Thursday, April 24, 2014
Dates Announced for ‘Popeye,’ ‘Hotel Transylvania 2'
Sony Animation has announced the release date for two eagerly anticipated projects. First up, Genndy Tartakovksy will be helming a new 3-D, CG-animated version of Popeye. The new pic ... Continue Reading →
Relativity and Reel FX Raise ‘Turkeys’ in 2014
Relativity Media and Dallas and Santa Monica-based Reel FX have announced they will jointly produce and finance the upcoming animated comedy Turkeys, slated for a 2014 release. Directed ... Continue Reading →
Reel FX Acquires Deep Ellum Headquarters
Dallas-based animation and vfx house Reel FX has acquired the 73,200 square foot property that has served as its headquarters for the past seven years at 301 N. Crowdus St.. The studio, ... Continue Reading →
Del Toro, Gutierrez Collaborate on ‘Day of the Dead’ Pic
Guillermo del Toro will produce a new CG-animated feature, directed by Jorge Gutierrez, the creator of Nickelodeon’s series El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera. The movie, which ... Continue Reading →
Expanding the Magical World of William Joyce
How Hurricane Katrina and a veteran children’s book advocate in New York City inspired an award-winning animated short and popular iPad app.
Many months before critical favorites ... Continue Reading →
Reel FX, Crest Propose 10-Pic Venture
India’s Crest Animation Studios and U.S.-based vfx studio Reel FX are looking to join forces in a proposed $220 million venture that would generate 10 films over eight year, according ... Continue Reading →
SIGGRAPH – The Quiet Revolution
A timely SIGGRAPH panel examines the pros and cons of distributed production.
SIGGRAPH is always a showcase for whiz-bag images of digital destruction, virtual flames and flowing, photo-real ... Continue Reading →
Adamson on Board for Dark Horse’s ‘Beasts of Burden’
DreamWorks Animation alumnus Andrew Adamson is set to adapt the Dark Horse Comics series Beasts of Burden into a CG-animated feature film, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Adamson ... Continue Reading →
