Entertainment Archives - 3D Printing Industry

A Pinocchio puppet used in the making of the new Guillermo del Toro movie. Photo via Jason Schmidt, Netflix.

Lead fabricator reveals how 3D printing helped animate Netflix’s new Pinocchio movie

One of the lead fabricators behind the new stop motion Pinocchio film on Netflix has revealed how 3D printing helped make the movie possible. Rather than molding the heads of the movie’s charact…

Kazu Hiro applying prosthetics to actor Charlize Theron. Photo via huffingtonpost.co.uk

3D printing transforms Charlize Theron into Megyn Kelly for Bombshell

3D printing technology has played an important role in transforming Charlize Theron into Megyn Kelly for her new movie, “Bombshell” – a HuffPost interview reveals. Speaking to master prostheti…

Adam Savage standing beside the assembled, 3D printed Iron Man suit. Photo via Adam Savage

Adam Savage becomes real-life, 3D printed Iron Man in new TV series

Adam Savage, the American special effects designer and former co-host of popular Discovery Channel Show MythBusters, has (finally) got his own 3D printed Iron Man suit. Seemingly in the works since Sa…

Mr. Link’s different faces and emotions were 3D-printed with the patented Cuttlefish technology of Fraunhofer IGD. Photo via LAIKA.

LAIKA uses Cuttlefish software from Fraunhofer IGD to 3D print facial expressions for Missing Link film

Missing Link, the latest film from American stop-motion animation studio LAIKA, will be hitting U.S cinemas this week, and it features 3D printed models made using Cuttlefish software, a 3D printer dr…

OnePlus' so-called "Warp Car" made for April Fools' 2019. Image via OnePlus

Six April Fools and four remarkable truths of 3D printing

Yes, it’s April 1st, and you know what that means…Relished by some and dreaded by others, April Fools’ Day is upon us. Though many 3D printing innovations may be remarkable, and at t…

People participate in a Marvel Comics photo shoot on the second day of Comic Con International in San Diego, California, USA, 20 July 2018. People dressed as Marvel Comics characters or their alterations of the characters gathered for a series of group photos. Comic Con International in San Diego, USA - 20 Jul 2018 Photo by DAVID MAUNG/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock (9766934c)

3D printed props and costumes at Comic Con 2018

The 2018 Comic Con International in San Diego, concluded two days ago. In recent years, 3D printing has added a new flair to the Comic Con events. The adoption of 3D printed props mirrors the increasi…

Anna Hathaway (Daphne Kluger) wears the Cartier diamond necklace in Ocean's 8. Photo by Barry Wetcher © 2018 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

3D printing and 3D scanning experts crack the Ocean’s 8 diamond necklace heist

Ocean’s 8, the latest in the line of star-studded line of Hollywood heist movies, recently made its UK debut yesterday with a 3D printer in a starring role. Sitting on a desktop in the back of t…

Protolabs helps PepsiCo bring Black Panther to life with 3D printing

Protolabs, a global 3D printing service provider, headquartered in Minnesota, U.S., recently worked with PepsiCo to explore innovative and creative ways to generate publicity for Marvel’s Black Panthe…

Some of the, very pixelated, evidence provided by Sculpteo. Image via Sculpteo.

April Fools’ round-up: the best 3D printing jokes

April Fools’ has come and gone, but not without companies from across the 3D printing industry celebrating the day with their best attempts at 3D printing related pranks and jokes. Below is a round-up…

A 3D printed hand painted Demogorgon model that was presented to the Stranger Things executives. Photo via Formlabs.

When making monsters for the screen, Stranger Things are 3D printed

Hit Netflix show Stranger Things has been celebrated for its both its engaging plot and its homage to science fiction pop culture from 1980s. One futuristic feature which goes as far back as the 1980s…