For years, rights issues have held up updated video releases of James Cameron’s Aliens, The Abyss, and True Lies, with the latter two features skipping Blu-ray entirely. At last, all three have come to 4K Uhd, and their joint release allows one to better appreciate the unexpected connections that link these otherwise completely distinct features.
On a basic level, all three films, covering less than a decade from 1986 to 1994, chart one of the most meteoric career rises in Hollywood history—one that you can see in their exponentially increasing budgets and scale. Aliens, made in the wake of Cameron’s breakout success of 1984’s The Terminator, was produced for a paltry $18 million, not much more than the $11 million allocated to Ridley Scott’s Alien nearly a decade earlier. But Cameron, who cut his teeth in Roger Corman’s micro-budget talent incubator, knew how to stretch a dollar to its maximum use.
On a basic level, all three films, covering less than a decade from 1986 to 1994, chart one of the most meteoric career rises in Hollywood history—one that you can see in their exponentially increasing budgets and scale. Aliens, made in the wake of Cameron’s breakout success of 1984’s The Terminator, was produced for a paltry $18 million, not much more than the $11 million allocated to Ridley Scott’s Alien nearly a decade earlier. But Cameron, who cut his teeth in Roger Corman’s micro-budget talent incubator, knew how to stretch a dollar to its maximum use.
- 3/19/2024
- by Jake Cole
- Slant Magazine
Hyped as an interactive sequel to James Cameron’s 1986 classic, Aliens: Colonial Marines was a disappointment in 2013. We look back at how its plot could have changed the Alien franchise…
In 2011, it all looked so promising. As narrated by Gearbox Software studio boss Randy Pitchford, a demo of Aliens: Colonial Marines, unveiled at that year’s E3, hinted at the kind of game fans of the Alien franchise had been eagerly awaiting for years. It was a first-person shooter made by a respected studio – Gearbox had just had a hit with Borderlands – and was billed as a direct sequel to James Cameron’s 1986 film, Aliens. It even had a couple of familiar actors returning to provide their voices.
The demo gave a tantalising glimpse of what looked like a thoroughly engrossing narrative blaster. It took the player back to Lv-426, the setting of Alien and Aliens, and as one of several Colonial Marines,...
In 2011, it all looked so promising. As narrated by Gearbox Software studio boss Randy Pitchford, a demo of Aliens: Colonial Marines, unveiled at that year’s E3, hinted at the kind of game fans of the Alien franchise had been eagerly awaiting for years. It was a first-person shooter made by a respected studio – Gearbox had just had a hit with Borderlands – and was billed as a direct sequel to James Cameron’s 1986 film, Aliens. It even had a couple of familiar actors returning to provide their voices.
The demo gave a tantalising glimpse of what looked like a thoroughly engrossing narrative blaster. It took the player back to Lv-426, the setting of Alien and Aliens, and as one of several Colonial Marines,...
- 1/25/2024
- by Ryan Lambie
- Film Stories
In The Lesson author Jm Galbraith uses a version of the phrase "Good artists copy, great artists steal." That's an aphorism that's so often borrowed that attributions to Picasso and Eliot obscure that it was William Henry Davenport Adams writing about Tennyson. Art has antecedents, that's the notion, "that great poets imitate and improve, whereas small ones steal and spoil." Gareth Edwards and his team are definitely doing the former.
Detail abounds. Glorious detail, stuff that made me immediately mindful of art by Simon Stahlenhag and Ian McQue, of Syd Mead, of the innumerable artists who have drawn Judge Dredd's Mega-City One. There are planes and trains and autonomous mobiles, guns and gadgets and faces and forms. I was reminded inevitably of Star Wars. The posters say "from the director of Rogue One" but that's easier than saying "a notional science-fictional apparatus for adventure based upon an unceasing filmic...
Detail abounds. Glorious detail, stuff that made me immediately mindful of art by Simon Stahlenhag and Ian McQue, of Syd Mead, of the innumerable artists who have drawn Judge Dredd's Mega-City One. There are planes and trains and autonomous mobiles, guns and gadgets and faces and forms. I was reminded inevitably of Star Wars. The posters say "from the director of Rogue One" but that's easier than saying "a notional science-fictional apparatus for adventure based upon an unceasing filmic...
- 9/25/2023
- by Andrew Robertson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
For years, Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net has been about two things only – awesome art and the artists that create it. With that in mind, we thought why not take the first week of the month to showcase these awesome artists even more? Welcome to “Awesome Artist We’ve Found Around The Net.” In this column, we are focusing on one artist and the awesome art that they create, whether they be amateur, up-and-coming, or well-established. The goal is to uncover these artists so even more people become familiar with them. We ask these artists a few questions to see their origins, influences, and more. If you are an awesome artist or know someone that should be featured, feel free to contact me at any time at theodorebond@joblo.com. This month we are very pleased to bring you the awesome art of…
Bryan Johnson
Bryan Johnson is an award-winning Theatrical Designer,...
Bryan Johnson
Bryan Johnson is an award-winning Theatrical Designer,...
- 8/5/2023
- by Theodore Bond
- JoBlo.com
Production designer Patrick O’Keefe drew inspiration from brutalist architecture, graphic artist Syd Mead and British punk band The Sex Pistols when animating the world of “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.”
As Miles Morales crosses path with different Spider-People from other dimensions, it was up to O’Keefe and his team of animators to create visual worlds that reflect those counterparts.
With Variety, he breaks down the looks of each world and shares his favorite easter eggs that pay homage to the Canadian animators who worked on the film.
Earth 928
“Whenever it comes to developing anything for the film, I’m always asking myself, whose point of view are we seeing this from? And what does it need to do?
In animation, we have this awesome opportunity because we don’t have to take the look of the world around us for granted, it can be anything we want. We’re going...
As Miles Morales crosses path with different Spider-People from other dimensions, it was up to O’Keefe and his team of animators to create visual worlds that reflect those counterparts.
With Variety, he breaks down the looks of each world and shares his favorite easter eggs that pay homage to the Canadian animators who worked on the film.
Earth 928
“Whenever it comes to developing anything for the film, I’m always asking myself, whose point of view are we seeing this from? And what does it need to do?
In animation, we have this awesome opportunity because we don’t have to take the look of the world around us for granted, it can be anything we want. We’re going...
- 6/10/2023
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
As fans make their way to theaters to see "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse," we're going to be hearing a lot about the film's animation. With multiple distinctive animation styles, images that pop and evolve shot to shot, and a colorful creative energy that feels more like a real comic book than any movie has before, the film's visuals are certainly worth celebrating. Part of what makes them so fantastic, though, is how well they work in tandem with the film's pulsing, dynamic score, which was composed by returning franchise composer Daniel Pemberton. Pemberton spoke with Rolling Stone ahead of the film's release about the sequel's most intriguing challenge: creating stylistically distinct themes for each universe featured in the film.
Pemberton told the outlet that he worked on themes for eight different characters' worlds, all of which you can listen to now via the original score album. Gwen Stacy (Hailee Steinfeld...
Pemberton told the outlet that he worked on themes for eight different characters' worlds, all of which you can listen to now via the original score album. Gwen Stacy (Hailee Steinfeld...
- 6/2/2023
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
Brooklyn’s best – Spider-Man himself – returns to theaters on June 2 with the release of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. The sequel to the critically adored animated film Into the Spider-Verse, the new film once again follows the Miles Morales version of the webhead as he deals with the trials of balancing adolescence and adulthood with some interdimensional travel in between.
Related Here's Where You Can Stream Every 'Spider-Man' And 'Venom' Movie Online 'Into The Spider-Verse' (a Great Movie) Just Sent 'Sunflower' (a Great Song) to...
Related Here's Where You Can Stream Every 'Spider-Man' And 'Venom' Movie Online 'Into The Spider-Verse' (a Great Movie) Just Sent 'Sunflower' (a Great Song) to...
