Production house Slash Dynamic has expanded its talent roster with directors Deluxe and Gerald McMorrow who additionally will both play a significant role in the company’s S/D Auto, a studio recently formed to create innovative and inspiring automotive content for brands. Deluxe, aka Stéphane Leloutre. and McMorrow come aboard for U.S. representation spanning commercials and branded content.
In addition to directing film and TV, McMorrow has established himself in the automotive arena with global campaigns for the likes of Jaguar, Nissan and Panasonic. McMorrow masterfully combines cinematic car footage with visual storytelling, making for notable campaigns across both the automotive and lifestyle spaces. He had most recently been handled in the advertising market by production company Wondros.
Deluxe utilizes his graphic design/VFX skills and sharp eye for visual and conceptual creativity, as well as his propensity for storytelling, in all aspects of his filmmaking. He has a deep understanding of automotive advertising, and has spent many years collaborating with leading auto manufacturers. Deluxe’s body of work includes campaigns for Mercedes-Benz, Toyota, Hyundai, Mitsubishi and Porsche. Prior to joining the Slash Dynamic family, Deluxe was repped by Object & Animal. He now reunites with Slash Dynamic founder and S/D Auto managing director Tanya Cohen. Earlier Deluxe and Cohen teamed at The Cavalry Productions
The recently launched S/D Auto, which sits alongside Slash Dynamic, is helmed by Cohen and former Nissan creative directors Steve Rice and David Hedemen, bringing brand strategy to life through dynamic storytelling and powerful car footage. The team of creatives, filmmakers and producers at S/D Auto deploys its extensive experience to maintain efficiency throughout all stages, offering an end-to-end content solution.
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