LOS ANGELES — Directors Alfonso Cuarón and J.J. Abrams, actor Chris Pine and Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs announced the nominations for the 87th Academy Awards (www.oscar.com) this morning. A ...

January 15, 2015

SAN RAFAEL — Industrial Light & Magic (www.ilm.com) collaborated with ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live to create a new opening sequence for the late-night show. The open highlights the vibrant energy and s ...

January 14, 2015

CHICAGO — VFX studio The Mill (www.themill.com) is moving its Chicago studio to its own premises in the West Loop. The move will take place during Q3 of 2015, and the new studio will double its curren ...

January 14, 2015

HOLLYWOOD — Creative editorial company Beast TV (www.beast.tv) — with offices Santa Monica, New York, Austin, Detroit, Chicago, Atlanta and San Francisco — has acquired Go Robot, an editorial boutique ...

January 14, 2015

LOS ANGELES — The Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) have announced the nominees for the 62nd MPSE Golden Reel Awards. The MPSE Golden Reel Awards recognize outstanding achievement in sound editing i ...

January 14, 2015

LOS ANGELES — The VES recently announced the nominees for the 13th Annual VES Awards. The yearly celebration recognizes outstanding visual effects artistry and innovation in film, animation, televisio ...

January 13, 2015

LOS ANGELES — Colorist Joe Finley, whose credits include the HBO series Game of Thrones, has joined The SIM Group’s Chainsaw division. He brings more than 20 years of experience in features and episod ...

January 12, 2015

DALLAS — Treehouse (http://treehouseedit.com) has brought in its fourth editor. Jason Payne is well known in the Dallas advertising community through previous posts with Fast Cuts, N2O and The Richard ...

January 8, 2015

PORTLAND, OR — Laika is teaming up with Heritage Auctions (www.HA.com) to auction off over 250 props and models from some of its successful stop-motion films, including The Boxtrolls, Coraline and Par ...

January 6, 2015

EMERYVILLE, CA — Athena Studios (www.athenastudios.com) has signed Nate Hopper as co-producer of the company’s original, stop-motion animated feature Auntie Claus, which is in development. Hopper was ...

December 16, 2014