Mike Seymour writing for fxguide.com:
Today ILM for the first time in its history was sold, as part of a deal by Disney to buy LucasFilm. fxguide spoke directly to ILM today who commented only that “for ILM and Skywalker Sound it’s business as usual.”
The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) announced today that it has agreed to acquire Lucasfilm Ltd. in a stock and cash transaction valued at $4.05 billion. Lucasfilm is 100 percent owned by Lucasfilm chairman and founder, George Lucas.
I wonder how the ILMers feel about this.
Get the low down. If you are in London. A birdie says Nuke 7 Release latter this month.
Any chance of this in Los Angeles?
Shawns Hendriks Via Twitter:
Telling the guy painting your house that you don't know what color you want but just make it like BAM! you know #treatedlikevfxartists
RadioLabs:
200 miles above Earth's surface, astronaut Dave Wolf -- rocketing through the blackness of Earth's shadow at 5 miles a second -- floated out of the Mir Space Station on his very first spacewalk. In this short, he describes the extremes of light and dark in space, relives a heart-pounding close call, and shares one of the most tranquil moments of his life.
The black in space is a complely different animal to here on earth. Have a listen.
It’s that time again…the 2012 National Geographic Photo Contest is in full swing.
Always great photos
Jeff Heusser writing for fxguide.com
BEVERLY HILLS, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that it has reached its initial goal of $100 million toward a $250 million capital campaign to fund the upcoming Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. Concurrently, the Academy unveiled its vision for the first major U.S. museum dedicated exclusively to the history and ongoing development of motion pictures. Designed by award-winning architects Renzo Piano and Zoltan Pali, the non-profit museum which will be located in the historic May Company Wilshire building in Los Angeles, is slated to open in 2016.
Watch the second installment of our NUKE 7.0 new feature and upgrade videos. In this 2min video we showcase the workflow improvements made possible thanks to Alembic, OpenEXR Deep data and ARRIRAW support, as well as FBX improvements.
The internet vfx community exploded with rumors today over massive layoffs at Double Negative. This is perhaps a sign of the times, but unfortunate as it is not true – at least not to the extent that has been mentioned in forums such as Twitter. Talk of 200 + layoffs is just not based in fact. At fxguide, we too know of people who have been made redundant – but this is true of many companies from time to time, but for some reason this move at Dneg has been amplified in the ‘internet echo chamber’.
Mike, thanks for clearing things up.
"We are not for sale," Berger said over email. "However, we continue to raise money for our film fund, East Grand Films, and we are also speaking with potential joint venture partners regarding the company's continued international expansion."
Remember when R&H was a just a family owned company?