Oscar-winning visual effects and creative content studio Framestore has hired Eileen Cooney as head of campaigns, a newly created role for the company. Drawing on her expertise building 360-degree activations, Cooney at Framestore will be immersed in brand campaigns from briefing to completion, building close partnerships with clients. Cooney will be based in New York and report directly to Jon Collins, president of Integrated Advertising, Worldwide.
Cooney’s appointment comes at a time of rapid growth and evolution of Framestore’s capabilities. These include the development of a creative consulting offering for select clients and the establishment of a VR Studio last year that’s spawned pioneering projects for brands and Hollywood across Oculus Rift, Google Cardboard and Samsung Gear VR.
Prior to Framestore, Cooney worked as a campaign director for Mission Media in the U.K., running creative direction, brand strategy and business partnerships for all campaigns. Cooney started her advertising career in New York, working as a project manager for the Rock n’ Roll Circus at Lincoln Center. Cooney then worked for Translation LLC as the director of special projects, and freelanced for Gravity Road.
Rom-Com Mainstay Hugh Grant Shifts To The Dark Side and He’s Never Been Happier
After some difficulties connecting to a Zoom, Hugh Grant eventually opts to just phone instead.
"Sorry about that," he apologizes. "Tech hell." Grant is no lover of technology. Smart phones, for example, he calls the "devil's tinderbox."
"I think they're killing us. I hate them," he says. "I go on long holidays from them, three or four days at at time. Marvelous."
Hell, and our proximity to it, is a not unrelated topic to Grant's new film, "Heretic." In it, two young Mormon missionaries (Chloe East, Sophie Thatcher) come knocking on a door they'll soon regret visiting. They're welcomed in by Mr. Reed (Grant), an initially charming man who tests their faith in theological debate, and then, in much worse things.
After decades in romantic comedies, Grant has spent the last few years playing narcissists, weirdos and murders, often to the greatest acclaim of his career. But in "Heretic," a horror thriller from A24, Grant's turn to the dark side reaches a new extreme. The actor who once charmingly stammered in "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and who danced to the Pointer Sisters in "Love Actually" is now doing heinous things to young people in a basement.
"It was a challenge," Grant says. "I think human beings need challenges. It makes your beer taste better in the evening if you've climbed a mountain. He was just so wonderfully (expletive)-up."
"Heretic," which opens in theaters Friday, is directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, co-writers of "A Quiet Place." In Grant's hands, Mr. Reed is a divinely good baddie — a scholarly creep whose wry monologues pull from a wide range of references, including, fittingly, Radiohead's "Creep."
In an interview, Grant spoke about these and other facets of his character, his journey... Read More