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Imageworks Adds Dowdeswell, Nichols to Vancouver Studio

February 7, 2013 by Mercedes Milligan 1 Comment divider image

Sony Pictures Imageworks has further plumped up its Vancouver, Canada vfx and digital character animation studio (established in 2010) with the appointment of Jason Dowdeswell as VP, Production Operations, and Oscar winner Steve Nichols as Senior Animation Supervisor. The announcement was made by Imageworks EVP & GM Randy Lake. Dowdeswell [...]

Valhalla, Toei, ANEW to Produce ‘Gaiking’ Pic

December 19, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Gale Anne Hurd’s Valhalla Entertainment, Toei Animation and All Nippon Entertainment Works (ANEW) will be producing a new live-action feature based on Toei’s popular anime property Gaiking. This marks a new push for Toei into the U.S. marketplace and the first development deal for ANEW. The anime property follows a [...]

Marathon Media Reveals World Domination Plans

October 10, 2012 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment divider image

As Marathon Media’s Totally Spies! heroines get ready to take over the palace of Versailles, the French studio prepares a new storyboard-driven series with Nickelodeon in Hollywood. Marathon Media CEO Vincent Chalvon-Demersay and general manager David Michel are having a busy year. Not only is their Paris-based studio launching the [...]

The World of Philip K. Dick Reimagined

August 3, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Director Len Wiseman brings a fresh visual kick to the brave new world of Total Recall. When you think of Philip K. Dick’s seminal sci-fi story We Can Remember It for You Wholesale, it’s hard not to envision Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sharon Stone running around in Total Recall, the 1990 [...]

Fox to Develop Pic Based on Ball’s ‘Ruin’

July 23, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Fox is in negotiations to develop the animated sci-fi short Ruin by Wes Ball into a live-action feature, says The Hollywood Reporter. The project is being developed at McG’s Wonderland Sound and Vision under the supervision of Steve Tzirlin (Star Wars: The Clone Wars). Ball’s Ruin is set in a [...]

Anniversaries 2012

December 10, 2011 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

5 Years Still Loco for Toons It seems like just yesterday that we began hearing whisperings of the Latin American animation market’s emerging promise, and a certain Gothic-inspired CG animated feature out of Mexico that was stirring antennas in the Toon Town hive. It’s hard to believe that’s it has [...]