So, after we’ve heard the rumblings at BTL, after it’s been blogged about elsewhere, today it became official: Tom Short, the president of the IA, announced his retirement today.
What’s left up in the air, however, is the next IA contract, since Short liked to conclude business early with the studios, coming to what he considered [...]

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In honor of “opening day” for the cowled one, here’s an article from the most recent print edition of “Below the Line:”
Dark Knight, new day: VFX Supes Nick Davis and Paul Franklin on Batman’s new minimalism
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Mark London Williams
Neither “The Dark Knight’s” overall VFX supe, Nick Davis, nor Paul Franklin, the specific wrangler for Brit-based post [...]

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Here’s a rather interesting AP article posted over at the NAB Website. Note the paragraph about FilmLA and permits, towards the end. No mention if these were for features, TV, or commercials, so it’s hard to gauge the “activity” being talked about. On the other hand, it could also be indicative of the fact that [...]

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This was from the Financial Times.
And all we can say is –uh oh, you mean Hollywood isn’t “recession” (or “depression”) proof?
Lack of bank financing will shut down the feature pipeline faster than any guild or union action…
Paramount forced to suspend $450m financing
The credit crunch has hit home in Hollywood after Paramount Pictures, which has [...]

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