- 5/30/2023
- by Christopher Cruz
- Rollingstone.com
The opening of Irvin Kershner's 1980 film "The Empire Strikes Back" didn't leave viewers with must cause for hope. The ending of its predecessor "Star Wars" saw the evil Empire more or less destroyed. A brave cadre of scrappy rebels had gathered in a team of battle crafts to attack and destroy the moon-sized Death Star, a powerful weapon that could destroy an entire planet with one laser blast. With the Death Star destroyed, it appeared that the Good Guys won and the Bad Guys were vanquished.
"The Empire Strikes Back" revealed that the Empire was very much still alive, and was now seeking retribution. The Rebels had taken to hiding out on a remote, frozen world called Hoth, populated only by two-legged beasts of burden and the occasional yeti. The underground rebels' base, however, was almost immediately located by the Empire, and the villains commenced a forward military assault on it.
"The Empire Strikes Back" revealed that the Empire was very much still alive, and was now seeking retribution. The Rebels had taken to hiding out on a remote, frozen world called Hoth, populated only by two-legged beasts of burden and the occasional yeti. The underground rebels' base, however, was almost immediately located by the Empire, and the villains commenced a forward military assault on it.
- 2/1/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
The Art Directors Guild has announced that Oscar-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro will receive the esteemed William Cameron Menzies Award for his striking visuals and emotionally rich portfolio, cumulating in his latest film, “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio.”
Del Toro will receive the award on Feb. 18 at the 27th Annual Art Directors Guild ceremony at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown.
The award recognizes individuals’ service to the entertainment industry through distinguished contributions to motion pictures or TV. Past honorees include Robert Osborne, John Musker and Ron Clements, Syd Mead and Denis Villeneuve.
“Guillermo del Toro has stunningly brought humanity to non-human characters and full-fledged existence to environments which could be seen as devoid of life by integrating strong narrative imagery into his collaborations with production designers,” remarked Nelson Coates, Adg president. “The Art Directors Guild is thrilled to celebrate his captivating work, which has indelibly pushed the bounds of production design to new heights.
Del Toro will receive the award on Feb. 18 at the 27th Annual Art Directors Guild ceremony at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown.
The award recognizes individuals’ service to the entertainment industry through distinguished contributions to motion pictures or TV. Past honorees include Robert Osborne, John Musker and Ron Clements, Syd Mead and Denis Villeneuve.
“Guillermo del Toro has stunningly brought humanity to non-human characters and full-fledged existence to environments which could be seen as devoid of life by integrating strong narrative imagery into his collaborations with production designers,” remarked Nelson Coates, Adg president. “The Art Directors Guild is thrilled to celebrate his captivating work, which has indelibly pushed the bounds of production design to new heights.
- 1/24/2023
- by Jazz Tangcay, Julia MacCary and Charna Flam
- Variety Film + TV
The Art Directors Guild will present Oscar-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro with the William Cameron Menzies Award, to honor his visually striking and emotionally rich body of work. Del Toro will receive the award at the 27th Adg’s Excellence in Production Design Awards on Saturday, February 18 at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown.
Del Toro first gained recognition for writing and directing Cronos, which premiered at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Mercedes Benz Award, and went on to earn more than 20 international awards. Del Toro’s most noted films include Pan’s Labyrinth, which garnered Academy Awards for Art Direction, Cinematography, and Makeup and The Shape of Water, which won the Venice International Film Festival’s Golden Lion as well as Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Production Design and Best Score. His latest project, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, continues his lifelong love of animation and stop-motion filmmaking.
Del Toro first gained recognition for writing and directing Cronos, which premiered at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Mercedes Benz Award, and went on to earn more than 20 international awards. Del Toro’s most noted films include Pan’s Labyrinth, which garnered Academy Awards for Art Direction, Cinematography, and Makeup and The Shape of Water, which won the Venice International Film Festival’s Golden Lion as well as Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Production Design and Best Score. His latest project, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, continues his lifelong love of animation and stop-motion filmmaking.
- 1/23/2023
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
John Badham's 1986 comedy "Short Circuit" was a masterwork on cinematic animatronics. The film's main character was a robot, called only Number Five (voiced by Tim Blaney), who was struck by lightning and lost its memory, but somehow gained sentience. Number Five, originally built to be a laser-wielding soldier, idly rolled out of the robotics lab where it was built and into the home of the put-upon suburbanite Stephanie (Ally Sheedy). Stephanie spends the bulk of the film trying to teach Number Five about the fineries of human interaction while providing it with all the raw data she can provide; Number Five can read books in a matter of seconds.
Searching for Number Five is a military jarhead named Capt. Skroeder (G.W. Bailey), and a pair of funny robotics geniuses named Newton and Ben (Steve Guttenberg and Fisher Stevens). Antics ensue on all sides while Number Five itself slowly comes...
Searching for Number Five is a military jarhead named Capt. Skroeder (G.W. Bailey), and a pair of funny robotics geniuses named Newton and Ben (Steve Guttenberg and Fisher Stevens). Antics ensue on all sides while Number Five itself slowly comes...
- 1/4/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Make room on your wall because a new Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse poster is ready to swing into your life. Marvel and Sony debuted the stylish poster on Tuesday, featuring Miles Morales surrounded by different Spider-themed heroes across the Multiverse. In the Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse poster, you can catch Ghost-Spider, Spider-Punk, Scarlet Spider, Spider-Man 2099, Spider-Woman, Spectacular Spider-Man, Spider-Cat, and even Julia Carpenter’s Spider-Woman, flanking Miles on all sides. It’s spectacular. Still, even the most hardcore Spider-Man fan will need help tracking all the characters in this film.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse finds Shameik Moore returning as Miles Morales and Hailee Steinfeld as Gwen Stacy, aka Ghost-Spider, in another web-slinging adventure through parallel universes. Peter Parker also returns, and this entry will feature new characters like Miguel O’Hara, aka Spider-Man 2099, played by Oscar Issac, Hobie Brown, aka Spider-Punk, voiced by Daniel Kaluuya, and Jessica Drew,...
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse finds Shameik Moore returning as Miles Morales and Hailee Steinfeld as Gwen Stacy, aka Ghost-Spider, in another web-slinging adventure through parallel universes. Peter Parker also returns, and this entry will feature new characters like Miguel O’Hara, aka Spider-Man 2099, played by Oscar Issac, Hobie Brown, aka Spider-Punk, voiced by Daniel Kaluuya, and Jessica Drew,...
- 12/20/2022
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
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A new look at Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse dropped on Tuesday, teasing a whole new web of colorful spidey adventures.
The two-and-a-half-minute trailer offers one of the fullest glimpses at the latest chapter of Miles Morales’ hero’s journey, which sees him reunite with Gwen Stacy on a trip through the multiverse. There he discovers more Spider-People all charged with protecting the existence of that multiverse, but when they can’t agree on how to handle their latest threat, The Spot, Miles will once again find himself unpacking what means to be a young hero.
“Wherever you go from here you have to promise to take care of that little boy for me,” Rio, Miles’ mother, can be seen telling him in the trailer. “Make sure he never forgets where he came from. And he never doubts that he’s loved. And he...
A new look at Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse dropped on Tuesday, teasing a whole new web of colorful spidey adventures.
The two-and-a-half-minute trailer offers one of the fullest glimpses at the latest chapter of Miles Morales’ hero’s journey, which sees him reunite with Gwen Stacy on a trip through the multiverse. There he discovers more Spider-People all charged with protecting the existence of that multiverse, but when they can’t agree on how to handle their latest threat, The Spot, Miles will once again find himself unpacking what means to be a young hero.
