Company 3 has relocated Nick Monton from its Santa Monica studio to its New York facility where he becomes head of production, features. Monton was promoted from sr. DI producer, a capacity in which he worked on a mix of feature studio blockbusters, indie films and documentaries.
“Nick brings an enormous amount of experience, talent and technical expertise to the New York operation,” said Stuart Robinson, general manager of the New York branches of Company 3 and its sister company, VFX house Method Studios. “This city’s production and post industries have been expanding at an incredible rate; we are seeing an explosion in the number of feature film productions shooting and posting in New York, as well as growth in the scope of some of those projects. Nick has a comprehensive understanding of the complex workflow involved in posting larger, VFX-intensive features, but also of the challenges facing independent filmmakers with far more limited resources. With Nick as head of production, we know that we can meet the needs of any and every client wanting to post in New York.”
As DI producer at Company 3 in Santa Monica, Monton worked with assorted high-profile filmmakers, including J.J. Abrams, Michael Mann, Ridley Scott, Gore Verbinski and Brett Ratner.
Feature film credits for Company 3 include Les Miserables, Man of Steel, Star Trek Into Darkness and Oz The Great and Powerful. Company 3 is part of Deluxe Creative Services Group. The Content Creation Group businesses are wholly owned by Deluxe Entertainment Services Group Inc.
Bill Condon, Jennifer Lopez Unveil “Kiss of the Spider Woman” At Sundance
A lavish, MGM-style musical is not typical Sundance Film Festival fare. But Sunday night Bill Condon brought such a creation—well, part of one—to Park City, Utah, with his adaptation of "Kiss of the Spider Woman," starring Jennifer Lopez.
Audiences broke out in spontaneous applause during the screening for Lopez's song and dance numbers. She plays an old Hollywood screen siren in a movie-within-the movie. The packed Eccles Theater also gave Lopez, wearing a glittery spiderweb themed frock, a standing ovation after the show.
"I've been waiting for this moment my whole life," Lopez said.
The story, which revolves around the conversations between two cellmates in an Argentine prison, was first a novel by Manuel Puig in 1976 and has been adapted for stage and screen over the years. A 1985 film adaptation starred William Hurt and Raul Julia. Hurt won an Oscar for his performance. On Broadway, it won multiple Tony Awards.
Condon wrote and directed this new version, which is seeking a distributor. Diego Luna plays an imprisoned revolutionary Valentin Arregui, whose new cellmate Luis Molina (Tonatiuh) loves movies, celebrity and glamour and enthusiastically recounts the story of a favorite movie musical, called "Kiss of the Spider Woman" to Valentin, giving them and the audience a break from their bleak reality.
While the film has memorable moments of escapist spectacle, it also delves into serious topics of gender identity. Molina tells Valentin that they don't feel like a man or a woman—which Valentin finds odd at first but grows to understand.
Before the screening, Condon said that one of the things the movie is about is "the attempt to bridge the incredible differences that separate us so often." He quoted President... Read More