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AI in Animation Headline News

PIPPA Launches AI Animation Platform with iOS and Android Apps

By Dan Sarto | Monday, June 1, 2026 at 11:09am

The company’s new system turns user-submitted stories, audio, scripts, prompts, and ideas into editable and shareable animated videos while compensating artists whose styles are used on the platform.

AI in VFX Headline News

Digital Domain Launches DDAI Infrastructure for AI-Integrated VFX Production

By Dan Sarto | Monday, June 1, 2026 at 10:25am

New system combines CGI pipelines with generative AI tools in an artist-driven platform built around model provenance, data security, and transparent usage, designed for modern film and episodic production.

We Love Bewildered Dead Amnesiacs ANIMATIONWorld

Beating the Reaper: ‘Angel Beats!’ and Strawberry-Scented Acid

Columnist Andrew Osmond discusses the insane afterlife anime series and some of its relatives from creators Jun Maeda and Key.

The Raging AI in Animation Debate Headline News

Jorge Gutierrez Pulls Out of Prime Video Project Nara AI Platform Series

By Dan Sarto | Friday, May 29, 2026 at 9:35am

The Emmy-winning director stepped away from the project after intense industry backlash just 2 days after Amazon MGM Studios and AWS announced it as part of their GenAI Creators’ Fund.

It’s Anime-zing! ANIMATIONWorld

Adi Shankar Talks Bollywood, Brothers and ‘Devil May Cry’ Season 2

The creator, writer and showrunner discusses how Hindu mythology, Indian music and his own family history shaped Dante and Vergil’s war between worlds, pairing grey-shaded demon lords, stone gods and pop-music spectacle with a story rooted in lost family and cultural memory.

We’re Suckers for Great Digital Octopuses Headline News

Watch: Untold Studios Fully CG Octopus for ‘Remarkably Bright Creatures’

By Dan Sarto | Thursday, May 28, 2026 at 10:36am

The VFX house shares its incredible work creating Marcellus, the highly intelligent octopus at the center of the Netflix film adaptation of Shelby Van Pelt’s bestselling novel.

Technology Headline News

Black Eye Technologies Launches Black Eye 2.0 for Unreal Engine

By Dan Sarto | Thursday, May 28, 2026 at 8:11am

New release of dynamic camera system designed to give UE teams modular, adaptable tools for gameplay, cinematics, marketing content, virtual production, and in-engine storytelling is now available.

AI in Animation Headline News

Prime Video Orders 3 Animated Series From GenAI Creators’ Fund

By Dan Sarto | Wednesday, May 27, 2026 at 11:56am

‘Cupcake & Friends,’ ‘Love, Diana Music Hunters’ and ‘Punky Duck’ will be produced using Amazon MGM Studios and AWS’ Project Nara AI platform; new initiative was just announced at AI on the Lot at Culver Studios.

Indie Shorts Headline News

Alexis Beaumont Debuts ‘A Little More Action’ Short

By Dan Sarto | Wednesday, May 27, 2026 at 10:47am

Built around a French parody cover of Elvis’ ‘A Little Less Conversation,’ the director’s fast-cut rotoscoped film uses satire to probe media’s normalization of violence and police impunity.

Business Headline News

‘Zoonicorn: The Original Dreamer’ Set for 2027 Release

By Dan Sarto | Tuesday, May 26, 2026 at 4:16pm

Zoonicorn, LLC and Dream Mechanics to produce the 90-minute 3DCG comedy-adventure for kids and families with new and familiar characters from the ‘Zoonicorn’ animated TV show universe.

People Headline News

Pitch Black Names 4 Creative Directors Across Global Studio Network

By Dan Sarto | Tuesday, May 26, 2026 at 1:31pm

The company adds Jason Billington and Javier ‘Roca’ Roca, and promotes Brian Kubovcik and Phil Prates, as creative directors across its global studios.

On the Road to Turin Headline News

Holly Edwards, Michelle Grady and Janet Lewin Join VIEW Conference Lineup

By Dan Sarto | Friday, May 22, 2026 at 11:55am

The trio of women film studio presidents – Skydance Animation, Sony Pictures Imageworks, and ILM respectively - adds to the key conference’s growing roster of in-person speakers heading to Turin, Italy October 12-16.

