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Lucasfilm Opens Singapore Digital Animation Studio

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 27, 2005 - 4:29am.
Singapore - Lucasfilm, the production company founded by "Star Wars" director George Lucas, on Thursday officially launched its new digital animation studio in Singapore. "When we announced the formation of Lucasfilm Animation Singapore last August, we said we'd open our doors this fall, and we're right on schedule," said Lucas. The company said it hired Phillip Stamp as director of animation for the Singapore studio, which will release its first production, an animated TV series called "Clone Wars" based on the "Star Trek" storyline, some time in 2007. "We're leveraging not only the technology, but the expertise and the techniques developed over the years at Industrial Light & Magic and LucasArts to train a new generation of digital artists at our Singapore studio," said Lucasfilm chief technology officer Cliff Plumer.
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Digital Animation Studio CritterPix Lands $2.1 Million Bridge Note

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on April 14, 2005 - 9:33am.
San Rafael, Calif. -- CritterPix Studios, the 3D computer-generated animation studio behind the upcoming feature firm "Ollie the Otter," said on Wednesday that it has landed $2.1 million in convertible bridge note financing from the U.K.'s Laidlaw & Company. The studio now has raised a total of $4.45 million in seed funding, and plans to use the latest proceeds for script development as well as installing software animation tools and hardware platforms. "This funding gives us the flexibility to maintain our schedule for bringing our first movie… to the big screen," said Kelly Williamson, the CEO of CritterPix.
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