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SIGGRAPH Animation Fest Spotlights Top Talent, Projects
The SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival has announced its interactive sessions spotlighting some of the most innovative talent and projects in animation and visual effects. “Once again, the content in the Computer Animation Festival offers something of interest to just about everyone – from industry newbies to veterans,” said Joshua Grow, [...]
It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s … Comic-Con International!
Before you snap your spine picking up the official event guide for San Diego’s massive comics, animation and pop-culture event, take a quick glance at what the 41st edition has to offer this July 21-24. Awesome Anniversaries The show will be celebrating some key milestones in the comics world this [...]
The Robots Invade a New Dimension
Michael Bay’s shiny Transformers are back for their third big-screen outing, but this time they require a lot more vfx magic in 3-D. Here’s the thing about revisiting a big, shiny summer franchise for the third time: You’d better be ready to up the ante and make audiences fall in [...]
First-day Take of $37M for ‘Transformers: Dark of the Moon’
The visual-effects extravaganza Transformers: Dark of the Moon debuted Wednesday to about $37 million in ticket sales, marking the best debut of the year for any film. Based on the popular Hasbro toys and classic 1980s animated series, the third film in the Transformers franchise earned about $8 million of [...]
Abrams’ ‘Super 8′ Enters Crowded Box Office Race
The box office is looking to continue its summer rebound with the unknown quantity of Super 8 going up against kid flick Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer — and both looking to topple mutants, bachelors and animated pandas. Super 8 is the third film directed by J.J. Abrams, [...]
New Images, Trailer for Fourth ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’
With Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides set to sail into theaters May 20, Disney has released two new images and a new trailer for the film. First, the images: And now the trailer: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides is the fourth film in the series based [...]
Aliens Among Us
Veteran supe Greg McMurry reveals some of the clever ways he and the artists at ILM, and Hammerhead delivered the visual magic for I Am Number Four. Tell a visual effects artist that his or her next project is going to be a sci-fi alien movie and you might [...]
Emmy Winner Cellucci Joins Kerner as VFX Executive Producer
Emmy-winning visual effects producer Camille Cellucci has joined Kerner as an executive producer. Cellucci produced effects for such recent films as The Green Hornet and was nominated for a VES Award for Salt. Kerner, previously known as ILM’s model shop, specializes in realistic physical effects for film, television and commercial [...]
‘Phantom Menace’ Kicks Off 3D ‘Star Wars’ Re-releases on Feb. 10, 2012
Get ready to experience a new dimension of The Force. Lucasfilm and 20th Century Fox have announced a Feb. 10, 2012, release date for the stereoscopic 3D version of Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace. The 3D conversion on the film is being handled by ILM. Phantom Menace [...]
Filmmakers React to Oscar Nominations
It’s always a good day when it starts off with being nominated for an Academy Award. Here’s what the filmmakers nominated for the best animated feature Oscar had to say about it. “What an honor it is to be nominated for an Academy Award!” said Dean DeBlois, the Canadian-born writer/director [...]
‘Beware the...
Cartoon Network has announced the premiere date of it’s brand-new CG...
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Those crazy, irreverent kids on FOX TV’s Family Guy team have done it...
