lince Perdido) at a premiere screening held at the American Film Market in Santa Monica, Calif. on Thursday. Co-directed by Garcia and Manuel Sicilia, Lynx is the first movie from Kandor [...]
Vertical Ent. to Distribute...
New arrival Vertical Entertainment has picked up the U.S. distribution rights...
PGS Sells Method/DQE’s...
Global distributor and brand management company PGS has announced the sale of...
