Industry Vet Paul Wilmot Joins RASCAL as VFX Supervisor
March 13, 2025
Kutuko Keeps Time With Hamilton at the Movies
The CG motion specialists at Madrid studio Kutuko craft five intricate and scrupulously rendered scenes to showcase the deep relationship Hamilton watches have cultivated with cinema since the brand’s founding in 1932. [Watch]
Karin Fong & Imaginary Forces Conjure a Beastly Parade for “Venom: The Last Dance”
Working with director/screenwriter Kelly Marcel, CD Karin Fong and the team at Imaginary Forces close out the Venom feature film trilogy with a “beastly parade” of corrupted creatures in this main-on-end title sequence. [Watch]
Argos Launches Holiday Ad Season with Dinosaur Rock
The 2024 holiday ad season arrives today with UK retailer Argos mascot Trevor the dinosaur living his best life as a rock star courtesy of Partizan director Michael Gracey and the (very busy) Electric Theatre Collective animation crew. [Watch]
Director Rob McConnaughy Joins Good Times
From the release: Commercial production company Good Times today announced that it has signed filmmaker Rob “Whitey” McConnaughy to its directorial roster. A Cannes Lion-winning director, McConnaughy’s specialties include comedy, hidden camera / man-on-the-street, action, and celebrity-driven projects. He’s a multifaceted director whose skill set includes shooting, editing, and writing. [Watch]
Huge Keeps “Rivals” in the Red for Disney+
London’s Huge Designs (whose work we track here) answers the call to communicate the tone, setting, character, and context for the Disney+ TV series Rivals based on the 1980s novels by English author Jilly Cooper. [Watch]
Private Island Mixes Media and Messages in New Short Film “Meme, Myself and AI”
Somehow both manic and thoughtful, the latest short from director Chris Boyle and Private Island playfully fuses live-action, VFX, and generative images into a peek at the fun to be had when AI questions its relationship to humans. [Watch]
