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Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
AI Animation Firm Cartwheel Emerges From Beta; Pixar Alums In Exec Ranks, Jeffrey Katzenberg's WndrCo Among Backers
EXCLUSIVE: AI firm Cartwheel has emerged from closed beta, promising to help make the 3D animation process smoother and accessible to a wider range of creative workers. The company was co-founded by Jonathan Jarvis and Andrew Carr. Jarvis, who is CEO, spent nearly seven years at Google and also runs animation and gaming studio Universal Patterns. Carr, who is Chief Scientist, interned at Google and later worked at OpenAI. More from Deadline Generative AI Studio Promise Wins Backing From Google; Peter Chernin's North Road Company Also Ups Investment Conan O'Brien Joins 'Toy Story 5' SAG-AFTRA Responds To Fortnite's AI-Generated Darth Vader Feature With Unfair Labor Complaint Staffers at the company include Pixar alums Catherine Hicks and Neil Helm, along with veterans of Riot Games and Sony's Spiderverse franchise. Along with its emergence from beta, the company revealed $10 million in new funding led by David Sacks' VC firm Craft Ventures, bringing its total funding to $15.6 million. Participants in the latest funding round include existing investors like Katzenberg's WndrCo, Ben Feder's Tirta, Accel, Khosla Ventures, Human Ventures and established AI firm Runway. Cartwheel focuses on 3D animation, in particular aiding the process of how animated characters move, and says 60,000 people have signed up for the waitlist to gain access to its set of tools. During the closed beta, the company's tools were used by creatives at companies including DreamWorks, Duolingo, Sony and Roblox. The company says it can turn video, text and large motion libraries into production-ready 3D character animations that can be moved, edited and downloaded directly into current workflows. Along with prototyping ideas or refining their work, animators can also tap Cartwheel's library for a motion to fit or inspire their scene. Even non-pros can use Cartwheel to generate video clips, and designers and developers can turn their character animations into files to be added to apps or websites. The co-founders compared their company's impact on the field of animation to that of the iPhone on photography. 'We've developed a new way to simplify the animation process, putting creatives in the drivers' seat as they dramatically accelerate their workflows, eliminate tedious tasks, free up budget for more creative exploration, and enhance control over their final products,' they said. The company's impact will be felt across animated films, anime, gaming, advertising and storyboarding, social media and other areas, they said. At Pixar, Hicks was animation director and worked on more than 15 movies, including the Oscar-winning Inside Out, Coco and Toy Story 3. She is Cartwheel's head of animation innovation. Helm, who is the head of interactive animation at Cartwheel, focused on motion and crowd elements at Pixar, working on Inside Out 2, Turning Red, Lightyear, and the third and fourth Toy Story installments. 'Cartwheel has changed the entire paradigm of animation by introducing a new toolset that builds on the artistry of animation, making productions more efficient so more stories can be told,' Feder, Managing Partner at Tirta Ventures. 'Where concepts could take days, weeks, or months to visualize, Cartwheel's technology makes the process virtually instant, unleashing an entirely new world of storytelling possibilities.' Best of Deadline Sean 'Diddy' Combs Sex-Trafficking Trial Updates: Cassie Ventura's Testimony, $10M Hotel Settlement, Drugs, Violence, & The Feds All The 'Mission: Impossible' Movies In Order - See Tom Cruise's 30-Year Journey As Ethan Hunt Denzel Washington's Career In Pictures: From 'Carbon Copy' To 'The Equalizer 3' Error while retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error while retrieving data Error while retrieving data Error while retrieving data Error while retrieving data
Engadget
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Engadget
Watch Nicolas Cage kick black-and-white butt in this trailer for Spider-Noir
We finally have some actual footage of the upcoming Spider-Noir series, thanks to a teaser trailer . This is a real boon for fans of the original Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse , as the show brings back Nicolas Cage as Spider-Man: Noir. It's also live action, so we get to see a real-life Nic Cage kicking butt as a down-on-his-luck private detective that's bitten by a magical spider. You can likely guess what happens to him after that. Amazon says that the character will be "forced to grapple with his past life as the city's one and only superhero." To view this content, you'll need to update your privacy settings. Please click here and view the "Content and social-media partners" setting to do so. This is a short trailer, but it's positively soaked in retro vibes. After all, the show's called Spider-Noir . The teaser is in black-and-white, but it's worth noting that the actual series will be available in both black-and-white and color. It's all up to personal preference, but I'm digging the black-and-white. Spider-Noir will first air on MGM+ before heading to Prime Video the next day. We don't have a release date yet. In addition to Cage, the show stars Lamorne Morris, Brendan Gleeson, Li Jun Li and Karen Rodriguez, among others. Harry Bradbeer, who helmed most episodes of Fleabag , is directing the first two installments. Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, the pair behind the Spiderverse franchise, are on-hand as executive producers. The show's based on the comic book Spider-Man: Noir , which was first released back in 2009.
