Tag: Unreal Engine
Epic Games $20M Investment Drives Spire Animation’s Metaverse Ambitions
Today, Spire Animation Studios announced a $20 million funding round, which includes a strategic investment from Epic Games. The two companies will partner closely...
Watch: Reel FX Gets Real-Time with ‘Super Giant Robot Brothers’
As part of its Virtual Production Week event, Epic Games revealed behind-the-scenes footage from the new animated Netflix series, Super Giant Robot Brothers!, which...
A Host of Opportunities for Avatars
Avatars are already a well-established feature of the current cultural landscape. Most of us are experts at crafting those little character representations of ourselves...
Epic MegaGrants Supported Nearly 400 New Projects in 2021
In an end-of-year update post on the Unreal Engine blog today, Epic Games revealed that since its launch in 2019, the $100 million Epic MegaGrants...
Exclusive Clip: The Making of Eddie Alcazar’s ‘The Vandal’
The New Yorker Studios will release the animated short film The Vandal on Monday, December 13 on The New Yorker’s digital platforms. To mark...
Sidus Animation Delivers Charming Characters for Korean Romantic Drama ‘Yumi’s Cells’
The popular South Korean romantic drama Yumi’s Cells, which is based on the eponymous Webtoon, uses memorable CG-animated sequences depicting the main character’s adventures...
Hype Scores Epic MegaGrant for AI-Powered Series ‘Kaia’s Discoveries’
Award-winning Brazilian studio Hype Animation has received an Epic MegaGrant from Epic Games, which will be used to accelerate the production of the studio’s...
Bron Casts ‘Fables’ with Jemaine Clement, Natasha Lyonne, JB Smoove
BRON Media's (The Willoughbys) new animation production outfit BRON Digital, launched in July 2020, has announced the star-powered voice cast for its debut project,...
Full Sail Rolls Out Plans for Cutting-Edge Campus Virtual Production Studio
Full Sail University today unveiled its plans to build a state-of-the-art Virtual Production Studio on its 210+ acre campus located in Winter Park, Florida....
Real-Time Animated Series ‘The Jolliest Elf’ Arrives in December
Director Chad Eikhoff (The Elf on the Shelf: An Elf's Story), founder of TRICK 3D, has collaborated with Noitom International, Inc. to produce a...
Russia’s SMF Animation Studio Slates Trio of Features
One of the oldest and biggest animation studios in Russia, SMF Animation Studio (Soyuzmultfilm) announced an upcoming three-picture slate of feature-length projects during last...
News Bytes: ‘Madagascar’ Holiday Special, DDEG’s 2nd MegaGrant, ‘Tomb Raider’ Anime Cast & More
DreamWorks Madagascar: A Little Wild is back with an exciting new season November 11 on Hulu and Peacock! In Season 5, the fearless Zoo...
People on the Move: 20th TV Ups Cikowski to Animation VP, Didimo’s Orvalho Up for Innovator Honor & More
20th Television Animation has promoted Chris Cikowski to Vice President, Animation, Deadline reports. The new veep's assignments include current Fox series Duncanville and The...
People on the Move: Simensky Toons Up Duolingo; Hires at Ghost, Herschend, Nexus & More
Duolingo today announced that veteran children's television executive Linda Simensky has joined the company as Head of Animation and Scripted Content. In the newly...
VIEW Conference Adds Virtual ‘Encanto’ Session, Houdini & Epic Games Reveals
Building on its robust hybrid program for 2021, Italy's VIEW Conference (Oct. 17-22) has announced a special virtual presentation on the making of Disney's...
Trailer: ‘RvB’ Spinoff ‘Family Shatters’ Debuts Oct. 20 on Rooster Teeth
The pioneering webtoon Red vs. Blue is expanding its "Red vs. Blu-niverse" with 10 quick, non-canonical peeks into the zany everyday happenings in the...
Global TV & Streaming Bytes
DreamWorks Animation announced that a fourth season of the hit series Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous will return to Netflix on December 3. The news...
Hybrid VIEW Conference Announces Massive Free Program for 2021
Italy's premiere animation, VFX and computer graphics gathering VIEW Conference has unveiled its full program of events for this year's 22nd edition.
VIEW Conference 2021...
Ten Shows to Catch at MIPJunior 2021
***This article originally appeared in the Sept./Oct. '21 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 313)***
This year's MIPJunior market has moved into the annual MIPCOM and...
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....
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