Tag: Weta
An Animated Message of Peace: Dave Mullins on the Making of his Oscar Short-Listed ‘War Is Over!’
About two years ago, musician Sean Lennon was hoping to make a music video for his parents John and Yoko’s much-loved song “Happy Xmas...
SIGGRAPH at 50: What to Expect at the CGI Celebration in L.A.
The ACM SIGGRAPH conference for computer graphics has long prided itself as the place where CG aficionados flock each summer to glimpse the future...
PETA Offers “Beary Best” Award to Elizabeth Banks and Her ‘Cocaine Bear’ for Using CG Effects
As Elizabeth Banks’ Cocaine Bear goes head to head with Disney-Marvel’s Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania this weekend, the movie has already picked up...
Exclusive: Weta FX Whiz Mark Gee on Making Peacemaker’s Eagly Soar
Eagly, the clever, compassionate and lively sidekick to John Cena’s Christopher Smith character in HBO Max’s well-received series Peacemaker, is one of the most...
Autodesk Envisions Cloud-Based Production Ecosystem for Media & Entertainment
Demand for streaming content and games is exploding due to the global pandemic, which spurred massive changes across the media and entertainment (M&E) industry....
People on the Move: Bardel’s New Top Execs, Cinesite Appoints London GM & VFX Supe & More
Italy-based content group Rainbow has announced two key appointments at its Canadian studio Bardel Entertainment — a leading animation services provider in North America....
Weta Digital and SideFX to Enhance Cloud Production with Houdini Software
New Zealand's world-famous Weta Digital has announced alongside its partner SideFX, a new software service. The new software service will combine Weta's proprietary tools...
25th Webby Awards Animation Winners
Winners for The 25th Annual Webby Awards were announced on Tuesday, May 18, culminating with an online celebration hosted by actress, advocate and host...
Oscar-Nominated VFX Artist Danny Gordon Taylor Dies Age 69
Animation supervisor and CG character animator Danny Gordon Taylor, who earned a VFX Oscar nomination for his work on Real Steel (2011), has died...
Learning from the Masters: Must-Take US Animation & VFX Classes
***This article originally appeared in Animation Magazine’s 2019 International Education & Career Guide***
In an era when teachers can be rated like restaurants on Yelp,...
Oscars: The VFX Bake-Off Offerings
Last month, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences selected 10 titles to move forward in the visual effects category for the 90th...
Game School Online Opens Winter Enrollment
Game School Online -- the first and only tuition-free online videogame development school, launched in April -- has opened enrollment for its winter term,...
Daily News Bytes: Kevin McTurk Takes Swing at ‘Haunted Swordsman,’ Turner Joins FupiToons, Toys ‘R’ Us Files Bankruptcy & More
AAN Partners with Turner for DISCOP Joburg & FupiToons Festival
The global broadcasting giant will reunite with African Animation Network during the South Africa content...
2017 AEAF Awards Winners Announced in Sydney
The 2017 Animation Effects Awards Festival (AEAF) was held August 16 in Sydney, Australia, with a full day of top visual effects and animation...
Ego and Groot
The living planet and the baby version of everyone’s favorite tree alien demonstrate the care and attention put into Marvel Studios’ Guardians of the...
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...
‘Borrowed Time’ Takes Best in Show at SIGGRAPH CG Fest
SIGGRAPH 2016 has announced the winners -- and highlights -- of the 43rd annual Computer Animation Festival. Running with the tagline “Render the Possibilities,”...
Clash of the Virtual Titans
Weta and Double Negative lead effects houses in creating battlegrounds grand enough for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
There are some spectacular battles in...
New Trailer for ‘Thunderbirds Are Go!’
It's not yet clear when Thunderbirds Are Go! will be shown in the United States, but with a preview like this, it can't be...
First ‘Five Armies’ Trailer Debuts
Warner Bros. has unveiled the first trailer for Peter Jackson's final entry in the saga of Middle-earth, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five...
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