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Paramount Goes into Hyperdrive for Spec Script

Paramount has snatched up the hot spec script HYPERDRIVE from Morgan Jurgenson (TUCKER AND DALE VS. EVIL) and David Daniels (which is a pseudonym for Panay Films' vp of production Alex Ankeles), writes Heat Vision.

Universal Headline News

Crime of the Century Nabs Portal Director, Universal Pictures

Universal Pictures has bought FAST 5 writer Chris Morgan's pitch CRIME OF THE CENTURY and attached Dan Trachtenberg (PORTAL: NO ESCAPE) to direct, reports Deadline.com.

Blogs

World's First Tintin Presentation coming to VIEW Conference

By Dan Sarto | Wednesday, October 12, 2011 at 10:25am

Wayne Stables, visual effects supervisor at Weta Digital for Steven Spielberg’s The Adventures of Tintin has chosen to give the world’s first presentation of that studio’s work on the film at the VIEW Conference in Turin, Italy.

Headline News

Red Giant Teams Up Worley to Create New Content, Presets

Red Giant today announced it has teamed up with acclaimed director and filmmaker, Seth Worley, to develop new training content and presets for the Red Giant community.

Visual Headline News

Douglas Trumbull to Receive the VES 2012 Georges Melies Award

Visionary filmmaker, innovator and entrepreneur, Douglas Trumbull, has been selected by the VES Board of Directors as the recipient of the 2012 Georges Méliès Award.

Headline News

Dredd Directing Clarified

Last week, the L.A. Times reported that Pete Travis was ousted as the director on DREDD and that writer/producer Alex Garland had taken over in the editing room and was seeking a co-director's credit. Now, the producers have issued the following statement to clarify the situation.

Animation Headline News

Former Disney Features Exec Stainton To Run Paramount's New Ani Arm

Paramount Pictures, a unit of Viacom Inc. (NYSE:VIA and VIA.B), has appointed veteran animation executive David Stainton as President of its new in-house animation division.

Production Blogs

Paradigm Shifting at the VES Production Summit

By Dan Sarto | Friday, October 7, 2011 at 4:24pm

Last Saturday the VES hosted its third annual Production Summit, this time at the quaint Montage Hotel in Beverly Hills. Despite all about VES 2.0 and the Bill of Rights to help facilitate quality of life improvements for artists and VFX companies, the purpose was to address the paradigm shift going on and to discuss better biz practices.

Animation Headline News

Kelly Asbury Set To Write Pooch Café For Sony Pictures Animation

Sony Pictures Animation, the studio behind this year’s worldwide hit THE SMURFS, continues to advance its development slate with the hiring of veteran animation writer/director Kelly Asbury.

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