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Bicoastal editing company Lost Planet–whose editorial roster includes Hank Corwin, Paul Martinez, Geoff Hounsell, Charlie Johnston, Saar Klein, Kim Bica and Jen Dean–has aligned with Work, a new London-based editorial shop led by cutters Richard Orrick, Neil Smith and Bill Smedley. Orrick and Smith were most recently with The Whitehouse, London, while Smedley previously worked at The Quarry, London. Previously a managing executive producer at The Whitehouse, Jane Dilworth is Work's executive producer. Per the agreement, Work editors are now available to cut commercials stateside at Lost Planet's Manhattan outpost or Los Angeles headquarters, while Lost Planet's editors are available to edit in London through Work. “Hank and I are delighted to align with Work,” said Betsy Beale, executive producer, Lost Planet. “We believe there is tremendous value in matching the best creative talent with the best projects, without regard to location issues.” — Chicago-based The Filmworkers Club has hired colorist Fred Keller, formerly with Company 3, New York. Keller began his career with now-closed Prinzco Productions. He followed that with stints at New York-based DuArt Film & Video, now-closed Digital Universe, and Manhattan Transfer, which eventually became Company 3, New York. His recent credits include spots for GMC, Budweiser, Adidas, Samuel Adams and MTV–“Orange Bow”, a short film edited by New York-based Bluerock's Karama Horne, is in competition at this year's Tribeca Film Festival. Inspired by a true story, “Orange Bow” offers a slice of what it is like to grow up in Brooklyn. It was directed by Diandrea Rees — Vivian Marks has joined Raleigh, N.C.-based editorial/animation/visual effects house Serious Robots as post production producer–.Canada's Frank and Gordon, the popular CG “spokesbeavers” for Bell Canada, are produced by Montreal-based Buzz Image Group and directed by Buzz's Sandra Germain, for Bell Canada's ad agency Cossette Communication Group, Montreal. To date, Buzz has produced a half dozen animated spots for the campaign and has several more in the works. Buzz initially produced two spots in French and English for airing in Quebec, then Cossette rolled out the campaign nationally. The beavers also appear in radio and print advertising, and have their own Web site.Category:News
Netflix Series “The Leopard” Spots Classic Italian Novel, Remakes It As A Sumptuous Period Drama
"The Leopard," a new Netflix series, takes the classic Italian novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa and transforms it into a sumptuous period piece showing the struggles of the aristocracy in 19th-century Sicily, during tumultuous social upheavals as their way of life is crumbling around them.
Tom Shankland, who directs four of the eight episodes, had the courage to attempt his own version of what is one of the most popular films in Italian history. The 1963 movie "The Leopard," directed by Luchino Visconti, starring Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon and Claudia Cardinale, won the Palme d'Or in Cannes.
One Italian critic said that it would be the equivalent of a director in the United States taking "Gone with the Wind" and turning it into a series, but Shankland wasn't the least bit intimidated.
He said that he didn't think of anything other than his own passion for the project, which grew out of his love of the book. His father was a university professor of Italian literature in England, and as a child, he loved the book and traveling to Sicily with his family.
The book tells the story of Don Fabrizio Corbera, the Prince of Salina, a tall, handsome, wealthy aristocrat who owns palaces and land across Sicily.
His comfortable world is shaken with the invasion of Sicily in 1860 by Giuseppe Garibaldi, who was to overthrow the Bourbon king in Naples and bring about the Unification of Italy.
The prince's family leads an opulent life in their magnificent palaces with servants and peasants kowtowing to their every need. They spend their time at opulent banquets and lavish balls with their fellow aristocrats.
Shankland has made the series into a visual feast with tables heaped with food, elaborate gardens and sensuous costumes.... Read More
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