The creative team behind Netflix’s CASTLEVANIA anime series discuss designing the characters and world of the video game adaptation (VFX Voice)
Deal completes nearly six months of industry-wide discussions on how to get Hollywood productions running again (The Wrap)
Riyadh-based studio Myrkott, creators of the satirical Youtube-series-turned-theatrical-feature MASAMEER, has signed an exclusive five-year partnership with Netflix to produce Saudi-focused animated series and films (Cartoon Brew)
As of Monday, THE EIGHT HUNDRED became the highest-grossing movie of 2020 at the global box office, overtaking BAD BOYS FOR LIFE (Variety)
Ireland-based visual effects studio SSVFX has opened offices in Los Angeles and London (Deadline)
The cartoonist was hand-picked by Steven Spielberg to direct a film that led to E.T. and worked on CONAN THE BARBARIAN and THE LAST STARFIGHTER (The Hollywood Reporter)
Weta created the Imperial City and populated it with digital citizens (The Hollywood Reporter)
Microsoft announced the acquisition of Zenimax Media and its video game publisher Bethesda Softworks, which is behind big IP’s like FALLOUT, DOOM, SKYRIM, WOLFENSTEIN and many more (VR Focus)
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Russell, who worked on LED applications for the films GRAVITY, MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS, TERMINATOR 4 and ALLIED, is to join the AV and entertainment technology provider (AV Magazine)