Refuge Add Key Hires, Expands to California, New York, and New Jersey
The VFX studio has brought on Jason Sperling, Matthew Poliquin, Hallana Paula Barbosa, and Michael Lebensfeld to senior roles.
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Digital Domain Adds VFX Supervisor Jelmer Boskma
Industry veteran joins the senior creative teams, bringing experience across major film and episodic projects and strengthening the leading visual effects studio’s global visual effects capabilities.
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Prime Video Drops Black & White and Color Trailers for ‘Spider-Noir’
Starring Nicolas Cage and based on the Marvel ‘Spider-Man Noir’ comic, the series follows an aging, down on his luck private investigator in 1930s New York; debuts next month on MGM+’s linear channel, then globally on the streamer.
DreamWorks Sci-Tech Award Winners Talk Innovation History and Trajectory
Baptiste Van Opstal, Jeff Budsberg, Michael Losure, Jon Lanz, and Eszter Offertaler detail key state-of-the-art animation tools, their evolution, and how the studio fosters time-intensive development of production technology that has given award-winning films like ‘The Wild Robot’ and ‘Puss in Boots: The Last Wish’ their uniquely stylized looks.
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Autodesk Announces AI Rigging and Neural Layer in Flow Studio
New features designed to help creators quickly and efficiently move from model to motion, compressing key aspects of the complex, time-consuming animation production workflow into mere minutes.
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ADAPT Launches //ACADEMY Learning Ecosystem
New educational initiative departs from traditional education models by focusing not only on tools and output but on how artists make decisions and work within real production constraints.
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Director Timur Bekmambetov Shows No ‘Mercy’ to His Editors
Lam T. Nguyen and Austin Keeling dig deep into the complicated editing on the Prime Video sci-fi murder mystery, starring Chris Pratt and Rebecca Ferguson, about an AI judicial system that gives you just 90 minutes to prove your innocence.
Beeble Launches AI-Powered Background Remover
New rotoscoping tool is designed to generate detailed alpha mattes in seconds, enabling creators to quickly and precisely isolate objects in complex footage.
Vine FX Promotes Simon Carr to Creative Director
The veteran VFX supervisor, who joined the UK-based indie VFX house in 2024, assumes the leadership role to help build the company slate of high-end film and TV projects.
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Zee Entertainment Announces Strategic Investment in PhantomFX
Deal with group that includes Tippett Studio and Milk VFX designed to strengthen synergies and content creation efforts across platforms in animation, VFX, gaming and comics markets.
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Lucasfilm Releases ‘Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu’ Final Trailer
There are AT-ATs and Hutt Twins on the horizon as the New Republic fights to survive in Jon Favreau’s new film, based on the hit Disney+ series 'The Mandalorian,' that blasts into theaters on May 22.
Prime Video Drops ‘Jack Ryan: Ghost War’ Trailer
John Krasinski is back as crack shot / fearless patriot / hero / super-analyst Jack Ryan in the feature film continuation of the hit series; James Greer and Michale Kelly are back as well for a new insidious global espionage storyline; debuts May 20.
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SCAD AnimationFest Lacoste Starts Today
The fifth annual festival at the university’s campus in Provence, France features screenings, panels, and presentations on ‘Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal,’ ‘F1,’ and ‘Arco;’ runs through April 18.
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A New ‘Breed’ of Mystery - 'The Sheep Detectives' Featurette Released
Amazon MGM Studios goes behind the scenes with the stars and filmmakers of its ‘baaaadass’ wooly mystery comedy about a rather interesting flock that investigates their shepherd’s death; in theaters May 8.
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Sony Releases New ‘Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse’ Images
Bob Persichetti and Justin K. Thompson helm the eagerly-awaited third web-slinging film in the animated Spidey trilogy, now set to hit theaters June 18, 2027.
Marvel Drops Trailer for 'The Punisher: One Last Kill'
Jon Bernthal writes, executive produces and stars in the special, which sees Frank Castle, the infamous vigilante, searching for meaning beyond revenge, premiering May 12 on Disney+.
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Netflix Animation Opens Vancouver Production Hub
The streamer officially unveils its new British Columbia-based animation studio, a purpose-built facility supporting feature production with eventual expansion to integrate in-house VFX studio Eyeline’s pipeline.
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Academy Software Foundation Adds OpenPGL as New Hosted Project
ASWF has added the open source path guiding library, originally developed by Intel, to its growing portfolio of production-focused tools; goal is to advance realistic lighting workflows while maintaining high rendering performance.
Studio Blackbird Delivers Nearly 500 Invisible Shots for ‘All Her Fault’ Miniseries
Starring Sarah Snook, the Peacock show follows a mother who searches for her son who suddenly disappears; VFX supervisor Nick Ponzoni and team transformed Melbourne into remarkably detailed suburban Chicago and executed a pivotal car crash sequence.
Rodeo FX Opens Unified Paris Studio, Integrating Mikros Animation Operations
The leading visual effects company consolidates its French divisions into a new 40,000-square-foot facility, bringing the 2 company teams together under one roof, expanding its European footprint and production capabilities.
We’re Off to See the VFX: Pablo Helman Talks ‘Wicked: For Good’
The four-time Oscar-nominated visual effects supervisor discusses his work on Jon M. Chu’s tour de force 2-part adaptation of the 2003 hit Broadway musical, touching on previs, capturing action in-camera, new AI production tools, and how no matter what, you have to work with what the director shot; now streaming on Peacock.
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DNEG Gets All Broken Up Over ‘The Wrecking Crew’ High-Speed Chase VFX
VFX supervisors Xavier Bernasconi and Simon Maddison talk muzzle flashes, face replacements, and a cacophony of van, motorcycle and helicopter crashes on the Amazon MGM Studios action-adventure thriller, starring Jason Momoa and Dave Bautista, now streaming.
Fuzzy Door Tech Talks Virtual Production ‘D&D’ on ‘Ted’ Season 2
Faith Sedlin and Brandon Fayette discuss how their company’s ProVis tools let actors and crew see digital assets with their own eyes, in real-time, blending live-action and CGI in-camera on the new season of Seth MacFarlane’s hit comedy.
'Supergirl' Trailer Reveals Markedly Darker Hero
We get our first good look at DC Studios' rebooted take on Kara Zor-El, with Milly Alcock starring in a more battle-worn version of the iconic character inspired by 'Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow.'
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Trailer #2 Drops for Travis Knight’s ‘Masters of the Universe’
He’s finally back to save Eternia… there’s a new He-Man coming to theaters in the live-action fantasy adventure about 10-year-old Prince Adam re-uniting with his magical Sword of Power to take on Skeletor; from Mattel Films and Amazon MGM Studios, watch it June 5.
