Honolulu, HI -- June 22, 2009 -- PipelineFX, makers of Qube! software, the leading render farm management software for film and post production, broadcast graphics, game development, and digital media education around the world, today announced that Pratt Institute's Department of Digital Arts has adopted Qube! to manage their render pipeline.
Oklahoma City, OK - June 19, 2009 - Since its conception in 2001, Digital-Tutors has received accolades for teaching award-winning video-based training and achieved industry recognition through the creation of hundreds of educational titles for emerging digital artists in the film, game, and television industries and with 'Introduction to Maya 2009,' Digital-Tutors continues to exceed expectations.
(New York) June 18, 2009 -- Emmy-award nominated title designer and visual effects artist J. John Corbett will join Brainstorm Digital's New York studio July 6th where he will continue his innovative and industry-leading work in title design, graphic design and visual effects.
NEW YORK (June 15 2009): Nice Shoes' new Creative Director Aron Baxter has come full circle. The London-born Baxter joined Nice Shoes as a senior VFX artist in January 2003 then moved over to Guava, the company's sister VFX Company. Now, with the merger of Nice Shoes and Guava, he has returned to the parent company to assume the new role of Creative Director.
Additionally, Jack Fahey has been appointed Head of Sales for the Nice Shoes family of companies which includes Nice Shoes, Nice Spots and Freestyle Collective.
AJA Video is half-way through a global tour to show off its award-winning Ki Pro portable device that bridges the gap between production and post. The Grass Valley, California-based manufacturer (which will soon have a new 70,000 square foot facility) was in L.A. yesterday at Gnomon and met with media on Tuesday.
"It's everything AJA has done in one box," suggests AJA President Nick Rashby. "It's a new way of thinking about post."
Sci-fi comedy PAUL has added Sigourney Weaver, Blythe Danner and RENO 911 star Joe Lo Truglio to its ranks, per VARIETY.
Simon Pegg and Nick Frost wrote the film, which already has Seth Rogen, Jason Bateman and Bill Hader signed on with Greg Mottola to direct.
In the film, two sci-fi geeks make a pilgrimage to Area 51 in Nevada and run into an alien called Paul along the way.
Matthew Belloni of THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER was one of a few TV critics to screen ABC's upcoming fall drama FLASHFORWARD this week, and one new tidbit that emerged is that FAMILY GUY creator Seth MacFarlane has a recurring role as an FBI agent.
Exec producers David Goyer said MacFarlane asked if there was a part for him on the show, so they cast him as an FBI agent who will likely recur in future episodes. "Seth called me up. He said 'I f****** love this script,'" Goyer said.
TVGUIDE has the scoop that Brian Austin Green (TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES) has been cast as DC Comics villain Metallo on the CW's SMALLVILLE.
Green will appear in at least the first two episodes of season nine, which begins Friday, September 25.
Metallo is a Kryptonite-powered villain whose alter ego is DAILY PLANET journalist John Corben.
VARIETY reports that Olivia Munn has gotten a role in Marvel Studios' IRON MAN 2. The news does not specify what role she will play in the already in-production film.
Japanese manga publisher Futabasha is suing Korean film production house Show East over the rights to turn OLD BOY into a feature film in the U.S., reports ANIME NEWS NETWORK.
Show East produced a popular 2003 Korean version directed by Chan-wook Park. The suit was filed on Monday.
Futabasha is suing to confirm the lack of a binding contract between the two parties, due to an alleged breach. They allege that Show East violated the agreement, nullifying it, when Show East got Universal Pictures to sign on for a remake.
Littleloud have produced a suite of eight comical viral videos and an online shoot 'em up game to promote the release of Paramount's latest theatrical release TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN.
In the viral shorts a range of household appliances audition for a role in the film as one of the Decepticons, in the misguided belief that they have what it takes to defeat the Transformers. The 3D appliances are full of zest, trying as best as they can to impress the off-screen casting exec.
The Brief:Smoke & Mirrors New York (SMNY) teamed with Carmichael Lynch Minneapolis this past winter to launch a beautifully quirky spot for the Denver Museum of Nature & Science that showcases the New York studio's ability to complete a project from production through post.
The new episode of SCIENCE OF THE MOVIES features the work of Zoic Studios and Gentle Giant Studios:
Crafting an Action Figure: Episode Airs Thursday, June 18 at 10 PM
Christopher Nolan's INCEPTION has started filming in Tokyo, according to COMINGSOON.net.
The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Ken Watanabe, Marion Cotillard, Cillian Murphy, Ellen Page, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tom Hardy and Michael Caine and is set to open July 16, 2010.
The film is a contemporary sci-fi actioner set within the architecture of the mind.
Universal and Imagine are in talks with Neil Burger to write and direct a remake of BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN, per THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER's Risky Business Blog.
Burger wrote and directed THE ILLUSIONIST for Yari Film Group.
The original BRIDE was released in 1935, starring Boris Karloff as the monster and Elsa Lanchester as his bride, picking up where 1931's FRANKENSTEIN left off.
Brian Grazer and Sean Daniel will produce with Karen Kehela, David Bernardi and Chris Wade will oversee for Imagine.
(Chicago, IL) - As the fourth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina approaches this August, SIGGRAPH 2009 is poised to host thousands of international computer graphics and interactive techniques professionals in the city of New Orleans. While the downtown New Orleans area is well prepared to host this global audience, the larger New Orleans community is still in need of support.
TORONTO, June 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - IMAX Corporation (NASDAQ: IMAX; TSX: IMX) and BIG Cinemas, a division of Adlabs Films Ltd, a Reliance ADA Group company and India's largest entertainment conglomerate, today announced an agreement to install IMAX's new digital projection system in BIG Cinemas' flagship IMAX(R) theatre in the heart of Mumbai. The installation is scheduled to be completed in July 2009, and will mark the first digital IMAX location in India.
INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL star Shia LaBeouf told BBC News that a sequel to the 2008 summer hit is a go (via ComingSoon.net).
"Steven [Spielberg] just said that he cracked the story on it before I left and I think they're gearing that up," LaBeouf said. CRYSTAL SKULL, despite middling reviews, banked a worldwide gross of $786.6 million at the box office, the second place earner behind THE DARK KNIGHT.
Natalie Portman has been signed on to play the lead in Darren Aronofsky's BLACK SWAN supernatural thriller, per THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER.
The film, set up at Universal since 2007, and based in the world of New York City ballet, has been changed a bit in the last two years. Universal put the film in turnaround and has been making the rounds at the studios and specialty divisions. Development exec at Aronofsky's Protozoa Pictures, Mark Heyman, has done a re-write of John McLaughlin's original script. Mike Medavoy's Phoenix Pictures and Protozoa are producing.
Screenwriter Marc Haimes has been hired by Fox to pen adventure script FAMILY HISTORY, according to THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER.
Described as NATIONAL TREASURE meets BACK TO THE FUTURE, the film has been shepherded by producers Cormac & Marianne Wibberley, who co-wrote the two NATIONAL TREASURE films for Disney. Michael Punke originally wrote the script.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY's Michael Ausiello reports that Noah Wyle has been hired to headline Steven Spielberg's untitled alien-invasion pilot for TNT.
The series was announced last month at TNT's upfront presentations. The story takes place six months after evil aliens decimate mankind, while Wyle would play the leader of a group of citizens trying to take down the extra terrestrials.
