Tag "Feature Films"

‘Cars 2′ Co-Director Brad Lewis Heads to Digital Domain

June 29, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

Having navigated Pixar’s Cars 2 to the finish line as co-director to John Lasseter, Brad Lewis has signed on to directed original animated feature films for Digital Domain Media Group’s Tradition Studios. Lewis comes to Digital Domain after 10 years at Pixar racking up credits that include producing the Oscar-winning [...]

Pixar News: Untitled 2013 Release; Austin Fetes Lasseter

June 20, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean 2 Comments divider image

Disney has scheduled an untitled 3D movie from Pixar for release in theaters Nov. 27, 2013. According to a report on Deadline.com, the release will be an original feature and not a sequel. No other details on the film have been confirmed, though speculation runs high that the film will [...]

Sfar to Write, Direct Animated ‘Little Vampire’

June 13, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

Just coming off winning the best feature honor at Annecy for The Rabbi’s Cat, French comic-book artist turned animator Joann Sfar is set to turn his best-selling book The Little Vampire into an animated feature, Variety reports. Sfar is teaming with StudioCanal for the project, which will be a 3D [...]

Canada’s Modus FX Preps 3D Feature ‘Sarila’

June 1, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

Montreal-based Modus FX has announced work on Sarila, which the studio says is the first stereoscopic 3D animated feature film created in Canada. Directed by Nancy Florence Savard, Sarila is a compelling coming-of-age story set among the Inuit people of the Arctic. The voice cast includes Christopher Plummer (The Sound [...]

Deluxe Merges CIS into Method Studios

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Deluxe Entertainment Services Group is merging two visual effects studios, absorbing CIS Visual Effects into its recently acquired Method Studios. The merge is intended to create a single studio that can offer a broad range of services for feature films, TV and commercials with an integrated workflow across mulitple locations. [...]

The Great Pretender: ‘Rango’

March 4, 2011 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment divider image

Director Gore Verbinski and ILM vfx supervisor Hal Hickel discuss the making of Rango, a highly original, visually arresting animated feature about a chameleon with an identity crisis. Many directors have described Johnny Depp as a versatile actor who has been able to portray a nice variety of roles throughout [...]