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Wednesday, July 27, 2011

DREAMWORKS ANIMATION'S MONKEYS OF MUMBAI


GLENDALE, Calif., July 20, 2011 -- DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. DWA
today announced that Kevin Lima (Enchanted, Tarzan) will direct the
upcoming feature film Monkeys of Mumbai(working title), the studio's
first-ever Bollywood-style animated musical adventure. Lisa Stewart
(Turbo, Monsters vs. Aliens) and Chris Chase (Enchanted, Tarzan) will
serve as producers on the project. As previously announced, Stephen
Schwartz (Wicked, Prince of Egypt, Enchanted) is serving as executive
producer and lyricist, A.R. Rahman (127 Hours, Slumdog Millionaire,
Bombay Dreams) is serving as executive producer and composer, and
Gurinder Chadha & Paul Berges (Bride & Prejudice, Bend It Like Beckham)
are writing the feature project.
Inspired by the great Indian epic tale of The Ramayana – but retold
through the point of view of its monkeys – Monkeys of Mumbairevolves
around two common monkeys who become unlikely heroes in a last ditch
effort to stop an ancient, thought-to-be-mythical demon from conquering
the world. The project is being overseen at DreamWorks Animation by
development executive Chris Kuser.

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Make your own MoCap System with Brekel and Microsoft Kinetic

It allows you to capture 3D objects and export them to disk for use in 3D packages. As well as do skeleton tracking which can be streamed into Autodesk’s MotionBuilder in realtime, or exported as BVH files. Read more

INDIA'S RELIANCE MEDIAWORKS PARTNERS WITH DIGITAL DOMAIN

Mumbai/Los Angeles, July 11, 2011 - Reliance MediaWorks Ltd
, India's fastest growing film and
entertainment services company and a member of the Reliance group, has
partnered with Los Angeles-based digital production studio Digital
Domain Productions to create visual effects
and 3D Stereo Production services studios in Mumbai, India and London,
UK that will cater to motion pictures, television, commercial, and
stereo 3D conversion for catalogue projects from August 2011 in phases.

Reliance MediaWorks offers a full array of visual effects and stereo 3D
conversion services with an existing team of more than 500 artists. The
company will set up a new studio at its Media BPO in Navi Mumbai and
deploy there an additional team of up to 650 artists available for
projects allied with Digital Domain. In London, Digital Domain will
co-locate a visual effects team within Reliance MediaWorks' UK facility.

Reliance MediaWorks studios in both Mumbai and London will connect to
Digital Domain's L.A. facility through Reliance MediaWorks' fibre optic
network that can support seamless high-speed exchange of data.

Digital Domain recently completed visual effects work on Transformers:
Dark of the Moon and its feature film work currently in production
includes Real Steel, Jack the Giant Killer and 47 Ronin. Building upon
its parent company Digital Domain Media Group¹s recent acquisition of
2D-to-3D conversion company In-Three, partnering with Reliance
MediaWorks enables Digital Domain to expand its visual effects and
stereo 3D conversion services to existing and new clients around the
world.

PARAMOUNT PICTURES TO LAUNCH PARAMOUNT ANIMATION

LOS ANGELES, July 6, 2011 -- Paramount Pictures, a unit of Viacom Inc. ,
will launch an in-house animation division, with its first title slated
for release in 2014.

In making the announcement, Paramount Chairman & CEO Brad Grey said the
initiative was part of the studio's long-term strategy for growth and
that the new division, Paramount Animation, will focus on high quality
animation with budgets per picture of up to $100 million.

Paramount Animation's mandate will be the development of the broadest
range of family CGI animated films, with a key piece being titles under
the label of Viacom's Nickelodeon, the number one entertainment brand
for kids worldwide. Paramount will also look to build on Viacom's
already thriving global consumer products business by seeking to
capitalize on merchandising opportunities tied to all Paramount
Animation releases.

The division will be part of the Paramount Motion Picture Group,
reporting to the group's president, Adam Goodman, and will initially
target one release per year. Vice Chair Rob Moore, COO Frederick
Huntsberry and Goodman are now conducting a search for the leader of the
division.

Thursday, July 7, 2011

News this June

VFS TAKES SCHOOL OF THE YEAR FOR THE SECOND YEAR
TRANSFORMERS 3 HAS BEST JULY 4TH EVER
IMAX POSTS RECORD WORLDWIDE OPENING WITH TRANSFORMERS 3
CARS 2 CO-DIRECTOR TO DIRECT FOR DIGITAL DOMAIN'S TRADITION STUDIOS
NOLAN TO PRODUCE KEITH GORDON'S SUPERNATURAL THRILLER
WARNER RELEASES TOM AND JERRY: FUR FLYING ADVENTURES VOLUME 2