“Wherever you go from here you have to promise to take care of that little boy for me,” Rio, Miles’ mother, can be seen telling him in the trailer. “Make sure he never forgets where he came from. And he never doubts that he’s loved. And he...
- 12/13/2022
- by Abbey White
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse was one hell of a visual fest, with a ground-breaking animation style that emulated the comics on which it was based. The story of Miles Morales will continue in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, which will open up the Multiverse even more. To that end, it seems that the movie will feature six different animation styles this time around.
“The first film had one animation style that dominates the movie. This movie has six,” Phil Lord told Empire. “So we’re taking those tools, adding all the things we learned on The Mitchells Vs The Machines, and then growing them further to accommodate the ambition of this movie. Which is to wow you every time you enter a new environment, and also to make sure that the style of the movie reflect the story, and that the images are driven by feelings, as opposed to some egg-headed art project.
“The first film had one animation style that dominates the movie. This movie has six,” Phil Lord told Empire. “So we’re taking those tools, adding all the things we learned on The Mitchells Vs The Machines, and then growing them further to accommodate the ambition of this movie. Which is to wow you every time you enter a new environment, and also to make sure that the style of the movie reflect the story, and that the images are driven by feelings, as opposed to some egg-headed art project.
- 11/22/2022
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
There is much to look forward to in 2023 when it comes to blockbuster movies, but one of the most anticipated of them all is undoubtedly "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse." The sequel to 2018's "Into the Spider-Verse" will once again center on Miles Morales, but this time, it's the first of an epic two-parter that will open up Spidey's multiverse even further. To that end, producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller have revealed that the sequel will feature six different animation styles to help capture those various universes.
Lord and Miller recently spoke with Empire about the film for the magazine's upcoming 2023 preview issue. During the conversation, the filmmakers touched on the fact that there was one very dominant art style in the original movie, which went on to win Best Animated Feature at the Oscars that year. This time? They're going to be a bit more ambitious. Lord had this...
Lord and Miller recently spoke with Empire about the film for the magazine's upcoming 2023 preview issue. During the conversation, the filmmakers touched on the fact that there was one very dominant art style in the original movie, which went on to win Best Animated Feature at the Oscars that year. This time? They're going to be a bit more ambitious. Lord had this...
- 11/22/2022
- by Ryan Scott
- Slash Film
When Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse hit cinemas in 2018, it broke computer-generated animation as we know it – re-modelling the medium in front of our very eyes into something that felt entirely new. Playing around with frame-rate, multiple animation styles, comic book textures and more, it ripped up the rulebook and wrote its own; one in perfect sync with the origin story of incoming hero Miles Morales. But if that wasn’t ambitious enough, Miles’ next adventure is about to double down on everything that made the first film so special.
So much so that 2023’s Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse isn’t just one sequel – it’s two, a double-whammy of multiverse-hopping madness, set to conclude in 2024’s Beyond The Spider-Verse (previously Across The Spider-Verse – Part 2). That wild ambition means the eye-popping visuals are about to get even more dazzling too.“The first film had one animation style that dominates the movie.
So much so that 2023’s Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse isn’t just one sequel – it’s two, a double-whammy of multiverse-hopping madness, set to conclude in 2024’s Beyond The Spider-Verse (previously Across The Spider-Verse – Part 2). That wild ambition means the eye-popping visuals are about to get even more dazzling too.“The first film had one animation style that dominates the movie.
- 11/22/2022
- by Ben Travis
- Empire - Movies
Titan Comics "Blade Runner 2039" #3, available February 2023, is written by Mike Johnson and illustrated by Andres Guinaldo, with covers by Jesus Hervas, Veronica Fish and Syd Mead:
"...'Luv', the first 'Replicant Blade Runner', continues her quest to do the bidding of 'Niander Wallace'...
"...but doesn’t know she’s being tailed by 'Ash', the most experienced and dangerous Blade Runner of them all..."
"In 'Blade Runner 2039' #1, it is dateline: Los Angeles 2039 and three years since 'Niander Wallace' introduced his brand of 'Replicants'...
"...with the ban on synthetic humans lifted, while older 'Tyrell Corp Nexus 8' units are still hunted down and destroyed by 'Blade Runners'.
"'Cleo Selwyn', has returned to L.A. some twenty years later, searching for 'Isobel', a Replicant copy of her real mother who died when she was three. Cleo believes that Niander Wallace is holding Isobel captive, and the only person she can...
"...'Luv', the first 'Replicant Blade Runner', continues her quest to do the bidding of 'Niander Wallace'...
"...but doesn’t know she’s being tailed by 'Ash', the most experienced and dangerous Blade Runner of them all..."
"In 'Blade Runner 2039' #1, it is dateline: Los Angeles 2039 and three years since 'Niander Wallace' introduced his brand of 'Replicants'...
"...with the ban on synthetic humans lifted, while older 'Tyrell Corp Nexus 8' units are still hunted down and destroyed by 'Blade Runners'.
"'Cleo Selwyn', has returned to L.A. some twenty years later, searching for 'Isobel', a Replicant copy of her real mother who died when she was three. Cleo believes that Niander Wallace is holding Isobel captive, and the only person she can...
- 11/20/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
The newest season of the "Gundam" franchise, titled "The Witch From Mercury," has been an odd one. Rather than a tale of interstellar conflict, it's a high school story about teenagers who fight each other in school-sanctioned robot duels. It's the first "Gundam" series to star a female protagonist, and it borrows heavily from the surreal anime classic "Revolutionary Girl Utena." As always, there are fans out there who do not take kindly to that kind of thing — fans who believe that "Witch From Mercury" is a "Gundam" series in name only, made to appeal to casual viewers rather than the serious nerds who make up the franchise's real audience.
These embittered "Gundam" fans are wrong. "Witch From Mercury" is hardly the first weird "Gundam." In fact, "Gundam" has always been weird. This is a series whose characters have names like "Full Frontal" and "Biscuit Griffon." It is a series...
These embittered "Gundam" fans are wrong. "Witch From Mercury" is hardly the first weird "Gundam." In fact, "Gundam" has always been weird. This is a series whose characters have names like "Full Frontal" and "Biscuit Griffon." It is a series...
- 11/9/2022
- by Adam Wescott
- Slash Film
Blade Runner 2049, the Blade Runner sequel that fans waited thirty-five years to see, was not a box office success when it was released back in 2017. But that hasn’t stopped the franchise from continuing to grow. We have an Amazon limited series called Blade Runner 2099 to look forward to, there’s an anime series called Blade Runner: Black Lotus, there was a graphic novel called Blade Runner 2019: Off World (pick up a copy Here), a Blade Runner: Origins comic, and Titan Comics and Alcon Publishing are bringing us a trilogy comic book series that started with Blade Runner 2019 and continued with Blade Runner 2029. The Titan / Alcon trilogy is now set to come to an end with Blade Runner 2039, the first issue of which will be reaching store shelves in December.
Picking up where Blade Runner 2019 and Blade Runner 2029 left off, the twelve...
Picking up where Blade Runner 2019 and Blade Runner 2029 left off, the twelve...
- 9/21/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Visionary visual effects pioneer Douglas Trumbull, who died Monday, contributed his groundbreaking inventions and techniques to classics including “2001: A Space Odyssey,” “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” “Star Trek: The Motion Picture” and “Blade Runner.”
Among his many honors were three visual effects Oscar nominations; the Academy’s Scientific and Engineering Award for creating the Showscan Camera System; and the Visual Effects Society’s Georges Méliès Award, honoring those who have made significant, pioneering contributions to the effects business, in 2012.
A generation of visual effects artists and filmmakers were influenced by his work, including Weta FX senior VFX supervisor Joe Letteri, who said, “Doug stands out as an iconic figure in visual effects, one of the early pioneers who blended a deep knowledge of cinematography and mechanics to develop techniques that we still use today. An early evangelist of high frame rate processes, Doug’s vision for where we...
