Deluxe Entertainment Services Group will offer advanced Intellectual Property (IP) security services and solutions powered by VANTOS‘ Investigation Lifecycle Management product and platform. With the launch of these new hosted services, Deluxe will be delivering what’s being billed as the first-of-its kind advanced IP security services and solutions to media, entertainment and gaming organizations worldwide.
“In today’s digital world, all it may take is one breach of security resulting in the loss of intellectual property which could cause catastrophic financial loss,” said Frank Artes, VP, security, Deluxe. “Deluxe is addressing this issue head-on with our new security solution. Powered by VANTOS V-Flex™, we are expanding our robust and proven security solution.”
Tom Spadafore, president/CEO of the Seattle-headquartered global security and risk management automation market firm VANTOS, said that via the new offerings, “Deluxe will enable studios to easily and quickly automate the tedious and time-consuming pre and post-production audits on all of the contributing vendors and businesses used during the course of film production.”
Deluxe services include: motion picture film processing, printing and distribution; EFILM® digital intermediates; postproduction and subtitling services; titles design and digital VFX; DVD compression, encoding and authoring; digital cinema services, digital asset management, digital distribution; marketing fulfillment services and IP security systems. Deluxe operates facilities around the world.
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