Tag: Maleficent
Elizabeth Banks Voicing VR Character in ‘Asteroids!’
Emmy-nominated actor Elizabeth Banks is expanding her voiceover career into the latest entertainment frontier, tackling the role of the adorable alien “Cheez” for Baobab...
Imageworks Vancouver Announces Key Hires
Randy Lake, president of Oscar-winning VFX and animation studio Sony Pictures Imageworks, has announced four new hires for the Sony Pictures Ent. unit’s Vancouver...
Academy Invites 683 New Members for 2016
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has extended membership invitations to 683 distinguished filmmakers, artists and executives “who represent the best in...
‘Huntsman: Winter’s War’ Trailer Serves Up VFX Magic
Universal has unveiled the first trailer for its upcoming action-packed anti-fairytale The Huntsman: Winter’s War. The clips offer a quick glimpse at some of...
World Animation Summit: VFX of ‘The Walk’
The Walk, Robert Zemeckis' feature film chronicling performer Philippe Petit's amazing high-wire walk between the towers of New York's World Trade Center, is a...
‘Maleficent’ Director Among Gumby Fest Guests
This year’s Gumby Fest Stop Motion Festival (gumbyfest.net) will be celebrating the iconic claymation character’s 60th birthday with 16 presentations by TV and film...
Playing Fairy Godmother
How MPC conjured up the magic for Disney’s live-action Cinderella.
The break-out success of last year’s Maleficent was merely the prow of Walt Disney Pictures’...
‘Big Hero 6,’ ‘SpongeBob’ Take Kids Choice Animation Awards
Nickelodeon has wrapped up the 28th Annual Kids Choice Awards, which aired Saturday night and will have encore airings on Nicktoons March 30 at...
Oscar Watch: Best Visual Effects Contenders
The short list of visual effects films that will head to the annual bake-off won't be known until early in December, but the race...
New ‘Snow Queen 2’ Materials Thaw Out
Wizart Animation has released new images and clips for its CG sequel The Snow Queen 2, a Russian production which has been named eligible...
Academy Reveals 10 VFX Contenders
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 10 films remain in the running in the Visual Effects category for the...
‘Dumb’ Tops Weekend; Disney Gross Hits $4B Worldwide
Comedy won the weekend battle, but animation and visual effects are proving to be the fuel that's propelling growth in the global box office...
Disney Movies Anywhere Comes to Android
The Walt Disney Studios and Google Play have announced that their partnership will now enable millions of Android users in the U.S. to enjoy...
‘Maleficent’ Casts Spell Over Week’s Releases
Now that you've gotten your animated pre-game on with the Diamond Edition of Sleeping Beauty, you should be psyched up to tackle the live-action,...
‘Gumball’ Earns Pair of Children’s BAFTA Noms
The Amazing World of Gumball earned two nominations in this year's BAFTA Children's Awards, leading all animated contenders.
The Cartoon Network Europe-produced show was nominated...
Blackmagic Buys Fusion Maker Eyeon
Blackmagic Design has acquired Eyeon Software, maker of the widely used Fusion compositing software, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Blackmagic has been expanding steadily into...
HPA Announces Nominees in 3 VFX Categories
The Hollywood Post Alliance has announced its nominees for the 2014 HPA Awards, the 9th annual unveiling of these honors, including three categories for...
SIGGRAPH 2014: Vancouver, BC
SIGGRAPH 2014: Vancouver, BC - August 10-14, Vancouver Convention Center, s2014.siggraph.org
Hey, Big Speakers
Keynote: Elliot Kotek, co-founder of Not Impossible Labs
Kotek's organization utilizes crowdsourcing to...
MPC Presenting on Blockbuster VFX at SIGGRAPH
Top feature visual effects house MPC will be celebrating a year's worth of major movie spectacle at SIGGRAPH next week, teaming up with releasing...
Disney Fairytales: ‘Alice’ in Production; ‘Into the Woods’ Trailer
Walt Disney Studios's hearty slate of upcoming live-action takes and twists on some of popular fairytales and classic stories continues to ramp up, with...
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