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Kill mouths and fridge monsters

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For SYFY WIRE, I got the chance to speak to Rodeo FX about their impressive work for IT. In particular, I love that the VFX in this film never takes over – in fact, there’s a very cool mix of practical and just another digital to tell the terrifying story.

20th Century Fox and Locksmith Animation announce animated film ‘RON’S GONE WRONG’

Twentieth Century Fox and Locksmith Animation, the UK’s new high-end CG feature animation studio, have today revealed their inaugural project together, RON’S GONE WRONG.

Co-directors Alessandro Carloni (Kung Fu Panda 3) and Pixar story vet J.P. Vine (Inside Out, The Good Dinosaur) will helm the film.

RON’S GONE WRONG is the first project in the recently announced multi-year production partnership between Twentieth Century Fox and Locksmith Animation, which is expected to deliver one film every 12 to 18 months. Locksmith Animation will develop and produce the project end-to-end in London with partners Double Negative providing digital production.

The multi award-winning creative team assembled for the upcoming feature includes production designer Nathan Crowley (Dunkirk, Interstellar, The Dark Knight) with Aurelien Predal (Mune, The Little Prince), character designer Carter Goodritch (Ratatouille, Despicable Me), editor David Burrows (The Lego Movie), cinematographer David Peers (Happy Feet), and VFX supervisor Philippe Denis (Trolls).

Peter Baynham (Borat, Hotel Transylvania) and Sarah Smith (Arthur Christmas) will join as writers, and Lara Breay (Megamind, Penguins of Madagascar) will join as producer on the project. Julie Lockhart and Sarah Smith serve as Locksmith producers with co-founder Elisabeth Murdoch as executive producer, alongside Peter Baynham.

Locksmith Animation co-founders Smith and Lockhart said: “While we have set our bar for talent extremely high, the team assembled in London for RON’S GONE WRONG is truly exceptional, including some of the most respected and dynamic film-makers working in feature animation today. It’s a brilliant launchpad for our UK studio, and with our partners at Twentieth Century Fox we are on an exciting journey.”

At a licensing presentation on 9 October in London to showcase some of Twentieth Century Fox’s forthcoming plans in the animation space, Locksmith Animation’s Smith and Lockhart revealed the title and shared a first look of the project, including concept art, animation tests and plot points.

RON’S GONE WRONG is slated for a November 2020 release and will be distributed worldwide by Twentieth Century Fox.

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FUN Union and Imira seal multi-territory distribution deal

FUN Union and Imira Entertainment have signed a multi-territory distribution agreement for its current three produced IPs, and will be showcasing them at MIPJunior and MIPCOM for the first time.

The titles to be distributed by Imira are BabyRiki (104×5’), a preschool edutainment series that mixes 3D CGI and live action; KikoRiki (216×6’30” and 52×11’) which captures the lives of the BabyRiki characters as they grow up, go on adventures and learn valuable life lessons. The third one PinCode (104×13’) is an edutainment comedy targeted at primary school children, which explores the principles of physics, chemistry and biology while taking a bunch of heroes across the globe.

FUN Union CEO Christine Brendle comments, “We look forward to further nurturing this alliance and bring high-quality animation to children all around the world.”

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The strategic partnership between the two companies kicks off with Imira handling the international sales for Spanish, Portuguese and Italian speaking territories for its first three titles which form the Riki Universe and which combined represent 476 episodes, 130 half hours of content, two billion YouTube views in Russia alone, 12 million users of associated websites and apps, 6000 consumer product articles in 40 product categories, and over 100 awards accumulated.

Imira CEO Sergi Reitg adds, “Riki Universe is a phenomenal success in Russia and China, so we are sure of the success of its distribution in the territories where Imira manages the rights. There is a big demand for quality & premium content, and FUN Union’s series fit this demand perfectly.”

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Is Razer unveiling its first smartphone next month?

Razer has been and still is arguably the most influential gaming hardware brand. With high end rigs attributed to their name, the company has found a strong foothold among the gamers.

While the company has dealt in the PC front only, it seems the company is delving into the mobile business soon. The company has teased for an announcement which they would be making on 1 November, calling it their “biggest unveiling” of the year.

