Looking to Get Into Animation For Games? The Community Is Out There, And It’s Growing
There’s a lot to learn if you’re making the move to game animation, but some specialized community outlets have sprung up to help.
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Unreal Encourages Filmmakers To Use Its Game Engine
Unreal’s game development toolset is now free for filmmakers and artists.
VES Awards Nominate Sandra Bullock as Best Animated Character
To acknowledge the crucial role of animators in the evolving world of filmmaking, the Visual Effects Society today nominated Ryan Stone, Bullock’s character in “Gravity,” for Outstanding Animated Character in a Live-Action Feature Motion Picture.
PGA Nominates Five Animation Producers, Will Honor Bob Iger and Chris Meledandri
With the 25th Annual PGA Awards right around the corner on Jan. 19, the Producers Guild of America has chosen five films to compete in …
19 Animated Features Submitted for Academy Awards
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced this afternoon that 19 animated features have been submitted for consideration …
“Monsters University” Scares Up Huge $82 Mil Opening Weekend
Pixar’s Monsters University opened with a powerful first-place finish in the United States. The Dan Scanlon-directed film nabbed $82.4 …
“Epic” Continues Its Unepic Box Office Run In the U.S. and Abroad
Blue Sky’s Epic continued its mild box office run last weekend with a respectable decline of 28.5% and $11.8 million in U.S. box office …
“Epic” Box Office Plummets in U.S., Slow Abroad
In its second weekend at the U.S. box office, Blue Sky’s Epic plummeted a troubling 50.4% for a take of $16.6 million and a fifth-place …
Blue Sky’s “Epic” Opened in 4th Place at the Box Office
Blue Sky’s Epic, directed by Chris Wedge, opened its U.S. box office run in fourth place with a respectable weekend take of $33.5 …
“Epic” Artist of the Day: Jake Panian
Today, we wrap up our week of featuring artists who worked on Blue Sky’s Epic by focusing on the drawings of Jake Panian. Jake …
“Epic” Artist of the Day: Dan Shefelman
As Blue Sky’s Epic opens theatrically in the United States, we continue our week of featuring artists who worked on the film. Today we …
“Epic” Talkback
Blue Sky’s eighth feature film, Epic, directed by Chris Wedge and based on a book by children’s author Bill Joyce, opens in the United …
“Epic” Artist of the Day: Sandeep Menon
Continuing our week of Epic artists, we take a look at the designs of Blue Sky visual development artist Sandeep …
“Epic” Artist of the Day: Tom LaBaff
Continuing our week of looking at some of the artists behind Blue Skey’s Epic, we focus on storyboard artist Tom …
“Epic” Artist of the Day: Sang Jun Lee
Continuing our week of looking at artists who worked on Epic, we focus on Sang Jun Lee. Sang Jun has designed characters and …
“Epic” Artist of the Day: Stephen P. Neary
This week we’re taking a look at some of the artists who contributed their artistry to the production of Blue Sky’s Epic, which opens in …
Fox Releases New “Epic” Trailer
The next major animated release in the U.S. will be Blue Sky’s Epic, out on May 24th. Fox just released this new trailer for the Chris …
New Poster for “Epic”
At first glance, you might mistake it for live action teenage adventure flick.
PREVIEW: 2013 Animated Features
Let’s ring in the new year with a look ahead at the animated features of 2013.
Was “Rise of the Guardians” A Victim of the Bill Joyce Curse?
The William Joyce brand has been uniformly successful across various media platforms—except for one arena: CG animated features.
New “Epic” trailer from Blue Sky
Here’s a really nice new trailer for Blue Sky’s next feature Epic. Based on a book by William Joyce, directed by Chris Wedge himself, in …
Blue Sky’s “Epic” Teaser
20th Century-Fox and Blue Sky have released a teaser trailer for their next film, Epic. Based on a William Joyce book… it’s looking …
FIRST PEEKS: “Epic”, “Turbo” and “Croods”
Our friends at ComingSoon.net snapped some intriguing images from the floor of The Licensing Expo, the industry trade show that started …
