VFX PLANETVox2009-11-10T17:43:23ZiHowiehttp://vfxplanet.vox.com/?_c=feed-atomtag:vox.com,2006:6p00d09e46cd87be2b/Visual Effects & Animation Headlines4 VFX Franchises Reborn, Hobbit Director A Monster, & Battleship with Aliens...tag:vox.com,2009-11-10:asset-6a00d09e46cd87be2b0123ddd0a3d8860c2009-11-10T17:43:23Z2009-11-10T17:43:23ZiHowiehttp://vfxplanet.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom
A Fourth Film for 4 Huge VFX Film Franchises? (latimes.com) Four film franchises. One decade. More than $10 billion worth of theater tickets sold. In their best moments, the "Lord of the Rings," "Spider-Man," "X-Men" and "Pirate...
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Jurassic ReParking, CGI Fainting Goats, & Monsterpalooza Grows...tag:vox.com,2009-11-09:asset-6a00d09e46cd87be2b0123ddd036f6860c2009-11-09T17:18:46Z2009-11-09T17:18:46ZiHowiehttp://vfxplanet.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom
A Christmas Carol Tops the Box Office (boxofficemojo.com) Walt Disney Pictures' A Christmas Carol topped the box office with an estimated $31 million from 3,683 theaters, for an average of $8,417 per theater. Written and directed ...
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JJ-Nauts, The Effects of Polygon, & France's VFX Tax Rebate...tag:vox.com,2009-11-06:asset-6a00d09e46cd87be2b0123f1788a9c860f2009-11-06T17:30:22Z2009-11-06T17:30:22ZiHowiehttp://vfxplanet.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom
J.J. Abrams Producing "Micronauts" (darkhorizons.com) J.J. Abrams ("Star Trek," TV's "Lost") is in talks to produce "Micronauts", a film version of the Japanese Microman toy line reports The Wall Street Journal. The toys, fi...
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Avatar's $230M Budget, Smaug Designed, & ILM in Italy...tag:vox.com,2009-11-05:asset-6a00d09e46cd87be2b01240b74a331860e2009-11-05T17:32:17Z2009-11-05T17:32:17ZiHowiehttp://vfxplanet.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom
Cameron's 'Avatar' the Costliest Film Ever At $230 Million Hollywood filmmaker James Cameron's much anticipated 3-D sci-fi epic "Avatar" is being touted as the most expensive film ever - with a whopping $230 million (Rs.1,200 crore) budget, a...
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Robopocalypse, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN 4, & Are Stormtroopers Works of Art?tag:vox.com,2009-11-04:asset-6a00d09e46cd87be2b0123ddcdce34860c2009-11-04T17:12:46Z2009-11-04T17:12:46ZiHowiehttp://vfxplanet.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom
Michael Bay Planning Less Action in "Transformers 3" (worstpreviews.com) "Transformers: The Revenge of the Fallen" was recently released on DVD and Blu-ray, and in a feature called "The All Spark Experiment," director Michae...
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VFX Long List '09 Takes Shape, Iron Man 2 CGI Tricky, & New Moon's Wolf Effects...tag:vox.com,2009-11-02:asset-6a00d09e46cd87be2b0123ddb7dd61860b2009-11-02T16:08:15Z2009-11-02T16:08:15ZiHowiehttp://vfxplanet.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom
Best Visual Effects Oscar "Long List" Taking Shape (incontention.com) As more films have been unleashed, the race for the visual effects Oscar now appears clearer than it did three months ago. I’m starting to feel the ...
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King Kong For Sale, Games Industry Shrinks, & Old CG Workers: Good or Bad?tag:vox.com,2009-10-30:asset-6a00d09e46cd87be2b01240b71dff0860e2009-10-30T21:15:45Z2009-10-30T21:15:45ZiHowiehttp://vfxplanet.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom
"Men in Black 3" is Moving Forward (The Hollywood Reporter, Variety) Columbia Pictures has hired Tropic Thunder writer Etan Cohen to pen the script for Men in Black 3. There are no deals yet in place for ...
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Mad Max 4 Starts, 2012's Non-CG Effects, & Pixar Opens Its Doors...tag:vox.com,2009-10-26:asset-6a00d09e46cd87be2b0123f1736385860f2009-10-26T17:01:47Z2009-10-26T17:01:47ZiHowiehttp://vfxplanet.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom
"Ghost in the Shell" Goes Live Action 3D (darkhorizons.com) Laeta Kalogridis ("Shutter Island," "Alexander") will pen the script for the 3D live-action American adaptation of classic Japanese manga "Ghost in the Shell" for...
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200 Million Years of VFX, John Carter of Makeup, & Spore Gets Adaptation...tag:vox.com,2009-10-02:asset-6a00d09e46cd87be2b0123ddbd407a860c2009-10-02T16:33:06Z2009-10-02T16:33:06ZiHowiehttp://vfxplanet.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom
Warner Bros. Adapting "The Future is Wild" (Variety) Warner Bros. Pictures is developing a feature version of animated documentary series "The Future is Wild" with producer John H. Williams' Vanguard Films and series c...
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VFX Artists Take Deal, "Youth-Anizing" Effects, & Twilight SPFX Contact Lenses...tag:vox.com,2009-09-30:asset-6a00d09e46cd87be2b0123dda776fc860b2009-09-30T16:13:28Z2009-09-30T16:14:18ZiHowiehttp://vfxplanet.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom
Special-Effects Artists Accept Pay Deal (montrealgazette.com) Two years after having worked unpaid for three months at a Montreal film studio, a group of special-effects artists is preparing to recoup 70 per cent of w...