Eleven years after Space Shuttle Endeavour made its 12-mile journey across the streets of Los Angeles, two huge solid rocket motors (SRMs) arrived Wednesday at the California Science Center, following a trek from the Mojave Air and Space port where they were being stored.
Crowds of schoolchildren, residents and guests — cheering and chanting “Shuttle! Shuttle!” —lined the Inglewood, Calif. streets for its arrival ceremony.
The California Science Center is constructing a new 20-story Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center that will be the permanent home for Endeavour. The shuttle will be displayed in liftoff position with the SRMs, each measuring 116 feet in length; a pair of solid rocket roosters (SRBs); and a 65,000-pound external fuel tank.
Donated by aerospace and defense technology company Northrop Grumman, the SRMs are the final elements to arrive at the Science Center. They will be on display on the grounds for the next few weeks,...
Crowds of schoolchildren, residents and guests — cheering and chanting “Shuttle! Shuttle!” —lined the Inglewood, Calif. streets for its arrival ceremony.
The California Science Center is constructing a new 20-story Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center that will be the permanent home for Endeavour. The shuttle will be displayed in liftoff position with the SRMs, each measuring 116 feet in length; a pair of solid rocket roosters (SRBs); and a 65,000-pound external fuel tank.
Donated by aerospace and defense technology company Northrop Grumman, the SRMs are the final elements to arrive at the Science Center. They will be on display on the grounds for the next few weeks,...
- 10/11/2023
- by Carolyn Giardina
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Visual Effects Society has announced the nominees for their 11th Annual Ves Awards. From film to animation to television to commercials and video games, the Ves Awards honor the outstanding visual effects artistry.
"Life of Pi's" Ang Lee will be honored with the Visionary Award. Winners will be announced on Tuesday, February 5, at the Beverly Hilton.
Here's the complete list of nominees; for winners/nominees of other award-giving bodies, click here:
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Feature Motion Picture
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Joe Letteri
Eileen Moran
Eric Saindon
Kevin L. Sherwood
Prometheus
Paul Butterworth
Charley Henley
Allen Maris
Richard Stammers
Life of Pi
Thomas Fisher
Susan Macleod
Guillaume Rocheron
Bill Westenhofer
The Avengers
Susan Pickett
Janek Sirrs
Jeff White
Guy Williams
Battleship
Grady Cofer
Pablo Helman
Jeanie King
Glen Mcintosh
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Feature Motion Picture
Rust and Bone
Béatrice Bauwens...
"Life of Pi's" Ang Lee will be honored with the Visionary Award. Winners will be announced on Tuesday, February 5, at the Beverly Hilton.
Here's the complete list of nominees; for winners/nominees of other award-giving bodies, click here:
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Feature Motion Picture
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Joe Letteri
Eileen Moran
Eric Saindon
Kevin L. Sherwood
Prometheus
Paul Butterworth
Charley Henley
Allen Maris
Richard Stammers
Life of Pi
Thomas Fisher
Susan Macleod
Guillaume Rocheron
Bill Westenhofer
The Avengers
Susan Pickett
Janek Sirrs
Jeff White
Guy Williams
Battleship
Grady Cofer
Pablo Helman
Jeanie King
Glen Mcintosh
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Feature Motion Picture
Rust and Bone
Béatrice Bauwens...
- 1/8/2013
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Fuel VFX has received two award nominations from the Visual Effects Society.
The.peer-voted accolade for the company's work on Ridley Scott.s Prometheus follows the near-collapse of the VFX house, which was saved in October 2012 when Animal Logic acquired its assets.
Fuel co-founder Paul Butterworth was nominated for .Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Feature Motion Picture. for Prometheus (alongside non-Fuel nominations Charley Henley, Allen Maris and Richard Stammers).
The Fuel team of Xavier Bourque, Sam Cole, Simone Riginell and Denis Scolan - representing the hard work of all 16 compositors who worked on the film at the company - were nominated for Prometheus (Engineers & the Orrery) in the "Outstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture" category.
Fuel has also provided effects on a number of Marvel films including Thor and Captain America: The First Avenger. Fuel continues to run from its Newtown, Sydney-based offices where Animal Logic...
The.peer-voted accolade for the company's work on Ridley Scott.s Prometheus follows the near-collapse of the VFX house, which was saved in October 2012 when Animal Logic acquired its assets.
Fuel co-founder Paul Butterworth was nominated for .Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Feature Motion Picture. for Prometheus (alongside non-Fuel nominations Charley Henley, Allen Maris and Richard Stammers).
The Fuel team of Xavier Bourque, Sam Cole, Simone Riginell and Denis Scolan - representing the hard work of all 16 compositors who worked on the film at the company - were nominated for Prometheus (Engineers & the Orrery) in the "Outstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture" category.
Fuel has also provided effects on a number of Marvel films including Thor and Captain America: The First Avenger. Fuel continues to run from its Newtown, Sydney-based offices where Animal Logic...
- 1/8/2013
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
This Friday, Marc Webb's blockbuster The Amazing Spider-Man comes home in a variety of different versions, including a Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack, Blu-ray 3D Combo Pack, DVD, and as a Limited Edition Gift Set, all of which include UltraViolet digital versions of the film. Grossing more than $750 million at the international box office, Webb's reboot of the Spider-Man mythos stars Andrew Garfield as the wall-crawler, Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy, Denis Leary as Captain Stacy, Martin Sheen as Uncle Ben, Sally Field as Aunt May and Rhys Ifans as Dr. Curt Connors, who becomes the villainous Lizard. ComingSoon.net/SuperHeroHype.com sat down to speak with Webb and some of his behind-the-scenes team, including Sr. Visual Effects Supervisor Jerome Chen, 3D Visual Effects Supervisor Rob Engle...
