OCTOBER 20, 2000 Bicoastal/international @radical.media has acquired New York-based Outpost Digital, a digital editing and postproduction company. Outpost will operate as a division of @radical.media….Bicoastal/international Propaganda Films has signed London-based directing duo Big TV!–a.k.a. Andy Delaney and Monty Whitebloom…for worldwide commercial and music video representation….Editor Richard Cooperman has joined the Santa Monica office of Avenue, a postproduction facility that also maintains an operation in Chicago….Director Roger Lunn has joined New York-based production house Link Entertainment for U.S. representation. He is repped in the U.K. by Frontier Pictures, London….Computer animation/visual effects/live action shop Rhythm & Hues has added to its commercial production operation with the formation of Toolbox, which will market the L.A.-based studio’s animation and live-action directors at other spot production houses….
OCTOBER 20, 1995 Director/cameraman Kevin Kerslake and director Steve Lowe have joined A Band Apart Commercials, the house launched in Hollywood in July by executive producers Lawrence Bender and Michael Bodnarchek, along with writer/director Quentin Tarantino….Full-service special effects house Post Effects, Chicago, has added 3-D animator Jon Tojek to head its 3-D animation department….Creative/production boutique The Farm, New York, has added designer/director Boris Bencic to its roster. The company, started by director John Anderson and former Lintas associate creative director Sharon Rapport in 1993, also reps sports/adventure shooter Evan Stone and rookie director Mac Premo….Jim Schatz has joined post house Varitel Video, Los Angeles, as a senior account executive….
SAG-AFTRA Calls For A Strike Against “League of Legends”
"League of Legends" is caught in the middle of a dispute between Hollywood's actors union and an audio company that provides voiceover services for the blockbuster online multiplayer game.
The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists called a strike against "League of Legends" on Tuesday, arguing that Formosa Interactive attempted to get around the ongoing video game strike by hiring non-union actors to work on an unrelated title.
Formosa tried to "cancel" the unnamed video game, which was covered by the strike, shortly after the start of the work stoppage, SAG-AFTRA said. The union said when Formosa learned it could not cancel the game, the company "secretly transferred the game to a shell company and sent out casting notices for 'non-union' talent only." In response, the union's interactive negotiating committee voted unanimously to file an unfair labor practice charge against the company with the National Labor Relations Board and to call a strike against "League of Legends" as part of that charge.
"League of Legends" is one of Formosa's most well-known projects. The company provides voiceover services for the game, according to SAG-AFTRA.
SAG-AFTRA has accused Formosa of interfering with protections that allow performers to form or join a union and prevent those performers from being discriminated against — a move the union called "egregious violations of core tenets of labor law."
Formosa did not immediately respond to a request for comment. "League of Legends" developer Riot Games said that the company "has nothing to do" with the union's complaint.
"We want to be clear: Since becoming a union project five years ago, 'League of Legends' has only asked Formosa to engage with union... Read More