The first HDR by Barco-equipped theater outside the U.S. is set to open Nov. 15 at Cineworld Leicester Square in London, with the opening of Paramount Pictures’ “Gladiator II.” When “Gladiator II” opens Nov. 22 in the U.S., the film will also play in the five U.S. theaters currently equipped with HDR by Barco as part of […]

In “September 5,” which Paramount plans to release on Nov. 29, the tense hostage crisis at the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics unfolds with painstaking detail from the point of view of the ABC Sports team covering the games. To do this, director Tim Fehlbaum and the team went to great lengths to give what cinematographer […]

Jason Reitman’s “Saturday Night” opens with a roughly 3 1⁄2-minute single shot in which the camera quickly weaves through Studio 8H, capturing the chaos and energy as the now-iconic NBC series “Saturday Night Live” prepared to go “live from New York” for the Oct. 11, 1975, premiere. “The accuracy of what it felt like to be there […]

“Dune Part 2” won a pair of awards in the feature competition at the annual Hollywood Professional Association Awards on Thursday at the Television Academy in North Hollywood. It won trophies in color grading, which was awarded to Fotokem colorist David Cole, and in sound, which was presented to the team. Also in the feature […]

Oscar-winning film editor William Goldenberg–who recently made his feature directorial debut with “Unstoppable”–will be honored with the Camerimage Award for an Editor, during the 32nd EnergaCamerimage international cinematography film festival, which will be held Nov, 16-23 in Toruń, Poland. Goldenberg won an Academy Award for Ben Affleck’s historical thriller “Argo,” which traced the rescue of […]

Three decades after making “Forrest Gump,” director Robert Zemeckis is once again looking back in time and pushing filmmaking boundaries as he reteams with Tom Hanks and Robin Wright for his latest effort, “Here.”  Hanks and Wright play a married couple who are seen at many ages and life stages in the film, thanks to […]

Amazon MGM Studios’ “Red One” will open in theaters in formats including HDR by Barco, as part of a pre-release program for the Belgian cinema tech developer’s new HDR-capable premium line of theater projectors. In cooperation with AMC Theatres, B&B Theatres, and Regal Cinemas, a specially graded and mastered version of “Red One” will be […]

The Academy Software Foundation has launched its latest project, development of Samsung’s OpenAPV codec, led by new Premier member Samsung. The Foundation was launched by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Linux Foundation in 2018 to provide an umbrella for developing open source software for the entertainment industry. OpenAPV responds to improvements […]

The EnergaCamerimage international cinematography film festival has revealed the final three contenders in its main competition. This includes a pair of high-profile sequels: “Dune Part 2,” lensed by Greig Fraser, who won the cinematography Academy Award for Part 1 of Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation of Frank Herbert’s scifi novel; and “Gladiator II,” shot by John Mathieson, […]

Jeff Gipson, the director of Disney Animation’s VR shorts “Myth: A Frozen Tale” and “Cycles,” has inked a deal with startup DreamFlare AI to create a series of shorts for its recently-launched generative AI content platform. With a background in VFX and immersive storytelling, Gipson was honored with the AIXR VR Film of the Year […]

Amid the explosion of unauthorized AI-generated content, entertainment marketing and production firm Dolphin has partnered with Loti AI, a deepfake detection and takedown startup aimed at protecting companies and celebrity clients against fake accounts, false endorsements, deepfakes and unlicensed distribution of content. Through the partnership, Dolphin will provide its subsidiaries — businesses including 42West, The […]

Producer and VFX industry leader Brooke Breton—whose work has included “Avatar,” “Sky Captain and The World of Tomorrow,” and a trio of “Star Trek” movies, reflected on teamwork and the “thrill of technically and artistically problem-solving” as she accepted the Visual Effects Society’s Founders Award. During the annual VES Honors ceremony, held over the weekend at […]