He Shoots He Scores Headline News

Utopai Studios Lands Investment From Carmelo Anthony’s Creative 7 Productions

By Dan Sarto | Friday, May 22, 2026 at 10:55am

The NBA legend plans to expand his production company’s development of original sports and entertainment IP through the tech-centered studio’s proprietary PAI cinematic storytelling AI platform.

Things Will be Looking Up Soon VFXWorld

Sizing Up the Six-Inch VFX Challenge of ‘The Miniature Wife’

Peacock’s 10-episode dramedy turned depicting Elizabeth Banks’ small-scale Lindy into a 3,000-shot visual effects effort, combining 12:1 scale rules, grounded photography, oversized practical builds, live composites, and a multi-vendor pipeline to keep the show’s tiny world flexible, physical, and believable.

Technology Headline News

DreamWorks' MoonRay Renderer Joins the Academy Software Foundation

By Dan Sarto | Tuesday, May 19, 2026 at 12:24pm

The open source path-tracing renderer has powered every DWA feature since 2019, including ‘The Wild Robot’ and ‘The Bad Guys 2;’ ASWF’s Open Source Days set for July 19-20 in LA.

AI in VFX Headline News

Beeble Launches Canvas Node-Based AI Compositing System

By Dan Sarto | Tuesday, May 19, 2026 at 10:28am

Built for filmmakers, studios, agencies, and creators, the new toolset lets artists assemble node graphs that mix live-action footage, plates, masks, references, and AI-generated elements; SwitchX API access now available for custom studio pipelines.

Men are Men and Sheep are Scared! VFXWorld

Kyle Balda Brings an Animator’s Eye to Live-Action / Hybrid ‘The Sheep Detectives’

By Dan Sarto | Tuesday, May 19, 2026 at 8:13am

After years spent helming 3DCG ‘Minions’ films, the director tackles a family mystery that combines photoreal animated sheep, ensemble voice acting, and lots of whodunnit to adapt Leonie Swann’s bestselling novel; now in theaters.

Breathe… Breathe in the Cat ANIMATIONWorld

Kirsten Lepore Gets Weird for Finch’s ‘Whatever It Takes to Get Through the Day’

The Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning director joins Weirwork and Mathematic on the self-care app’s first campaign, a 3DCG musical short built around the odd rituals people use to cope.

Technology Headline News

Foundry Releases Nuke Stage Virtual Production Application

By Dan Sarto | Tuesday, May 12, 2026 at 2:24pm

The hardware-agnostic software for end-to-end virtual production and in-camera VFX now incorporates expanded 3D workflows to work natively with USD, enhanced metadata tracking, Gaussian Splat rendering, and other enhancements.

It’s Anime-zing! ANIMATIONWorld

‘Labyrinth’: A Cautionary Tale Built from Dreams and Psychology

Director Shoji Kawamori talks about the real, the surreal, and the symbolic in his film about a high school girl who dreams of stardom but struggles to capture attention until she gets trapped in her smartphone and her charismatic alter ego emerges; from GKIDS, releasing in US theaters May 10.

Technology Headline News

Maxon Makes Autograph Team Licenses Free for Commercial Use

By Dan Sarto | Thursday, May 7, 2026 at 12:07pm

The leading content creation software company has expanded no cost access to its motion graphics, VFX and compositing application to studios, agencies, educators, brands, and creative organizations of any size.

Cutting Edge Previs On the Horizon Headline News

Lightcraft Technology Unveils Spark Story Interactive Previs Tool

By Dan Sarto | Wednesday, May 6, 2026 at 8:58am

New real-time virtual shot system enables filmmakers to visualize and develop projects collaboratively in 3D from the earliest stages of production.

Visualization Magic Headline News

Proof Delivers Extensive Previs and Postvis for 'Stranger Things' Final Season

Watch the reels! Leading visualization studio shares 2 new reels detailing its work across all 8 episodes of the final season of the hit Netflix series, including nearly 1,900 shots and a pipeline built around Unreal Engine.

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