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Freaky Weta Legs Go On Sale.

Aah New Zealand, full of lush forests, rugged mountains and amazingly ingenious people who seem to have lots of time on their hands.  Have you ever wanted to (safely) look like you are over seven feet tall and have goat legs?  Introducing Weta Legs!  For an early time, the price is only $795 US and you too [...]

6May2010 | | Comments Off | Continued
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‘The Hobbit’ Officially Pushed to 2013

Cinematical has a story that Warner Bros. and IMAX Corp. have just issued a joint press release announcing a partnership through 2013 that will include placing upwards of 20 Warner Bros. films into IMAX theaters, as well as conventional theaters. The biggest news to come out of this whole thing is a tentative release date [...]

29Apr2010 | | Comments Off | Continued
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ADI Gives Birth to 21 Foot Tall Creepy Robotic Infant

500x_giantbaby2 The team at Amalgamated Dynamics, Inc. have created a 21 foot tall infant for Shanghai’s Expo 2010.  The baby’s “Mother” is film director Isabel Coixet who has pointed out that with this collaboration she has wanted to stay accurate to the Expo Shanghai’s Theme, “Better city, better life”. Also that Miguelín (the giant baby) [...]

28Apr2010 | | Comments Off | Continued
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Make-Up-FX_Forum.Com to host a Live Chat With Stuart Bray

What are you doing Thursday 29th April between 7.30pm and 9:30pm GMT  (12:30 pm 2:30pm PDT)?  Whatever it is, it can wait.  Unless you have to pee, login to the Live chatroom on http://www.make-up-fx-forum.com and take part!  Details below.  On second thought, pee on your own time. Live Chatroom Session 29th April 2010″Getting into Make-up [...]

20Apr2010 | | Comments Off | Continued
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Peter Jackson is hopeful for shooting to start by October on “The Hobbit”

The second script is complete and has been handed to the studio. The studio is however up for sale. Green light on The Hobbit is still pending and shops are involved only in the pre-visualization sculpture stage.

18Apr2010 | | Comments Off | Continued
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Best Make-Up Oscar Goes to Barney Burman, Joel Harlow and Mindy Hall

  SFXNEWS would like to congratulate our good friends Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow on their win of Best Makeup category for “Star Trek”.  The first make-up Oscar EVER to be given for work on the franchise.  Previous Nominations for Trek include: Star Trek: First Contact 1996 – Michael Westmore, Scott Wheeler, Jake Garber [...]

7Mar2010 | | Comments Off | Continued
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New “Trek” Book Goes Boldly Into Behind the Scenes Goodness.

From the Facebook page of the Proteus Make-up FX Team comes a book announcement.  “Now available. It a VERY cool book with lots of never before seen designs and images.”  Pick it up right here: Star Trek: The Art of the Film Also, don’t miss the exclusive SciFiNow.co.uk three part story about the make-up of [...]

26Jan2010 | | Comments Off | Continued
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Avatar: The Tangled Web of Who Did What

In a posting on his Facebook profile Creature Designer Jordu Schell Sets the record straight about whom exactly did what for the design of characters in James Cameron’s “Avatar”. The following is taken directly from his Open Letter:

21Jan2010 | | Comments Off | Continued
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82nd Academy Awards Semifinalists for Visual Effects Chosen

Beverly Hills, CA — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 15 films have been selected as semifinalists for Achievement in Visual Effects for the 82nd Academy Awards®. The films are listed below in alphabetical order: * “Angels & Demons” * “Avatar” * “Coraline” * “Disney’s A Christmas Carol” * “District [...]

11Dec2009 | | Comments Off | Continued
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Steve Johnson Wants To “Slime” You This Holiday Season.

With all the news coming out of Steve Johnson’s corner of the world, you would think this was his fan blog or something.  Just in time for the holiday shopping season and under his Solid Thought Corporation banner, he is releasing a resin figure collectable with behind the scenes DVD.  Here is what the auction [...]

1Dec2009 | | 2 comments | Continued
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