Tag: Blade Runner 2049
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View Conference 2018 Opens Registration
Registration is now open for View Conference 2018. The conference, which spotlights the latest in computer graphics, animation, visual effects, games, Vr, Ar and mixed reality, will be held Oct. 22-26 in Turin, Italy.Last year’s edition featured such speakers as John Nelson, Oscar-winning VFX supervisor for “Blade Runner 2049,” as well as nominees Joe Leteri…
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Visually Stunning ‘Terminal’ Dims Itself With Sexism And Immaturity [Review]
If you want to make a good-looking film these days, I’ve got one word for you: neon. It doesn’t matter your genre or budget; everybody’s doing it, from small-fry dystopia “The Bad Batch” to estrogen-pumping action flick “Atomic Blonde.” Some directors are even taking “neo-noir” to punnish levels, as films like “Gemini” and “Blade Runner…
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Romola Garai Directorial Debut ‘Outside’ To Star Carla Juri, Imelda Staunton, Alec Secareanu
Exclusive: The Hour and Suffragette actress Romola Garai is to make her feature directorial debut on upcoming horror Outside, I can reveal. Carla Juri (Blade Runner 2049), Alec Secareanu (God’s Own Country) and Imelda Staunton (Vera Drake) will lead cast in the movie, which is scheduled to go into production this fall. Amp International is…
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Terminator’ Reboot Adds ‘Rock of Ages’ Star Diego Boneta
“Scream Queens” and “Rock of Ages” star Diego Boneta has signed on for an undisclosed role in next year’s “Terminator” reboot, reps for the actor have confirmed to TheWrap.Boneta joins a cast that includes original “Terminator” stars Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton, as well as “Blade Runner 2049” star Mackenzie Davis. “Deadpool” director Tim Miller…
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After Oscar Winners ‘Get Out’ and ‘The Shape of Water,’ Could ‘A Quiet Place’ Tickle the Academy’s Genre Fancy?
With a monster (no pun intended) opening weekend box office haul and one of the most impressive critical approval ratings of the year so far, John Krasinski’s hushed thriller “A Quiet Place” is stirring its share of awards talk. We’re certainly in a new Oscar era, but can the buzz hold?Just over a month ago,…
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Dave Bautista’s Stx Comedy Finds Writers in Hoeber Brothers
STXfilms has hired the sibling screenwriting team of Jon and Erich Hoeber to pen the studio’s previously announced family action-comedy starring Dave Bautista.The film will follow a hardened CIA operative who finds himself at the mercy of a precocious 9-year-old girl, having been sent undercover to surveil her family. Bautista and Jonathan Meisner will serve…
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‘Black Panther,’ ‘Walking Dead’ Rule Saturn Awards Nominations
Disney dominated the Saturn Awards nominations on Thursday morning.Marvel’s “Black Panther” nabbed a leading 14 noms, followed by Lucasfilm’s “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” with 13.The winners of the 44th annual awards show will be announced by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films in June.Guillermo del Toro’s “The Shape of Water” and…
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Director Denis Villeneuve Says ‘Dune’ Will Be At Least Two Films
When “Blade Runner 2049” filmmaker Denis Villeneuve stepped on stage in Montreal’s Place des Arts’ Théâtre Maisonneuve for the Rendez-Vous du Cinema Quebecois this week, he expected a small crowd for an “intimate cinema lesson.” What he ended up stepping into was a packed house that holds more than 1,400 seats. Needless to say, Villeneuve…
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The New ‘Terminator’ Sequel Casts ‘Blade Runner 2049’ and ‘The Martian’ Star Mackenzie Davis
The untitled Terminator sequel has just added a fresh face to its cast. Mackenzie Davis is in negotiations to join the cast of the Terminator sequel/reboot, which will see the return of franchise stalwarts Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton. The Terminator Mackenzie Davis casting poses an intriguing possibility about what direction the latest Terminator movie…
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How ‘Blade Runner 2049’ VFX Supervisor John Nelson Brought Rachael & Pic’s Holograms To Life
A self-described science-fiction fan, visual effects supervisor John Nelson saw a “dream gig” and rare opportunity in Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049. Getting the chance to work on a sequel to a revered sci-fi film—one of the pillars of the genre—Nelson would construct surreal cityscape shots out of real aerial footage shot across the globe,…