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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 | Editor | 2 comments | Continued
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Sunday School Teaches How to Make Zombies!

If you have ever fancied yourself a bit off kilter with the rest of the world because you dream of making monsters someday, you should go to Sunday School.  Special Effects Sunday School! According to their website, you can
LEARN HOW TO DESIGN, SCULPT, MOLD, CAST, PAINT, AND
APPLY YOUR OWN PROSTHETICS IN 4 SUNDAY WORKSHOPS!
They go [...]

27Oct2009 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued
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Studio halts development until 2010

Universal Pictures put the word out this week that it will not spend money for the rest of the year to advance development projects.

18Sep2009 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued
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Warehouse51.com Closes It’s Vitrual Doors.

Another economic casualty, Warehouse51.com run by Los Angeles FX supply closed it’s doors officially today.  All remaining company assets will be sold off to leverage debts incurred in attempting to keep the dot com afloat.  Warehouse51.com Operations Manager Jon Bailey said “It’s a sad day for us and the customers we have served.  A tremendous [...]

10Sep2009 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued
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Batman Dead End…yeah, that guy.

Shortly after that, I was fortunate enough to meet the man who would have the biggest influence on my life and career, and become my mentor. I’d first seen pictures of Henry Alvarez in movie magazines, he was kind of a legend at that point already and was working for Rob Bottin at the time, heading up the sculpture department.

4May2009 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued
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Smell That? SAG and AMPTP Post “Joint Release” On Tentative Agreement.

In what is being called a “joint release” SAG and the AMPTP are saying that have indeed finally reached a tentative deal. See the full announcement after the jump.

17Apr2009 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued
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Know Your History: “V” Make-Up Designer Leo Lotito

Lotito, whose credits include Planet of the Apes, is working with a crew of six full-time makeup artists at least 12 hours a day. “We are using a very involved and complicated makeup process in order to reveal the faces of the seemingly friendly Visitors,” Lotito explains. “Layers of foam latex prosthetics are applied to the actors so that when the outside human skin is pulled off, it reveals the reptilian prosthetics underneath.

See the video and full article after the jump.

19Mar2009 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued
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‘Dawn Treader’ lands at Fox 2000

By Borys Kit for The Hollywood Reporter
“The Voyage of the Dawn Treader” will be setting sail from a new port.
The third installment of Walden’s “Chronicles of Narnia” franchise, which was let go by Disney last month, is landing at Fox 2000, which will develop it with an eye to release the movie in the holiday [...]

29Jan2009 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued
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81st Oscar Nominations are out…

Well it’s Oscar season again. Here are the nominees you really care about.

22Jan2009 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued
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Screen Actors Guild Plans to Take Strike Consent Vote

The national board of the Screen Actors Guild adjourned a marathon 30-hour meeting on Tuesday afternoon without voting on a proposal calling for the removal of Doug Allen, the union’s national executive director, from his role as lead negotiator for the 120,000-member union.

13Jan2009 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued
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