Tag: Epic
‘Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld’ Animated Anthology Sets Exclusive Fortnite Premiere
Epic and Disney are embarking on their most expansive Star Wars collaboration in Fortnite to date with the first entirely Star Wars-themed Battle Royale...
Producer Fred Malmberg on Awakening the Animation for ‘Mutant Year Zero’
In July, Heroic Signatures announced that the company is in production on its first animated feature film for its popular franchise, Mutant Year Zero. Based...
Your 2023 Academy Awards Animated Feature Dossier
***This feature originally appeared in the December '22 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 325)***
Which animated features are going for Oscar gold on March 13,...
William Joyce Introduces Us to His Hopeful New Short ‘Mr. Spam Gets a New Hat’
***This article originally appeared in the December '22 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 325)***
There’s always great excitement when news of a new project by...
Top Tech Tools & Trends of 2021
Once again, we round out another crazy year where our lives are slowly inching back to normal. But while people are stuck in their...
Global TV & Streaming News
The second season of Max Original adult animated series gen:LOCK debuts Thursday, November 4 on HBO Max. Set 50 years in the future where...
People on the Move: Simensky Toons Up Duolingo; Hires at Ghost, Herschend, Nexus & More
Duolingo today announced that veteran children's television executive Linda Simensky has joined the company as Head of Animation and Scripted Content. In the newly...
Ten Shows to Catch at MIPJunior 2021
***This article originally appeared in the Sept./Oct. '21 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 313)***
This year's MIPJunior market has moved into the annual MIPCOM and...
Dr. Phil, Meghan Trainor, Jay Leno, Sterling K. Brown & Tom Green Star in ‘Bug Therapy’
88 Pictures and Citronella Stories have announced a new animated comedy, Bug Therapy, featuring an all-star cast that includes Dr. Phil McGraw, Meghan Trainor,...
Mold3D’s Unreal Engine Short ‘Slay’ Launches with Character Share, Sample Project for Community
In a spotlight blog post on the making of the project published today, Epic Games' Unreal Engine team announced that the debut of Mold3D...
Epic Games Unleashes Unreal Engine 4.27
Epic Games has released Unreal Engine 4.27, introducing powerful new features for creators across game development, film and television, architecture, automotive and beyond. Highlights...
Digital Dimension Appoints New Animation Production Execs
Following a year of significant growth, Digital Dimension Entertainment Group (DDEG), a company focusing on the creation and production of original animated content and...
DDEG’s Saturday Animation Announces First Original Series ‘Chase and CATCH’
Saturday Animation Studio, a subsidiary of Montreal-based Digital Dimension Entertainment Group (DDEG) with a mission to "bring back the magic of Saturday mornings," announces...
Andrea Miloro Named President of Mikros Animation
Technicolor announces that Andrea Miloro has joined as President of Mikros Animation. Her appointment reinforces Technicolor's commitment to expand the company's global feature and...
Off into the Wild Blue Sky: Reflecting on the ‘Ice Age’ Studio’s Legacy
***This article originally appeared in the May '21 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 310)***
The building was the size of a city block, plunked down...
William Joyce Helming ‘Great Gatsby’ Adaptation from DNEG Feature Animation
Having entered the public domain at the turn of 2021, F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby will be getting the animated feature treatment...
Disney Shutting Down ‘Ice Age’ Studio Blue Sky
The chips have fallen: The Walt Disney Co., which acquired Blue Sky Studios as part of its $71.3 billion buy up of 20th Century...
Disney Taps Animation Vet Vanessa Morrison to Lead Streaming Production
Family feature films veteran Vanessa Morrison has been named President, Streaming for Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Production, tasked with overseeing development and production...
Epic Games Acquires Quixel, Opens Megascans Library for UE Use
Kicking off Unreal Academy London, Epic Games announced the acquisition of Quixel, creator of the world’s largest photogrammetry asset library and bundled toolset, with...
Top 10 Tech Tools @ SIGGRAPH
Centered around the theme of “Thrive,” the 46th edition of SIGGRAPH is right around the corner, featuring the latest innovations in computer graphics and...
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