In today’s film news roundup, three projects — “The Culling,” “Atlantis” and “A Savannah Haunting” — are unveiled; “Transhood” wins the Audience Award at AFI Docs; the WGA East announces 15 candidates; and the Visual Effects Society honors five members.
Project Launches
Universal Pictures is developing the thriller “Atlantis with “Jurassic World” director Colin Trevorrow and his Metronome Film Co. with Trevorrow directing and producing.
The project is based on a story about the mythical city of Atlantis by Trevorrow and Matt Charman. Dante Harper, who wrote the original spec script that became Tom Cruise’s “Edge of Tomorrow,” will write the script for “Atlantis.”
Metronome and Universal are also collaborating on “Space Opera,” a musical with producer Marc Platt based on Catherynne Valente’s book.
Treverrow’s directing credits include “Safety Not Guaranteed,” “The Book of Henry” and the upcoming “Jurassic World: Dominion.” The news was first reported by Deadline Hollywood.
Project Launches
Universal Pictures is developing the thriller “Atlantis with “Jurassic World” director Colin Trevorrow and his Metronome Film Co. with Trevorrow directing and producing.
The project is based on a story about the mythical city of Atlantis by Trevorrow and Matt Charman. Dante Harper, who wrote the original spec script that became Tom Cruise’s “Edge of Tomorrow,” will write the script for “Atlantis.”
Metronome and Universal are also collaborating on “Space Opera,” a musical with producer Marc Platt based on Catherynne Valente’s book.
Treverrow’s directing credits include “Safety Not Guaranteed,” “The Book of Henry” and the upcoming “Jurassic World: Dominion.” The news was first reported by Deadline Hollywood.
- 6/23/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Academy invitee Eddie Redmayne in 'The Theory of Everything.' Academy invites 322 new members: 'More diverse and inclusive list of filmmakers and artists than ever before' The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has offered membership to 322 individuals "who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures." According to the Academy's press release, "those who accept the invitations will be the only additions to the Academy's membership in 2015." In case all 322 potential new members say an enthusiastic Yes, that means an injection of new blood representing about 5 percent of the Academy's current membership. In the words of Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs (as quoted in the press release), in 2015 "our branches have recognized a more diverse and inclusive list of filmmakers and artists than ever before, and we look forward to adding their creativity, ideas and experience to our organization." In recent years, the Academy membership has...
- 7/1/2015
- by Anna Robinson
- Alt Film Guide
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced this week that the Los Angeles City Council, in a unanimous vote, approved plans for the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. Construction will begin this summer, and ceremonial groundbreaking festivities will occur this fall.
“I am thrilled that Los Angeles is gaining another architectural and cultural icon,” said Mayor Eric Garcetti. “My office of economic development has worked directly with the museum’s development team to ensure that the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will create jobs, support tourism, and pay homage to the industry that helped define our identity as the creative capital of the world.”
“We are grateful to our incredible community of supporters who have helped make this museum a reality,” said Dawn Hudson, the Academy’s CEO. “Building this museum has been an Academy...
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced this week that the Los Angeles City Council, in a unanimous vote, approved plans for the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. Construction will begin this summer, and ceremonial groundbreaking festivities will occur this fall.
“I am thrilled that Los Angeles is gaining another architectural and cultural icon,” said Mayor Eric Garcetti. “My office of economic development has worked directly with the museum’s development team to ensure that the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will create jobs, support tourism, and pay homage to the industry that helped define our identity as the creative capital of the world.”
“We are grateful to our incredible community of supporters who have helped make this museum a reality,” said Dawn Hudson, the Academy’s CEO. “Building this museum has been an Academy...
- 6/27/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Strangely dropping a press release on a historic day where the nation's attention is elsewhere, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revealed their annual list of new member invitees this morning. For those who criticize the makeup of the Academy there was some good news and the stark realization the organization still has a long way to go. The Academy has spent the last eight to 10 years attempting to diversify its membership and this year's class mostly reflects that. There are significantly more invitees of Asian and African-American descent, but the male to female disparity is still depressing. Out of the 25 potential new members of the Actor's Branch only seven are women. And, no, there isn't really an acceptable way for the Academy to spin that sad fact. Additionally, It's important to realize the 322 people noted in the release have only been invited to join Hollywood's most exclusive club.
