Why The Walk’s VFX Team Used Largest Amount of Cloud Computing in Film History
Director Robert Zemeckis’s long gestating project The Walk, on Philippe Petit’s once in a lifetime high-wire walk across the Twin Towers of The World Trade Center on August 7th, 1974 finally reached the screen this month, in glorious 3-D utilizing breathtaking visual effects. We spoke to VFX Supervisor Kevin Baillie & VFX Producer Camille Celluci by phone on how the production team was able to re- create in such immense detail both the Twin Towers and the 1974 New York skyline on a tight budget and production schedule,
Watch the new The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 TV Spot
Unless you were watching game one of the World Series between the Kansas City Royals and New York Mets last night (what a game), you missed the new The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 TV spot Lionsgate dropped. Once again, it was a doozy.
Like the all of Lionsgate's previous trailers and TV spots, the latest is masterclass in giving us just enough new stuff (images,
The Martian’s VFX Supervisor on Creating Zero Gravity Without a ‘Vomit Comet’
As The Martian continues its impressive box office run and enjoys some early Oscar buzz, The Credits talks to Richard Stammers, the film's visual effects supervisor and a frequent collaborator with Ridley Scott, about the dual challenge of recreating the Mars landscape and simulating a convincing zero gravity environment without anyone having to get in a “vomit comet”.
You've worked with Ridley Scott before on films like Prometheus?
Are you Prepared for an Adam Sandler Western? Watch The Ridiculous Six Trailer
You've got Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight due in December, and a remake of John Sturges’ iconic 1960 western The Magnificent Seven (itself based on Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai), directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring Denzel Washington and Chris Pratt due out next September. And in case you weren't aware, you've also got Adam Sandler's The Ridiculous Six,
Watch the Worst Take-Out Order of all Time in Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
In tonight's episode of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Agent Jemma Simmons (Elizabeth Henstridge) is marooned on an alien planet, but unlike Mark Watney (Matt Damon) in The Martian, Simmons can't grow her food, she's got to kill it.
In season two, Simmons was sucked into the Kree monolith after agreeing to go on a date with Fitz (Iain De Caestecker),
Third Annual Middleburg Film Festival Draws Deep Roster of Talent
In it's third year, the Middleburg Film Festival is becoming a vibrant late festival season stop for filmmakers and film enthusiasts alike. Middleburg is in Virginia's horse country, and its beauty can hardly be improved upon in late October, but as much as a draw as the setting is, the festival itself, created by BET co-founder and Sundance Institute member Sheila Johnson and ably directed by Emmy and Peabody award-winning filmmaker Susan Koch, is drawing people for it's discerning slate and roster of talent.
The Incredible Link Between Helena Bonham Carter & Suffragette Villain
In Sarah Gavron’s film Suffragette, about the fight to gain votes for women in Edwardian England, the Prime Minister, Lord Herbert Asquith, opposes women’s suffrage and, on this issue, falls squarely on the wrong side of history. When it came time to cast the film, which stars Carey Mulligan, Gavron had Helena Bonham Carter at the top of her wish list to play one of the Suffragettes.
Middleburg Film Festival: Miss You Already Director Catherine Hardwicke
Director Catherine Hardwicke is well into her third successful career. The former architect was one of the most ambitious, consistently excellent production designers in Hollywood, working on gorgeous, genre-defying projects like Three Kings for David O. Russell and Vanilla Sky for Cameron Crowe. She launched her directing career with the excellent Thirteen, which she co-wrote, about a young girl’s relationship with her mother as she begins experimenting with drugs,
Ice Age & Rio Director Carlos Saldanha Shares Wisdom at Tokyo International Film Festival
Renowned film director Carlos Saldanha (Ice Age, Robots, Ice Age: The Meltdown, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, RIO, RIO 2) passed on his passion and process to the next generation filmmakers.
New Joker Photos from Suicide Squad
Empire Magazine's upcoming story on Suicide Squad comes complete with photos from the set, and, this colorful cover image of the craziest super villain of them all, the Joker (Jared Leto).
What you probably already know is that Suicide Squad follows a host of bad guys following their conditional release from their various maximum security dungeon-cells so they can join forces and track down an even badder guy.
What if Star Wars: The Force Awakens Trailer Was Voiced by Brooklynites?
