Debut director Eric San talks working with 16 animators, creating a handmade CG world, and using turntables to give his robot character a human touch.
The filmmaker and his producer have defended the work that went into the ad, but offer few technical details about the tools used to generate in-between frames.
It's a junkyard showdown - Netflix releases a video from the 10-episode Studio Trigger show's second season, now streaming.
Senior VFX supervisor Guy Williams spent 6 months in Portland guiding the studio's work on LAIKA's stop-motion epic, from a 12-minute, 400-shot battle to coyote soldiers and a raging ivy storm, all built to match hand-crafted puppets and sets.
The pop star's new single, her first for an animated film, joins a dance-driven soundtrack for Alyce Tzue and John Ripa's upcoming adventure about the 'real story' of Cinderella's stepsisters, starring Ali Wong, Stephanie Hsu, and Amanda Seyfried; streaming November...
Classic Looney Tunes zaniness meets modern CG sheen and Argento-inspired horror in a short where Daffy would rather be hunted than ignored.
Fresh off its purchase of Sony and Pixomondo virtual production assets, the studio behind virtual production work on 'The Boys' and 'Heated Rivalry' begins construction at North Shore Studios' 8-stage campus in December.
Led by DFX supervisor Jane Paton, the studio delivered 83 shots for director Georgia Oakley, extending Norland Park, Barton Cottage, and Victorian London and turning summer landscapes to winter; now in theaters.
The November 10 event at Netflix Home Theater will feature a post-screening conversation with Bird, Tony Fucile, Michal Makarewicz, and Doug Frankel.
First, we owe you a correction. We initially described Sylvain Chomet’s Dior ad as hand-drawn, but evidence of possible AI use has raised questions that neither Dior nor Chomet has ... Continued
Directors Erica Rivinoja and Alessandro Carloni, production designer Aidan Sugano, and art director Amos Sussigan discuss following Dr. Seuss' iconic feline, voiced by the 'Barry' and 'SNL' star, out the door and into his workplace, building 3 distinct visual styles...
Laika's latest is closing in on the lifetime grosses of several earlier studio releases, offering an early test of Fathom's first wide release.
The Dutch director's bold, sometimes overwhelming 5-minute anti-war short, set to Shostakovich and based on 75 of the director's oil painting, fills the screen with skeletal armies and burning cities; its Annecy premiere however was overshadowed by an organized protest...
Suspicious imagery (check the hands, always the hands) suggests AI use in Sylvain Chomet’s Dior ad, raising questions about its hand-drawn claims.
Half-hour 2D special pairs hand-painted watercolor backgrounds with the LA Philharmonic's Hollywood Bowl recording; airs November 16 and streams free on pbskids.org.
Jonas Rivera will take expanded creative oversight alongside Pete Docter as Pixar’s leadership changes take effect in January 2027.
Dean leaves behind a global organization with nearly 18,000 members, while the Oscar-nominated Gotoh takes charge amid major industry upheaval.
It’s been a busy week at Italy’s View Conference, where two panels offered strikingly different visions of animation’s future. Directors from Forgotten Island, Toy Story 5, and GOAT kept the ... Continued
Launched at the school's 10th AnimationFest, the blind-judged showcase drew films from independent creators and students worldwide; 'Standby,' a University of Hertfordshire team's CG short about a lonely house robot took first place.
Three lonely travelers seek sex, affection, and belonging on an intergalactic singles cruise in a 2D comedy that pairs bawdy humor with tenderness.
Produced with Animation+, the new original animated comedy 'America's Next Top Cryptid' created by the 'Cyanide & Happiness' team is now available free on the streamer.
Oscar-winning producer Yvett Merino introduces a rebellious teenage witch, a villainous queen, and the mother-daughter relationship at the heart of the story.
Despite 82% shareholder opposition and missed financial targets, the former WBD chief exits with a fortune as the Paramount merger threatens more jobs.
At View Conference, director Daniel Chong and producer Nicole Paradis Grindle revealed how a rejected D23 clip found its way online and took off.
At View, directors of 'GOAT,' 'Forgotten Island,' and Toy Story 5' discussed the state of the box office, original storytelling, and, unavoidably, AI.
The Hombale Group-backed studio led by Biren Ghose and the Dailyhunt parent led by Umang Bedi will co-develop and market an AI-native pipeline built on SparkStation, which carries a production from script to distribution and keeps faces, wardrobe, and locations...
Top studio executives discuss shifting production pipelines, tax incentives, new business opportunities, and if and how they can protect their workforces.
Fresh LinkedIn openings from Netflix Animation Studios, Eyeline, Stellar Creative Lab and LMN VFX, with lighting, compositing, FX and lead roles across Jakarta, Hyderabad, Sydney and Vancouver.
Visual effects on the drama starring Oscar Isaac and Gal Gadot included significant environment work: sea and sky replacement, open water surrounding a ship at sea, and a jagged rock island on the horizon.
The leading VFX studio looks back on 40 years of visual effects, character animation and immersive work, from Harry Potter's wizarding world to 'Paddington' and 'F1,' in a new anniversary reel.
Do we detect a hint of jealousy?... Ali Wong, Amanda Seyfried, and Stephanie Hsu lead the animated retelling of the classic fairy tale from the 'evil' siblings' side; Alyce Tzue and John Ripa direct with Amy Poehler producing; streams November...
Toronto's Guru Studio and UK-based Karrot Entertainment will co-produce the series based on the 'Where's Spot?' books, which have sold more than 65 million copies worldwide.
