Paramount Animation, Nickelodeon Animation and the “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” filmmakers partnered with non-profit Reel Start and animation/visual effects academy Exceptional Minds to debut the animated short “Tree’s Blood.” The premiere took place at Nickelodeon Animation Studio in Burbank.
“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” writer-producers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg attended the screening, as did producer James Weaver and cinematographer Kent Seki. Rose Byrne and Ayo Edebiri, who star together in “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” also voice characters in “Tree’s Blood.”
“Tree’s Blood” was produced from a partnership between Reel Start and Exceptional Minds. The initiative allows Reel Start’s students to create shorts with animation services provided by Exceptional Minds.
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“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” writer-producers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg attended the screening, as did producer James Weaver and cinematographer Kent Seki. Rose Byrne and Ayo Edebiri, who star together in “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” also voice characters in “Tree’s Blood.”
“Tree’s Blood” was produced from a partnership between Reel Start and Exceptional Minds. The initiative allows Reel Start’s students to create shorts with animation services provided by Exceptional Minds.
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- 12/13/2023
- by Jazz Tangcay, Valerie Wu and Caroline Brew
- Variety Film + TV
This article is presented by Paramount Pictures.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem brings back the iconic reptilian quadruplets for another wild adventure in the animated world of New York City. But for this story, director Jeff Rowe and writers Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Dan Hernandez, Benji Samit, and Rowe himself bring two new ideas to the screen: casting actual teenagers as the Turtles themselves and applying their own unique spin on the current trend of stylized, exaggerated visuals, jump-started by Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse and continued with Puss in Boots: The Last Wish and The Mitchells vs. The Machines, which Rowe also co-wrote and co-directed.
Still, there’s a plethora of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles visions out there: several comics, more than five different TV shows, and six movies, not to mention the churn of toys and merchandise that have spawned from Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird’s original creation.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem brings back the iconic reptilian quadruplets for another wild adventure in the animated world of New York City. But for this story, director Jeff Rowe and writers Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Dan Hernandez, Benji Samit, and Rowe himself bring two new ideas to the screen: casting actual teenagers as the Turtles themselves and applying their own unique spin on the current trend of stylized, exaggerated visuals, jump-started by Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse and continued with Puss in Boots: The Last Wish and The Mitchells vs. The Machines, which Rowe also co-wrote and co-directed.
Still, there’s a plethora of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles visions out there: several comics, more than five different TV shows, and six movies, not to mention the churn of toys and merchandise that have spawned from Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird’s original creation.
- 7/22/2023
- by Kirsten Howard
- Den of Geek
As the Society noms continue to roll in, the latest comes from the Visual Effects Society as they announce their nominees for the 7th Annual Ves Awards, a ceremony recognizing outstanding visual effects in over a dozen categories of film, animation, television, commercials and video games. Of course all I really care about are the film noms, but you can check out the full list of nominees by downloading the Pdf press release right here. Iron Man led the way with five nominations and is competing with The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Hellboy II: The Golden Army and Cloverfield in the Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Motion Picture category, the category probably deemed the highest profile of the bunch and it went to Transformers last year only to see The Golden Compass pull out a surprise win at the Oscars.
- 1/20/2009
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
With five nominations, "Iron Man" leads the list for the seventh annual Ves Awards, which were chosen Saturday by panels comprised of members of the Visual Effects Society.
The Marvel Studios-produced superhero movie was cited in the categories of visual effects in a visual effects-driven movie, best single visual effect of the year, outstanding animated character in a live-action movie, outstanding models and miniatures in a feature, and outstanding special effects in a movie. The nominees cited for "Iron Man" are Ben Snow, Hal Hickel, Victoria Alonso and John Nelson.
Its competition for the best visual effects in a visual effects-driven movie honor are "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian" (Wendy Rogers, Dean Wright, Andrew Fowler, Greg Butler), "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Eric Barba, Edson Williams, Nathan McGuinness, Lisa Beroud), "Hellboy II: The Golden Army" (Michael J. Wassel, Lucy Killick, Adrian de Wet, Eamonn Butler) and "Cloverfield" (Kevin Blank,...
