The toll on vfx

Variety has an interesting article on the pressures being placed on visual effects houses these days. Makes for an interesting, and all-too-familiar read. Find it here.

Happy Birthday to…

30 years ago today (25 May 1977)

Timeless.

Cinefex 109

The latest Cinefex is out and this issue features an article on the VFX work for “300″. Kudos to the gang from Animal Logic for their fantastic work on the film! I watched them working away at it while I was there on World Trade Center and it’s great to see the film has been [...]

Found – Johnny 5 is still alive

Amidst my recent search for some rare and difficult-to-find soundtracks I came across this fan site for the Short Circuit movies! Not only am I chuffed because it contained clips for the never-released scores, but just because after 20 years, someone still cares!

Who delayed Roger Rabbit?

 

Have been meaning to blog this for some time, and now I have a moment I will! It’s a great article on the development of a sequel to the 80’s smash hit Who Framed Roger Rabbit? and how that project was delayed and derailed by conflicts of pride, ego and jeaously. With those three [...]

The movie will suck…

but for now get a look at what’s going on inside ILM for Transformers

The Condemned Trailer online

The trailer for WWE films “The Condemned” is online here. It’s one of the films I worked on late last year at Fuel. Check it out at the following site:
http://www.moviemaze.de/media/trailer/view/20662/932460d9b8cc96b89de7053179e0db64/3170_trailer01-en_640.mov

Oscar 2007 – retrospective

The Highs

Top of the list by far… Scorsese finally awarded an Oscar. To add to the magic of the moment, what better than the setup of having the presentation made by his old film brat buddies, Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas & Steven Spielberg (with their pre-announcement banter being one of the better ones).

Ennio Morricone [...]

Peter Jackson vs. New Line – The Premiere Article

Premiere previews their piece on the feud that threatens the middle-earth franchise.
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The best article on the Jackson v. New Line saga…

This is by far the best work yet on the saga of the Hobbit’s big screen translation. I share his sentiments exactly, only he expresses it better than any of us could!
Read it at the ever superb theonering.net