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Visualize “Star Trek” at The Academy

Beverly Hills, CA – The Science and Technology Council of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present “Visualize This: Previs in the Making of ‘Star Trek,’” a program exploring the previsualization (previs) process in the digital age, on Thursday, November 18, at 8 p.m. at the Academy’s Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. [...]

13Nov2010 | | Comments Off | Continued
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Review: The Walking Dead

When I heard that AMC was going to make a television series based on Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard and Cliff Rathburn’s series of character driven graphic novels, I literally felt ill.  Mainly because I have seen hollywood destroy so much of my childhood with crappy adaptations.  I thought, “Here we go again…something amazing ran through [...]

6Nov2010 | | 1 comment | Continued
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Academy Does the Monster Mash

Beverly Hills, CA – The evolution of creature technology and the fundamental role technology plays in shaping monster movies will be explored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in “Monsters in the Movies” on Thursday, October 21, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. The evening, presented [...]

11Oct2010 | | Comments Off | Continued
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Some Foam Fabrication Goodness

haloelitecostume-thumb-550xauto-42045 Check out this making of video from PeteManderFX. They have made some really cool suits and prosthetics, but their latest work of art will have Halo Elite gamers the world over screaming in joy and Spartans screaming in terror.  Really interesting look at how someone who knows their way around foam fabrication can make just [...]

9Oct2010 | | 1 comment | Continued
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The Man Behind the (Star Trek) Makeup: Barney Burman

StarTrek.com – Barney Burman won an Oscar, his first, as part of the makeup team that brought to life the creatures in J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek feature. But that film wasn’t his first foray into the Star Trek universe; far from it in fact. Makeup F/X runs in his blood and several family members are not only [...]

23Jul2010 | | 2 comments | Continued
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Ray Harryhausen 90th Birthday BAFTA & BFI Gala Celebration

By Mintyblonde (Minty’s Menagerie) It’s beginning to look like a vintage year in terms of NFT activity, as well as a few very exciting events and seasons coming up over the next few months I attended a very special gala celebration yesterday evening, a BAFTA sponsored tribute to one of the few remaining bona-fide legends, a technician without [...]

2Jul2010 | | Comments Off | Continued
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Sam Raimi May Direct ‘Wizard of Oz’ Prequel

by Christopher Campbell Jun 13th 2010 // 11:02AM via Cinematical Ever since Sam Mendes told Disney he wouldn’t direct the Wizard of Oz prequel, Oz, the Great and Powerful, a number of filmmakers have been linked to the project as possible substitutes. Even Guillermo del Toro was rumored to be considered. But nowVulture reports that Sam Raimi has been officially [...]

14Jun2010 | | Comments Off | Continued
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Elemental Auctions Off Steve Johnson’s Historic Contributions to FX Films Starting June 6

June 6.  If you are a fan of great effects, collector of movie memorabilia or an ex-employee looking for things you worked on, mark the day. Elemental Auctions will begin selling off some momentous pieces of special effects history  through eBay.  Here is the link you need:  Elemental Auctions Elemental LLC is proud to bring [...]

4Jun2010 | | Comments Off | Continued
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Guillermo Del Toro departs “The Hobbit”

May 30th, 2010 by xoanon for theonering.net Guillermo Del Toro announced today that he is no longer directing the two movies based on J.R.R Tolkien’s “The Hobbit”, but will continue to co-write the screenplays. Out of respect to the legions of loyal Tolkien fans, both Guillermo and Peter Jackson wanted to break the news to The [...]

1Jun2010 | | Comments Off | Continued
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Men in Black III Set for May 25, 2012, Rick Baker Burning up ZBrush

Mike Fleming – Deadline: New York Men in Black 3 is officially a go, and Columbia Pictures will set a May 25, 2012, release date for a sequel that director Barry Sonnenfeld will shoot in 3D. Will Smith has signed his deal to reunite with director Barry Sonnenfeld, and deals are now being negotiated with [...]

8May2010 | | Comments Off | Continued
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