VFX icon and “Mad God” director Phil Tippett is working on a new stop-motion feature titled “Sentinel,” which will be pitched for the first time at this year’s Frontières section of Cannes’ Marché du Film.
Variety has been given exclusive access to the first plot details and set images from “Sentinel,” which shares a visual fidelity with “Mad God.” However, in terms of production, things will be very different this time around.
“Mad God” was a project that Tippett worked on off and on for thirty years. A similar timetable isn’t realistic for “Sentinel,” as the director would be over 100 at the film’s premiere. So, Tippett and producer Colin Geddes (Ultra 8 Pictures) say they’re pursuing a more conventional development and production plan with their new project, including a clearer narrative focus. Tippett has already begun filming bits of the film, and his team will be...
Variety has been given exclusive access to the first plot details and set images from “Sentinel,” which shares a visual fidelity with “Mad God.” However, in terms of production, things will be very different this time around.
“Mad God” was a project that Tippett worked on off and on for thirty years. A similar timetable isn’t realistic for “Sentinel,” as the director would be over 100 at the film’s premiere. So, Tippett and producer Colin Geddes (Ultra 8 Pictures) say they’re pursuing a more conventional development and production plan with their new project, including a clearer narrative focus. Tippett has already begun filming bits of the film, and his team will be...
- 5/9/2024
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Phil Tippett’s “Mad God” has become the most watched 2022 film premiere on Shudder, the speciality horror streaming platform has announced.
The film, a stop-motion animated epic that Tippett spent 30 years working on, premiered on Shudder on June 16, after its release by IFC Midnight in New York on June 10. The Shudder premiere coincided with its expansion to an additional 24 screens across North America. The film will continue to expand next month, including several screenings at Alamo Drafthouse theaters across the United States starting July 3.
“Phil Tippett is a towering figure in the animation and visual FX industry, and ‘Mad God’ is the ultimate, purest expression of his visionary genius,” Shudder general manager Craig Engler said in a statement. “Shudder is honored to be the exclusive home for his cinematic masterpiece, and we’re delighted to see Mad God enthusiastically embraced by our members.”
Tippett, best known for his Oscar-winning special...
The film, a stop-motion animated epic that Tippett spent 30 years working on, premiered on Shudder on June 16, after its release by IFC Midnight in New York on June 10. The Shudder premiere coincided with its expansion to an additional 24 screens across North America. The film will continue to expand next month, including several screenings at Alamo Drafthouse theaters across the United States starting July 3.
“Phil Tippett is a towering figure in the animation and visual FX industry, and ‘Mad God’ is the ultimate, purest expression of his visionary genius,” Shudder general manager Craig Engler said in a statement. “Shudder is honored to be the exclusive home for his cinematic masterpiece, and we’re delighted to see Mad God enthusiastically embraced by our members.”
Tippett, best known for his Oscar-winning special...
- 6/28/2022
- by Wilson Chapman
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Gary Mundell has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer at Tippett Studio, the award-winning effects studio founded by two-time Academy Award winner Phil Tippett. The industry vet takes over the role previously held by Sanjay Das, who now serves as CEO.
Prior to his promotion, Mundell served as an executive producer and Head of Production at the studio, overseeing its operations and producing several of its large-scale projects. The expert in pipelines and software for production also previously co-founded Berkeley’s Loft Software—a company building asset control tools for global real-time film, games and commercial production—and served as its CEO. He was a founder of the open-source workflow platform and digital asset management system Southpawtech/Tactic, and supported the creation and development of computer graphics application Maya at Alias/Wavefront.
“Gary Mundell has filled a position sorely needed at my company,” said Tippett. “In the short time he’s been here,...
Prior to his promotion, Mundell served as an executive producer and Head of Production at the studio, overseeing its operations and producing several of its large-scale projects. The expert in pipelines and software for production also previously co-founded Berkeley’s Loft Software—a company building asset control tools for global real-time film, games and commercial production—and served as its CEO. He was a founder of the open-source workflow platform and digital asset management system Southpawtech/Tactic, and supported the creation and development of computer graphics application Maya at Alias/Wavefront.
