The Mill has hired Pete King as exec producer for its automotive clients and brands. He will be based out of The Mill’s Los Angeles studio and work alongside Alistair Thompson, exec VP, international, and a team of artists, technicians and producers creating content.
King joins The Mill from Big Block where he was an executive producer and responsible for leading the production team that launched the Big Block Design Group (BBDG), and prior to that was at A52 where he worked as a sr. VFX producer. He has extensive experience in producing complex and innovative car commercials, collaborating on high-profile auto brands with Team One, Mullen, David&Goliath, Digitas, Team Detroit, Doner and Innocean Worldwide.
He has produced the BMW M5 TV and viral sensation Bullet, a series of digital campaigns with Digitas Boston for GMC, the Emmy-nominated opening title sequence for Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey and the rebrands for ESPN for the NFL franchise shows packages.
Thompson said of King, “His understanding and experience bolster our automotive team as we push new boundaries at The Mill to evolve our creative and technical solutions and continue to craft exceptional and photo-real CG cars.”
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