Untold Studios Adds Oscar-Winning VFX Supervisor Sara Bennett
The Milk visual effects studio co-founder, winner of a Best Visual Effects Academy Award for ‘Ex Machina,’ joins the independent creative studio’s expanding Film & Episodic team.
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Pitch Black Names 4 Creative Directors Across Global Studio Network
The company adds Jason Billington and Javier ‘Roca’ Roca, and promotes Brian Kubovcik and Phil Prates, as creative directors across its global studios.
Zoic Studios Names Raphael A. Pimentel Director of Animation
Veteran director joins studio from Luma Pictures to oversee animation across feature, episodic, commercial, and experiential projects.
Nominations Announced for 2026 BAFTA Awards
‘Elio,’ ‘Little Amélie or the Character of Rain,’ and ‘Zootropolis 2 (Zootopia 2)’ get the nod for Animated Film with ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash,’ ‘F1,’ ‘Frankenstein,’ ‘How to Train Your Dragon,’ and ‘The Lost Bus’ selected for Special Visual Effects.
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Outsyders Reveals AI-Powered Immersive Projects for Disney, IMAX, Samsung/Google XR
The creative-tech collective’s latest finished projects include a ‘Blue Angels’ IMAX 3D conversion, a ‘Lilo & Stitch’ 3D reimagining, and the ‘Asteroid’ 8K HFR VFX experience.
ILM Drops Behind-the-Scenes Look at Making Real-Time Stitch
To drive the hit film’s social media and blue carpet premieres, the VFX powerhouse seamlessly integrated live performance capture and real-time animation technology with teams from Disney Studios and Skywalker Sound.
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Chris Sanders to Pen ‘Lilo & Stitch 2’ Live-Action Script
The original Disney 2D animated film’s co-writer / co-director is set to write the screenplay for the just announced sequel to the hit adaptation released this past May, which generated over $1 billion at the global box office.
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Dean DeBlois and Christian Mänz to Present ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ at VIEW 2025
The acclaimed writer/director and VFX supervisor will both be on hand in-person to talk about their work on the hit live-action film, now in theaters, based on DreamWorks’ 2010 animated comedy adventure; conference runs October 12-17 in Turin, Italy.
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Lilo, Toothless and Totoro Too
With the box-office currently dominated by ‘Lilo & Stitch’ and ‘How To Train Your Dragon,’ Andrew Osmond discusses Lilo’s links to Totoro, Stitch’s Japanese adventures, and the vexing questions of live-action adaptations.
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Walt Disney Studios Delivers Big at CinemaCon 2025
‘Zootopia 2,’ ‘The Fantastic Four’ among titles teased with first looks and announcements from Disney Live Action, Marvel Studios, Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Animation Studios, and 20th Century Studios.
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The ‘Lilo & Stitch’ Trailer Has Arrived
We finally get a first glimpse of our favorite, quirky ‘Ohana’ back together! Chris Sanders returns as Stitch in the highly anticipated live-action reimagining of Disney’s 2002 animated classic; in theaters May 23.
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Chris Sanders Returns to DreamWorks to Write and Direct ‘The Wild Robot’
The three-time Oscar nominee is adapting Caldecott Honor winner Peter Brown’s 2016 NY Times bestseller, with Jeff Hermann producing and Dean DeBlois, with whom he wrote and directed both ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ and ‘Lilo & Stitch,’ executive producing.
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Live-Action ‘Lilo & Stitch’ Main Cast Revealed
An impressive talent list, including many native Hawaiian actors, are set for the upcoming live-action/CGI hybrid film streaming exclusively on Disney+ May 10, 2024.
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Billy Magnussen Joins Cast of Live-Action ‘Lilo & Stitch’
The ‘No Time to Die’ actor joins Zach Galifianakis, Maia Kealoha as Lilo, and Chris Sanders as the voice of Stitch in the live-action/CGI hybrid project streaming on Disney+ May 10, 2024.
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Maia Kealoha to Lead ‘Lilo & Stitch’ Film Adaptation
Zach Galifianakis also joins the live-action/CGI hybrid project in an undisclosed role, while original Stitch voice actor Chris Sanders will step back into his little blue shoes as well.
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Live-Action ‘Lilo & Stitch’ Adds Zach Galifianakis
Disney’s upcoming hybrid live-action/CG feature, helmed by ‘Marcel the Shell with Shoes On’ director Dean Fleischer-Camp, has added ‘The Hangover’ actor in an undisclosed role.
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Dean DeBlois to Write and Direct ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ Live-Action Feature
The award-winning filmmaker returns to the franchise he made famous with DreamWorks Animation to helm a new ‘Dragons’ adaptation set to fly into theaters in 2025.
Dean Fleischer-Camp to Direct ‘Lilo & Stitch’ Live-Action Adaptation
To helm the hybrid live-action/CG project, Disney turns to the up-and-coming director whose breakout indie comedy, ‘Marcel the Shell with Shoes On,’ similarly mixes mediums.
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VIEW Conference 2021 to Honor Sir Roger Deakins
The Oscar-Winning cinematographer, best known for ‘The Shawshank Redemption,’ ‘Blade Runner 2049,’ and ‘1917’ has been named the 2021 VIEW Visionary Award recipient; a special interview with Deakins and ‘How to Trail Your Dragon’ writer, director and producer Dean DeBlois is set for October 20.
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WATCH: New VFX Breakdown Reel from ‘How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World’
DreamWorks Animation shares never-before posted online video revealing some of the digital magic behind a number of the Oscar-nominated film’s signature shots.
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Dean DeBlois Talks the Care and Feeding of Flying Reptiles
The writer-director of DreamWorks Animation’s Oscar-nominated ‘How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World’ reflects on his long and loving journey creating the epic animated trilogy.
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Dean DeBlois to Produce and Direct ‘Treasure Island’ for Universal
News comes on heels of ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ trilogy director’s deal to write and direct live-action ‘Micronauts’ for Paramount / Hasbro.
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Dean DeBlois to Write and Direct ‘Micronauts’ for Paramount / Hasbro
Creative force behind DreamWorks Animation’s hit ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ film trilogy takes on the live-action action figure-inspired film project previously under development with J.J. Abrams and Bad Robot.
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‘How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World’ To Screen at TAAFI 2019
Toronto Animation Arts Festival International runs February 15-17, 2019.
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Disney Channels Names Meredith Roberts SVP, Animation Strategy
Newly created role will be responsible for unifying animated content vision across company’s various viewing platforms.
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