Creative Kingdom, the company behind Dubai’s Palm Island and World Island, today unveiled plans for Chiang Mai Wood (CNX-Wood), a 175-acre mixed-use movie studio and residential development in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Once completed, the sprawling complex will house the state-of-the-art CNX Movie World Studios, as well as an integrated network of self-sufficient residential neighborhoods, a…

Red Rock Pictures announced today that it has entered into an agreement with National Lampoon and the founder of Van’s Warped Tour to promote and distribute the upcoming feature film Endless Bummer. The film, starring Matthew Lillard, will be released in June of 2009 commensurate with the 15th anniversary kick-off of Van’s Warped Tour. In…

Image Metrics, a leading provider of facial animation solutions to the entertainment industry, is offering visual effects and film studios access to a portion of its facial animation technology for the first time. The new performance transfer solution, now in beta, will enable select studios to incorporate the power of Image Metrics’ facial animation technology…

Apple has a user integration story on it’s website, about the USC Trojans, and how quickly fans were able to enjoy highlights from the 2008 Rose Bowl. Thanks to their Macs, Final Cut Studio, and Xsan, the USC Athletics Department video team can now stream post-game video clips, provide footage to networks, and create highlight…

Well, if you’re looking for martial arts tips – sorry, you won’t find any at the upcoming Motion Conference, However, you will see how screen graphics were created for The Bourne Ultimatum. If that’s of any interest at all. You will also learn techniques for innovative greenscreen VFX. Discover how Disney and Nickelodeon animators are…