Earlier this year, Razer acquired smartphone company Nextbit. This acquisition has led many to believe that the company is indeed working on a smartphone keeping in mind its consumer base of hardcore gamers.

With the announcement, the image posted shows a person holding a smartphone-like device, further strengthening the speculations. An earlier published Bloomberg report states that the company was planning to develop a smartphone, indeed for the hardcore gaming audiences.

Razer has called upon enthusiasts to sign up over the website to stay updated on the future announcements about the project.

The only handheld device that the company has launched so far goes by the name of Razer Edge Pro, a gaming tab. While the leaks about the possible specs of the smartphone have started popping up over the internet, nobody is a 100 per cent sure about any of them.

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Meta Desi to launch ‘Holy Hell Vol.4’ and re-launch ‘Retrograde’ at Comic Con India

Comic Con has begun at full throttle in India and comic houses are gearing up for new launches. So is Meta Desi with its new volume of Holy Hell. The fourth volume of Holy Hell will be launched at either Delhi or Banglore Comic Cons, confirmed Meta Desi founder Akshay Dhar.

Holy Hell began as part of the anthology Ground Zero and after receiving an overwhelmingly positive response from the readers, was published as a standalone series by Meta Desi. Holy Hell revolves around a sleepy little fictional town in the middle of nowhere. Protagonists Dara and Blue get tangled in a series of crazy adventures and misadventures.

What will the fourth volume then have in store for the readers? Here is what: Heroic duo of Dara and Blue must survive terrifyingly hilarious new dangers and are assaulted by even more jokes, puns, walking sticks and there’s even pokemons involved as the sleepy town of Morfeeassnagar faces a challenge like it’s never seen!

“This issue we continue to tell self-contained one-and-done story filled with action, humour and referential gags about all the things we love,” shares Dhar. “And we continue to expand on the supporting cast and world of Holy Hell.”

Sticking to their standard format, this volume of the series too will have 24 pages with the same team collaborating- Zafar Khurshid and Akshay Dhar scripting and planning while Abhijeet Kini taking care of the artwork.

Akshay will also be re-launching the company’s first comic Retrograde, which is about post-apocalypse events in a small Indian hill-town. Even though being a popular series from the beginning, the team could not make more of it due to financial and other limitations. But recently, the publisher returned full rights for the series to Meta Desi and “now I FINALLY have an answer to the dozens and dozens of people who’ve come up to me at conventions asking when they’ll see future volumes of Retrograde,” exclaims he. “It’s a great feeling.”

The re-launched Retrogade will have few re-edits, tweaks in some bits of the art, redone lettering and a “spanking new cover.” The second volume of the series is expected to be ready by the end of winter and will then be sold through their up-and-coming direct sales portal on the website.

Apart from launches and re-launches, fans can also look forward to a planned crossover between Meta Desi and Chariot Comics characters which is in a nascent stage yet. In 2014, Meta Desi and Chariot Comics first time collaborated under a new brand ICBM- Indian Comics Badass Multiverse. “Meta Desi was founded on the idea of creative collaboration,” says Dhar.

Keeping the name and details under wraps, Dhar also revealed that a brand new series will be released under Meta Desi, also at the end of winter. “All I can tell you is that’s it an action-packed, brand spanking new superhero comic for the Indian audience that will blend the old and the new, the mythology and the modern world.”

Of their multiple launches at Comic Cons, Dhar explains, “Comics are not a huge business in India though it’s growing. Indian comics don’t have comic book shops where people can find them or have regular readers and we don’t have a big sales network for online sales, not yet. So for most small, indie guys like us, Comic Con is one of the best places to get out comics into readers’ hands and meet them all face to face.”

He further adds, “Plus, Comic Con India organisers have always been extra supportive of Indian publishers, giving us promotional space, stage-time and booth space at economical rates amongst other things.”

Well, it seems like the comic fever is about to go rampant all over again!

‘Holy Hell Volume 4’

‘Retrograde’ old cover

A page from ‘Retrograde’

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How to Make GIANT Lego Man Costume from Cardboard


How to Make GIANT Lego Man Costume from Cardboard

Today I show you how to make giant fully functional lego man costume! You need a lot of cardboard and glue sticks! This costume can be used for halloween! Or you can watch and enjoy this video !

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