All posts tagged "Weta"
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North America
Oscar-Nominated VFX Artist Danny Gordon Taylor Dies Age 69
August 8, 2019Animation supervisor and CG character animator Danny Gordon Taylor, who earned a VFX Oscar nomination for...
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North America
Learning from the Masters: Must-Take US Animation & VFX Classes
February 10, 2019***This article originally appeared in Animation Magazine’s 2019 International Education & Career Guide*** In an era...
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Festivals and Events
Oscars: The VFX Bake-Off Offerings
January 9, 2018Last month, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences selected 10 titles to move forward...
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Schools
Game School Online Opens Winter Enrollment
December 11, 2017Game School Online — the first and only tuition-free online videogame development school, launched in April...
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Features
Daily News Bytes: Kevin McTurk Takes Swing at ‘Haunted Swordsman,’ Turner Joins FupiToons, Toys ‘R’ Us Files Bankruptcy & More
September 19, 2017AAN Partners with Turner for DISCOP Joburg & FupiToons Festival The global broadcasting giant will reunite...
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Festivals and Events
2017 AEAF Awards Winners Announced in Sydney
August 20, 2017The 2017 Animation Effects Awards Festival (AEAF) was held August 16 in Sydney, Australia, with a...
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Top Stories
Ego and Groot
June 19, 2017The living planet and the baby version of everyone’s favorite tree alien demonstrate the care and...
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People
Imageworks Vancouver Announces Key Hires
July 16, 2016Randy Lake, president of Oscar-winning VFX and animation studio Sony Pictures Imageworks, has announced four new...
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Festivals and Events
‘Borrowed Time’ Takes Best in Show at SIGGRAPH CG Fest
July 8, 2016SIGGRAPH 2016 has announced the winners — and highlights — of the 43rd annual Computer Animation...
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Top Stories
Clash of the Virtual Titans
May 10, 2016Weta and Double Negative lead effects houses in creating battlegrounds grand enough for Batman v Superman:...
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Television
New Trailer for ‘Thunderbirds Are Go!’
March 15, 2015It’s not yet clear when Thunderbirds Are Go! will be shown in the United States, but...
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Features
First ‘Five Armies’ Trailer Debuts
July 29, 2014Warner Bros. has unveiled the first trailer for Peter Jackson’s final entry in the saga of...
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Internet
Animators Seek ‘Lost Treasure’ Aid on Kickstarter
April 20, 2014We don’t normally post news items about Kickstarter campaigns — if we did, we’d just have...
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Top Stories
There Be a Cunning Dragon!
January 15, 2014Joe Letteri, the Oscar-nominated vfx supervisor of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, discusses the fine...
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Technology
February 2014 Tech Reviews
January 15, 2014Best of the Year Our brilliant tech critic picks 12 of his favorite releases of the...
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Festivals and Events
Auction Planned to Aid LAIKA Artist Jamie Baker
November 7, 2013Animation junkies will have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to bid on an amazing catalog of more than...
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Festivals and Events
Academy Releases List of Possible Sci-Tech Honorees
August 16, 2013The Scientific and Technical Awards Committee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced...
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Features
‘Wolverine’ Ready to Claw Through Competition
July 26, 2013Box office analysts are predicting big things for Fox’s new release The Wolverine this weekend. The...
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Home Entertainment
Lionsgate to Release New ‘Care Bears’ Series
January 9, 2013Lionsgate and American Greetings Properties announced a new home entertainment distribution agreement for the new CGI Animated TV...
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Top Stories
The Top 12 Tech Tools of 2012
December 27, 2012Our in-the-know visual effects expert and critic picks his favorite releases of the year (in no...
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