All posts tagged "The Empire Strikes Back"
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Festivals and Events
Craig Miller Named WGAW’s 2020 AWC Animation Writing Award Honoree
November 23, 2020TV animation writer and WGAW Animation Writers Caucus Chair Craig Miller (The Smurfs, Curious George, Pocket...
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Licensing
New York Toy Fair Round-Up
February 23, 2020The New York Toy Fair has returned to the Jacob K. Javits Center to dazzle fans,...
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Features
News Bytes: Disney+ Grabs 10 Mil Subscribers, Bieber Previews ‘Cupid’ and More
November 13, 2019Disney +’s first day on the market has been a smashing success. The Mouse House’s stocks...
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Festivals and Events
2019 VES Fellows: Neil Corbould, Harrison Ellenshaw, Susan Zwerman
September 18, 2019The Visual Effects Society, the industry’s global professional honorary society, announced the 2019 class of VES...
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Features
News Bytes: Deadpool Toon Lives On, Jan Svankmajer in Amsterdam, Exec Appointments & More
January 3, 2019Mattel Loses a Good Chunk of DC Comics Toy License to Spin Master The new three-year...
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Top Stories
Weta’s Ken McGaugh Shares the VFX Secrets of ‘Mortal Engines’
December 20, 2018A decade ago, filmmaker Peter Jackson began development of a cinematic adaptation of an epic fantasy...
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North America
Visual Effects Society Announces 2018 Fellows
September 27, 2018The Visual Effects Society (VES), the industry’s global professional honorary society, has announced the 2018 class...
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Schools
VFX Master Richard Edlund Joins Chapman U as Pankey Distinguished Artist
February 16, 2018Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts is bringing on four-time Academy Award winner...
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Television
MarVista Snags Exclusive International Distribution for ‘Dream Street’
September 13, 2017Film and TV producer-distributor MarVista Entertainment has been named the exclusive international distributor for Dream Street...
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People
Tom Sito Joins Academy Board; Edlund Returns to VFX Branch
July 3, 2017The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has announced the new electees to its 2017-18...
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People
‘Star Wars’ Star Carrie Fisher Dies at 60
January 2, 2017Actor, author and screenwriter Carrie Fisher — known worldwide as the iconic Princess Leia (and now,...
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Festivals and Events
FMX to Feature ‘Inside Out,’ ‘Avengers’ VR and More
March 8, 2016Organizers of the 2016 FMX conference, taking place April 26-29 in Stuttgart, have revealed new details...
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Features
Animation Architects
February 7, 2016Industrial Light and Magic has created pure movie wizardry for four decades — and we look...
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Festivals and Events
World Animation Summit: Michael Hirsh Master Class
November 9, 2015In the world of animation production few names inspire as much awe and respect as Michael...
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Features
Lord and Miller Directing Han Solo ‘Star Wars’ Tale
July 7, 2015Lucasfilm announced that The LEGO Movie directors Christopher Miller and Phil Lord will direct a Star...
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Features
Building Up to Epic
June 6, 2014Writer-director Dean DeBlois steers Hiccup, Toothless and the rest of the Vikings of Berk straight into...
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People
Devil & Demon Appoints VFX Legend Richard Edlund to the Board
June 4, 2014Supercharged computer manufacturer The Devil & Demon Strategy (devilanddemon.com) is welcoming renowned visual effects creator Richard...
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Features
‘Star Wars: Episode VII’ Cast Confirmed
April 29, 2014If you felt this morning a disturbance in The Force, you weren’t alone. Disney and Lucasfilm...
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Features
New ‘Star Wars’ Pic Will Be Out on Dec. 18, 2015
November 8, 2013So yesterday, after much fanfare, Disney and Lucasfilm confirmed that Star Wars: Episode VII will be...
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Features
Lawrence Kasdan to Write New ‘Star Wars’ Script
October 24, 2013Even Oscar-winning in-demand writers like Michael Arndt (Toy Story 3, Little Miss Sunshine) can be at...
Recent Posts
The upcoming animated feature Schirkoa, based on the award-winning short by director Ishan Shukla, has ...
A new animated comedy from Jack Amiel and Michael Begler (creators/exec producers of The Knick) ...
Animation industry vet Brian Keane will be joining Nickelodeon Animation Studios as Executive Vice President ...
