March 31, 2023
And so, that was the year that was in San Diego, as the pre-budget collapse edition of Comic Con wraps for another year. What does it mean for Mayan Prophecy that the Con is booked for the same convention center at least through 2015? There were long lines and bare midriffs – my fanboy side couldn’t get into a panel about the “psychology” of Batman (why is he so attracted […]
Harry Potter fans worldwide are flocking to theaters this summer for the eighth and final installment of the wildly popular film series. Playing to great reviews, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 is the first film in the franchise to be released in stereoscopic 3D. L.A.-based visual effects house I.E. Effects contributed to this complex postproduction task, providing 2D-to-3D stereo conversion for several key sequences, including some in the film’s opening scenes. […]
New Zealand-based Park Road Post Production has selected SGO’s Mistika for the majority of the stereo and DI work on Peter Jackson‘s two-film adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien‘s The Hobbit. Mistika now forms the backbone of Park Road’s stereo 3D infrastructure producing dailies for editorial, finishing and grading. […]
Santa Monica-based previsualization company HALON Entertainment contributed extensive previs for Jon Favreau‘s highly anticipated film Cowboys & Aliens. Set in the town of Absolution where cowboys and Apache warriors find themselves battling aliens for their survival, audiences will be awestruck by the action-packed sequences on the big screen. […]
Lightcraft Technology, a developer of real-time visual effects technology for the film and television, has incorporated GPS tracking into its Previzion system with Osystems Inertial Navigation System (INS). Osystems INS technology provides a combination of high-accuracy GPS and inertial measurement technology, so Previzion can now track cameras in real time in most exterior environments or locations. […]
Chris Marchitelli has joined Litepanels, a Vitec Group brand, as VP of global marketing. Litepanels is known for developing high-performance LED lighting fixtures for professional broadcast, motion picture production and still photography. […]
Director Joe Johnston, coming off of his pinch-hit directing duties on Universal’s The Wolfman, returned to England last year to shoot Captain America – The First Avenger for Paramount, though the project was also produced through Marvel Studios. […]
UPDATE: Day Two: Bellflower… With news spreading that a terrorist had set off bombs and murdered scores of people in Norway, is it any wonder so many are desperate to come to San Diego for four days of respite, either watching, or dressing as, paragons of good (or at least, somewhat understandable evil)? […]
Deluxe Entertainment Services Group announced today that Joe Hart has joined Deluxe as senior vice president digital cinema, North America reporting to Warren Stein, chief operating officer. Hart has provided much of the innovation for the digital cinema industry working with studios, exhibitors and industry organizations such as ISDCF to promote best practice. […]
Rising Sun Pictures has hired Mark Patterson as head of production and development for its new production division, Rising Sun Entertainment. Patterson, who has a deep background as a film producer, executive producer and development executive, will develop film projects with Rising Sun participating as either producer or co-producer. […]