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It’s Official, DNEG Vancouver Has Unionized After Labor Board Confirmation (Exclusive)

According to organizers, talks are underway at DNEG Montreal and Toronto to follow suit.

Netflix Cuts One-Third Of Feature Animation Division As Part Of Strategic Overhaul (Exclusive)

The layoffs come as Netflix reduces the division’s output to two tentpole films per year.

In A Huge Win For VFX Workers, DNEG Vancouver Employees Have Won A Union (Exclusive)

The tremendous breakthrough hails a new dawn for vfx workers in Canada.

Laika Recruits Gorillaz Director And Annie Award-Winning Spanish Duo To Develop Features At The Studio

Annie-winning duo Victor Maldonado and Alfredo Torres and Gorillaz music video director Pete Candeland all have projects at the studio.

Pixar’s Pete Docter Blames Disney+ For Early ‘Elemental’ Box Office Struggles, Evolving Audience Habits

According to Docter, “We’ve told people, ‘Hey, all of this is going to be available to you on Disney+!'”

Microsoft Closes Activision Blizzard Acquisition After Receiving U.K. Approval

Approval was granted after Microsoft agreed to sell Activision’s cloud streaming rights for all current and new titles to Ubisoft.

Report: Layoffs To Hit Netflix Animation As Part Of Division Restructuring

The layoffs are part of a restructuring process that will also result in less animation produced in-house.

Studio 100 Media Acquires Stake In ‘Inspector Sun’ Studio 3 Doubles Producciones

The two companies are currently working on ‘Giants of La Mancha,’ to be released in 2024.

Dreamworks Animation Lays Off 70 Workers

Dreamworks’s television department was hit especially hard as production has slowed down in that division.

Dreamworks Shifting Away From In-House Production In Los Angeles; Sony Imageworks Is A New Production Partner

EXCLUSIVE: As part of cost-cutting measures, Dreamworks Animation is shifting away from producing films fully in-house at its Glendale, California headquarters and will rely more heavily on third-party studios.

Sony Pictures Imageworks Promotes Michelle Grady To Studio President

A 20-plus-year industry vet, Grady has spent the last seven at Imageworks.

Chinese Streamer Bilibili Unveils 68-Title Animation Pipeline As Demand For Local Productions Skyrockets

According to Bilibili, viewership of Chinese animation on the platform has increased six-fold over the past five years.

IATSE Working With DNEG Employees To Unionize Canadian Studios

IATSE is asking DNEG workers across the country to fill out in IATSE VFX Union Support Cards.

Walt Disney Animation Studios Production Workers Get Their Wish Granted As NLRB Approves Union Vote

The Disney Company still hasn’t voluntarily recognized the unit of workers nor negotiated in good faith to reach an agreement with these workers.

‘Moana’ Producer Osnat Shurer Joins Baobab Studios As Co-Chief Creative Officer

Shurer will work on Baobab’s multi-platform ‘Momoguro’ franchise as well as Disney+ series ‘Intercats’ and ‘Witchverse.’

New Zealand’s Floating Rock Studio Unveils The Trailer For Its First IP, ‘Kyōryū,’ About Samurai Dinosaurs Living In Postapocalyptic Japan

Floating Rock recently received a $2.5M venture capital investment that helped expand the studio’s original IP division.

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