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SEC filing shows company has put money behind machine learning at Disney Research Studios and Walt Disney Imagineering, promising a creative process that stays 'human-centered' - pledge lands after job reductions at Pixar earlier this year, and follows the company's creation of an internal oversight unit for the technology.

The industry veteran will take charge of strategy, operations and creative production across the growing company’s 5 studios and for client relationships internationally.

Studio delivered 163 shots across 14 sequences, including sand simulations, crumbling CG rock formations, Toph Vision, an Avatar State digital double, and refined Soul Glow effects.

Director set to attend and talk about the production of Sony Pictures Animation’s animated sports comedy; event runs October 12-16 in Turin, Italy.

The award-winning creative studio has spent more than 3 decades working in live-action, animation, mixed media, visual effects and emerging technologies for brands including Coca-Cola, Apple, Microsoft, Disney/Pixar and Mastercard.

A group of U.S. VFX workers engaged directly by Lucasfilm’s franchise productions has joined the union and will begin negotiations for a first contract.

The Mattel toy-inspired action adventure, directed by Sam Hargrave and starring John Cena, Jessica Biel and an ensemble cast, streams exclusively on October 9.

The tech company has launched a rolling beta of its interactive previs tool, with new features including a 3D asset library, real-time compositing, Spark Atlas and direct USD file loading.

New tier adds studio-controlled licensing, project management and governance tools for high-end media production, giving pipeline supervisors control over which AI models artists use; studios can run workflows on-premises or in private cloud infrastructure to keep sensitive IP, prompts and training data inside the facility.

The actors board the limited anthology series from creators and executive producers Noah Hawley and Rob Mac – who also stars - based on Ubisoft’s video game franchise.