Tag: District 9
How ‘Harold and the Purple Crayon’ Director Carlos Saldanha & VFX Team Found the Colors of Imagination
'When I read the script, I immediately connected with the promise of bringing imagination to life, which is the essence of my animation background.'
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Indie VFX Studio The Embassy Makes Magic for ‘The Spiderwick Chronicles’
Independent creative studio The Embassy today revealed its VFX work for The Spiderwick Chronicles, recently released on Roku. Based on the children's fantasy books...
Neill Blomkamp’s ‘Demonic’: Possessed by New Technologies
***This article originally appeared in the Sept./Oct. '21 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 313)***
Acclaimed filmmaker Neill Blomkamp (District 9) goes beyond his usual realm...
Digital Dimension Appoints New Animation Production Execs
Following a year of significant growth, Digital Dimension Entertainment Group (DDEG), a company focusing on the creation and production of original animated content and...
Exclusive: Triggerfish’s ‘Seal Team’ Ready for Action at Annecy
On the heels (or flippers) of winning this year's MIFA Industry Award at the 2021 Annecy Festival, as well as being spotlighted as part...
VES Names Peter Jackson Lifetime Achievement Awardee
Today, the Visual Effects Society (VES), the industry’s professional global honorary society, named Sir Peter Jackson, Academy, DGA, PGA and VES Award-winning director-producer-screenwriter, as...
The Star Wars Fan Film Phenomenon in a World of VFX
Despite a firm grip on copyright ownership wielded by most major film and production companies, the Star Wars fan film universe has managed to...
Wizart Reveals ‘Hansel and Gretel’ Poster Art Ahead of AFM
On the verge of the 2019 American Film Market, taking place November 6-13 in Santa Monica, California, Russian animation hitmaker Wizart has revealed a...
TIFF: ‘Extinct’ Adds Voice Cast, J.K. Simmons Joins ‘Seal Team’
U.S.-Chinese animated comedy feature Extinct has announced key voice cast members ahead of its sales launch at Toronto Int’l Film Festival. International sales agent...
Union VFX Names Lucy Cooper as MD, Simon Hughes as Creative Director
London-based independent visual effects shop Union has appointed Lucy Cooper as Managing Director, and Simon Hughes as Creative Director, reporting directly to Founders Tim...
Capturing ‘ADAM’: How Unity, Animatrik & DI4D Humanized Robots in Dystopia
Conceived as an ambitious experiment to showcase the power of the Unity game engine’s real-time rendering, ADAM from Oscar-nominated director Neill Blomkamp (District 9,...
Daily News Bytes: 3rd Day for ‘Castle in the Sky’, Blomkamp’s Shorts Shop, Women in VR, & More
Third Date Added for Studio Ghibli Classic ‘Castle in the Sky’
Due to overwhelming demand, GKIDS will present Studio Ghibli Fest screenings of Hayao Miyazaki’s...
Jon Cowley to Lead FuseFX Vancouver Production Team
FuseFX has hired on 18-year visual effects industry veteran Jon Cowley as Head of Production and Senior VFX Supervisor for its Vancouver facility, where...
Daily News Bytes
So many fun videos and clips, so little time… Would you like to see a regular video roundup feature separate from our Daily News...
‘Thunderbirds Are Go’ Arrives on Amazon April 22
Amazon Original Kids Series Thunderbirds Are Go will be debuting on Amazon Prime Video in the U.S. on April 22. Prime members will be...
Amazon Prime Orders Four Seasons of ‘Thunderbirds Are Go’
Amazon has placed an order for four 13-episode seasons of new Amazon Original Kids Series Thunderbirds Are Go. The first season of this modern...
Cinesite, Image Engine Announce Merger
Cinesite and Image Engine have announced a merger of their two companies, which now employ a combined staff of over 525 artists worldwide, with...
Trailer Offers Deeper Look at Sony’s ‘Chappie’
A new trailer has been released for Chappie, the artificial-intelligence sci-fi thriller due out March 6 from Sony.
Directed by Neill Blomkamp (District 9), the...
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...
‘Planes’ Lands at No. 3 as Auds Visit ‘Elysium’
Although the overall box office numbers are still not impressive, North American audiences chose to seek out Elysium, Neill Blomkamp's follow-up to the acclaimed...
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