Last week, Walt Disney Animation Studios announced the opening of a new production facility in Vancouver to feed the streaming content demands of Disney+. The Vancouver studio has begun recruiting for a January 2022 opening and will focus on feature-quality long-form series and special projects, starting with the musical spin-off of Moana.
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Development hell
Content development is hit-and-miss in general and cinematic story development is difficult in particular. The term “development hell” has achieved notoriety as a colorful — and apt — description of the time and money wasted when conceptual circling spirals into a creative nosedive.
There are many contributing factors, from the creative to the
tellretell's original animated feature film development project, Hidden in the Peach Blossom Garden, will be featured in the "Taiwan Animated by TAICCA" section of the Annecy 2021 Partners Pitches program.
The video pitches will be available online for Annecy participants from June 14th through June 19th, and then in the Annecy 2021 video library through the
Xite Labs, integrating the disguise Extended Reality (xR) workflow powered by a gx 2c media server and rx real-time rendering platform, brought a host of virtual worlds to life in Unreal Engine for rapper Bryson Tiller’s recent Trapsoul World Series live-streamed concert.
Shot at Xite Labs’ xR stage in L.A., the concert accentuated the artist’s unique musical
UK-based technology platform disguise has received research and development funding from Innovate UK to expand its work in virtual production. Part of the United Kingdom Research and Innovation organization, Innovate UK purpose is to accelerate UK economic growth by stimulating and supporting business-led innovation. It invests in the best game-changing and commercially viable disruptive
Canadian-U.S. kids entertainment company, bulbKIDZ, has just launched, heading into development of it first original preschool animation project, Gopher It! (52 x 11’). The new company, helmed by industry veterans Nancy Aries Koff and Kiersten Halstead, has teamed up with award-winning Canadian creators, Andrew Sabiston (Super Wings, The Remarkable Mr. King, Ranger Rob,
Lorna Withrington has been appointed to the newly created role of vice president, development-animation at WildBrain. In her new role, Withrington will promote the company’s strategic vision behind their multi-genre slate of original animation, collaborating closely with creators, writers, artists, and other production stakeholders. She will also be tasked with expanding existing properties
Google “South China Sea,” and you’ll get an eyeful. The region is hot, and in a perverse case of art imitating life, the Southeast Asian content wars are mirroring the greater political wrangling and military rattling. The world is pivoting to Southeast Asia, and the entertainment industry is leading the charge. Before we dive
Animation Production Days 2021 (APD) has announced that 52 projects from 22 countries have been selected to take part in this year’s event, which takes place May 4-7. The program will be either online or hybrid with pre-planned one-on-one video meetings, giving producers a chance to introduce their projects to potential co-production and financing
Kim Howitt has been named senior creative executive for WarnerMedia Kids & Family. In her new role, she will oversee the creative development of third-party animation, co-production, and live-action across preschool, kids, and family. The announcement was made by Amy Friedman, Head of Kids & Family Programming, Warner Bros. Howitt will be based in
