Effective Dec. 3, editor James Rose will come aboard Cut+Run, London. Though based in the U.K. he will also be available stateside for projects out of Cut+Run’s shops on both coasts.
Rose is moving over from NWH, a London house he joined in 1995 as an assistant to editor Nicholas Wayman-Harris. Rose then made the transition to full-fledged editor, a capacity in which he’s been serving for the past eight years spanning commercials, music videos and documentaries.
Among his recent credits is the Amy Winehouse clip “Rehab,” adding to a body of video work that encompasses such artists as U2, Coldplay, The Killers, Oasis, Jamiroquai and Bloc Party. Regarded as one of the U.K.’s leading music video editors, Rose has worked regularly with directors Anton Corbijn, Phil Griffin, Huse Montfaradi and Rob Hales, among others. Griffin helmed Winehouse’s “Rehab.”
Rose’s ability to create a compact narrative with music and pictures has gained him much attention in the commercials market, working with such directors as Nick Livesey, Joel Pront, Matt & Tom and Thomas Job. Rose’s editorial range also includes dialogue-driven pieces as best highlighted in three documentaries for the BBC’s Storyville initiative–Life and Death in Soweto, Rivonia: The Trail of Nelson Mandela and Fashion Victim–The Killing of Gianni Versace. Rose also edited the feature film The Third Pint, which was released this year and was directed by Luciano Podcaminsky (whose spotmaking home is Rebolucion, Buenos Aires, with representation in the rest of the world via bicoastal/international @radical.media).
Editor Steve Gandolfi, founder of Cut+Run, said that Rose boosts the edit house’s “standing in the music video market and adds an exciting dimension to our commercials offering.”
“Sonic the Hedgehog 3” Tops Weekend Box Office
In the holiday season battle of big-budget family movies, Paramount Pictures' "Sonic the Hedgehog 3" sped past the Walt Disney Co.'s "Mufasa: The Lion King" to take the top spot at the box office ahead of the lucrative Christmas corridor in theaters.
"Sonic the Hedgehog 3" debuted with $62 million in ticket sales over the weekend, according to studio estimates. With strong reviews (86% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes) and a high score from audiences (an "A" on CinemaScore), "Sonic 3" is well positioned to be the top choice in cinemas during the busiest moviegoing period of the year.
It was telling of some wider trends that "Sonic 3" — made for $122 million — bested one of Disney's top properties. Videogame adaptations, once among the most derided movie genres, have emerged as one of the most dependable box office forces in recent years. The two previous "Sonic" movies together grossed more $700 million worldwide and the third installment appears likely to do better than both of them. A fourth "Sonic" movie is already in development.
"Mufasa," however, was humbled in its opening weekend, with its $35 million in domestic ticket sales coming in notably shy of expectations . The photorealistic "Lion King" prequel even opened wider than "Sonic 3," launching on 4,100 theaters and gobbling up most IMAX screens, compared with 3,761 locations for "Sonic 3."
Though "Mufasa's" reviews were poor (56% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes), audiences gave it an "A-" CinemaScore.
"Sonic 3" nearly doubled the haul for "Mufasa," which cost more than $200 million to make. Disney could look to $87.2 million in international sales to help make up the difference. The third "Sonic" will rollout in most overseas markets in the coming weeks.
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