Many critics who will write about Disney’s latest theme park ride turned picture, Jungle Cruise, will inevitably compare it to the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, either for better or worse. That might be fair, only because Jungle Cruise derives itself from a Disneyland theme park ride, but like Pirates, it also eventually transcends... »
The American Cinema Editors (ACE) announced today that the 72nd Annual ACE Eddie Awards, recognizing outstanding editing in film and television, will be held on Saturday, February 26, 2022. The event will be held at the brand-new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. ACE is planning an in-person, black-tie affair adhering to... »
ARRI has announced the new ARRI Hi-5 is the most sophisticated hand unit on the market, providing reliable wireless camera and lens control in demanding situations on set. Weatherproof and solidly built, it features an exceptional radio link range and unique, swappable radio modules for different territories and shooting challenges. Replacing ARRI’s previous top-end hand... »
Carstage has announced the first state-of-the-art purpose-built LED vehicle process stage in Long Island City, New York. The permanent virtual environment facility is fully equipped with expansive movable LED walls and proprietary technology allowing clients to produce live, fully composed sequences through their own cameras—with ease, on the spot. The turnkey operation provides all the technology... »
Tournament of Champions continues the story from the original movie with Zoey and Ben, the characters played by Taylor Russell and Logan Miller, travelling to New York to find the Minos Corporation and being pulled back into their deadly games, along with a new group of players who survived previous escape rooms. Their new... »
The young boy who sat in the contestant’s chair long ago in Slumdog Millionaire has sure come a long way. For his latest adventure, Dev Patel stars as Sir Gawain in David Lowery’s The Green Knight. This time around, Patel faces a potentially far more dangerous rival across the table, than that which he... »
Happy Monday, and we hope everyone had a good weekend! If nothing else, it’s nice to see that there were no more production shutdowns due to COVID over the weekend to report, although things are still looking like we’ll be getting a third or fourth wave in the pandemic, depending on how you count... »
First Mile Technologies, a developer of creative connectivity solutions for media and entertainment production, has launched a new service to allow film, television and advertising productions to stream live, high-quality camera media to the cloud, making it accessible live for review, editorial, post-production and visual effects through a choice of various platforms. The service streamlines... »
We made it through another week. Well, most of us have anyway. We start this week’s Production Notes the same way we’ve been starting far too many news columns recently, with reports of another production being shut down due to COVID-19. This time, it’s the Sky/AMC series Gangs of London, which became the fourth or fifth... »
Goldcrest Post recently provided post-production services for Tigre Gente, Director Elizabeth Unger’s deeply-affecting documentary feature about illicit jaguar trafficking. Senior Colorist Steve Beganyi worked with Unger to finalize the look of the film, which reveals how the Latin American animal is being hunted to extinction to satisfy illegal demand for its teeth and other... »
Wooden Camera has announced that its accessories and kits for the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K Pro are now shipping. Individual accessory pieces start at $99 as well as full kits starting at $847, and these are all compatible with the BMPCC 6K Pro, using the existing PL Mount Modification Kit (Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera... »
TVA Group has announced that, to reinforce its positioning on the foreign blockbuster and TV series market, the studios of Canadian TV and movie industry leader MELS will be enlarged with the construction of MELS 4, with support from the Government of Quebec and the City of Montreal. MELS 4 will be built to... »
