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Art in Pictograms!
Calligraphy is one of the most well-preserved artifacts of Eastern culture and a forefather of animation. With each stroke of the brush composing the lines of each letters, the identities of the calligraphers are forged. Art, most experts say, have different layers and with the next series of photos, you’ll see that even calligraphy can [...]
Continue reading...Mediafreaks Movie Reviews: Inception
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Three layers of dreams. With this premise, Christopher Nolan’s psychological thriller Inception caught everyone unaware as the most unlikely and most original blockbuster of the year. With an older and rougher Leonardo di Caprio as its lead role, everything about the film is just unpredictable — and that’s not such a bad thing at all [...]
Continue reading...Spielberg’s Terra Nova Delayed Until 2011
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
TERRA NOVA, the new family adventure drama series executive-produced by Steven Spielberg, Peter Chernin, Brannon Braga and David Fury, will preview in May 2011 on FOX prior to its series premiere in the fall. Jason O’Mara (”Life on Mars”) has been cast in the lead role of JIM SHANNON, the patriarch of the show’s central family. [...]
Continue reading...The Last Airbender’s Epic Battle Scenes, NVIDIA-Powered
Monday, August 2, 2010
NVIDIA Helps ILM Forge Epic Battle Scenes special effects Harnessing the Four Ancient Elements for “The Last Airbender” Giant Fireballs, Swirling Clouds, Dust Storms Simulated 10-15 Times Faster Using Groundbreaking NVIDIA Quadro GPU Technology Paramount Pictures’ latest film, “The Last Airbender,” features extraordinary battle visual effects created by Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), with the help of [...]
Continue reading...Spartacus Returns to Comic-Con
Monday, July 19, 2010
Highly-Anticipated Panel to Take Place Friday, July 23rd at 3:15pm PST, Rm 6BC Day Ends with Spartacus Sponsored Party, “From Dusk to Con” Interview and Red Carpet Opportunities Available Fresh from a triumphant first season on the Starz original series “Spartacus: Blood and Sand,” stars Andy Whitfield (Spartacus), Lucy Lawless (Lucretia), John Hannah (Batiatus), Viva Bianca (Ilythia), [...]
Continue reading...Audi Announces ‘The Tony Stark Innovation Challenge’
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Contest calls for ideas for ‘living better through technology’ Winner receives $15,000 to help fund their idea and a tech-lovers’ adventure Social media program to support the Audi Iron Man 2 integration In celebration of the April 26 world premiere of Iron Man 2 in Los Angeles, Audi of America, Inc. announced that it is launching a social [...]
Continue reading...Rabbit Teams With All-Star Cast on First Live-Action 3D Spot
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Rabbit directing duo TWiN – working with an all-star cast that included DP Mauro Fiore (Avatar), Editor Jim Haygood (Tron), and FX house Digital Domain (2012, Transformers, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) – just released the studio’s first live-action 3D commercial to promote Samsung’s state-of-the art 3D LED TV. The spot represents an important [...]
Continue reading...Little Airplane’s Small Potatoes Rolls Into MIP With Pre-Sales
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Little Airplane Productions’ new short form 3D animation series “Small Potatoes” has been pre-sold in Europe, Australia and Canada. Broadcasters include CBeebies in the UK, NRK in Norway, SVT in Sweden, ABC TV in Australia and TVO and Knowledge in Canada. The series will make its debut on CBeebies in summer, 2011. “The Small [...]
Continue reading...Autodesk Unveils 2011 Lineup
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
On the eve of GDC in San Francisco, Autodesk Media & Entertainment announced its latest digital software for 3D animation in a virtual press conference hosted by Maurice Patel, entertainment industry manager, and Rob Hoffmann, senior product marketing manager. The lineup includes: Maya 2011, which boasts a new user interface based on Nokia Qt, a completely redesigned [...]
Continue reading...Smallville Returns for a 10th Season
Sunday, March 7, 2010
The CW Network has announced that its hit series SMALLVILLE will return in the fall of 2010 for a momentous tenth season. SMALLVILLE, a modern retelling of the Superman legend, stars Tom Welling as Clark Kent. The series moved to Friday nights this season, where it currently ranks as network television’s #1 show in its [...]
Continue reading...NVIDIA & Sportvision Bring Special Effects to Winter Olympics Broadcast
Friday, February 26, 2010
Have you been watching the 2010 Winter Olympic Games? Over 80 nations are competing in 15 different sporting events taking place in and around Vancouver, Canada, through Feb. 28th. The Olympics provide captivating drama that only sporting events on a massive, global scale can provide. From Alpine Skiing, Curling, and Figure Skating, to Ice Hockey, [...]
Continue reading...Emmy Award-Winner Eric McCormack Stars in the Highly Anticipated Lifetime Original Movie ‘Who is Clark Rockefeller?’
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Emmy and Golden Globe Nominee SHERRY STRINGFIELD and REGINA TAYLOR Co-Star in the Film Premiering March 13 Eric McCormack (Will & Grace), Sherry Stringfield (ER) and Regina Taylor (The Unit) headline the eagerly-anticipated Lifetime Original Movie, Who is Clark Rockefeller?, an astonishing account of a man’s lifelong con game. Based on a true shocking story [...]
Continue reading...Spider-Man Swings Into Theaters in 3-D on July 3, 2012
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Spider-Man will swing into theaters worldwide in 3D animation special effects beginning July 3, 2012, it was announced today by Jeff Blake, Chairman of Sony Pictures Worldwide Marketing & Distribution. The new film which is still untitled, will begin production later this year directed by Marc Webb from a screenplay by James Vanderbilt. Avi Arad and [...]
Continue reading...Digital-Tutors Launches Latest Round of Training for Cinema 4D, Nuke & Softimage
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Digital-Tutors, a leader in solution-based training for media and entertainment software, today continues to add to their award-winning online learning library with three highly-requested titles that aid in the creation of movies, video games and 3D animation design including ‘Modeling for Product Visualization in Cinema 4D,’ ‘Introduction to 3D in Nuke’ and ‘mental ray Rendering [...]
Continue reading...Zombieland on Blu-ray and DVD, Planet Hulk on Blu-ray and DVD, Plus More
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
And now a warning from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment: on February 2, 2010, this land officially becomes ZOMBIELAND as the number one grossing 3d animation zombie movie in history takes over the nation on Blu-ray, DVD and PSP. Woody Harrelson (2012, Natural Born Killers), Jesse Eisenberg (Adventureland, The Village), Emma Stone (The House Bunny, Superbad) [...]
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Tuesday, August 24, 2010
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