Among his many honors were three visual effects Oscar nominations; the Academy’s Scientific and Engineering Award for creating the Showscan Camera System; and the Visual Effects Society’s Georges Méliès Award, honoring those who have made significant, pioneering contributions to the effects business, in 2012.
A generation of visual effects artists and filmmakers were influenced by his work, including Weta FX senior VFX supervisor Joe Letteri, who said, “Doug stands out as an iconic figure in visual effects, one of the early pioneers who blended a deep knowledge of cinematography and mechanics to develop techniques that we still use today. An early evangelist of high frame rate processes, Doug’s vision for where we...
- 2/9/2022
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Unbeknownst to some viewers, "Star Wars: Visions," the new anime anthology streaming on Disney+, shares its title with both a museum exhibition, which toured Japan from 2015 to 2017, and a coffee table book, published back in 2010. The book is out of print now but you can still find copies from Amazon sellers. It featured illustrations by over a hundred artists, including legendary cartoonists, painters, designers, concept artists, and comic book artists like Moebius, Boris Vallejo, H.R. Giger, Syd Mead, and Alex Ross.
Creator George Lucas, in his own words, asked these artists "for pieces that were inspired by 'Star Wars'...
The post How Star Wars: Visions Fulfills the Promise of a Decade-Old Art Project Curated by George Lucas Himself appeared first on /Film.
Creator George Lucas, in his own words, asked these artists "for pieces that were inspired by 'Star Wars'...
The post How Star Wars: Visions Fulfills the Promise of a Decade-Old Art Project Curated by George Lucas Himself appeared first on /Film.
- 9/27/2021
- by Joshua Meyer
- Slash Film
As a young boy, Dan Lanigan collected “Star Wars” action figures and was interested in how movies were made; now he gets really excited about discovering film artifacts like Mary Poppins’ carpet bag or the prototype Jack Skellington doll.
That’s what makes him the perfect host for Disney Plus’ newest series “Prop Culture,” which takes a look at the stories behind the memorable objects featured in Disney’s most iconic projects. Each 30-minute episode focuses on a single film from the studio’s catalog, including “Tron,” “Mary Poppins,” “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?” and “Pirates of the Caribbean.”
But Lanigan, an executive producer of 2017’s “Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Return,” isn’t just concerned with examining the hardware; he aims to spend time with those involved in the process of creating it. “I wanted to do as much as I could to help celebrate these people,” he says. “It...
That’s what makes him the perfect host for Disney Plus’ newest series “Prop Culture,” which takes a look at the stories behind the memorable objects featured in Disney’s most iconic projects. Each 30-minute episode focuses on a single film from the studio’s catalog, including “Tron,” “Mary Poppins,” “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?” and “Pirates of the Caribbean.”
But Lanigan, an executive producer of 2017’s “Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Return,” isn’t just concerned with examining the hardware; he aims to spend time with those involved in the process of creating it. “I wanted to do as much as I could to help celebrate these people,” he says. “It...
- 5/6/2020
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Phillip Boutte Jr., assistant costume designer for Mattel and Netflix’s upcoming “Masters of the Universe,” has worked tirelessly for well over a decade to establish himself as a concept artist whom costume designers and studios are eager to work with.
With credits such as “Black Panther,” “Bohemian Rhapsody” and “Captain Marvel,” to name just three, Boutte has become one of the few people of color in a field in which directors and star talent can step in and make a difference by championing inclusion.
Director-producer Ava DuVernay routinely strives to make sure her projects feature diversity both in front of and behind the camera. One example: “A Wrinkle in Time,” for which Boutte was the costume concept artist. “She said, ‘There are people out there who can do this job. You may not know them, they may not be the usual people you hire, but they are there and...
With credits such as “Black Panther,” “Bohemian Rhapsody” and “Captain Marvel,” to name just three, Boutte has become one of the few people of color in a field in which directors and star talent can step in and make a difference by championing inclusion.
Director-producer Ava DuVernay routinely strives to make sure her projects feature diversity both in front of and behind the camera. One example: “A Wrinkle in Time,” for which Boutte was the costume concept artist. “She said, ‘There are people out there who can do this job. You may not know them, they may not be the usual people you hire, but they are there and...
- 3/6/2020
- by Carla Renata
- Variety Film + TV
Oscar nominees “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” and “Parasite” were the big winners Saturday night at the 24th annual Art Directors Guild Awards (held at The InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown). Barbara Ling’s elegiac recreation of 1969 Hollywood beat Dennis Gassner’s innovative period work on Sam Mendes’ one-shot, World War I extravaganza “1917” for the period prize, while Lee Ha Jun’s extraordinary production design on Bong Joon Ho’s “Parasite” took contemporary honors. The wins for “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” and “Parasite” suggest they are not out of the running for the Production Design Oscar.
Oscar ballots are in voters hands, due Tuesday, February 4.
Meanwhile, “Avengers: Endgame” and “Toy Story 4 ” earned Adg awards for fantasy and animation.
Ling performed a 50-year facelift on Hollywood Blvd. and Westwood Village. The restoration included such bygone cultural fixtures as the Pussycat Theater, the psychedelic Aquarius Theatre (which opened “Hair” in 1968), and Peaches Records & Tapes.
Oscar ballots are in voters hands, due Tuesday, February 4.
Meanwhile, “Avengers: Endgame” and “Toy Story 4 ” earned Adg awards for fantasy and animation.
Ling performed a 50-year facelift on Hollywood Blvd. and Westwood Village. The restoration included such bygone cultural fixtures as the Pussycat Theater, the psychedelic Aquarius Theatre (which opened “Hair” in 1968), and Peaches Records & Tapes.
- 2/2/2020
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
“Parasite,” “Avengers: Endgame” and “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” have won the top feature-film awards at the 24th annual Excellence in Production Design Awards, which were handed out on Saturday night by the Art Directors Guild.
“Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” won in the period film category, “Avengers: Endgame” in the fantasy film category and “Parasite” in the contemporary film category. The award for production design on an animated film went to “Toy Story 4.”
In the 23 years that the Art Directors Guild has been handing out awards, one of its winners has gone on to win the Oscar for Best Production Design 16 times, including the last six years in a row.
Also Read: Directors Guild Awards 2020: Sam Mendes Wins Top Prize for '1917'
This year’s Oscar nominees for production design include two of the Adg winners, “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” and “Parasite,...
“Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” won in the period film category, “Avengers: Endgame” in the fantasy film category and “Parasite” in the contemporary film category. The award for production design on an animated film went to “Toy Story 4.”
In the 23 years that the Art Directors Guild has been handing out awards, one of its winners has gone on to win the Oscar for Best Production Design 16 times, including the last six years in a row.
Also Read: Directors Guild Awards 2020: Sam Mendes Wins Top Prize for '1917'
This year’s Oscar nominees for production design include two of the Adg winners, “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” and “Parasite,...
- 2/2/2020
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Avengers: Endgame and Parasite were the big film winners at the Art Directors Guild’s 24th annual Adg Awards tonight, taking the Period, Fantasy and Contemporary trophies, respectively,
Toy Story 4 picked up the Animated Film prize during the ceremony at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown that honored excellence in production design across 11 categories in film and television., Check out the full list of winners below.
Trophy-takers on the TV side included The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Cherrnobyl, The Big Bang Theory, Russian Doll, The Umbrella Acedemy and Drunk History.
Since the Adg Awards launched in 1996, one of its top prize winners has gone on to win the Art Direction Oscar 15 of 23 years. The ADGs awarded a Feature Film prize for its first four years, then split its top categories into Period/Fantasy Film and Contemporary. Since 2006, it has handed out separate trophies for Period,...
Toy Story 4 picked up the Animated Film prize during the ceremony at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown that honored excellence in production design across 11 categories in film and television., Check out the full list of winners below.