- 6/26/2015
- by Gregory Ellwood
- Hitfix
Performance capture -- the method of digitally recording an actor's facial expressions and body movements -- is evolving to become a bona fide filmmaking technique for creating CG characters in both animated and live-action productions. A preview of Paramount Pictures' Beowulf should underscore that message and make the technique a hot topic at Siggraph, the annual computer graphics confab that opens this weekend in San Diego.
A clip from Beowulf will be screened during Siggraph's Electronic Theater computer animation festival; it includes performance-captured Angelina Jolie, Anthony Hopkins and Ray Winstone. Said festival chair Paul Debevec: "To capture a human performance and bring it into the digital world in a way that represents the acting -- we are just on the threshold of showing that it is possible."
Numerous technology manufacturers plan to demonstrate performance capture advancements for face and/or body during the confab, but Hollywood already is demonstrating a keen level of interest.
"When one or more characters has to be synthetic by design, there are many discussions about using performance capture for live action as well as animation," said Debbie Denise, executive vp production infrastructure and executive producer at Sony Pictures Imageworks. "It frees up live-action directors to cast whomever they want in whatever role they want. I think it will become popular as long as the character design supports the rationale. We are talking to three or four companies about significant characters for upcoming films that need to be synthetic by design."
Imageworks -- the company behind performance capture-based Beowulf, The Polar Express and Monster House -- already is developing three new projects to use its proprietary Imagemotion performance-capture technologies. They include two projects from Sony Pictures Animation, Neanderthals and an untitled feature from VFX supervisor Jerome Chen; and a movie based on James Patterson's Maximum Ride.
Meanwhile, Beowulf director Robert Zemeckis' performance-capture studio ImageMovers Digital is using the technique to make an adaptation of A Christmas Carol for Disney that stars Jim Carrey as Scrooge and the three ghosts.
A clip from Beowulf will be screened during Siggraph's Electronic Theater computer animation festival; it includes performance-captured Angelina Jolie, Anthony Hopkins and Ray Winstone. Said festival chair Paul Debevec: "To capture a human performance and bring it into the digital world in a way that represents the acting -- we are just on the threshold of showing that it is possible."
Numerous technology manufacturers plan to demonstrate performance capture advancements for face and/or body during the confab, but Hollywood already is demonstrating a keen level of interest.
"When one or more characters has to be synthetic by design, there are many discussions about using performance capture for live action as well as animation," said Debbie Denise, executive vp production infrastructure and executive producer at Sony Pictures Imageworks. "It frees up live-action directors to cast whomever they want in whatever role they want. I think it will become popular as long as the character design supports the rationale. We are talking to three or four companies about significant characters for upcoming films that need to be synthetic by design."
Imageworks -- the company behind performance capture-based Beowulf, The Polar Express and Monster House -- already is developing three new projects to use its proprietary Imagemotion performance-capture technologies. They include two projects from Sony Pictures Animation, Neanderthals and an untitled feature from VFX supervisor Jerome Chen; and a movie based on James Patterson's Maximum Ride.
Meanwhile, Beowulf director Robert Zemeckis' performance-capture studio ImageMovers Digital is using the technique to make an adaptation of A Christmas Carol for Disney that stars Jim Carrey as Scrooge and the three ghosts.
Sony Pictures Imageworks has upped Debbie Denise to exec vp, production infrastructure, and exec producer. Denise most recently completed production on the CG feature The Polar Express, on which she was credited as associate producer. Polar was her sixth film with director Robert Zemeckis. "Debbie's extraordinary talent and filmmaker relationships combined with her exceptional experience as a visual effects producer have helped us build Imageworks into the company that it is today," said Tim Sarnoff, Imageworks president. "Our production management is second to none." With the promotion from senior vice president, Denise continues her role as an exec producer with additional oversight of Imageworks production infrastructure. Together with Jenny Fulle, the two executive vice presidents lead all aspects of Imageworks production, from client relations and bidding to production management and staffing.
- 12/3/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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