VFX Crew Marches To Keep Hobbit
(Friends at the march can be seen in this video) (Source: scoop.co.nz) Fifteen hundred film industry technicians, artists, computer graphics specialists, animators and actors gathered at one of...
View ArticleNew Zealand to ‘Fight Like Hell’ for ‘The Hobbit’
(Source: forums.cgsociety.org) When Warner Bros. production executives touch down in New Zealand next week they’ll get a welcome they’ll never forget, with lobbying planned from the Kiwi prime...
View ArticleNew Zealand Buys ‘Hobbit’ Shoot For $25 Million
(Source: nytimes.com) Warner Brothers agreed to keep Peter Jackson’s production of “The Hobbit” in New Zealand after the government promised to change local labor laws and offered extra financial...
View ArticleAcademy’s Tech Council Adds Five
(Soucre: modernghana.com) Craig Barron, Lisa Zeno Churgin, Caleb Deschanel, Randal Kleiser and Alex McDowell have accepted invitations to join the Science and Technology Council of the Academy of...
View ArticleDarren Aronofsky Takes Machine Man
(Source: Variety) Darren Aronofsky will direct the Mandalay Pictures adaptation of Max Barry’s Machine Man, reports Variety. The project, to be scripted by Mark Heyman (who co-wrote Aronofsky’s Black...
View ArticlePixar Releases RenderMan for Maya 4.0 & RenderMan Studio 3.0
(Source: vfxworld.com) Pixar Animation Studios today announced the release of RenderMan Studio 3.0 and RenderMan for Maya 4.0. Both new versions offer substantial gains in performance, enhanced...
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Behind-the-Scenes Photos of ILM’s Greats
(Source: VanityFair) Eight-time Oscar winner Dennis Muren is the first visual-effects artist to earn a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Ahead of Encore’s November 12 documentary about Industrial...
View ArticleBiz Battles Crunch On Tentpole VFX
(Variety) The visual effects budget for Warner Bros.’ “Green Lantern” has risen by $9 million, with new vfx houses recruited to bolster the team that’s been working overtime to meet the film’s June 17...
View ArticleVES Bares New Teeth
(Variety) The Visual Effects Society is morphing from milquetoast to militant. The VES, founded as an honorary society, announced in an open letter Tuesday afternoon that it is changing its mission to...
View ArticleAn Open Letter To VFX Artists And The Entertainment Industry At Large
An Open Letter To VFX Artists And The Entertainment Industry At Large Visual Effects Society: 2.0 As an Honorary Society, VES has led the way in promoting the incredible work of VFX artists but so far...
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