Oscar VFX Race Narrows To 20 Films
The Oscars reveal 20 VFX finalists, including big franchise entries like ‘Avatar,’ ‘Superman,’ ‘Wicked,’ ‘Predator,’ ‘Frankenstein,’ and ‘Jurassic World.’
The Oscars reveal 20 VFX finalists, including big franchise entries like ‘Avatar,’ ‘Superman,’ ‘Wicked,’ ‘Predator,’ ‘Frankenstein,’ and ‘Jurassic World.’
The two companies outlined their plans today for new AI tools, stressing artist control and creativity as the industry navigates growing automation anxieties.
Phantom Media Group unites leading VFX and animation studios across the U.S., U.K., and India, including Tippett Studio and Milk.
Netflix combines Scanline VFX and Eyeline Studios under one brand to advance virtual production and expand its AI-powered filmmaking toolkit.
At Italy’s VIEW Conference, Tippett Studio veterans explore how artificial intelligence could accelerate stop motion and VFX without losing the human touch.
VES Honors Celebration 2025 will also celebrate Bob Coleman, Dennis Hoffman, Colin Campbell, Darin Grant, Gayle Munro, and new Hall of Fame inductees.
Focused on “high-quality work made by people who love the craft,” Zam aims to revive the magic of classic cartoons with modern animation and VFX techniques.
Framestore’s VFX team brought Krypto the Superdog and Superman’s Fortress of Solitude to life, contributing over 590 shots.
Cinesite takes on its first full animation and VFX feature with ‘Smurfs,’ now streaming on Paramount+, blending Peyo’s style with hybrid magic.
At the ‘Frankenstein’ world premiere, Christoph Waltz claimed that ‘CGI is for losers,’ but to whom was he, a regular in effects-heavy blockbusters, referring?
In a recent interview, Stability AI board member James Cameron warned high budgets threaten theaters, urging cheaper VFX and new tech to cut costs.
Disney’s Marlon West, ‘Avatar’ VFX vet Brooke Breton, and ‘Shrek’ costume designer Isis Mussenden bring animation and effects to Academy Foundation’s board.
Influential VFX studio Glassworks, known for its standout work on films, TV, and global ad campaigns, shuts down after nearly 30 years in the industry.
SNL’s VFX team unanimously ratified their first union contract with IATSE, securing wages, benefits, and AI protections.
‘We treated the cars like characters’: Kevin Van Der Meiren and David Nicolas on the show’s surreal Hot Wheels-inspired titles.
The company’s Melbourne outpost is expected to create 80 jobs.
Both the feature and short animation categories were huge upsets by little films that weren’t backed by money, celebrity, or power.
The company said in its annual report that it expects its current fiscal year to also be negatively impacted by the ongoing fallout from the Hollywood writers’ and actors’ strikes.
‘The Wild Robot’ and ‘Dune: Part Two’ led the pack with four wins apiece.
Gints Zilbalodis’ Oscar-nominated ‘Flow’ is also among the nominees in the feature animation category.