Issue #156 January 2006

Gaming - Traveller's Tales casts a spell with Buena Vista Games' "Chronicles of Narnia". Features - The Weinstein Co. and Kanbar Ent. arrive on the scene with the clever CG-animated indie feature, "Hoodwinked!"; Our reporter goes ape over Weta's mo-cao and digital effects for Peter Jackson's remake of "King Kong"; Oscar Watch - A look at this year's Feature Animation Academy Awards. Television - PBS's "It's a Big Big World" offers a smooth blend of puppetry, animatronics and CG wizardry; Studio B's hip new action show centers on seven teen descendants of classic mythological heroes. VFX - Harry Potter's latest adventure was a multi-headedmonster for director Mike Nwewll and vfx director Jim Mitchell; How Digital Domain's creative team built that impressive ring of fire for "Stealth".