“Dune: Part 2” leads the 23rd Visual Effects Society Awards feature competition with seven nominations including outstanding VFX in a photoreal feature. It’s followed by “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes,” with six nominations, and “Better Man,” with four noms. All three movies, along with “Mufasa: The Lion King” (three total VES noms) and […]

American Cinema Editors has postponed the 75th annual ACE Eddie Awards, which was originally scheduled to be held on Jan. 18, in the wake of the devastating Los Angeles wildfires. A new date was not announced. As previously reported, the show will pivot from a black tie gala to a “come as you are” community-building fundraiser, […]

American Cinema Editors is pivoting its 75th Eddie Awards, which is slated to be held on Jan. 18, from a black-tie gala to a “community building” fundraiser in response to the devastating Los Angeles wildfires. ACE informed members on Saturday that the honorary society would “still have the privilege to acknowledge the artistry and hard […]

Director, writer and producer Tim Fehlbaum and writer Moritz Binder took guests behind their riveting thriller “September 5,” about the game-changing, real-time broadcast coverage of the 1972 Munich massacre from the perspective of the sports broadcasters who raced to cover the events, during the latest presentation of the Variety Screening Series presented by Barco. They […]

Bob Dylan’s iconic performance at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival brings James Mangold’s “A Complete Unknown” to its culmination, with Timothée Chalamet singing and not lip-synching Dylan’s songs. Behind the camera, it was one of the film’s toughest scenes. “Jim wanted everything done on this film as if it were a live show,” production sound […]

A partnership between licensing startup Lumiere Ventures and AI dubbing startup ElevenLabs is targeting the international cinema market, starting with Sylvester Stallone-starring action film “Armor,” which is set to premiere on Amazon France in March. For nearly 50 years, Alain Dorval has been the French voice of Stallone in dubbed movies. Following Droval’s passing in […]

VFX studio Pixomondo, a Sony Pictures Entertainment company, will unveil a new system for shooting vehicles for film and TV on Monday during the tech giant’s CES press conference. The system, dubbed PXO AKIRA, combines a robotic camera crane with a custom-built motion platform, LED volume technology and related tools for what it describes as […]

Samsung kicked off its CES plans by highlighting its strategy to expand AI across its tech, in a way that is connected and personal, as well as showcasing its latest devices, including the new flagship Neo QLED 8K QN990F TV. Asserting that “AI is here,” Yongsu Kim, Samsung’s executive vice president of visual display and […]

LG highlighted its plans to bring AI capabilities to all of its devices on Monday at CES. This included products used in the home, car and office; for audio, it launched a new brand developed and designed with will.i.am, who made a guest appearance. Will.i.am highlighted LG’s CES press conference to introduce the new line […]

Marvel’s “Deadpool & Wolverine” and Warner Bros.’ “Dune Part 2” lead the closely-watched feature competition for 72nd annual Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Awards, with three nominations apiece. Both received noms in the categories for dialogue/ADR, effects and foley, and music. “Alien: Romulus,” “A Complete Unknown,” “Emilia Pérez”” and “Wicked” follow with two nominations […]

The Consumer Technology Association has released a snapshot of its annual industry forecast along with a warning about the potential impact of tarriffs. The U.S. consumer technology industry is projected to grow 3.2% to $537 billion in 2025, according to the Consumer Technology Association’s “U.S. Consumer Technology One-Year Industry Forecast.” However, updated CTA research suggests […]

The visual effects Oscar race was narrowed down to 10 shortlisted movies in mid-December. And next, branch members will be invited to attend or view online its “bake-off” – a sort of show-and-tell scheduled for Jan. 11, during which contenders will present clips and discuss their work before the branch votes on which five films […]

Rachel Morrison — the first woman to earn an Oscar nomination for cinematography — often picked up a camera and entered the ring to do handheld shots while making “The Fire Inside.” But this wasn’t a typical production for Morrison — she was the director on the inspirational drama about boxer Claressa Shields. And Morrison […]

To make Paramount and Hasbro’s first fully CG-animated Transformers movie, Academy Award-winning director Josh Cooley (“Toy Story 4”) turned to Industrial Light & Magic, the visual effects studio behind the franchise’s live-action movies. The first challenge to making “Transformers One” was defining the overall look, which in this case involved a design philosophy that was […]

“Gladiator II” producers Douglas Wick and Lucy Fisher will be presented with the Advanced Imaging Society’s Harold Lloyd Award, Feb. 7 during the AIS Lumiere Awards luncheon at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Their credits also include Ridley Scott’s 2000 epic “Gladiator,” which won five Academy Awards including best picture. Scott’s recently-released sequel stars Paul Mescal, […]

Chris Sanders’ “The Wild Robot” from Dreamworks Animation leads the feature competition of the 52nd Annie Awards for animation with 10 nominations, followed by Disney/Pixar’s “Inside Out 2” and Aardman and Netflix’s “Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl,” with seven apiece; and Locksmith Animation and Netflix’s “That Christmas,” with six noms. All four movies are […]