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    Sam McLaren joins Rooster Post as partner/EP

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    TORONTO --

    Rooster Post in Toronto has hired Sam McLaren as partner and executive producer. She comes over from Fort York VFX.

    A creative EP, McLaren has a talent for multi-faceted storytelling and is a veteran of the Canadian commercial film industry. Having started her career in production, she transitioned to postproduction and spent many years leading the editorial team at Panic & Bob Editing. She then worked at Fort York VFX as an executive producer, where she rounded out her postproduction knowledge by developing expertise in CG, visual effects and finishing. Throughout her career, she’s worked on numerous notable projects for brands including Ikea, Budweiser, Alexander Keiths, Ford, TD, CIBC and Canadian Tire.

    McLaren’s commercial production work has won numerous awards. It includes FCB Canada’s “Anything But Sorry” for the Canadian Down Syndrome Society, which won 13 Cannes Lions, Vim’s “Prison Visitor,” directed by the The Perlorian Brothers, which won a Gold Lion in Cannes, and Sick Kids’ “Better Tomorrows,” directed by Mark Zibert, which won a Silver Health Lion. McLaren has also worked on many Super Bowl spots over the years out of DDB Chicago, a number of which topped the USA Today Ad Meter poll, including Bud Light’s “Magic Fridge,” and director Joe Pytka’s Budweiser commercials featuring the iconic Budweiser Clydesdales and Dalmatians.

    Rooster Post is home to an award-winning roster of editors including, Michelle Czukar, Dave De Carlo, Christina Humphries, Marc Langley, Colin Murdock, Chris Parkins, Jeff Poremba, Paul Proulx, Brett Rostrup and Joey Whitelaw.

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    Robert Eggers and Willem Dafoe Reunite For “Nosferatu”

    Tuesday, December 24, 2024

    When Willem Dafoe enjoys working with a filmmaker, he'll often jump at the chance to do it again.

    The list of directors with whom the 69-year-old has worked with more than once is extensive, including Wes Anderson,Yorgos Lanthimos,Paul Schrader,Lars von Trier and, now for a third time, Robert Eggers. "If it's good, you come back," Dafoe said plainly.

    The pair spoke about Eggers' adaptation of "Nosferatu" that hits theaters Wednesday, some of the challenges they faced making "The Lighthouse" — their first project together released in 2019 — and the unique relationship that exists between actors and directors.

    The interview has been edited for clarity and brevity.

    Q: Willem, I read that you called Robert after you saw "The Witch." What did you say?

    DAFOE: I want to meet you and I want to know who this filmmaker is.

    Q: What is it about him that keeps bringing you back?

    DAFOE: Well, if it's good, you come back. When I saw "The Witch," I thought, "Wow, this is a film about a period that I'm not particularly knowledgeable about, but I enter it so easily. This is relevant. It's rooted. It's my story. I'm with these people."

    That's quite an incredible trick because a lot of period films, they're always pointing to themselves. They're always sending messages. They're always showing. This had a kind of energy and the kind of physicality and sensuality that I thought, "Who does this? I gotta see this guy." And then I had a wonderful experience in "The Lighthouse" and I played a part that was really fun in "The Northman." So, when he wants to do this passion project and offers me this beautiful role of Professor Von Franz, I say,... Read More

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