Full service character effects company MASTERSFX has recently designed and produced a diverse number of makeup and special creature effects for a variety of recent or upcoming TV and feature film projects. Todd Masters, founder of MASTERSFX, made the announcement. These projects are:nnTRUE BLOOD For the fifth consecutive season, MASTERSFX delivers the goods as the exclusive monstermaker for this hit HBO series. The company creates the vampire makeups, demises, and other characters under the supervision of Dan Rebert for this Alan Ball production. nnFALLING SKIES MASTERSFX returns to Season 2 of the Steven Spielberg produced hit TNT series to once again create the multi-appendaged Skitters – a race of alien warriors. MASTERS FX brings these highly mobile and menacing beings to life with a ground-breaking technique that utilizes on-set puppetry combined with actual performers and animatronics. Originally, the production planned to create the characters entirely digitally, but the decision was soon made to use both computer-generated Skitters and animatronics in order to take full advantage of both techniques. The second season debuts June 17th.nnELYSIUM For this upcoming TriStar Pictures film, written and directed by Neill Blomkamp (“District 9”), and starring Matt Damon and Jodie Foster, MASTERSFX supported Peter Jackson’s WETA Workshop Supervisors Joe Dunckley and Sarah Rubano.nn7500 Directed by Japanese horror icon Takashi Shimizu, CBS Films’ upcoming thriller “7500” follows the passengers of a 747 crossing the Pacific en route to Tokyo as they encounter an unexplainable force. MASTERSFX created a series of effects for the film, as well as delivering a variety of makeup FX. The feature stars Leslie Bibb, Jamie Chung, Amy Smart, Ryan Kwanten, and Jerry Ferrara.nnVAMPS Director Amy Heckerling’s vampire comedy “Vamps,” stars her “Clueless” star Alicia Silverstone, Krysten Ritter (“Don’t Trust The B—in Apartment 23), Wallace Shawn, and Sigourney Weaver. The storyline for “Vamps” revolves around beautiful vampires Goody (Silverstone) and Stacy (Ritter), who have been enjoying the good life in New York City. As upstanding, politically correct Extended Life Forms (ELFs), the pair hit a support group, “Sanguines Anonymous,” to help curb the temptation of human blood in between their clubbing and dating schedules. When love steals into each of their lives, the pair’s destiny is set on a new course and they must make a choice that will jeopardize their immortality—and maybe much more.n nWritten and directed by Amy Heckerling, “Vamps” is a comedy-fantasy-romance that puts a fresh and hilariously upbeat twist on the vampire genre. The film was produced by Lauren Versel, Molly Hassell, Stuart Cornfeld and Maria Teresa Arida. Executive Producers include Stanislaw Tyczynski, Julie Kroll, Kamal Nahas, John Jencks, Lisa Wilson, Stephen Hays and Peter Graham, and Peter Fructman. “Vamps” was produced by Lucky Monkey Pictures and Red Hour Films. nnFor “Vamps,” MASTERSFX created and produced an assortment of Vampire and creature makeup special FX. Anchor Bay Films will release the film to theaters this October. nnAMERICAN MARY “American Mary” is the second feature film from Twisted Twins Productions, a Vancouver-based company founded by Jen and Sylvia Soska (“Dead Hooker in a Trunk”). Written and directed by the Soskas, “American Mary” is the bizarre story of a medical student who becomes increasingly disenchanted with medical school. The allure of easy money soon leads her to a world of underground surgeries which leave as many marks on her as her freakish clientel. MASTERSFX created a broad array of weird, prosthetic makeup FX, as well as several graphic surgery sequences. “American Mary” will be released during summer 2012. nn
nTo view the teaser trailer, on YouTube click here.nnAbout MASTERSFXnMASTERSFX was founded in 1987 by Emmy Award winner Todd Masters, and is currently celebrating its 25th anniversary. MASTERSFX is a full-service character effects company with studios in both Los Angeles and Vancouver, British Columbia. The company has created prosthetic and animatronic characters and effects for hundreds of movies, television shows, and commercials, including most recently: “Underworld: Awakening 3D,” “True Blood,” “Falling Skies,” “A Haunting in Georgia” and “Fringe,” among others.nnHistorically, the company has contributed makeups, characters, and an assortment of special FX sequences to such high profile past projects as “Stargate SG1,” “The Horse Whisperer,” “Star Trek: First Contact,” “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Six Feet Under,” “Tales From the Crypt,” “Battlestar Galactica,” and many more. Please see: www.mastersfx.com.Dan Harary The Asbury PR Agency Beverly Hills 310/859-1831 Contact Dan via email
Contact In The Desert Returns To Indian Wells, CA, May 29-June 2, 2025, Featuring Keynote Speaker Josh Gates of “Expedition Unknown”
The Contact In The Desert Conference (CITD) will take place May 29th - June 2nd, 2025, at the beautiful Renaissance Esmeralda Resort and Spa in Indian Wells, CA. The conference will feature over 120 lectures, workshops, intensives and panels presented by the world’s most prestigious experts in the fields of UFO/UAP, Government Disclosure, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Science, Ancient Civilizations, Space Exploration, Future of Technology and Space Travel, Non-human Intelligence, Spirituality, and more. This year’s conference, with the theme Event Horizon, will feature renowned keynote speaker Josh Gates, host of Discovery’s Expedition Unknown, as well as Dr. Diane Hennacy Powell, the leading expert on child autism and savant syndrome, who will be speaking about her telepathy project. Tickets are now available: CLICK HERE “We are thrilled to welcome Josh Gates and Dr. Diane Hennacy Powell to CITD 2025. They both bring unique insights and deep dedication to discovering the unknown,” said CITD Executive Producer Ron Janix. About Josh Gates Adventurer, television personality and author Josh Gates is the host and executive producer of the smash-hit Discovery Channel TV series, Expedition Unknown. Armed with a degree in archaeology, a quick wit and a hunger for adventure, Gates has traveled to the most remote corners of the world, participated in sub-sea archaeological excavations in the Mediterranean, and explored everywhere from sweltering African deserts to the icy shore of Antarctica. To date, he has set foot in more than one hundred countries, has scaled “the roof of Africa” on Mt.... Read More