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Chaos’ new short has an answer for Hollywood VFX problems

Chaos releases Ray Tracing FTW, a new short film that takes aim at the state of VFX and filmmaking — from an artist’s point of view. More than an airing of grievances, the comedic short is the first major test for Project Arena, a virtual production toolset that has now been production-proven by vets who’ve […]

September 12, 2024

New Disney+ Nat Geo environment on Apple Vision Pro

Disney+ subscribers are now able to access a new immersive environment from National Geographic via the Disney+ app on Apple Vision Pro, which will transport users to the natural beauty of Iceland’s Thingvellir National Park. The new Disney+ environment marks National Geographic’s first-ever immersive project for Apple Vision Pro. Disney+ is also making four additional […]

August 6, 2024

Territory Group formed amid acquisition of Cantina Creative

Following reputational and company growth success over the course of more than a decade of operation, Territory Studio (Blade Runner 2049, Ex-Machina, Bond: No time to Die) founders David Sheldon-Hicks and Nick Glover have announced the formation of Territory Group, a global collective of creative businesses. With technological advances reshaping the media landscape, multiple creative […]

July 21, 2022

Marvel’s Eternals on Disney+ from Jan 12

Disney+ has announced that Marvel Studios’ Eternals will start streaming on Disney+ in the UK & Ireland on January 12th 2022. The Marvel Cinematic Universe’s newest team of superheroes debuted in cinemas on November 5th. The movie will join 13 other Marvel Cinematic Universe movies now streaming in IMAX Enhanced on Disney+, which gives subscribers more picture […]

December 10, 2021By Nik Roseveare

IMAX Enhanced to launch on Disney+

Marvel fans will be able to stream some of their favourite titles in IMAX’s Expanded Aspect Ratio at home for the first time with IMAX Enhanced on Disney+, launching on November 12th as part of Disney’s company-wide Disney+ Day global celebration. The new collaboration was announced by The Walt Disney Company, IMAX Corporation and DTS, […]

November 8, 2021By Nik Roseveare

NantStudios delivers commercial for luxury car brand powered by disguise

NantStudios is a Los Angeles based industry-leading full-service production studio equipped with state-of-the-art technology to deliver traditional, broadcast and LED virtual productions. With an extensive background in film, TV, video games and commercial production, as part of their portfolio, they’ve welcomed films such as Avengers: Endgame, Deadpool 2 and one of gaming’s most acclaimed sagas, […]

September 22, 2021

UK digital download sales top 100m

The Official Charts Company and British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE) have revealed that there have been 100,000,000 digital downloads since Official Charts records began. The Official Charts Company (OCC) began tracking digital downloads of home entertainment titles in 2016, before launching the Official Film Chart in tandem with BASE in November 2018 – the […]

June 25, 2021

Disney+ projects iconic shield on London Eye

To mark the premiere of Original Series, The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, on Disney+ today (March 19th), Captain America’s iconic shield has landed in the UK, through the power of projection mapping, on The London Eye. The Marvel Studios’ legendary shield is also appearing in several renowned landmarks around the globe including Singapore Flyer […]

March 19, 2021By Nik Roseveare

IMAX rebounds in China

Giant cinema screen operator IMAX saw its share price rise 6.4 per cent on February 16 as a direct result of solid box office receipts and attendance numbers at its Chinese theatres. IMAX, in a statement, said that it had enjoyed the best opening weekend for Chinese New Year holiday attendance. At $20.47 per share […]

February 17, 2021By Chris Forrester

Bank: Video game sales up 13% YoY

With much of the world still in some level of lockdown, the global sales of video games remained strong in September with impressive improvements on 2019 efforts. For example, console-based games rocketed up 38 per cent year-on-year while mobile games saw 9 per cent improvement. PC-based games grew 8 per cent and helped achieve an […]

October 27, 2020By Chris Forrester