Trophy-takers on the TV side included The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Cherrnobyl, The Big Bang Theory, Russian Doll, The Umbrella Acedemy and Drunk History.
Since the Adg Awards launched in 1996, one of its top prize winners has gone on to win the Art Direction Oscar 15 of 23 years. The ADGs awarded a Feature Film prize for its first four years, then split its top categories into Period/Fantasy Film and Contemporary. Since 2006, it has handed out separate trophies for Period,...
- 2/2/2020
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
The spinner police car in 1982’s “Blade Runner,” the light cycles of “Tron,” “futuristic Las Vegas” in “Blade Runner 2049” and the “USS Sulaco” in “Aliens” are indelible images of cinema, all from the imagination of the late Syd Mead, who died last month at the age of 86. You might not be aware of his name, but you’ve seen his work.
Mead was the mastermind concept artist and illustrator who played a pivotal role in designing the futuristic world of films and transportation in many blockbusters.
He graduated from the Art Center School of Los Angeles (now the Art Center College of Design), and began his career creating concept cars for Ford in its advanced styling center.
Not long after that, Mead would soon move into the world of film, where he could fully realize his futuristic vision.
Mead made his film debut in 1978 on “Star Trek: The Motion Picture...
Mead was the mastermind concept artist and illustrator who played a pivotal role in designing the futuristic world of films and transportation in many blockbusters.
He graduated from the Art Center School of Los Angeles (now the Art Center College of Design), and began his career creating concept cars for Ford in its advanced styling center.
Not long after that, Mead would soon move into the world of film, where he could fully realize his futuristic vision.
Mead made his film debut in 1978 on “Star Trek: The Motion Picture...
- 1/23/2020
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Syd Mead — the artist and designer who helped build the worlds of films like Blade Runner, Alien, and Star Trek: The Motion Picture — died Monday, Variety reports. He was 86.
Mead reportedly died from complications from lymphoma in Pasadena, California. A post on Mead’s Facebook page confirmed the death, although no further details were given.
Mead was already a very successful product designer when he began working in Hollywood in the late Seventies. On 1982’s Blade Runner, his second film, he was credited as a “visual futurist,” an apt title...
Mead reportedly died from complications from lymphoma in Pasadena, California. A post on Mead’s Facebook page confirmed the death, although no further details were given.
Mead was already a very successful product designer when he began working in Hollywood in the late Seventies. On 1982’s Blade Runner, his second film, he was credited as a “visual futurist,” an apt title...
- 12/31/2019
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Syd Mead, the visual futurist and artist who helped influence the look of films like Blade Runner, Tron, and Star Trek: The Motion Picture, has died. He passed away in Pasadena, California on Monday due to complications from lymphoma. Read on for an appreciation of Mead’s incredible career. Variety brings the sad news that Mead […]
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- 12/31/2019
- by Ben Pearson
- Slash Film
Syd Mead, the visionary futurist who worked on such classic fantasy/sci-fi films as Tron, Blade Runner and Blade Runner 2049, died today in Pasadena. He was 86.
Roger Servick, his spouse and business partner of 40 years, told Deadline that Mead had been in failing health due to lymphoma cancer and he was undergoing treatment at City of Hope in Duarte, CA.
Servick, who was by Mead’s side when he died, said his last words were: “I’m done here. They’re coming to take me back.”
Mead’s art department credits include Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Aliens, Timecop, Mission: Impossible III, Elysium and Tomorrowland. He also appeared in numerous documentaries over the years.
Last month he was named the recipient of the William Cameron Menzies Award from the Art Directors Guild, for his innovative neo-futuristic concept artwork on numerous legendary movies. The Adg had planned...
Roger Servick, his spouse and business partner of 40 years, told Deadline that Mead had been in failing health due to lymphoma cancer and he was undergoing treatment at City of Hope in Duarte, CA.
Servick, who was by Mead’s side when he died, said his last words were: “I’m done here. They’re coming to take me back.”
Mead’s art department credits include Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Aliens, Timecop, Mission: Impossible III, Elysium and Tomorrowland. He also appeared in numerous documentaries over the years.
Last month he was named the recipient of the William Cameron Menzies Award from the Art Directors Guild, for his innovative neo-futuristic concept artwork on numerous legendary movies. The Adg had planned...
- 12/30/2019
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Visual artist and futurist Syd Mead, who helped shape the look of influential sci-fi films including “Blade Runner,” “Tron,” “Aliens” and “Star Trek: The Motion Picture,” died Monday of complications from lymphoma in Pasadena, Calif. He was 86.
Autoline journalist John McElroy first reported the news, which was confirmed by his spouse Roger Servick to several media outlets.
Mead was set to receive the Art Directors Guild’s William Cameron Menzies Award during the Guild’s 24th Annual awards in February for his contributions on “Aliens,” “Blade Runner” and “Star Trek: The Motion Picture.”
Adg president Nelson Coates said, “I am so saddened to hear of the passing of visionary illustrator and concept artist Syd Mead. His pivotal role in shaping cinema was unique, with a singular ability to visualize the future. As one of the most influential conceptual artists of our time, his visions and illustrations of future technological worlds...
Autoline journalist John McElroy first reported the news, which was confirmed by his spouse Roger Servick to several media outlets.
Mead was set to receive the Art Directors Guild’s William Cameron Menzies Award during the Guild’s 24th Annual awards in February for his contributions on “Aliens,” “Blade Runner” and “Star Trek: The Motion Picture.”
Adg president Nelson Coates said, “I am so saddened to hear of the passing of visionary illustrator and concept artist Syd Mead. His pivotal role in shaping cinema was unique, with a singular ability to visualize the future. As one of the most influential conceptual artists of our time, his visions and illustrations of future technological worlds...
- 12/30/2019
- by Lorraine Wheat
- Variety Film + TV
Syd Mead, a visual effects artist and American industrial designer who helped imagine the futuristic look of science fiction classics like “Blade Runner” and “Aliens,” has died. He was 86.
A representative with the Art Directors Guild, which was meant to honor Mead in February with the William Cameron Menzies Award, told TheWrap that Mead died on Monday in Pasadena, California due to complications from lymphoma cancer, for which he had been undergoing treatment for the past year.
Mead was known as a “visual futurist” whose concept art and architectural background served as the basis for Ridley Scott’s classic sci-fi, as well as other films such as “2010,” “Tron” and “Star Trek: The Motion Picture.” More recently, Mead served as a consultant on the films “Tomorrowland,” “Elysium” and “Blade Runner 2049.”
He specifically worked...
A representative with the Art Directors Guild, which was meant to honor Mead in February with the William Cameron Menzies Award, told TheWrap that Mead died on Monday in Pasadena, California due to complications from lymphoma cancer, for which he had been undergoing treatment for the past year.
Mead was known as a “visual futurist” whose concept art and architectural background served as the basis for Ridley Scott’s classic sci-fi, as well as other films such as “2010,” “Tron” and “Star Trek: The Motion Picture.” More recently, Mead served as a consultant on the films “Tomorrowland,” “Elysium” and “Blade Runner 2049.”
He specifically worked...
- 12/30/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Syd Mead, the self-proclaimed "visual futurist" and conceptual artist who shaped the look of Blade Runner, Aliens and Tron, among other projects, has died. He was 86.
Mead died Monday morning at his home in Pasadena after a three-year battle with lymphoma, his spouse and business partner, Roger Servick, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Born in 1933 in St. Paul, Minn., Mead grew up in multiple locations in the American West before graduating from high school in 1951 in Colorado Springs, Colo. Following a three-year period of service in the U.S. Army, Mead attended the Art Center School in Los ...