The company’s founder and CEO, who started in previs in Manhattan in the late 1990s, will run the visualization company's first permanent East Coast operation, splitting time with LA HQ; Ari Aster's next feature is its inaugural project.
Two sisters reconsider life after their overbearing father’s death in an ink-and-paint adaptation of Katherine Mansfield’s story, full of warmth and humor.
Co-creators and EPs Adam Reed, Casey Willis, and Lucky Yates snag 2-season commitment to half-hour series, set inside Queen Victoria's top secret Royal Temporal Constabulary, where a team of unlikely heroes travels back and forth through time to stop Jack...
At View Conference, VFX supervisor Steve Emerson revealed how the studio blends handcrafted animation and digital effects for its most ambitious film yet.
New Indeed listings from the US, Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand and India, led by Activision, Blizzard, Stellar Creative Lab, Eidos-Montréal and CD Projekt Red.
Bruce W. Smith teams with Portland-based HouseSpecial to bring Disney's beloved animated family into stop-motion for the first time in a new holiday adventure.
Mattel Studios' 3DCG family racing series is back with an animated special in which Coop must stop a prehistoric predator awakened beneath the city's tracks; streams October 20 on Netflix.
Founded in 2002, the company has worked on productions including 'Avatar: Fire and Ash,' 'Stranger Things,' and the 'Jurassic World' franchise.
A sister protects her bread-transformed brother from a hungry mob in a hand-drawn satire of overconsumption, told in one continuous shot.
Set in Victorian England, 'Merrick & Treves' follows a secret team of time-traveling operatives on a mission to stop the notorious Jack the Ripper.
A massive collection of Cartoon Network production materials leaked online over the weekend, exposing decades of storyboards, animatics, model sheets, and working files. The leak comes as the studio’s new ... Continued
Hailee Steinfeld voices a suburban teen who discovers secret magical abilities, with Rashida Jones as her cautious mother and Walton Goggins as a three-eyed magical cat, in Walt Disney Animation Studios' original feature; in theaters November 25.
Karandeep Anand, the former CEO of the failed tech company is now the head of all technology for The Walt Disney Company.
The 'Godslap' and 'Bloodborne' studio teams again with Charlie 'MoistCr1TiKaL' White to bring the 25-year-old MMORPG's world of Gielinor to the screen.
Author Eoin Colfer announced his 13-year-old genius and high-tech fairy targets head to Disney Channel and Disney+, 25 years after the first of his books.
Co-creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko told NYCC fans the Paramount+ series will continue for 2 more books, and revealed a new animated series about a rebellious teenager learning the elements his own way, with Konietzko as showrunner.
Showrunners Brian Gatewood and Alessandro Tanaka talk about adapting famous chef Anthony Bourdain and Joel Rose's graphic novel into a gore-soaked culinary revenge series, getting the food right with a chef consultant, a one-take episode that nearly broke the crew…...
Narrated by James Cromwell, the handmade film explores love, caregiving, and loss through an intimate story adapted from John Matthias’ memoir.
Crunchyroll’s NYCC showcase featured 'Sekiro: No Defeat,' 'Ghost of Tsushima Legends,' 'Kagurabachi,' and 'The Remarried Empress,' plus a Webtoon dev deal.
From directors Fawn Veerasunthorn and Jason Hand, the new 'Hexed' trailer offers a closer look at the magical world of Hexe and its inhabitants.
This is Skydance’s second major animation leak of the year, exposing artists’ working files months after the unreleased ‘Avatar’ film leaked online in full.
Dana Terrace, John Bailey Owen, and Zach Marcus’s sci-fi thriller proves just how big an impact the indie 2D animated series has made with a massive E2 launch.
Author Eoin Colfer joins Ben Juwono and Colleen Evanson as executive producers, with the adaptation following the first book’s 25th anniversary.
Studio Pierrot will produce the four-episode series, while Masashi Kishimoto returns to drawing the franchise with a new ‘Shadow Rising’ manga.
Noriyuki Abe and Tetsuya Nishio, veterans of both series, join the production supervised by both creators; a multiyear roadmap, a trading card game set for June 2027, a global mobile game release and new Kishimoto chapters round out the NYCC...
Creator Loren Bouchard revealed the December 7 premiere of 'On the Fort Day of Christmas' at the show's NYCC panel, along with a first-look clip teasing the Belcher kids building a record-breaking Christmas snow fort.
In the upcoming season of Joe Bennett and Steve Hely's Peabody- and Annie-winning thriller, executive produced by Mike Judge and Greg Daniels, Marshall and Frances are fugitives on the run with a mushroom that cures nearly anything; debuts January 24...
Get together looks at AI-generated environments that respond to user input while keeping continuity, and what they could mean for previs, virtual production and games.
From Panda Kids in Portugal to Boomerang in Thailand, broadcasters worldwide are adding the beagle's adventures in 'The Snoopy Show,' 'Snoopy in Space' and Camp Snoopy; all 3 shows headed to Canadian Pavilion at MIPCOM.
'Winter Soldier,' 'Fist of Khonshu' and 'The Last Guardian' arrive on Halloween 2027, 2028 and 2029; Season 2 of 'Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man' premieres January 13 on Disney+; new series now casting.
The newly created Aniplex-Crunchyroll studio will lead development and production on around 15 webcomic adaptations, starting with 'The Remarried Empress,' 'Teenage Mercenary' and 'The Boxer'; Crunchyroll streams in select territories.
A mantis shrimp befriends a blind fish in a stop-motion musical exploring female friendship and how we connect when we see the world differently.