Director Paul Gay is joining bicoastal/international Hungry Man for worldwide representation. He was previously with now defunct Omaha Pictures in the U.S., and Paul Weiland Film Company, London, in the U.K…..Clear, a privately held, London-based commercial and feature visual effects house, will not be launching a 4k/color grading unit and hiring Mick Vincent this month, as originally planned. Clear managing director Greg Caplan told SHOOT that funding for the new unit was cancelled, so as a result the company would not be going forward with expansion. Instead, Clear will continue to focus on its primary business of spot and feature effects, which remains steady; recent work has included effects shots for Ridley Scott’s Kingdom of Heaven and for such commercials as Ford’s “Penguins” for Ogilvy & Mather, London. Also in response to the turn of events, Caplan said that Clear has downsized from 49 to 35 employees while keeping focus on its core business….Director/cameraman Gillean Proctor has signed with Crossroads Films, bicoastal and Chicago. Crossroads initially got turned on to Proctor through its affiliation with Avion Films, Toronto…..Matt and David Cooper–owners of Lightning Media, The Vault, The Post Group and co-owners of iO Film–have purchased Hollywood-based Novastar Digital Sound. The goal is to provide a “creative campus” for the film and television communities with services including DI finishing, color correction, telecine, editing, visual effects, audio, conversions, duplication, DVD replication, and Internet design and development…. Rainmaker Limited Partnership in Vancouver, B.C. has launched a division called Rainmaker Animation & Visual Effects. Warren Franklin will head the new division as president. Franklin started his career at San Rafael-based Industrial Light & Magic in ’79 and moved up to manage Lucasfilm divisions including ILM, LucasArts Games and Skywalker Sound. In 1992 he made a move to now-defunct Colossal Pictures; Franklin held subsequent positions at Cinesite Hollywood (now managed by Kodak-owned Laser Pacific) and Pinnacle Studios…..
Christopher Nolan’s Next Film Is Based On “The Odyssey”
Christopher Nolan is following his Oscar-winning "Oppenheimer" with a true epic: Homer's "The Odyssey." It will open in theaters on July 17, 2026, Universal Pictures said Monday.
Details remain scarce, but the studio teased that it will be a "mythic action epic shot across the world using brand new IMAX technology." It will also be the first time that an adaptation of Homer's saga will play on IMAX film screens.
Nolan has been an IMAX enthusiast for years, going back to "The Dark Knight," and has made his last three films exclusively using large format film and the highest resolution film cameras. For "Oppenheimer," the first black-and-white IMAX film stock was developed. Nolan hasn't said specifically what the new technology for "The Odyssey" will be, but earlier this month he told The Associated Press that they're in an intensive testing phase with IMAX to prepare for the new production.
"They have an incredible engineering staff, really brilliant minds doing extraordinary work," Nolan said. "It's wonderful to see innovation in the celluloid film arena still happening and happening at the highest level possible."
"The Odyssey" will be Nolan's second collaboration with Universal Pictures following "Oppenheimer," which earned nearly $1 billion at the box office and won the filmmaker his first Oscars, including for best director and best picture. Rumors about his next project have been swirling ever since, with near-daily speculations about plot — none of which turned out to be true — and casting. While there are many reports about actors joining the ensemble, none has been officially confirmed by the studio.
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