Mead died Monday morning at his home in Pasadena after a three-year battle with lymphoma, his spouse and business partner, Roger Servick, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Born in 1933 in St. Paul, Minn., Mead grew up in multiple locations in the American West before graduating from high school in 1951 in Colorado Springs, Colo. Following a three-year period of service in the U.S. Army, Mead attended the Art Center School in Los ...
- 12/30/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Syd Mead, the self-proclaimed "visual futurist" and conceptual artist who shaped the look of Blade Runner, Aliens and Tron, among other projects, has died. He was 86.
Mead died Monday morning at his home in Pasadena after a three-year battle with lymphoma, his spouse and business partner, Roger Servick, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Born in 1933 in St. Paul, Minn., Mead grew up in multiple locations in the American West before graduating from high school in 1951 in Colorado Springs, Colo. Following a three-year period of service in the U.S. Army, Mead attended the Art Center School in Los ...
Mead died Monday morning at his home in Pasadena after a three-year battle with lymphoma, his spouse and business partner, Roger Servick, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Born in 1933 in St. Paul, Minn., Mead grew up in multiple locations in the American West before graduating from high school in 1951 in Colorado Springs, Colo. Following a three-year period of service in the U.S. Army, Mead attended the Art Center School in Los ...
- 12/30/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In today’s TV news roundup, Hulu announces a premiere date for “Little Fires Everywhere” and Variety exclusively obtains a first look at this year’s Christmas episode of “The Simpsons.”
Dates
“Little Fires Everywhere” will debut March 18, Hulu announced. Produced by Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine, Kerry Washington’s Simpson Street, and ABC Signature Studios, the show is based on Celeste Ng’s 2017 bestselle of the same name, and follows the intertwined fates of the picture-perfect Richardson family and an enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives. The story explores the weight of secrets, the nature of art and identity, the ferocious pull of motherhood — and the danger in believing that following the rules can avert disaster. Witherspoon and Washington also star in the new series as Elena Richardson and Mia Warren, respectively, alongside Joshua Jackson, Rosemarie DeWitt, Jade Pettyjohn, Jordan Elsass, Gavin Lewis, Megan Stott, Lexi Underwood and Huang Lu.
Dates
“Little Fires Everywhere” will debut March 18, Hulu announced. Produced by Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine, Kerry Washington’s Simpson Street, and ABC Signature Studios, the show is based on Celeste Ng’s 2017 bestselle of the same name, and follows the intertwined fates of the picture-perfect Richardson family and an enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives. The story explores the weight of secrets, the nature of art and identity, the ferocious pull of motherhood — and the danger in believing that following the rules can avert disaster. Witherspoon and Washington also star in the new series as Elena Richardson and Mia Warren, respectively, alongside Joshua Jackson, Rosemarie DeWitt, Jade Pettyjohn, Jordan Elsass, Gavin Lewis, Megan Stott, Lexi Underwood and Huang Lu.
- 12/14/2019
- by BreAnna Bell
- Variety Film + TV
The Art Directors Guild has announced nominations for the 24th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards in theatrical motion pictures, television, commercials, music videos and animation features. The nominees include features The Irishman, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and Ford v Ferrari, and Game of Thrones, The Mandalorian, The Crown and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel on the TV side.
Winners will be honored at the 2020 Awards at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown on Saturday, February 1, 2020. The nominees were announced today by Art Directors Guild President Nelson Coates, Adg, and Awards Producer Scott Moses, Adg. Additional honorees for Cinematic Imagery will be announced at a later date.
As previously announced, Syd Mead will receive the William Cameron Menzies Award. The Adg Lifetime Achievement Awards be presented to Joe Alves, Denis Olsen, Stephen Myles Berger and Jack Johnson. Additional honorees...
Winners will be honored at the 2020 Awards at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown on Saturday, February 1, 2020. The nominees were announced today by Art Directors Guild President Nelson Coates, Adg, and Awards Producer Scott Moses, Adg. Additional honorees for Cinematic Imagery will be announced at a later date.
As previously announced, Syd Mead will receive the William Cameron Menzies Award. The Adg Lifetime Achievement Awards be presented to Joe Alves, Denis Olsen, Stephen Myles Berger and Jack Johnson. Additional honorees...
- 12/9/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
The Art Directors Guild has announced its nominations for the 24th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards in theatrical motion pictures, television, commercials, music videos and animation features.
Among the films recognized for outstanding production design are James Mangold’s “Ford V Ferrari,” Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman,” and Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.”
“Aladdin,” “Avengers: Endgame,” “Dumbo” and “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil” all scored nods in the fantasy film category.
In television, streaming newcomer Disney Plus scored a production design nomination for its freshman season of “The Mandalorian.” HBO’s “Big Little Lies,” “Game of Thrones” and “Veep” also earned nominations in their respective categories.
Syd Mead, the “visual futurist” and concept artist known for his design contributions to science-fiction films such as “Star-Trek: The Motion Picture,” “Aliens,” and “Blade Runner,” has been named the recipient of the William Cameron Menzies Award. The Adg Lifetime...
Among the films recognized for outstanding production design are James Mangold’s “Ford V Ferrari,” Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman,” and Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.”
“Aladdin,” “Avengers: Endgame,” “Dumbo” and “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil” all scored nods in the fantasy film category.
In television, streaming newcomer Disney Plus scored a production design nomination for its freshman season of “The Mandalorian.” HBO’s “Big Little Lies,” “Game of Thrones” and “Veep” also earned nominations in their respective categories.
Syd Mead, the “visual futurist” and concept artist known for his design contributions to science-fiction films such as “Star-Trek: The Motion Picture,” “Aliens,” and “Blade Runner,” has been named the recipient of the William Cameron Menzies Award. The Adg Lifetime...
- 12/9/2019
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
“The Irishman,” “Ford v Ferrari,” “Jojo Rabbit,” “Joker,” “1917” and “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” on Monday all nabbed nominations for the Art Directors Guild Awards’ period-film category, the Adg category that most closely corresponds to the Academy Award for Best Production Design.
In the Adg fantasy-film category, which typically supplies one or two Oscar nominees, the guild singled out “Ad Astra,” “Aladdin,” “Avengers: Endgame,” “Dumbo,” “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil” and “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.”
Both of those categories were expanded from five to six nominees because of ties.
Also Read: How 'Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood' Turned Back the Clock on L.A.'s Streets
Nominees in the contemporary-film category are “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,” “John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum,” “Knives Out,” “Parasite” and “Us.”
Animated-film nominees are “Abominable,” “Frozen II,” “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World,” “The Lion King” and “Toy Story 4.
In the Adg fantasy-film category, which typically supplies one or two Oscar nominees, the guild singled out “Ad Astra,” “Aladdin,” “Avengers: Endgame,” “Dumbo,” “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil” and “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.”
Both of those categories were expanded from five to six nominees because of ties.
Also Read: How 'Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood' Turned Back the Clock on L.A.'s Streets
Nominees in the contemporary-film category are “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,” “John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum,” “Knives Out,” “Parasite” and “Us.”
Animated-film nominees are “Abominable,” “Frozen II,” “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World,” “The Lion King” and “Toy Story 4.
- 12/9/2019
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
In today’s film news roundup, Lionsgate re-teams with Roland Emmerich for “Moonfall,” Kimberly Scott is cast opposite Jennifer Hudson, Syd Mead receives an honor and sci-fier “Alternate” gets a green light.
Rights Deal
Lionsgate has bought North American rights to Roland Emmerich’s science-fiction project “Moonfall.”
The deal, announced Tuesday, re-teams Lionsgate with Emmerich after they previously collaborated on the World War II epic “Midway.” The movie’s North American box office take has topped $43 million in less than three weeks.
“Moonfall” centers on a mysterious force knocking the moon from its orbit around Earth, which sends it hurtling on a collision course with life as we know it. In response, a ragtag team launches an impossible last-ditch mission into space to land on the lunar surface and save Earth from annihilation. The cast is not yet set.