SoraNews24
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- SoraNews24
A look at the cosplay of the 2025 Osaka Comic Con
Capes, canes, cowls, and crazy crotches converged at this Comic Con. As we reported earlier, Osaka Comic Con was held once again at Intex Osaka, bringing lots of stars and artists to this corner of Japan. This also meant it was time for cosplayers from all over the world to come together and show off their carefully crafted wear. Now a juggernaut of both comics and movies, Marvel characters figured prominently among costumed visitors. There was a whole multiverse of Deadpools to be seen, but this guy with heart-shaped eyes showed up first, so I'll give him top honors. ▼ Deadpool The entire Spiderverse also seemed to have shown up with webslingers of all shapes and sizes. ▼ You got your preppy and street Spider-Men… ▼ Standard Spider-Man… ▼ Sam Raimi Spider-Man 3 version black suit Spider-Man, suitably hanging out with the Black Widow… ▼ Spider-Woman and a rather jolly-looking Green Goblin Naturally, wherever Spider-Man is his greatest foes aren't too far behind. ▼ Doctor Octopus and Kingpin ▼ J. Jonah Jameson There were plenty of other Marvel characters out and about too, like this parent-child team who had their posing game down cold. ▼ Captain America and Red Hulk ▼ Infinity War Iron Man ▼ Ghost Rider's head flickered like a flame too, which was pretty cool. ▼ Yelena Belova and Bucky Barnes of the Thunderbolts* ▼ Reed Richards and Susan Storm of The Fantastic Four ▼ And we finally found someone the perfect height to be Wolverine. Meanwhile, the Dark Knight rises again to represent the DC cinematic universe, along with some villains. ▼ The Talon, Bane, Batman, and Catwoman ▼ The Riddler In close second to comic books, there was a huge number of Star Wars cosplayers with extremely intricate and accurate costumes. We saw most of them on stage with Daniel Logan in the previous article, but here are a couple I found that weren't there. ▼ Boba Fett ▼ At first I thought this Chewbacca was way too tall, but looked it up afterward and that does look about 2.3 meters (seven-foot-six). There were plenty of characters from the wide world of video games as well, with the Resident Evil series being a prominent source of inspiration. ▼ Lupo and Hunk ▼ Ada Wong ▼ Cloud from Final Fantasy VII ▼ Spamton Neo from Deltarune ▼ A Monster Hunter… and did I mention I'm a monster? ▼ A couple of Sam Bridges from Death Stranding ▼ Jamie, Chun-Li, Fei Long, and E. Honda from Street Fighter ▼ Ashley from Resident Evil 4 and Mita from MiSide ▼ A couple members of Shadow Company from Call of Duty Walking around I felt a real sense of community among many of the cosplayers there. It was so charming to see Hiroshima Freddy and Bayonetta chatting together, I just had to capture this tender moment. ▼ Freddy Krueger and Bayonetta Freddy was far from the only non-comic cinematic character hanging around either. I kept seeing this guy out of the corner of my eye. I assume he was a cosplayer and let me take a picture, but still… ▼ Ghostface from Scream ▼ T-800 and Sarah Connor from Terminator 2 ▼ Judy Hopps from Zootopia And you can't have movies without the Eiga Dorobo from Japanese anti-piracy ads. He's a perennial character in cosplay events and still extremely popular among the attendees. ▼ A Death Eater from Harry Potter ▼ A Predator ▼ Leeloo with her Multi Pass from The Fifth Element and Vault Boy from Fallout I'm not 100-percent sure, but I think these might be actual performers from the Universal Studios Japan show Universal Monsters Live Rock n' Roll that I stumbled on by accident. And speaking of Universal Studios, here is Hami-Kuma Soul, the disfigured teddy