Thanks to Jimmy Kimmel, you now have an answer to this question. Kimmel was filming Jimmy Kimmel Live in Brooklyn all last week, and he decided to ask his local crew to record their voices over the actors in the Stars Wars: The Force Awakens trailer. The result? Hilarious. From the opening voiceover, "Hey what's up, how's everything?" playing over the masked face of Rey (Daisy Ridley),
Watch Daisy Ridley & BB-8 React to Star Wars: The Force Awakens Trailer
We have been trying to take a breather from Star Wars: The Force Awakens tidbits considering the release of the final trailer and everything surrounding it (the pre-ticket sales, the IMAX screening locations, the new images) pretty much dominated last week. But then we saw BB-8 watching the trailer in bed and threw all that out the window.
Take a moment to think about how much film marketing has been changed by social media.
Jem vs. Jem: Eighties Relic Hits 21st Century in new Jem and the Holograms
Opening on Friday is director Jon M. Chu’s mildly more believable, live action version of the 80s classic cartoon Jem and the Holograms. The original Hannah Montana, before Miley Cyrus was even a twinkle in Billy Ray’s eye, cartoon Jem was a regular girl in disguise as a rock star, a feat made possible by a one-of-a-kind hologram machine named Synergy, a magical pair of earrings, and endless glitter, guts,
Check Out These New Star Wars: The Force Awakens Images
We were waiting for Disney and Lucasfilm to drop some hi-resolution images on us from the latest, and last, Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer, and they've obliged. These new images allow for much clearer scrutiny for you obsessive Star heads (apologies), although they likely won't sate your appetite completely. Considering the film doesn't premiere until December 18, one has to assume these images won't be the last taste of The Force Awakens
Suffragette Director Sarah Gavron Puts Struggle on Screen
Carey Mulligan stars alongside Helena Bonham Carter and Meryl Streep in Sarah Gavron’s moving drama about the turning point of the women’s suffrage movement. Suffragette begins in 1912 London and follows a group of women from different walks of life who come together as activists and engage in acts of civil disobedience to draw attention to their cause: gaining the vote for women. We talk to Gavron about the process of bringing this story to the big screen for the first time.
Trailer for Pride + Prejudice + Zombies, Oh My
“A woman must have a thorough knowledge of singing, dancing and the art of war.”
When you think of Jane Austen you think of the landed English gentry of the 19th century, women dancing in long Empire-waisted dresses gossiping and plotting, and English class. If we were to play a word association game what would you say if we said “Pride and Prejudice” – you might say Mr. Darcy, Laurence Olivier, Colin Firth,
Bridge of Spies Costume Designer Kasia Walicka-Maimone on Cold War Style
Bridge of Spies costume designer Kasia Walicka-Maimone, who previous work includes Moonrise Kingdom, discusses the logistics involved in dressing thousands of extras and her first time working with Steven Spielberg.
What are the challenges working on a period film, particularly when you're telling a true story?
I feel it's a very structured process, so my job is so much driven by the vision of the director and the script.
Fall Read/Watch List: Read These Books, Then See Their Film Adaptations
This year, we’ve been treated to a variety of great cinematic adaptations. From Paper Towns this summer (read our interview with the screenwriters here), to more recent films like The Martian and Black Mass, Hollywood, once again, has been looking to the page for cinematic inspiration. Many of the films this fall are no different with at least ten more book adaptations hitting the big screen in 2015.
Meryl Streep Crushes Another Accent in Suffragette
Suffragette, which portrays the more violent side of Great Britain’s women’s fight for the vote during the late 19th century and early 20th, stars Carey Mulligan as a beleagured young worker who becomes entrenched in the front lines of the suffrage movement. Leading Mulligan’s character and her fictional cohort is Emmeline Pankhurst, a pivotal and very real suffragette and political activist who died in 1928, living to see her mission accomplished plus ten years.
Watch Jennifer Lawrence Bring the Joy in Latest Collaboration With David O. Russell
Director David O. Russell and star Jennifer Lawrence are carving out one of the most interesting collaborations in the film business. When Lawrence isn’t leading a righteous revolution as Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games or trying to start a mutant revolution as Mystique in X-Men, she’s sought out the juicy, complex, human roles offered by Russell. She won her Academy Award for her earthy performance in Russell's
