Tag: Pixar
Vision Quests: Google Spotlight Stories ‘Son of Jaguar’ & ‘Sonaria’
In 2016, when Google Spotlight Stories' Pearl became the first VR piece to land an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Short, many animators took...
Pixar Reveals New ‘Coco’ Clip, Featurette & First VR Project
Disney-Pixar is offering us a much-needed pick me up, thanks to its musical Day of the Dead feature Coco (Nov. 22). Check out a...
VES Announces Inaugural Hall of Fame Honorees
Marking its milestone 20th anniversary, the Visual Effects Society has announced the inaugural VES Hall of Fame, and the industry luminaries set for the...
Disney Axes Its ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ Movie
Disney is abandoning Gigantic, its upcoming feature adaptation of Jack and the Beanstalk, according to Deadline.com. The project, which was slated for a Thanksgiving...
Robin Joseph Launches New Short ‘Fox and the Whale’
As a freelance production designer and concept artist, Robin Joseph's clients have included major studios such as Pixar, Illumination, DreamWorks, Blue Sky and Sony....
Jennifer Yuh Nelson, Andy Serkis Among Student Academy Awards Presenters
The Academy has announced a slate of presenters for this year’s Student Academy Awards, including DreamWorks Animation director Jennifer Yuh Nelson, as well as...
SIGGRAPH Asia Marks 10th Anniversary with 2017 Edition
The 10th annual SIGGRAPH Asia computer graphics confab will take place (for the first time) in Bangkok, Thailand from Nov. 27-30, with organizers expecting...
Daily News Bytes: ‘Futurama: Radiorama’ Arrives, Execs Move Up at Deluxe, New Chitose Airport Lineup, & More
New Chitose Airport Animation Festival 2017 Official Selection
The still young fest has attracted an impressive lineup of films from internationally renowned animators, including Koji...
‘Despicable Me 3’ Passes Billion-Dollar Mark
Illumination-Universal's bad-boy comedy adventure Despicable Me 3 has officially joined the $1 billion box office club. The milestone was hit at the start of...
Pixar and the Art of Curbing CG Noise
How a UCSB computer science student helped Pixar develop a new noise-eliminating solution.
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FOX Orders Toon Pilot from Amy Poehler, ‘Simpsons’ Scullys
FOX TV has placed an order for an animated series script and pilot presentation from actor-producer Amy Poehler and her Paper Kite Productions (Broad...
John Lasseter to Be Honored at Disney Family Museum Gala
The Walt Disney Family Museum will be holding its third annual fundraising gala on November 7, 2017, and will take the opportunity to honor...
Disney Takes Over BAMTech, Plans New OTT Services
The Walt Disney Company is acquiring majority ownership of direct-to-consumer streaming specialist BAMTech, with plans to introduce new OTT services which will include an...
Daily News Bytes: ‘Lion King’ Cast News, Time Travel with Obama, Licensing Numbers & More
Disney's 'Lion King' Remake Finds Its Rafiki and Sarabi
Jon Favreau's "live-action" take on the animated classic continues to coalesce nicely, with award-winning actors and...
‘Despicable Me’ Now the Top Toon Franchise Worldwide
With Gru's latest adventure having achieved the No. 10 all-time worldwide chart spot, Illumination Entertainment's Despicable Me film series (including Minions) has officially supplanted...
SIGGRAPH: Winners & Wrap-Up, Pixar Peeks RenderMan 22 & Giraffe-gate
SIGGRAPH 2017 has come to a close, having attracted more than 16,500 attendees to the Los Angeles CGI confab. The conference covered over 600...
SIGGRAPH: Facial Animation Advances, Fabric Engine & the French Contingent
Adobe Research has built on its Project StyLit experiments to develop a new project called “Stylized Facial Animation” -- a tool for automating rotoscopy...
SIGGRAPH: Autodesk’s Next, Virtual Studios, VR & Moving to Mars
See previous re-caps and announcements here.
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Autodesk as ever has taken the opportunity of SIGGRAPH to highlight the next generation of its storytelling and collaboration...
SIGGRAPH: Cloud Rendering, Real-Time, MoCap & VR Developments
Conductor Technologies launched its Conductor cloud rendering platform for VFX, VR and animation studios. The first enterprise-grade rendering service of its kind, Conductor is...
D23: Disney & Pixar Reveal Film Slate Details
Filmmakers from Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios convened at D23 Expo 2017 on Friday, revealing new details about their upcoming movie slates and...
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