The Marvel Studios-produced superhero movie was cited in the categories of visual effects in a visual effects-driven movie, best single visual effect of the year, outstanding animated character in a live-action movie, outstanding models and miniatures in a feature, and outstanding special effects in a movie. The nominees cited for "Iron Man" are Ben Snow, Hal Hickel, Victoria Alonso and John Nelson.
Its competition for the best visual effects in a visual effects-driven movie honor are "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian" (Wendy Rogers, Dean Wright, Andrew Fowler, Greg Butler), "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Eric Barba, Edson Williams, Nathan McGuinness, Lisa Beroud), "Hellboy II: The Golden Army" (Michael J. Wassel, Lucy Killick, Adrian de Wet, Eamonn Butler) and "Cloverfield" (Kevin Blank,...
- 1/19/2009
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The legend of Countess Erszebet or Elizabeth Bathory of Hungary, the 17th century "Blood Countess", has it that she slew 650 young girls to bathe in their blood in a misguided rejuvenation program. Then, as her family walled her up inside her castle to prevent further misadventures, she vowed to return to life. And return she has -- in movies.
She starred in the 1971 French horror film, "Les Levres rouges" (Daughters of Darkness), portrayed by the lovely Delphine Seyrig, then re-appeared in August in the overwrought lesbian-vampire movie "Eternal". Her latest reincarnation in "Stay Alive" well befits modern sensibilities because she is the diaphanous villain in a video game. In the movie, gamers who accept the challenge of the underground game find themselves dying, one by one, each killed in the exact manner as their characters in the game.
"Stay Alive" is a passable horror-thriller for the young crowd, assuming a movie can lure them away from PlayStations. Because the Walt Disney Co. chose to release the film without a press screening or much marketing, the studio evidently doesn't think this movie can. While the movie should encounter a solid reception in home video, "Stay Alive" is imaginative enough at the conceptual level to have achieved with some promotion perhaps average or even above-average theatrical grosses.
The characters are rote creations, however, your typical foolish youths so familiar to scare movies. Yet the mix of 3-D game action with the atmospheric reality of New Orleans and Louisiana locations that startlingly replicate the game's physical design is a neat trick. The deaths themselves are routine by horror-film standards, while the gore never ventures beyond PG-13 territory.
The protagonist is Hutch (Jon Foster), whose buddy (Milo Ventimiglia) dies after beta testing a video game titled "Stay Alive". So naturally, Hutch and his friends have to play it. These include Abigail (Samaire Armstrong), a photographer who just happens to turn up at the buddy's funeral; tech guru Swink (Frankie Muniz); goth girl October (Sophia Bush); her hard-core gaming brother, Phineus (Jimmio Simpson); and via the Internet, Hutch's game-obsessed boss, Miller (Adam Goldberg).
So it's in-the-dungeon-with-14-inch-knives until the movie reduces its cast to three and then two characters. They have no choice, you see, because once "Stay Alive" begins, the game plays by itself.
Debuting director William Brent Bell, who wrote the script with producer Matthew Peterman, keeps the pace brisk and the pot bubbling. Cinematographer Alejandro Martinez, designer Bruton Jones and visual effects supervisor Kent Seki create just the right ambiance with 3-D action that looks like The Real Thing and real locations that look weirdly like 3-D action.
You do wonder, though, where Elizabeth Bathory will next appear.