- 11/6/2012
- Comingsoon.net
Yesterday came the yearly announcement from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as it extended 134 invitations to several artists and executives "who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures" read the press release. Of course all of them can decline, but I wouldn't necessarily expect that to happen as all who accept the invitation will be the only additions in 2009 to the Academy's roster of voting members. "These filmmakers have, over the course of their careers, captured the imagination of audiences around the world," said Academy President Sid Ganis. "It's this kind of talent and creativity that make up the Academy, and I welcome each of them to our ranks." The list follows below and reading around the best analysis I saw of it came from Nathaniel Rogers at The Film Experience who, among other things, pointed out the addition of longtime Darren Aronofsky's...
- 7/1/2009
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
On Tuesday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences issued invitations to 134 members of the film community to join the group. There were a maximum of 166 open slots to fill this year, but the various branch committees endorsed fewer candidates than were proposed to them.
Hugh Jackman, who hosted the most recent Oscar show, has been invited to join. So have Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, James Franco and Michelle Williams. The list even includes a number of comic performers like Michael Cera, Seth Rogan and Paul Rudd.
Voting membership in the organization has held steady at just under 6,000 members since 2003.
New members will be welcomed into the Academy at an invitation-only reception at the Academy's Fairbanks Center for Motion Picture Study in Beverly Hills in September.
"These filmmakers have, over the course of their careers, captured the imagination of audiences around the world," Academy president Sid Ganis. Said. "It's...
Hugh Jackman, who hosted the most recent Oscar show, has been invited to join. So have Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, James Franco and Michelle Williams. The list even includes a number of comic performers like Michael Cera, Seth Rogan and Paul Rudd.
Voting membership in the organization has held steady at just under 6,000 members since 2003.
New members will be welcomed into the Academy at an invitation-only reception at the Academy's Fairbanks Center for Motion Picture Study in Beverly Hills in September.
"These filmmakers have, over the course of their careers, captured the imagination of audiences around the world," Academy president Sid Ganis. Said. "It's...
- 6/30/2009
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Sony Pictures Imageworks is on board to work on the 3-D version of "G-Force" -- one of the earliest scheduled live-action digital 3-D releases -- for Jerry Bruckheimer Prods. and Disney.
Imageworks also confirmed its current slate of visual effects projects. It is the lead VFX house on "Eagle Eye" for DreamWorks, "Watchmen" for Warner Bros., the untitled Ridley Scott film, United Artists' "Valkyrie" and the computer-animated "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs" for Sony Pictures Animation and Columbia.
On "G-Force," Imageworks will take the 2-d version of the film and convert all visual effects shots to 3-D. The company's Rob Engle will oversee the stereo effort.
The Imageworks VFX team on "G-Force" is led by visual effects supervisor Scott Stokdyk, who was the VFX supervisor on "Spider-Man 3" and won an Oscar for visual effects for his work on "Spider-Man 2." The "G-Force" crew in?cludes digital effects supervisor Seth Maury and animation supervisor Troy Saliba.
For D.J. Caruso's "Eagle Eye," Imageworks' Jim Berney will serve as VFX supervisor with David Smith as digital effects supervisor and Bob Pietzman as CG supervisor.
The "Watchmen" VFX team includes Imageworks' VFX supervisor Pete Travers; digital effects supervisor Dan Krame; and Kenn McDonald, most recently animation supervisor on "Beowulf."
The VFX on the untitled Scott film will be led by Imageworks' Sheena Duggal as visual effects supervisor along with John Monos as CG supervisor.
Rich Hoover will serve as senior visual effects supervisor on "Valkyrie," along with CG supervisors Peter Nofz, Dan Eaton, Theo Bialek and Patrick Witting.
Imageworks' credits include "Hancock," which opens today, as well as "Beo?wulf" and "The Polar Express."...
Imageworks also confirmed its current slate of visual effects projects. It is the lead VFX house on "Eagle Eye" for DreamWorks, "Watchmen" for Warner Bros., the untitled Ridley Scott film, United Artists' "Valkyrie" and the computer-animated "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs" for Sony Pictures Animation and Columbia.
On "G-Force," Imageworks will take the 2-d version of the film and convert all visual effects shots to 3-D. The company's Rob Engle will oversee the stereo effort.
The Imageworks VFX team on "G-Force" is led by visual effects supervisor Scott Stokdyk, who was the VFX supervisor on "Spider-Man 3" and won an Oscar for visual effects for his work on "Spider-Man 2." The "G-Force" crew in?cludes digital effects supervisor Seth Maury and animation supervisor Troy Saliba.
For D.J. Caruso's "Eagle Eye," Imageworks' Jim Berney will serve as VFX supervisor with David Smith as digital effects supervisor and Bob Pietzman as CG supervisor.
The "Watchmen" VFX team includes Imageworks' VFX supervisor Pete Travers; digital effects supervisor Dan Krame; and Kenn McDonald, most recently animation supervisor on "Beowulf."
The VFX on the untitled Scott film will be led by Imageworks' Sheena Duggal as visual effects supervisor along with John Monos as CG supervisor.
Rich Hoover will serve as senior visual effects supervisor on "Valkyrie," along with CG supervisors Peter Nofz, Dan Eaton, Theo Bialek and Patrick Witting.
Imageworks' credits include "Hancock," which opens today, as well as "Beo?wulf" and "The Polar Express."...
- 7/1/2008
- by By Carolyn Giardina
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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