Category: Visual Effects

Post-production facility Post Logic Studios, a division of Prime Focus Group, has hired colorist Craig Budrick. Budrick is an industry veteran with nearly two decades' experience as a colorist. He joins Post Logic from Technicolor, where for the last two years he worked on remastering feature film projects for Blu-ray, including AIRPLANE, WAYNE'S WORLD and PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES.

The high-octane action of the world's most famous secret agent continues when QUANTUM OF SOLACE explodes onto Blu-ray and DVD this March from MGM and Fox Home Ent.

A worldwide box office phenomenon, QUANTUM OF SOLACE has broken countless records and scored among the top 20 film openings of all time in 67 international territories. Bond... James Bond remains one of the world's largest and most successful film franchises with 22 films to date.

A court conference that was scheduled for today between Fox and Warner Bros. has been canceled, per THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, with rumors circulating that the long-gestating WATCHMEN case is finally settled or nearing settlement.

U.S. District Judge Gary A. Feess ruled in December that Fox has distribution rights to the film WB made and is planning on a March 6 release, and the two studios have been meeting since Friday to settle.

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Andrew Stanton told SCI FI WIRE that his next project (under Disney, not Pixar) JOHN CARTER OF MARS, will be his first live-action film.

"[I'm] deep into it," Stanton said in an exclusive interview at the Los Angeles Film Critics Association award ceremony in Century City, Calif., on Monday, where he accepted the award for best picture of 2008 for WALL-E. "I'm on my next draft of it. We're in preproduction art-wise, and we're starting to talk to actors. So it's full bore."

NVIDIA has launched two new graphics solutions for the enthusiast gamer, the GeForce GTX 295 and the GeForce GTX 285.

The GeForce GTX 295 is the world's fastest dual GPU solution. Featuring the power of two NVIDIA GeForce GTX 200 GPUs on a single card, the GeForce GTX 295 delivers unrivaled graphics performance in the hottest games including FAR CRY 2, MIRROR'S EDGE, and CALL OF DUTY 5: WORLD AT WAR.

i3DTutorials has released their latest training product for SOFTIMAGE|XSI, RENDERING WITH SOFTIMAGE|XSI V.II: MENTAL RAY.

This latest offering from the growing library teaches artists advanced production techniques for using the industry standard mental ray renderer to create imagery of exquisite and stunning detail. Emphasizing production proven techniques, users are taken through a series of demanding production scenes that mimic the complex scenarios and challenges commonly found when producing renders for production.

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CRASH+SUES has signed online editor/Smoke artist Mark Anderson to its talent roster.

Anderson joins the award-winning Minneapolis-based postproduction company after a 10-year stint at Avenue/Chicago. A graduate of Columbia College with a degree in Fine Arts, Anderson is also an experienced offline editor and DP, and worked in the capacity of sound engineer for Trackwork Orange from 1992-1994. His signing comes on the heels of CRASH+SUES recent restructuring and redesign as well as a campaign heralding the company's re-branding.

Warner Bros. and Fox are actively working toward a settlement over the WATCHMEN distribution rights case, according to news reports.

The attorneys for both studios agreed Friday to delay a federal court hearing until Monday so that settlement discussions can continue over the weekend. U.S. District Court Judge Gary Feess had been scheduled to rule on WB's request for an expedited hearing on the main issue: whether to block WATCHMEN from theatrical release on March 6, as Fox is requesting.

Rhinofx recently signed Flame Artist/VFX Supervisor Kevin Quinlan to add depth and expertise to the company's expanding pool of talent. With nearly 15 years experience across media platforms and production avenues, as well as an impressive education in all facets of visual media, Quinlan is a significant asset to the Rhino creative team.