It may not be the biggest headline Kelly Clarkson will make this week, but the most talked-about celebrity of the moment has other news, as she is joining Brandi Carlile’s 8th annual female-centric Girls Just Wanna Weekend gathering in January, the festival announced Tuesday. Clarkson will join Girls Just Wanna Weekend in Mexico as a […]
Laika’s ‘Wildwood’ VFX Supervisor Steve Emerson Details the Making of Travis Knight’s Stop-Motion EpicVariety
Laika’s “Wildwood” took more than five years of stage animation and visual-effects work, with 2,776 shots requiring a carefully orchestrated mix of handmade puppets, miniature sets and digital imagery. But for production VFX supervisor Steve Emerson, the defining challenge of Travis Knight’s fantasy epic was ensuring that the technology served the stop-motion performances rather than […]
Berlin Winner Estibaliz Urresola, Hot New Baltic Talents Jonas Trukanas, Tomas Harjo and Many More Set for Baltic Event Co-Production MarketVariety
The Baltic Event Co-Production Market has revealed its 15 projects to be pitched Nov. 18-20 at Tallinn’s Black Nights Film Festival industry sidebar Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event. Picked out of 110 submissions from 34 countries, the slate of pics in development looking for co-financing, distribution and sales spans 10 territories – Finland, Estonia, Iceland, Latvia, […]