- newKeenTools' KeenFace Turns Photos Into MetaHuman-Ready 3D Heads
The FaceBuilder developer's new browser and API tool builds production-ready heads in native MetaHuman topology from ordinary reference photos, with 4K PBR maps, automated de-hairing and a Scan Reconstruction mode for multicam sets; pay-as-you-go, wi…
- 14 hours ago22 Oct 26, 5:33pm -
- newSony Pictures Drops 'Ramayana: Rise of a Legend' Trailer
Namit Malhotra and DNEG's 2-part epic, directed by 'Dangal' filmmaker Nitesh Tiwari with Ranbir Kapoor as Rama and Yash as Ravana, hits theaters worldwide November 5 in Hindi and English; Hans Zimmer and A.R. Rahman score.
- 15 hours ago22 Oct 26, 4:15pm -
- newAWN Jobs Roundup, October 22: 18 Animation and VFX Openings Worldwide
Fresh LinkedIn openings from Industrial Light & Magic, Netflix, Blizzard and WildBrain, with animator, layout, modeling, lighting and pipeline roles across London, Sydney, Vancouver, Irvine and Seoul.
- 18 hours ago22 Oct 26, 1:41pm -
- 'Nothing Hides on a Cinema Screen': Jo Plaete Talks Brahma AI's Emmy-Winning Face Replacement Tech
The co-founder and CTO of Brahma AI discusses the Neural Performance technology that just shared a 2026 Technology & Engineering Emmy with Disney Research, Digital Domain, and Rising Sun Pictures, the 'ABBA Voyage' experiment that started it, de-agin…
- 1 day ago22 Oct 26, 1:21am -
- Middle-earth Goes to War in 'The Rings of Power' Season 3 Trailer
Galadriel declares 'all of it has come to this' as Sauron forges the One Ring, the Dwarves seal themselves inside Khazad-dûm, and Númenor slides toward civil war; the first 4 episodes stream November 11 on Prime Video, with 2 more November 18 and t…
- 1 day ago21 Oct 26, 11:59pm -
- The Concept Art Awards: Blind Judging by Peers and No AI Allowed
Co-founders Rachel Meinerding and Nicole Hendrix Herman explain why they built an awards show celebrating artists the industry rarely credits, and why this year's honorees Yoshitaka Amano and Eyvind Earle drew the most Lifetime Achievement votes; com…
- 1 day ago21 Oct 26, 11:11pm -
- AWN Jobs Roundup, October 21: 79 Animation and VFX Openings Worldwide
6 roles at Industrial Light & Magic and 3 at Electronic Arts lead a great big set of new Indeed listings across the US, Canada, the UK, Australia and India.
- 2 days ago21 Oct 26, 1:29pm -
- Lost in Space, Then Lost at Sea: 'Above the Below' Trailer Drops
3 astronauts crash-land in the crushing depths of the ocean, cut off from mission control, in the survival thriller co-directed by Idris Elba and Martin Owen; in theaters December 4.
- 3 days ago20 Oct 26, 4:57pm -
- AWN Jobs Roundup, October 20: 25 Animation and VFX Openings Worldwide
Fresh LinkedIn openings from Walt Disney Animation Studios, Netflix, One of Us and Industrial Light & Magic, with layout, compositing, pipeline and senior animator roles across Vancouver, Bengaluru, Sydney and Madrid.
- 3 days ago20 Oct 26, 1:27pm -
- Koala FX's 'Fall 2: Deadpoint' Reel Puts Its Climbers 3,000 Feet Up Thai Mountain
Studio built a full CG version of Thailand's fictional Mount Kwan, delivering more than 400 VFX shots for the Spierig brothers' survival thriller sequel, in theaters from Lionsgate.
- 3 days ago19 Oct 26, 11:52pm -
- Vine FX Turns Up the Heat on 'Alice and Steve'
Working with Clerkenwell Films, the Cambridge, UK, studio created invisible effects across the Disney+ and Hulu comedy as well as the fire, smoke and particle FX behind its series finale.
- 3 days ago19 Oct 26, 11:25pm -
- Astra Studios Launches AstraLabs, Teams with VerSe on AI Pipeline
The Hombale Group-backed studio led by Biren Ghose and the Dailyhunt parent led by Umang Bedi will co-develop and market an AI-native pipeline built on SparkStation, which carries a production from script to distribution and keeps faces, wardrobe, an…
- 8 days ago15 Oct 26, 3:20pm -