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'Warrior Spirit' Inspires Pixar Film Editing Spirit (video interview)

'Warrior Spirit' Inspires Pixar Film Editing Spirit (video interview)

"Everyone calls it a pipeline, which means you put something in the pipe from this end and it comes out the other end. But in the animation world, it'...

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Cinesite acquires Atelier Animation for "Fireheart

Cinesite acquires Atelier Animation for "Fireheart

Cinesite Inc. has acquired Atelier Animation of Montreal, the company behind "Leap! and the just completed "Fireheart" (pictured above), has acquired ...

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Netflix to Acquire Animal Logic, Animation Studio of "The Lego Movie"

Netflix to Acquire Animal Logic, Animation Studio of "The Lego Movie"

[Netflix is acquiring Australia-based animation and VFX studio Animal Logic. [According to a Netflix release, the acquisition "supports Netflix's amb...

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Nintendo to acquire CG animation production company Dynamo Pictures.

Nintendo to acquire CG animation production company Dynamo Pictures.

Nintendo announced today that it will acquire Dynamo Pictures, a Japanese CG animation studio.Here is what we know about the acquisition: [3...

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Black-owned studio Smokescreen launches in L.A.

Black-owned studio Smokescreen launches in L.A.

Brothers Chris and Chase Wimberly have opened Studio Smokescreen, a relatively rare example of a black-owned L.A.-based animation studio. To mark the ...

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108 Media Acquires Majority Stake in Singapore's Robot Playground Media

108 Media Acquires Majority Stake in Singapore's Robot Playground Media

UK-based production/distribution company 108 Media has acquired a majority stake in Singapore-based animation/VFX studio Robot Playground Media (RPM)....

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