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6th Hollyshorts Film Festival Kicks Off with Star-Studded Opening
The sixth HollyShorts Film Festival kicks off today at the DGA theater in Hollywood with an opening night celebration that will feature the world premiere of David Arquette’s 3D film The Butler’s in Love; Dick Van Dyke’s 3D film The …
Internet-enabled TVs trump 3D sets
Global shipments of Internet-Enabled TVs (IETVs) will reach 27.7 million units in 2010, according to a report from iSuppli. In contrast, 3D set shipments will total only 4.2 million this year. Although 3D television shipments are set to soar in …
Kerner Group Restructures to Target 3D Production
Based in Marin, California, The Kerner Group, the 30-year home to George Lucas’s original Industrial Light and Magic (ILM), has restructured to focus on 3D stereoscopic production. The company was acquired a year ago by entrepreneur Eric Edmeades, and is …
Play Editorial Rebrands as TV Marketing Boutique
On its fifth anniversary in Hollywood, Play Editorial has rebranded itself as a TV marketing boutique, with four operating units. Play founder Michael Victor reports that the transition was made to “better reflect its expanded array of client services.” The …
Sony Colorworks Restores The Leopard
Directed by Luchino Visconti and shot by cinematographer Giuseppe Rotunno (Fellini Satyricon, And the Ship Sails On, The Adventures of Baron Munchhausen) in 1963, The Leopard is a spectacular film. Taking place in the 1860s in Sicily, the film shows …
Sony Pictures Digital Productions Honors Ray Harryhausen
On Ray Harryhausen’s 90th birthday, Sony Pictures Digital Productions honored the legendary visual effects pioneer by renaming its 119-seat screening theater after him. The Ray Harryhausen Theater will be formally dedicated on Monday, July 12, with the unveiling of a …
Ira Deutchman Joins Kartemquin’s Board
Fine Line Features founder Ira Deutchman, well-known film producer and distributor, and founder of Cinecom, was just appointed to the Board of Directors of Kartemquin Films, the Chicago-based not-for-profit media arts organization. Justine Nagan, executive director of Kartemquin Films, noted …
Dolby to Premiere Surround 7.1 with Toy Story 3
Dolby Surround 7.1 will be premiered for the first time in public with the release of Toy Story 3 this Friday, June 18. Dolby Laboratories and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (WDSMP) announced yesterday that both 2D and 3D formats …
Digital Roundtable: Commercial Production in a Digital Age
Santa Monica, CA–Therapy Studios, and Stopp Inc. teamed up to bring producers and technology companies together for a Summer 2010 Digital Roundtable. Additional presenters included Venables Bell & Partners, Textopoly, FEED Company and Blush/LA. Each company got a chance to …
ASC Opens Doors to Renovated Clubhouse
HOLLYWOOD, June 3, 2010 – The American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) held an open house today to reveal the renovation and expansion of its historic clubhouse. Los Angeles Councilman Tom LeBonge and Hollywood Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Leron …