HARBOR, a New York based studio specializing in production and post for feature films, episodic series and commercial communications, has hired Adrian Seery in the new role of sr. colorist. Seery joins directly from Moving Picture Company (MPC), New York, where he was commercial colorist. For nearly 30 years Seery has honed his craft, working first in London (SVC Television, Soho 601 and Rushes Post Productions Ltd.), and then crossing the pond to Los Angeles (Technicolor Hollywood), and ultimately, New York. Seery’s talent has been recognized with multiple awards including: Creative and Design (CAD) UK awards; Music Video Awards (MVAs); the British Television Advertising (BTA) Craft Awards, and the Monitor Awards. His body of work ranges from global broadcast commercials to music videos and feature films. Seery’s major brand experience includes BMW, Budweiser, Chevrolet, Chevron, Diet Coke, Direct TV, Ford, Guess Jeans, Hugo Boss, Jaguar, Mercedes Benz, Pantene, and Verizon….
LAIKA, the animation studio behind the Academy Award®-nominated Kubo and the Two Strings as well as The Boxtrolls, ParaNorman, and Coraline, has announced its fifth film. Currently being referred to as “Film Five,” the feature–directed by Chris Butler (ParaNorman) is in production at the studio and will be released in the U.S. by Annapurna Pictures. “Film Five” sports a voice cast led by Hugh Jackman (The Greatest Showman, Wolverine), Zoe Saldana (Guardians of the Galaxy) and Zach Galifianakis (The Hangover)….
In NBC’s “Brilliant Minds,” Zachary Quinto Plays Doctor–In A Role Inspired By Physician/Author Oliver Sacks
There's a great moment in the first episode of the new NBC medical drama "Brilliant Minds" when it becomes very clear that we're not dealing with a typical TV doctor.
Zachary Quinto is behind the wheel of a car barreling down a New York City parkway, packed with hospital interns, abruptly weaving in and out of lanes, when one of them asks, "Does anyone want to share a Klonopin?" — a drug sometimes used to treat panic disorders.
"Oh, glory to God, yes, please," says Quinto, reaching an arm into the back seat. The intern then breaks the pill in half and gives a sliver to the driver, who swallows it, as the other interns share stunned looks.
Quinto, playing the character Dr. Oliver Wolf, is clearly not portraying any dour, by-the-rules doctor here — he's playing a character inspired by Dr. Oliver Sacks, the path-breaking researcher and author who rose to fame in the 1970s and was once called the "poet laureate of medicine."
"He was someone who was tirelessly committed to the dignity of the human experience. And so I feel really grateful to be able to tell his story and to continue his legacy in a way that I hope our show is able to do," says Quinto.
He's a fern-loving doctor
"Brilliant Minds" takes Sack's personality — a motorcycle-riding, fern-loving advocate for mental health who died in 2015 at 82 — and puts him in the present day, where the creators theorize he would have no idea who Taylor Swift is or own a cell phone. The series debuts Monday on NBC, right after "The Voice."
"It's almost as if we're imagining what it would have been like if Oliver Sacks had been born at a different time," says Quinto. "We use the real life person as our North Star through everything we're doing and all the... Read More