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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 | | Comments Off | Continued
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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 | | Comments Off | Continued
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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 | | Comments Off | Continued
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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 | | 1 comment | Continued
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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 | | 3 comments | 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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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 [...]

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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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