EXCLUSIVE: Baillie Walsh(Being James Bond:The Daniel Craig Story) is the man who helped put pop stars ABBA back in the concert arena for the first time in 42 years.
The British-born filmmaker behind a string of James Bond videos, music videos and feature film (Flashbacks of AFool) clarifies that Agnetha Faltskog…
The Hollywood industry has seen some huge obstacles — to say the least — since the coronavirus outbreak. Theaters have shut down, productions have halted, movie release dates have been pushed, festivals have canceled, many film and TV staffers have lost their jobs. And all of it is affecting the often-overlooked…
Oscar nominated for their labors on Marvel’s Doctor Strange, visual effects supervisors Stephane Ceretti and Richard Bluff are emblematic of the magic their craft can bring to big screen endeavors. Injecting magic into the Marvel Cinematic Universe with the Benedict Cumberbatch-starring film, the pair had an important…
A six-time Oscar nominee and winner for Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest, John Knoll has been with the George-Lucas founded visual effects company Industrial Light & Magic for decades, eventually climbing to the company's zenith, as ILM's Visual Effects Supervisor and Chief Creative Officer.
Working in some…
Industrial Light & Magic will be honored with the inaugural Visionary Vanguard Award at the 27th annual PGA Awards ceremony on January 23 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza In Los Angeles. ILM President Lynwen Brennan and Chief Creative Officer and Senior Visual Effects Supervisor John Knoll will accept the award on…
Industrial Light & Magic has appointed film producer Sam Mercer head of ILM Studios, the post made available when Lynwen Brennan was upped to GM of Lucasfilm earlier this year. The onetime Disney exec has been a producer and production executive among his roles, most recently on Snow White And The Huntsman now on…
Jimmy Kimmel and company are debuting a new open for their show tonight. ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! recruited corporate sib Industrial Light & Magic, the Oscar-winning VFX firm founded by George Lucas when he started work on Star Wars in 1975, to produce the segment. The network and ILM have been all in the family since…
Producer Gale Anne Hurd (The Walking Dead, Terminator trilogy), cinematographer John Bailey (As Good As It Gets, Ordinary People), Industrial Light & Magic chief creative officer John Knoll (Oscar winner Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest)and editor Michael Tronick (Mr. and Mrs. Smith, 2 Guns) are joining the…