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Sony to Open Digital Motion Picture Center
Sony’s Professional Solutions of America group will open its Digital Motion Picture Center (DMPC), May 1, at Sony Pictures Studios. The Center will offer hands-on training for directors, cinematographers and other professionals in the film and television production industries on the use of the company’s F65 CineAlta camera and the production workflows supporting this... »
Legend3D Appoints Ian Jessel as President
Legend3D announced the appointment of Ian Jessel as president. Jessel, an entertainment industry veteran who was the founding president of Miramax International, is charged with enhancing Legend3D’s market visibility and nurturing studio relationships, specifically driving the company’s growth initiatives in the Hollywood entertainment industry and international film markets. »
Nice Shoes Opens New Edit Suites
Nice Shoes has opened a new group of edit suites in its New York offices. The suites will run on the same technology and the same network as the rest of the studio's equipment, and will provide seamless transitions from the edit room to the studio's color, finishing, VFX and design capabilities. The studio... »
IATSE Reaches Tentative Agreement with AMPTP
In a surprisingly rapid conclusion to recently resumed negotiations, Hollywood’s below-the-line unions have reached a “tentative agreement” with the major studios on a new three-year Basic Agreement, Matthew Loeb, the president of the International Alliance of Theatrical and Stage Employees (IATSE), announced on Friday. If ratified by the 20,000 members of 15 guilds representing... »
Encore Adds Vancouver Location
Encore, a Deluxe Entertainment Services Group company, announced the addition of a new facility in Vancouver, B.C., expanding its network of postproduction facilities dedicated to serving a television clientele. Current Encore locations include Hollywood and New York as well as sister Deluxe television facility Level 3 in Burbank, Calif. These facilities share a common... »
Reliance MediaWorks Builds Global Pipeline around Katana and Nuke
The Foundry announced that Reliance MediaWorks has purchased a site license of Katana. The licenses will be utilized at Reliance MediaWorks’ UK and Mumbai facilities. Working across geographies in this way requires a robust, flexible VFX pipeline and Reliance MediaWorks looked to The Foundry’s NUKE and Katana to provide the key building blocks. »
IATSE and AMPTP to Resume Negotiations on April 12
In a sign that the negotiations between the Hollywood craft guilds and the studios remain on a positive track, the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) are set to return to the bargaining table on April 12 to hammer out a new three-year... »
Legend3D Opens its Doors at Hollywood Center Studios
Legend3D has relocated its Los Angeles office to Bungalow A at Hollywood Center Studios. The bungalow, which is located at 1040 North Las Palmas Avenue, has a rich entertainment history, as its first tenant, Harold Lloyd, produced many of his film masterpieces while there. »
Shout It Out Loud Music Unveils New Studio and Expanded Services
Boutique music production company Shout It Out Loud Music (SIOLM) recently opened a new studio in the heart of New York City's Fashion District. The new space will serve as the creative epicenter of SIOLM, which has expanded its audio post and music production services with a state-of-the-art recording facility, while enhancing its core... »
SAG-AFTRA Merger Approved
The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists and Screen Actors Guild announced that members of both organizations have voted to approve a merger, creating a new entity, SAG-AFTRA. SAG members voted 82 percent in favor of the merger. AFTRA members favored the merger with 86 percent, exceeding the 60 percent threshold needed for... »
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Norwegian director Morten Tyldum Blends Mystery and Humor in HeadhuntersMay 2012 | By Jack Egan
Headhunters, is a new Norwegian movie, stylishly helmed by Morten Tyldum, one of the country’s best- known directors. Blending suspense and violence with macabre... »
Greg Carter Resurrects a Baseball Hero
April 2012 | By Scott Essman
With the onset of April every spring, one conjures the classic baseball films in cinema lore. Certainly The Natural, Bull Durham, Field of... »