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Interview: The Man Who Really Built Iron Man

Iron Giant Shane Mahan recently talked to Gizmodo about the construction of the real Iron Man Suits.  Enjoy the full story after the leap! Mark Wilson for Gizmodo – If you don’t know the name Shane Mahan, that’s your loss. He’s the real Tony Stark, the practical effects wizard leading the team who constructed the [...]

7May2010 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued
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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 | Editor | 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 | Editor | 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 | Editor | 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 | Editor | 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 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued
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Predators Trailer Arrives: Hold onto your butts.

They’re not in Kansas anymore.  A group of the world’s most highly trained killers, mercenaries and bad-asses get transported to a intergalactic game preserve where they…are the game.  Nimrod Antal helms this refresh of the franchise and so far — not an alien in sight.  Of course the predators look amazing thanks to K.N.B. EFX [...]

19Mar2010 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued
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Moment of Silence: Actor Peter Graves Dies.

(Reuters) – Actor Peter Graves, who starred in the 1960s TV show “Mission: Impossible” and the “Airplane!” movies, was found dead of apparent natural causes at his home on Sunday. He was 83. Full Story //

14Mar2010 | Editor | 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 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued
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Know Your History: Rick Baker Makes a Kinder, Gentler Bigfoot.

      Set the way back meter for 1987 and come along on a video journey to watch Rick Baker as he introduces Harry.  Harry and the Hendersons Directed by William Dear and starring John Lithgow featured a beast never before seen by cinema audiences.  The film centers around a kind-hearted bigfoot creature played [...]

6Feb2010 | Editor | Comments Off | Continued
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