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South Korean Company Bids for Rhythm & Hues
JS Communications Co., a South Korean media company, has signed a letter of intent to buy financially-troubled VFX studio Rhythm & Hues, asking the bankruptcy court to handling the company’s case to give it stalking horse status, according to reports. Stalking horse bidders serve to spur other potential buyers to [...]
Summer Debuts on Disney XD for New ‘Hulk,’ ‘Avengers’
Two new Marvel animated series will premiere this summer on Disney XD, with Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. to debut Aug. 11 and Avengers Assemble on July 7. Here’s how Marvel describes the new series: “In Marvel’s Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H., Hulk has long fought alone [...]
Peters Named to VES Board for Northern California
Jon V. Peters, CEO and founder of Athena Studios, has been named to the board of directors for the Visual Effects Society’s Northern California chapter. I am thrilled to play a more integral role in the Northern California Visual Effects Society,” says Peters. “I am looking forward to helping our [...]
Will ‘Oz’ Prove Great and Powerful at the Box Office?
Disney is looking to heat up a so-far tepid year at the box office with its VFX-heavy reimagining Oz: The Great and Powerful. Directed by Sam Raimi, who turned Spider-Man into a billion-dollar movie franchise, Oz: The Great and Powerful looks poised to be a box office powerhouse with industry [...]
Iger: No 2D Features in Disney’s Immediate Future
An overall strong year for Disney did little to quell questions at the company’s annual shareholders’ meeting this week, including the future of 2D animated features. When asked about the future of 2D animation on the big screen, CEO and Chairman Bob Iger said: “To my knowledge we’re not developing [...]
Disney Greenlights Daron Nefcy’s Teenage Princess Series
Disney has ordered a new animated series tentatively called Star and the Forces of Evil, created by Daron Nefcy and with Eden Sher of the sitcom The Middle on board to voice the lead, reports Deadline.com. The series is a comedy-adventure series about the other-dimensional magical teen princess Star Butterfly, [...]
R&H Needs Buyer Before Loans Run Out Mid-March
Financially troubled visual effects company Rhythm & Hues has said it needs to find a buyer by mid-March to have a shot at emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The company is currently operating on a $17 million loan from Universal and Fox and a $4.9 million loan from Legendary Studios [...]
BFX Festival Adds Competition for VFX, Animation Students
Brits looking to break into the visual effects industry, take note: The BFX Festival set for this summer in Bournemouth in the south of England has announced a student competition. The competition is designed to give participants direct exposure to cutting-edge practices whilse showcasing their skills to some of the [...]
Amazon Studios Picks Up Animated Pilot ‘Sara Solves It’
Amazon Studios has greenlit a test pilot for the original animated children’s series Sara Solves It, co-developed by WGBH and Out of the Blue Enterprises. Sara Solves It is created by Emmy Award winner Carol Greenwald (Curious George, Arthur, Martha Speaks) and multiple Emmy Award nominee Angela C. Santomero (Daniel [...]
‘Sid the Science Kid: The Movie’ Coming to PBS, Video
A feature-length outing for the popular Sid the Science Kid series is set to debut March 25 on PBS Kids! followed by a DVD and iTunes release on April 2. The movie is a co-production between The Jim Henson Company and Chinese partners Nine Eyes Stone Pictures and Shanghai Animation [...]
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