Polymath Motion Rebrands Studio as OddBeast
September 17, 2024
Blur founder Tim Miller (aka the director of Deadpool) and David Fincher, who both tried gallantly to make Eric Powell’s Goon comics into a feature film, have another adult animation treat dropping March 15th on Netflix. [Watch]
For the launch of Respawn Entertainment’s new free-to-play battle royale shooter Apex Legends, Mill+ directors Lisha Tan and David Lawson create a hybrid look they call “Moving Concept Art.” [Watch]
Four students at The Animation Workshop explore an “absurd existential crisis” and the problem of personal originality with an astounding mix of visual styles and animation techniques. [Watch]
Ridley Scott talks about his return to advertising after a 15-year hiatus to direct Hennessy’s four-minute brand film “The Seven Worlds,” produced thru agency DDB Paris with MPC handling the extensive VFX. [Watch]
Tokyo animation director Takashi Ohashi completely redefines the cute dancing cat video in this glitchy and geometric music promo for Japanese producer Daisuke Tanabe. [Watch]
In his first solo helming effort, WIZZ director/animator Gary Levesque (formerly of creative duo Flying V) aims for your Valentine’s day heartstrings in this animated :90 for flower delivery service Teleflora through Blacklist. [Watch]
Siblings Michel and Olivier Gondry co-direct an exuberant dance video for The Chemical Brothers’ “Got To Keep On,” with Olivier’s VFX work growing from peripheral glimpses into the main attraction. [Watch]
A humble street line painter takes traffic problems into his own hands in this film for Bird, the urban scooter unicorn, directed by BAT (Bali Engel and Matthieu Landour) and animated in 2D and 3D by Not To Scale. [Watch]
Depending on how your art/design/media school experience actually went down, Julian Glander’s third indie video game called “Art Sqool” may trigger varying amounts of trauma and/or giddiness. [Watch]
Writer/director Tomek Suwalski and a massive crew at Platige Image summon a menacing CG vision of post-nuclear Russia in the trailer for Metro Exodus, the third installment in 4A Games’ video game series based on the novels of Dmitry Glukhovsky. [Watch]
Brooklyn artist and filmmaker Jordan Bruner adds an element of guileless visual delight to poet Aracelis Girmay’s touching tale of a card she received with from a third-grade student and her attempts to a decipher its cryptic message. [Watch]
Commissioned by Spotify, this music video for “A Pearl” by Mitski (aka singer-songwriter Mitski Miyawaki), combines 3D and 2D animation into a gripping single-shot dream directed by Saad Moosajee and Art Camp with cel animation by Danae Gosset. [Watch]
Stripped-down character design and beat-perfect comic timing courtesy of Blinkink directors Alex Grigg and Joe Pelling punch this trio of animated spots out of the media maelstrom for UK green-energy supplier Bulb. [Watch]
Expanding on the brief for a road trip video, Joyrider director/DOP/VFX artist Reuben Sutherland steers the film into a manic Kodachrome collage with footage sourced at locations across Nevada including the band’s hometown of Las Vegas. [Watch]