STAY ALIVE
Buena Vista Pictures
Hollywood Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment and Endgame Entertainment present a Wonderland Sound and Vision production
Credits:
Director: William Brent Bell
Screenwriters: William Brent Bell, Matthew Peterman
Producers: McG, Peter Schlessel, James Stern, Matthew Peterman
Executive producers: Gary Barber, Roger Birnbaum, Jonathan Glickman, Douglas E. Hansen, Becki Cross Trujillo, Adam Del Deo
Director of photography: Alejandro Martinez
Production designer: Bruton Jones
Music: John Frizzell
Costumes: Caroline Eselin-Schaefer
Editor: Harvey Rosenstock
Cast:
Hutch: Jon Foster
Abigail: Samaire Armstrong
Swink: Frankie Muniz
Phineus: Jimmi Simpson
Detective Thiboudeaux: Wendell Pierce
Loomis Crowley: Milo Ventimiglia
October: Sophia Bush
MPAA rating PG-13
Running time -- 91 minutes...
She starred in the 1971 French horror film, "Les Levres rouges" (Daughters of Darkness), portrayed by the lovely Delphine Seyrig, then re-appeared in August in the overwrought lesbian-vampire movie "Eternal". Her latest reincarnation in "Stay Alive" well befits modern sensibilities because she is the diaphanous villain in a video game. In the movie, gamers who accept the challenge of the underground game find themselves dying, one by one, each killed in the exact manner as their characters in the game.
"Stay Alive" is a passable horror-thriller for the young crowd, assuming a movie can lure them away from PlayStations. Because the Walt Disney Co. chose to release the film without a press screening or much marketing, the studio evidently doesn't think this movie can. While the movie should encounter a solid reception in home video, "Stay Alive" is imaginative enough at the conceptual level to have achieved with some promotion perhaps average or even above-average theatrical grosses.
The characters are rote creations, however, your typical foolish youths so familiar to scare movies. Yet the mix of 3-D game action with the atmospheric reality of New Orleans and Louisiana locations that startlingly replicate the game's physical design is a neat trick. The deaths themselves are routine by horror-film standards, while the gore never ventures beyond PG-13 territory.
The protagonist is Hutch (Jon Foster), whose buddy (Milo Ventimiglia) dies after beta testing a video game titled "Stay Alive". So naturally, Hutch and his friends have to play it. These include Abigail (Samaire Armstrong), a photographer who just happens to turn up at the buddy's funeral; tech guru Swink (Frankie Muniz); goth girl October (Sophia Bush); her hard-core gaming brother, Phineus (Jimmio Simpson); and via the Internet, Hutch's game-obsessed boss, Miller (Adam Goldberg).
So it's in-the-dungeon-with-14-inch-knives until the movie reduces its cast to three and then two characters. They have no choice, you see, because once "Stay Alive" begins, the game plays by itself.
Debuting director William Brent Bell, who wrote the script with producer Matthew Peterman, keeps the pace brisk and the pot bubbling. Cinematographer Alejandro Martinez, designer Bruton Jones and visual effects supervisor Kent Seki create just the right ambiance with 3-D action that looks like The Real Thing and real locations that look weirdly like 3-D action.
You do wonder, though, where Elizabeth Bathory will next appear.
STAY ALIVE
Buena Vista Pictures
Hollywood Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment and Endgame Entertainment present a Wonderland Sound and Vision production
Credits:
Director: William Brent Bell
Screenwriters: William Brent Bell, Matthew Peterman
Producers: McG, Peter Schlessel, James Stern, Matthew Peterman
Executive producers: Gary Barber, Roger Birnbaum, Jonathan Glickman, Douglas E. Hansen, Becki Cross Trujillo, Adam Del Deo
Director of photography: Alejandro Martinez
Production designer: Bruton Jones
Music: John Frizzell
Costumes: Caroline Eselin-Schaefer
Editor: Harvey Rosenstock
Cast:
Hutch: Jon Foster
Abigail: Samaire Armstrong
Swink: Frankie Muniz
Phineus: Jimmi Simpson
Detective Thiboudeaux: Wendell Pierce
Loomis Crowley: Milo Ventimiglia
October: Sophia Bush
MPAA rating PG-13
Running time -- 91 minutes...
- 3/27/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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