Category: ves

https://www.awn.com/news/jon-favreau-helm-live-action-star-wars-series

https://www.engadget.com/2018/02/24/black-panther-vfx-models/

https://www.awn.com/vfxworld/do-digital-characters-deserve-academy-awards

https://www.awn.com/news/cinesite-secures-70-million-funding

https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/10/16871856/intel-cpu-meltdown-spectre-response-computer-slow-down-issues

https://www.cnet.com/news/spectre-meltdown-intel-arm-amd-processor-cpu-chip-flaw-vulnerability-faq/

http://www.animationmagazine.net/vfx/oscars-the-vfx-bake-off-offerings/

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/40-chance-apple-acquire-netflix-084744946.html

https://www.forbes.com/sites/karlkaufman/2018/01/02/is-apple-buying-netflix-heres-why-you-can-ignore-some-analyst-predictions/#72d303b73632

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-42353545

https://www.awn.com/news/john-lasseter-taking-six-month-leave-pixar-amid-harassment-allegations

https://variety-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/variety.com/2017/biz/news/21st-century-fox-disney-sale-talks-stock-1202607912/amp/

http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/news/a841451/disney-cgi-characters-court-case-mova/

Marvel Studios and Lucasfilm owners Disney – as well as 20th Century Fox and Paramount – are caught up in a lawsuit over MOVA, software that captures actors’ facial expression to create realistic CGI models.

Rearden LLC, which claims to own the rights to MOVA, has been suing a Chinese company for stealing the technology, which was then used by the studios in their films, says The Hollywood Reporter. The plaintiff is now suing for the rights to characters created with the tech.

https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/so-called-hobbit-law-scrapped-within-100-days-seven-years-after-controversial-passing-legislation

https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/film/98414573/hobbit-law-repeal-how-did-we-get-here

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/amp/news/new-zealand-poised-repeal-anti-union-hobbit-law-1052848

https://www.awn.com/news/ves-present-georges-m-li-s-award-joe-letteri

http://variety.com/2017/biz/asia/losses-at-digital-domain-holdings-double-1202020056/

Digital Domain Holdings, the Hong Kong-based visual effects and virtual reality group, saw losses in 2016 more than double to $64.3 million.

The core Digital Domain 3.0 business provided VFX for films including “Beauty and the Beast,” “Deadpool” and “X-Men: Apocalypse” during the year.

Revenues across the group increased 45% from $68 million (HK$527 million) in 2015 to $98.5 million (HK$763 million) last year. Net losses, which totaled $23.1 million (HK$179 million) in 2015, reached $64.3 million (HK$498 million) in 2016.

The company pointed to content development and research and development costs for virtual reality content and games, 360° and virtual humans, and a more than fourfold increase in amortization of intangible assets, as causes of the financial pain.

http://freakonomics.com/podcast/no-hollywood-ending-visual-effects-industry/

http://www.businessinsider.com.au/3d-tv-is-dead-2017-1?r=US&IR=T

1- Not enough content. DirecTV and ESPN stopped broadcasting their 3D channels in 2012 and 2013.

2- The glasses needed for 3D were clunky and annoying, and they made people feel self-conscious while wearing them.

3- 3D TVs were and are perfectly good 2D TVs, so 3D features weren’t often used.

4- 3D movies were closely associated with Blu-ray Discs as movie streaming started to gain traction.

5- 3D TVs need careful calibration and can cause eye strain.

6- Maybe it was always a gimmick. Ask yourself: Have 3D effects ever really impressed you or affected your viewing experience?

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-38534524