bear from their Halloween Horror Night event. ▼ A Robot from Castle in the Sky : It even shines the light on its head at little kids when they walk up to it too, which was just adorable. ▼ Sophie Hatter from Howl's Moving Castle was also there representing Ghibli works. Moving more into anime and manga in general, we have a yoked Master Roshi who's literally yoked by a Myaku-Myaku ring, as well as many other characters. ▼ King, Fubuki, Tatsumaki, Saitama, and Speed-o-Sound Sonic from One Punch Man ▼ Nico Robin from One Piece ▼ Loid and Yor from Spy x Family ▼ Although these anime mecha legends look like statues, they're actual costumes that people went inside for regular shows. Cartoons from the West were also well represented at this year's event, along with some major throwbacks that old-timers like me appreciate. ▼ Rosie from Hazbin Hotel ▼ Alastor from Hazbin Hotel ▼ Charlie Brown from Peanuts ▼ Optimus Prime from Transformers And quite frankly, I felt this incredible Dick Dastardly cosplay was criminally underappreciated at this Comic Con. Shame on you, everyone. I also saw a satirized depiction of Xianxingzhe, the first bipedal robot made in China, called Senkosha in Japanese with an emphasis on what appears to be a crotch rocket. And even the literary world was honored by a couple of Angels from the Heavenly Memorial Agency book series. While I find cosplay to be a celebration of resourcefulness and creativity, there are some people who were just born resembling certain characters from pop culture. ▼ Leon Kennedy from Resident Evil 4 ▼ Dennis Nedry from Jurassic Park ▼ Harley Quinn from Suicide Squad Whether you were born with famous looks or made your own luck with outstanding costumes, we here at SoraNews24 salute you and look forward to seeing you at the next Osaka Comic Con. Photos ©SoraNews24 ● Want to hear about SoraNews24's latest articles as soon as they're published? Follow us on Facebook and Twitter!
Buzz Feed
12-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
People Are Confused About Sadie Sink's Casting In "Spider-Man 4" And Freaking Out About Zendaya
It was just announced that Sadie Sink is entering the Marvel Cinematic Universe in Tom Holland's upcoming Spider-Man sequel. The Stranger Things alum's character in the Spiderverse is yet to be revealed, but has plenty of people speculating that she could be replacing Holland's girlfriend and co-star, Zendaya. But others are guessing that Sink could be taking on the role of Jean Grey, a hero with telekinesis and telepathy, involved in the X-Men comics. Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures haven't commented on the growing rumours. The Spider-Man sequel is set to release in July 2026. The internet is sharing their reactions on X (formerly known as Twitter) and obviously, they've got plenty of questions. Mostly, everyone is just freaking out... Here's how they're taking the news: 1. this is so dumb i love sadie down but the whole mary jane / mj discourse is bs, zendaya IS the love interest. — chia (@julianmiflaco) March 12, 2025 Twitter: @julianmiflaco 2. All marvel needs to do is give Zendaya's MJ red hair and turn her into a diva. Like I hope she's not being recasted — Dan (@natsquake) March 12, 2025 Twitter: @natsquake 3. she's not gonna be playing mj just because she's a redhead omfg you guys that scene in nwh where the other spideys watch mcu petermj and talk about their own love interests from their respective movies solidifies that zendaya's mj is IT for tom holland's peter parker — 門 (@dyodayas) March 12, 2025 Twitter: @dyodayas 4. Imagine if Marvel is tricking us all and Sadie Sink isn't playing Jean Grey or Mary Jane but actually Gwen Stacy or Black Cat. #SpiderMan4 — Connor Behrens (@ConnorBehrens) March 12, 2025 Twitter: @ConnorBehrens 5. Introducing a Mary Jane Watson as an actual love interest, after spending 3 movies calling Zendaya's character MJ (Michelle Jones) Watson, because they refused to let her be Mary Jane, would be very... yeah (derogatory) — ang (@trymeasureloss) March 12, 2025 Twitter: @trymeasureloss 7. A new 'comic accurate' MJ In #SpiderMan4 would be a disaster. — Matt Roembke (@mattroembke) March 12, 2025 Twitter: @mattroembke 8. If Sadie Sink is MJ I will genuinely be upset because wdym you cast a white MJ after Zendaya's MJ was done horrible when she could've just been regular Mary Jane? — apollo 🤎 (@grayparkerfilms) March 12, 2025 Twitter: @grayparkerfilms 9. why are people saying sadie sink will be playing jean grey in spider-man 4 why would jean be in that — tetra 😺 (@tetratasm) March 12, 2025 Twitter: @tetratasm 10. SADIE SINK TOM HOLLAND AND ZENDAYA IN THE SAME MOVIE. — jennifer (@scrawnypercy) March 12, 2025 Twitter: @scrawnypercy 11. no offense but this spiderman universe has already a love interest and that is mj portayed by zendaya!! we don't need mary jane we already have the perfect one — mars࣪ ִֶָ☾. (@wildestblues) March 12, 2025 Twitter: @wildestblues 12. manifesting deep in my soul that sadie will be jean grey and not mary jane or gwen bc I won't be able to handle my mj being even more hated by incels ZENDAYA STAY BEHIND ME — thai. (@nyracult) March 12, 2025 Twitter: @nyracult 13. SADIE SINK REPORTEDLY GOT CAST IN SPIDER-MAN 4???????? — Ari ᱬ ⸆⸉ (@Aris_Multiverse) March 12, 2025 Twitter: @Aris_Multiverse 14. sadie sink is such a talented actress and i'm so happy for having her in the next spider-man film! but just a reminder, her being redhead doesn't mean she's playing mary jane. zendaya is already playing the mcu portrayal of mj and is confirmed to return for spider-man 4. — comfort for mj 💭 (@thinkerjackpot) March 12, 2025 Twitter: @thinkerjackpot 15. why would we go three movies with Zendaya as MJ and then have another MJ like use your brains — 4️⃣ (@upperupland) March 12, 2025 Twitter: @upperupland 16. Sadie and zendaya in a movie together, sadie and zendaya press tours, sadie and zendaya photoshoots — rabail (@urgay241) March 12, 2025 Twitter: @urgay241 17. What sense would it make to feature Jean Grey in a Spider-man movie? — Violet ☪︎ ❞ 🇷🇴 (@Violetf4iryess) March 12, 2025 Twitter: @Violetf4iryess 18. GUYS THEY WON'T INTRODUCE A X MEN CHARACTER IN A SHARED DEAL MOVIE I WILL DIE ON THIS HILL JEAN GREY IS NOT IN SPIDER MAN 4 I WILL TYPE FOR 1 ENTIRE DAY NOTHING ON THIS APP IF HER CASTING IS REVEALED TO BE JEAN GREY — Shinigami•Silver* (@Nacht_Silver) March 12, 2025 Twitter: @Nacht_Silver 19. SADIE SINK IN A MOVIE WITH ZENDAYA — caro ⊹ ࣪ ˖ yj spoilers (@carovidsz) March 12, 2025 Twitter: @carovidsz 20. spending three films making zendaya's michelle become "mj watson", to get to the movie 4 and randomly make sadie sink the official mary jane is diabolical — female stan marsh (@stanleyzmarsh) March 12, 2025 Twitter: @stanleyzmarsh 21. Zendaya is not giving birth to Sadie Sink, be srs 😭 — TJ 🌨️ Born Again 🧸 (@celestialdevils) March 12, 2025 Twitter: @celestialdevils 22. when we get that sadie sink, tom holland, and zendaya press tour — jennifer (@scrawnypercy) March 12, 2025 Twitter: @scrawnypercy 23. Need Marvel to let Zendaya dye her hair red and speak directly into the camera to tell everyone she's MJ so people can stop trying to replace her — Jack (-_•) (@captaincupkicks) March 12, 2025 Twitter: @captaincupkicks 24. And finally... just leaving this here because it says all what it needs to be said — Zendaya Fan Account🇵🇸 (@zendayacomz) March 12, 2025 Twitter: @zendayacomz
