Andrew Morley–the visual effects supervisor known for Avengers: Infinity War and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them–has joined Outpost VFX as head of visual effects.
Off the back of supervising major motion pictures over the last decade, Morley will work with all artists at Outpost VFX’s 80-seat facility in Bournemouth.
Duncan McWilliam, founder and CEO of Outpost VFX, said, “Andy has excelled in supervising a multitude of high-end blockbusters and will bring his extensive experience to bear in our studio as we expand further and take a larger share of ever more exciting visual effects projects. Andy’s history within VFX encompasses all aspects from the technical to the artistic, with extensive production experience on set and painstaking attention to detail applied across complex character work for groundbreaking VFX features like Avatar and Avengers: Infinity War.”
McWilliam said that Morley will help ensure that “the output across the studio is always improving ahead of extending our capacity to 120 seats in the coming months.”
In addition to overseeing VFX delivery and supporting Outpost’s experienced team of supervisors, Andrew will be working closely with the production team to support existing clients and build relationships with new ones.
Outpost VFX is currently in production on multiple film, broadcast and commercials projects, including Curfew (Tiger Aspect Productions), Three Seconds (The Fyzz Facility) and a major upcoming HBO drama.
Outpost VFX’s recent projects include Jack Ryan, Final Score, 22 July and Widows.
After 20 Years of Acting, Megan Park Finds Her Groove In The Director’s Chair On “My Old Ass”
Megan Park feels a little bad that her movie is making so many people cry. It's not just a single tear either — more like full body sobs.
She didn't set out to make a tearjerker with "My Old Ass," now streaming on Prime Video. She just wanted to tell a story about a young woman in conversation with her older self. The film is quite funny (the dialogue between 18-year-old and almost 40-year-old Elliott happens because of a mushroom trip that includes a Justin Bieber cover), but it packs an emotional punch, too.
Writing, Park said, is often her way of working through things. When she put pen to paper on "My Old Ass," she was a new mom and staying in her childhood bedroom during the pandemic. One night, she and her whole nuclear family slept under the same roof. She didn't know it then, but it would be the last time, and she started wondering what it would be like to have known that.
In the film, older Elliott ( Aubrey Plaza ) advises younger Elliott ( Maisy Stella ) to not be so eager to leave her provincial town, her younger brothers and her parents and to slow down and appreciate things as they are. She also tells her to stay away from a guy named Chad who she meets the next day and discovers that, unfortunately, he's quite cute.
At 38, Park is just getting started as a filmmaker. Her first, "The Fallout," in which Jenna Ortega plays a teen in the aftermath of a school shooting, had one of those pandemic releases that didn't even feel real. But it did get the attention of Margot Robbie 's production company LuckyChap Entertainment, who reached out to Park to see what other ideas she had brewing.
"They were very instrumental in encouraging me to go with it," Park said. "They're just really even-keeled, good people, which makes... Read More