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Evil Eye Pictures has contributed nearly 200 visual effects shots for the highly anticipated motion picture event Marvel’s The Avengers directed by Joss Whedon.

Ntropic Colorist Marshall Plante literally illuminates the film “Midnight Lights,” which features a dubstep remix to M83’s “Midnight City.” The dazzling synchronization between the lights and the music make for a truly incredible spectacle made possible by the unique talents of Bodega Director Jimmy Diebold and Executive Producer/Partner Clint Goldman.

Under the direction of Creative Director/VFX Supervisor John Bair and VFX Producer Vivian Connolly, the Phosphene visual-effects team completed more than 80 complex shots for “Young Adult,” a dark new comedy-drama, starring Academy-Award® winning actress Charlize Theron (“Monster,” “The Road”), Golden Globe nominee Patrick Wilson (“Angels in America,” “Morning Glory”) and Patton Oswalt (“Ratatouille,” “The King of Queens”).

Rhythm + Hues Commercial Studios has added multiple award-winner and industry icon Steve Chase to its director roster. Chase comes to R+H with a treasure trove of awards including Clios, Cannes Lions, and the Directors Guild of America (DGA) Award among others for classic work that has helped celebrated brands make their way into the [...]

Looking to visually communicate the mythology of “The Green Lantern” in a compelling way, studio Warner Bros. and director Martin Campbell turned to multi-disciplined creative design/visual effects studio yU+co, lead by Creative Director Garson Yu, to design a :90 stereoscopic 3D main title sequence that not only grabbed the audience’s attention, but also brought them up to speed on the superher’s history and set up the film’s first scene.

yU+co. Creative Director Garson Yu has re-teamed with Academy Award-winning director Rob Marshall and producer Jerry Bruckheimer to create the mysteriously elegant main title sequence and the dramatic main-on-end titles that bookend “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides,” the fourth chapter in the blockbuster Disney franchise in 3D.

“La Luna is the timeless fable of a young boy who is coming of age in the most peculiar of circumstances.

Paul Goldman, founder of Ear Goo, Inc. and the design studio Element, LLC, has partnered with Matt Giulvezan, formerly of MTV Networks, to launch The Goo, a new multimedia company with a primary focus on creating content for television, film, web, mobile and emerging media. The Goo consists of three divisions: Action Goo (concept + live action production), Eye Goo (editorial + design + motion) and Ear Goo (music + sound design + mix). The family of The Goo companies will work synergistically to offer clients a first-class, full-service boutique experience.

Demonstrating they are smarter than the average design/production studio, yU+co. crafted a glorious stereoscopic 3D main-on-end title sequence for the new Warner Bros animated film Yogi Bear. Led by Synderela Peng, Art Director on the design and Richard Taylor, VFX Director on the production, and Producer Sarah Coatts, the team created a sequence that cleverly [...]

Prime Focus has contributed over 120 visual effects shots to the much-anticipated Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures stereoscopic release “TRON: Legacy”. The film, which is directed by Joseph Kosinski and stars Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund and Olivia Wilde, hit theaters December 17, 2010.