“Gary Mundell has filled a position sorely needed at my company,” said Tippett. “In the short time he’s been here,...
- 1/5/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Sanjay Das has been promoted to CEO of Tippett Studio, with co-founder, President and executive producer Jules Roman looking to retire from her post at the effects company, Deadline has learned.
Das is a current partner at the studio founded by two-time Oscar-winning artist, animator and filmmaker Phil Tippett, and previously served as its Chief Operating Officer, overseeing operations and technology and directly contributing to its strategic planning and business development initiatives. He also spurred the implementation of technologies that have helped realize the studio’s creative and technical goals across multiple media production pipelines including visual effects for films, commercials, TV shows and online digital publishing.
“Sanjay Das is the best guy I know that can carry forward the legacy of everything I’ve dreamed of and built since 1983,” said Tippett. “He’s got his eye on new horizons that build on everything we’ve ever done in...
Das is a current partner at the studio founded by two-time Oscar-winning artist, animator and filmmaker Phil Tippett, and previously served as its Chief Operating Officer, overseeing operations and technology and directly contributing to its strategic planning and business development initiatives. He also spurred the implementation of technologies that have helped realize the studio’s creative and technical goals across multiple media production pipelines including visual effects for films, commercials, TV shows and online digital publishing.
“Sanjay Das is the best guy I know that can carry forward the legacy of everything I’ve dreamed of and built since 1983,” said Tippett. “He’s got his eye on new horizons that build on everything we’ve ever done in...
- 12/13/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
The troubled visual effects industry is facing a major shift, as three VFX shops announced major changes Friday, including the buyout of Life of Pi’s visual effects company Rhythm & Hues.
EW gave you the low-down on the struggles of the VFX industry that have been getting a bigger spotlight since Rhythm & Hues filed for bankruptcy in February. Here’s an update with the latest on three visual effects shops whose collective work includes Life of Pi, the Twilight Saga, and Doctor Who.
Rhythm & Hues, the VFX company behind the Oscar-winning effects in Life of Pi, started its bankruptcy auction...
EW gave you the low-down on the struggles of the VFX industry that have been getting a bigger spotlight since Rhythm & Hues filed for bankruptcy in February. Here’s an update with the latest on three visual effects shops whose collective work includes Life of Pi, the Twilight Saga, and Doctor Who.
Rhythm & Hues, the VFX company behind the Oscar-winning effects in Life of Pi, started its bankruptcy auction...
- 3/30/2013
- by Emily Rome
- EW - Inside Movies
Award-winning visual effects company Tippett Studio has laid off 50 employees in the latest blow to the embattled industry, and its chief Jules Roman wants California to step in and stop the bleeding. Layoffs are not new at the company, which has been around for 30 years and contributed to blockbuster films like "RoboCop," "Jurassic Park" and "Ted." Many visual effects houses cut staff between big jobs. Yet Roman says the financial problems afflicting her industry are "particularly bad now," and argued it's time for some outside assistance to keep jobs in...
- 3/29/2013
- by Lucas Shaw & Brent Lang
- The Wrap
Berkeley, Calif.-based VFX company Tippett Studios laid off 40 percent of its workforce Friday, the company's CEO and president Jules Roman confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter, with the possibility of more pink slips coming. More than 50 visual effects designers were let go, leaving a staff of 100 full-timers still working at the studio, whose recent work is on display in such blockbuster films as Ted and Twilight: Breaking Dawn. "We're hibernating, figuring out a way to reinvent and scale down because there's a lag in work obviously and there's such upheaval in the visual effects industry, period,"
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- 3/29/2013
- by Seth Abramovitch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Tippett Studio, the Academy Award-winning visual effects firm founded by Phil Tippett, has confirmed senior management changes. The studio said Friday that Kip Larsen and Carolyn Pistone have joined as executive producer and head of production, respectively. The execs replace Alonzo Ruvalcaba, Tippett's previous head of production, who is leaving after nearly 11 years to produce a film. "It has been a true privilege to work with Phil Tippett and Jules Roman and the brilliant group of artists and production staff at Tippett Studio," Ruvalcaba said.
- 7/17/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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