“Roland Emmerich is the undisputed master of spectacular high-concept epics, and...
Rights Deal
Lionsgate has bought North American rights to Roland Emmerich’s science-fiction project “Moonfall.”
The deal, announced Tuesday, re-teams Lionsgate with Emmerich after they previously collaborated on the World War II epic “Midway.” The movie’s North American box office take has topped $43 million in less than three weeks.
“Moonfall” centers on a mysterious force knocking the moon from its orbit around Earth, which sends it hurtling on a collision course with life as we know it. In response, a ragtag team launches an impossible last-ditch mission into space to land on the lunar surface and save Earth from annihilation. The cast is not yet set.
“Roland Emmerich is the undisputed master of spectacular high-concept epics, and...
- 11/26/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Lawrence G. Paull, a production designer and art director whose work on the science fiction classic Blade Runner earned him an Oscar nomination and won a BAFTA Award, died Sunday in La Jolla, Calif. He was 81. No cause of death was given.
Paull had a long history in Hollywood, designing for such films as Robert Zemeckis’ Back to the Future (1985) and Romancing the Stone (1984) and Ron Underwood’s City Slickers (1991).
Blade Runner was a groundbreaking visual effort, winning Paull an Academy Award nomination for production design in 1982. The Oscar went to the creators of Gandhi, but Paull later won a BAFTA together with futurist Syd Mead and VFX inventor Douglas Trumbull. Three years later, Paull again was nominated for a BAFTA for his work on Back to the Future.
Born in Chicago in 1938, Paull graduated from the University of Arizona. He soon discovered that architecture was too conservative for him,...
Paull had a long history in Hollywood, designing for such films as Robert Zemeckis’ Back to the Future (1985) and Romancing the Stone (1984) and Ron Underwood’s City Slickers (1991).
Blade Runner was a groundbreaking visual effort, winning Paull an Academy Award nomination for production design in 1982. The Oscar went to the creators of Gandhi, but Paull later won a BAFTA together with futurist Syd Mead and VFX inventor Douglas Trumbull. Three years later, Paull again was nominated for a BAFTA for his work on Back to the Future.
Born in Chicago in 1938, Paull graduated from the University of Arizona. He soon discovered that architecture was too conservative for him,...
- 11/15/2019
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Lawrence G. Paull, the Oscar-nominated production designer who helped create the distinctive looks of 1980s films including the visually groundbreaking 1982 “Blade Runner.” died on Nov. 10 of heart disease in La Jolla, Calif. He was 81.
Paull received an Academy Award nomination for art direction with David L. Snyder for Ridley Scott’s prescient film based on the Philip K. Dick novel “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” He won the BAFTA award for production design for the influential sci-fi film, which depicted a Los Angeles in 2019 with 105 million residents and incessant rain. Together with Scott, Snyder and visual futurist Syd Mead, they conceived a dystopian world of familiar detective film tropes interwoven with a decaying vision of the near future.
Scott said in a statement, “I was always struck by his staunch and faithful support of the strange plan for the unique world of ‘Blade Runner.'”
He helped create the...
Paull received an Academy Award nomination for art direction with David L. Snyder for Ridley Scott’s prescient film based on the Philip K. Dick novel “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” He won the BAFTA award for production design for the influential sci-fi film, which depicted a Los Angeles in 2019 with 105 million residents and incessant rain. Together with Scott, Snyder and visual futurist Syd Mead, they conceived a dystopian world of familiar detective film tropes interwoven with a decaying vision of the near future.
Scott said in a statement, “I was always struck by his staunch and faithful support of the strange plan for the unique world of ‘Blade Runner.'”
He helped create the...
- 11/14/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Titan Comics "Blade Runner 2019" #2, now available, is based on the "Blade Runner" features, written by Michael Green ("Blade Runner 2049") with Mike Johnson and illustrated by Andres Guinaldo, with covers by Christian Ward, Syd Mead, Andrea Guinaldo and Artgerm:
"...'Blade Runners' are bounty hunters tasked with systematically hunting down and 'retiring' android 'replicants'. As a tool for identifying replicants, Blade Runners have a mental test consisting of a series of emotion-evoking questions to help distinguish a replicant from a human.
"Now veteran 'Blade Runner Ash' hunts down the kidnapped child of a billionaire, kidnapped by a rogue group of 'replicants'..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Blade Runner"...
"Blade Runner 2019" Comic Books...
"...'Blade Runners' are bounty hunters tasked with systematically hunting down and 'retiring' android 'replicants'. As a tool for identifying replicants, Blade Runners have a mental test consisting of a series of emotion-evoking questions to help distinguish a replicant from a human.
"Now veteran 'Blade Runner Ash' hunts down the kidnapped child of a billionaire, kidnapped by a rogue group of 'replicants'..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Blade Runner"...
"Blade Runner 2019" Comic Books...
- 8/16/2019
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
There’s another Blade Runner story coming in the form of a comic book. It’s called Blade Runner 2019 and it comes from Titan Comics. We may never get another movie, but it’s cool to know that more stories will be told in the universe through different mediums.
The comic was written by Blade Runner 2049 screenwriter Michael Green and long-term collaborator Mike Johnson. The comic will run for 12 issues and the story will follow a veteran Blade Runner named Ash, “as she takes on a new case: the search for the missing family of a billionaire with connections to the Tyrells, whose disappearance may be connected to rogue Replicants.”
Art for the comic will be done by Andres Guinaldo, with covers for the first issue coming from Guinaldo, John Royle, Syd Mead and Artgerm.
Thanks to THR, you can watch a trailer for the comic below and the...
The comic was written by Blade Runner 2049 screenwriter Michael Green and long-term collaborator Mike Johnson. The comic will run for 12 issues and the story will follow a veteran Blade Runner named Ash, “as she takes on a new case: the search for the missing family of a billionaire with connections to the Tyrells, whose disappearance may be connected to rogue Replicants.”
Art for the comic will be done by Andres Guinaldo, with covers for the first issue coming from Guinaldo, John Royle, Syd Mead and Artgerm.
Thanks to THR, you can watch a trailer for the comic below and the...
- 6/22/2019
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Titan Comics 12-issue "Blade Runner 2019" #2, based on themes explored in the "Blade Runner" movies, is written by "Blade Runner 2049" screenwriter Michael Green, with Mike Johnson and illustrated by Andres Guinaldo, with covers by Christian Ward, Syd Mead, Andrea Guinaldo and Artgerm, available August 7, 2019:
"...'Blade Runners' are bounty hunters tasked with systematically hunting down and 'retiring' android 'replicants'. As a tool for identifying replicants, Blade Runners have a mental test consisting of a series of emotion-evoking questions to help distinguish a replicant from a human.
"Now veteran 'Blade Runner Ash' hunts down the kidnapped child of a billionaire, kidnapped by a rogue group of 'replicants'..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Blade Runner"...
"Blade Runner 2019" Comic Books...
"...'Blade Runners' are bounty hunters tasked with systematically hunting down and 'retiring' android 'replicants'. As a tool for identifying replicants, Blade Runners have a mental test consisting of a series of emotion-evoking questions to help distinguish a replicant from a human.
"Now veteran 'Blade Runner Ash' hunts down the kidnapped child of a billionaire, kidnapped by a rogue group of 'replicants'..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Blade Runner"...
"Blade Runner 2019" Comic Books...
- 6/5/2019
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
In today’s film news roundup, Reese Witherspoon is collaborating with MGM, Jonathan Nolan gets an honor for visual effects, canine comedy “Patrick” finds a home and Forrest Films launches as a distributor.
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Reese Witherspoon is teaming with MGM to produce a movie version of Gail Honeyman’s bestselling novel “Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine.”
