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Feature Artist: Jerad S. Marantz

Jerad S. Marantz is a concept artist that has been working in the industry for over ten years. Starting by designing for Stan Winston Studio, he has also freelanced for several special FX houses including: Amalgamated Dynamics Inc., Quantum Creation FX, Creature FX Inc, and Almost Human. Currently he is the lead designer at the Aaron [...]

3Jul2011 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued

“Raiders of the Lost Ark” Revives Adventure at the Academy

Beverly Hills, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present a 30th anniversary digital screening of “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” with a special onstage discussion featuring key members of the film’s crew, on Friday, June 17, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. Hosted by [...]

31May2011 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued

Steve Johnson Delights Us With What Could Have Been

Hey, remember that ultra-creepy short story, with the totally awesome ending, that was shamelessly butchered by the “filmakers” of “I Am Legend”? Well apparently they had an opportunity to make a good movie and balked. [shocker I know!] This footage (courtesy of Steve Johnson’s Rubber Rules YouTube Channel) proves there were alternatives to the CG rendered [...]

19Apr2011 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued

Share your Monsterpalooza stories and photos!

What happened to you at Monsterpalooza this weekend? Share your stories of macabre meetings and salacious celebrity with SFXNews.com! Did you get an amazing deal? Meet some incredible celebrity? Find an amazing piece of artwork? Let us know! Are you selling at the show this weekend and want to feature a product you have? Send us a [...]

8Apr2011 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued

Steve Johnson Joins Masters FX

From FANGORIA.COM – The Emmy Award-winning FX artist Steve Johnson has come out of retirement and teamed up with the prosthetics, animatronics and character FX company MastersFX. MastersFX was created in 1987 by Todd Masters, who has given Johnson the unique title of “Monster Maker in Residence.” “Now is the time to look to the [...]

2Apr2011 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued

Two Words: Freakin’ Creepy.

This one is for all you animatronics geeks out there. (Bud, I’m looking at you).

7Mar2011 | Editor | 1 comment | Continued

Editorial: Face Off, A Reality Abomination?

Hmm, Guilty pleasure?…no, narcissistic egomaniac parade?…no, douche rinse…no… Abomination, yeah that is what I would call the supposed reality show on SyFy (note to people who name networks: please learn how to spell) that attracted the attention of viewers this season following the super bowl. I can honestly say I remember when this was being shopped around. [...]

4Mar2011 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued

7 Advance in Race for Makeup Oscar

Beverly Hills, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that seven films remain in competition in the Makeup category for the 83rd Academy Awards®. The films are listed below in alphabetical order: “Alice in Wonderland” “Barney’s Version” “The Fighter” “Jonah Hex” “True Grit” “The Way Back” “The Wolfman” On Saturday, [...]

10Jan2011 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued

Editorial: Tron Legacy. When Yahoo Gets it Wrong.

When I sat down to write this article, I was very angry and originally was going to blast mega-aggrigator Yahoo for allowing an article to be written and posted to it’s site, without so much as checking facts. But now as I think about it, it’s not my job to berate a giant corporation for [...]

27Dec2010 | Editor | 1 comment | Continued

A Moment of Silence – J.T. Cummins

J.T. Cummins Passed away December 1, 2010 Fangoria.com is reporting that filmmaker, author and special makeup FX artist J.T. (James) Cummins passed away in his sleep on December 1 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 51 years old. Our hearts go out to his family in what must be a very difficult time. SFXNews [...]

7Dec2010 | Editor | 3 comments | Continued