‘Avatar’ Director James Cameron Joins Stability AI Board Of Directors, Says He Wants To Incorporate AI Into VFX Industry
Last year, Cameron had warned against the dangers of artificial intelligence.
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‘Avatar,’ ‘Pinocchio,’ ‘The Rings of Power’ Lead VES Awards Nominations
With 14 nominations, “Avatar: The Way of Water” is the most-nominated project ever at the VES Awards.
These New ‘Alita: Battle Angel’ Breakdowns Explore The Film’s Cutting-Edge Animation And VFX
The sci-fi film is back in theaters.
After A Decade, James Cameron Finally Admits That ‘Avatar’ Is Animated
Well, it’s about time!
New ‘Alita: Battle Angel’ Trailer Highlights More Of Its Animated Lead
A photoreal animated character stars in Robert Rodriguez’s new mega-budget action film.
New Trailer For ‘Alita: Battle Angel’ Mixes Fully-Animated Lead Character With Live Actors
A fully-animated cg character leads the cast of “Alita: Battle Angel.”
Fox Delays Release Of ‘Alita: Battle Angel’
The James Cameron-produced manga adaptation is being pushed back five months.
10 Unforgettable Morphs in Film, TV, and Music Videos
Morphing has been an important part of vfx for quite a while. Here’s 10 memorable morphs that made us go wow!
ILM’s Rebel ‘Jurassic Park’ Artists Reflect On The State of VFX Art Today
Mark Dippé and Steve ‘Spaz’ Williams, who created groundbreaking vfx work on “Jurassic Park,” “T2,” and “The Abyss,” talk about what’s different about the vfx industry today.
Making A Nuclear Apocalypse: How The Iconic Sequence In ‘Terminator 2’ Was Created
Early digital effects were mixed in with breakfast cereal and matzo crackers to create one of the iconic sequences in contemporary cinema.
‘Jungle Book’ Filmmakers Can’t Decide If They Made An Animated Film Or Not
What do you call a ‘live-action’ film that’s 90% animated?
Dreamworks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg Spent $353,000 On Dinner Yesterday
Dreamworks Animation CEO recently said his company is “in the toilet,” but he seems to be doing fine himself.
Alfonso Cuarón Thanked the Right People at the Golden Globes
Last night when “Gravity” director Alfonso Cuarón won best director at the Golden Globes, he began his acceptance speech by saying, “This is for the hundreds of people that made this film possible,” a reference to the film’s crew, including countless vfx/animation artists.
“Space Jam” Producer Says Mo-Cap Isn’t Animation and Why He’s Wrong
Last July we posted the amended Oscar rules that stated motion capture would no longer be eligible for the best animated feature Oscar. …
HEAVY METAL 3D by David Fincher, Zack Snyder, James Cameron et al.
Filmmaker David Fincher (Fight Club, Se7en, Benjamin Button, etc.), who began his career working for Lucasfilm in special effects (Return …
James Cameron: “I’m not interested in being an animator”
In last week’s LA Times, James Cameron continued to assert his position that Avatar isn’t animation, though at least he’s acknowledging …
Cameron Bitter Because Oscars Snubbed Animated Characters
(Pocatar image by Chad Regan) An article from today’s Hollywood Reporter says that Avatar producer Jon Landau labeled the Oscars “a …
Two Animated Films Nominated for Best Picture Oscar
News media stories about the Oscars are cropping up all over and all of them are parroting the same factoid: Up is only the second time …
James Cameron: It’s Not Animation Because I Say So
A video in which Jim explains that, “the thing that people need to keep very strongly in mind is that this is not an animated film.” So …
Avatar, The Animated Film That Wasn’t
I was thinking today, If Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel has enough animation in it to be eligible for Best Animated Oscar, and A …
Avatar talkback
I saw James Cameron’s Avatar last night and I feel a talkback post here would be appropriate. Did I like the film? Yes, very much so. …
Avatar vs. Delgo V.2
File this under “People who don’t know when to quit while they’re ahead”: The producers of Delgo – the biggest bomb of 2008 – are …
Comparing Avatar to Delgo
James Cameron unveiled the trailer to his eagerly awaited science fiction spectacular Avatar this week and, to me, it certainly looks …
10 for Best Picture
It was announced yesterday that the Academy will now nominate ten films for Best Picture. From their press release:For more than a decade …