Witherspoon and Lauren Levy Neustadter will produce for their Hello Sunshine production company, which picked up the rights last year. The book is the winner of the 2018 Costa Debut Novel Award and is told from the point of the protagonist, a socially awkward 29-year-old in Glasgow, Scotland, with suppressed memories of a brutal childhood. The adaptation is being written by Liz Hannah, who wrote Steven Spielberg’s “The Post.”
“Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine” is a potential star vehicle for Witherspoon but no deal has been signed and no director is attached. Witherspoon...
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Reese Witherspoon is teaming with MGM to produce a movie version of Gail Honeyman’s bestselling novel “Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine.”
Witherspoon and Lauren Levy Neustadter will produce for their Hello Sunshine production company, which picked up the rights last year. The book is the winner of the 2018 Costa Debut Novel Award and is told from the point of the protagonist, a socially awkward 29-year-old in Glasgow, Scotland, with suppressed memories of a brutal childhood. The adaptation is being written by Liz Hannah, who wrote Steven Spielberg’s “The Post.”
“Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine” is a potential star vehicle for Witherspoon but no deal has been signed and no director is attached. Witherspoon...
- 12/20/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
The Visual Effects Society has selected writer-producer-director and Westworld co-creator Jonathan Nolan with its Ves Visionary Award, to be bestowed at the 17th annual Ves Awards on February 5 at the Beverly Hilton.
Nolan joins his brother and oft-collaborator Christopher Nolan, who was honored with the same award in 211. The Nolans teamed on 2000’s Memento, 2006’s The Prestige, two Dark Knight films and 2014’s Interstellar.
The Ves Visionary Award recognizes “an individual who has uniquely and consistently employed the art and science of visual effects to foster imagination and ignite future discoveries by way of artistry, invention and groundbreaking work,” according to the group. Victoria Alonso, Syd Mead, J.J. Abrams, Alfonso Cuarón and Ang Lee are also previous recipients.
“Jonathan Nolan has been at the forefront in utilizing visual effects to tell remarkable, highly nuanced stories that change the way we think about what is possible to achieve,” said Mike Chambers,...
Nolan joins his brother and oft-collaborator Christopher Nolan, who was honored with the same award in 211. The Nolans teamed on 2000’s Memento, 2006’s The Prestige, two Dark Knight films and 2014’s Interstellar.
The Ves Visionary Award recognizes “an individual who has uniquely and consistently employed the art and science of visual effects to foster imagination and ignite future discoveries by way of artistry, invention and groundbreaking work,” according to the group. Victoria Alonso, Syd Mead, J.J. Abrams, Alfonso Cuarón and Ang Lee are also previous recipients.
“Jonathan Nolan has been at the forefront in utilizing visual effects to tell remarkable, highly nuanced stories that change the way we think about what is possible to achieve,” said Mike Chambers,...
- 12/19/2018
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
While its focus is firmly forward thinking, Siggraph 2018, the computer graphics, animation, virtual reality, games, digital art, mixed reality, and emerging technologies conference, is also tipping its hat to the past thanks to its theme this year: Generations. The conference runs Aug. 12-16 in Vancouver, B.C.
“In the literal people sense, pioneers in the computer graphics industry are standing shoulder to shoulder with researchers, practitioners and the future of the industry — young people — mentoring them, dabbling across multiple disciplines to innovate, relate, and grow,” says Siggraph 2018 conference chair Roy C. Anthony, VP of creative development and operations at software and technology firm Ventuz. “This is really what Siggraph has always been about. Generations really seemed like a very appropriate way of looking back and remembering where we all came from and how far we’ve come.”
One of the first Siggraph memories for both Anthony and this year’s keynote speaker,...
“In the literal people sense, pioneers in the computer graphics industry are standing shoulder to shoulder with researchers, practitioners and the future of the industry — young people — mentoring them, dabbling across multiple disciplines to innovate, relate, and grow,” says Siggraph 2018 conference chair Roy C. Anthony, VP of creative development and operations at software and technology firm Ventuz. “This is really what Siggraph has always been about. Generations really seemed like a very appropriate way of looking back and remembering where we all came from and how far we’ve come.”
One of the first Siggraph memories for both Anthony and this year’s keynote speaker,...
- 8/3/2018
- by Terry Flores
- Variety Film + TV
Sequels are always an iffy proposition. There was a time that a hot film spawned an almost mirror-image sequel as a fast cash grab. After it was clear that was not what audiences wanted, sequels grew smarter and more sophisticated. In many cases, though, the first question asked is, “Does this really merit a sequel?” Sometimes, the creators have more they want to say or, after time has passed, feel there is something new to explore.
Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner took Philip K. Dick’s prose work and envisioned a near future that was a darker reflection of 1982. We had gobs of atmosphere, some very restrained and impactful performances, and were left to wonder. While talk of a sequel has bopped up every few years, everyone held out until now. Director Denis Villeneuve’s sequel, Blade Runner 2049, recruited many of the original cast and crew to take use...
Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner took Philip K. Dick’s prose work and envisioned a near future that was a darker reflection of 1982. We had gobs of atmosphere, some very restrained and impactful performances, and were left to wonder. While talk of a sequel has bopped up every few years, everyone held out until now. Director Denis Villeneuve’s sequel, Blade Runner 2049, recruited many of the original cast and crew to take use...
- 1/17/2018
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
It’s been a stellar year of cinema and pop culture-themed books, and the texts (and Blu-rays) in this round-up all make fine gifts. One additional book that should be on your year-end list is Mark Frost’s Twin Peaks: The Final Dossier. It’s a satisfying companion to season three of Peaks, not to mention Frost’s own Secret History of Twin Peaks. So be sure to check out Nick Newman’s recent interview with the Peaks co-creator.
Live Cinema and Its Techniques by Francis Ford Coppola (Liveright)
The legendary Francis Ford Coppola has spoken of “live cinema” with regularity over the years, specifically with respect to 1981’s One From the Heart. That film, a box office flop now held in some regard, is an essential part of Live Cinema and Its Techniques, a fascinating new book authored by Coppola himself. The lessons from that experience, Coppola says,...
Live Cinema and Its Techniques by Francis Ford Coppola (Liveright)
The legendary Francis Ford Coppola has spoken of “live cinema” with regularity over the years, specifically with respect to 1981’s One From the Heart. That film, a box office flop now held in some regard, is an essential part of Live Cinema and Its Techniques, a fascinating new book authored by Coppola himself. The lessons from that experience, Coppola says,...
- 12/4/2017
- by Christopher Schobert
- The Film Stage
It was dead of winter in Montreal and the first thing that production designer Dennis Gassner asked director Denis Villeneuve was how to describe his vision for “Blade Runner 2019” in a single word. The answer: Brutality. Thus began the journey of incorporating the harsh climate of Villeneuve’s home city into the dystopian world of “Blade Runner” 30 years later.
For Gassner, it’s all about defining the pattern language and he had plenty of brutalist inspiration when scouting the angular, concrete buildings in Budapest, where they shot the movie — because London didn’t provide enough studio space.
First Came the Flying Spinner
However, Gassner’s first priority was tackling an updated Spinner, the iconic flying police vehicle. “The Spinner would create the pattern language, which we could then spin-off into the rest of the world,” Gassner said. While the original Spinner driven by Harrison Ford’s Deckard had a soft quality,...
For Gassner, it’s all about defining the pattern language and he had plenty of brutalist inspiration when scouting the angular, concrete buildings in Budapest, where they shot the movie — because London didn’t provide enough studio space.
First Came the Flying Spinner
However, Gassner’s first priority was tackling an updated Spinner, the iconic flying police vehicle. “The Spinner would create the pattern language, which we could then spin-off into the rest of the world,” Gassner said. While the original Spinner driven by Harrison Ford’s Deckard had a soft quality,...
- 10/27/2017
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
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