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Nylon
16 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Nylon
Interview with Hendrick Ou, one of the brains behind Jurassic World: The Exhibition in Singapore
Behind every successful exhibition like the recently opened Jurassic World: The Exhibition in Singapore, is a dedicated team of individuals who are driven by the passion to craft immersive experiences and bring them to life. Image courtesy of NEON. While most of us would have found it daunting to give life to a beloved franchise like Jurassic World, NEON's Senior Project Manager, Hendrick Ou, tapped on his expertise to focus on ensuring anyone who walked through the exhibition's doors be filled with awe, curiosity, and nostalgia. Speaking with NYLON Singapore, Hendrick said, 'This allowed me to continuously bring fresh insights and experiences to make events like this Jurassic exhibition even better.' Together with his team, they considered the franchise's appeal across generations and how guests of different ages interact with spaces. 'Kids love movement and surprises, while adults may appreciate richer layers of storytelling and immersive tech,' he added, 'The goal was to ensure everyone could enjoy the exhibition in their own way, whether it's marvelling at an animatronic or reading the science behind the species.' Image courtesy of NEON. Even though Jurassic World: The Exhibition is an international exhibition that has made its rounds globally, its arrival in Singapore was a unique one as Hendrick and his team were able to localise it for the Singapore audience. 'Unlike our travelling sets, which rely on artificial foliage and controlled lighting to recreate the Jurassic World, the Cloud Forest provided a truly immersive, and authentic environment, where the presence of natural sunlight shifting throughout the day added an organic layer to the experience,' shared Hendrick. As such, the exhibition did away with a fixed linear storyline that was the core of the global exhibitions and instead took a 'different and celebratory approach' that saw the strategic placement of iconic dinosaurs throughout the Cloud Forest; allowing for guests to encounter them and creating unexpected, magical moments that felt organic. While this may have sounded simple on paper, the integration between the dinosaurs and the Cloud Forest was not without its challenges. Image courtesy of NEON. Hendrick explained that beyond the physical and logistical aspects, there was the creative challenge on how to integrate the IP meaningfully into the Cloud Forest. 'It required extensive collaboration between creative, technical, and horticultural teams to plan installations that respected and complemented the natural environment. It was about finding that sweet spot where creativity could coexist with nature.' This also meant choosing the right mix of dinosaurs since each dinosaur comes with its own set of logistical needs — considerations on how big is it, how much it moves, where it can be positioned safely, how it interacts with the existing environment; like the slope of height clearance in the Cloud Forest. 'We started with a long list and gradually narrowed it down based on impact, recognisability, and how well they fit within the physical terrain of the Cloud Forest,' said Hendrick, 'There were certainly some that didn't make the cut but that's all part of the creative process.' Image courtesy of NEON. Despite the challenges that were physically and mentally demanding, bringing Jurassic World: The Exhibition to life was a fulfilling experience for Hendrick, who thought of the challenges as a reminder on why the work he does is 'so rewarding' as he was a part of a team who were building something memorable for thousands to enjoy. 'Seeing the first batch of visitors interact with the exhibits, hearing the kids gasp or shout out the names of the dinosaurs — all the long nights and challenges we braved just melted away,' he said. 'There's a real sense of purpose and rewarding moments in seeing how your work touches people, and it reminds me how my role at NEON isn't just about creating an exhibition… We are creating lasting memories.' Image courtesy of NEON. One of this lasting memories, it seems, is Hendrick's favourite T-Rex animatronic from the exhibition. 'It's a real showstopper,' he explained, 'No matter how many times I see it, there's always this moment of awe and pride when it comes to life. From the scale to the movement to the timing of the lighting and sound, it's so well-choreographed that it almost feels alive!' At the end of the day, Hendrick hopes that visitors will leave the exhibition feeling a sense of wonder; bringing joy, sparking curiosity and creating memories with family or friends. 'That's what this career in NEON is all about. From creating experiences that connect people to igniting passions and inspiring imaginations as it is not just about dinosaurs, it is about the shaping precious moments for the people who experience them.'
Cision Canada
a day ago
- Business
- Cision Canada
COPPER GIANT ACQUIRES STRATEGIC 53,474 HECTARE LAND PACKAGE IN THE JURASSIC PORPHYRY BELT OF COLOMBIA
The Company also announces mutual conclusion of its At-The-Market (ATM) equity distribution program with Research Capital VANCOUVER, BC, June 27, 2025 /CNW/ - Copper Giant Resources Corp. (" Copper Giant" or the " Company") (TSXV: CGNT) (OTCQB: LBCMF) (FRA: 29H0) is pleased to announce it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of Grupo Minera Sol S.A.S. (" Grupo Minera Sol"), a private Colombian company holding 12 mining applications covering 53,474 hectares (see Figure 1) within the prolific Jurassic porphyry belt in Colombia. As consideration, Copper Giant will issue 7,500,000 common shares of the Company at a price of $0.21 per share to the shareholders of Grupo Minera Sol. The transaction is subject to approval by the TSX Venture Exchange. Grupo Minera Sol's applications are contiguous with Copper Giant's existing land package and are primarily located in the Department of Cauca (Municipality of Santa Rosa), with extensions into Putumayo and the Mocoa Municipality. The combined claims now span approximately 136,425 hectares—an increase of 64%—positioning Copper Giant as one of the largest holders of highly prospective porphyry terrain in Colombia. Strategic Highlights: Land Expansion: Copper Giant's land holdings grow from 82,951 hectares to 136,425 hectares, consolidating a dominant 75-kilometre corridor within Colombia's Jurassic porphyry belt. Regional Prospectivity: The 75 km trend is supported by historical soil geochemistry and prospecting work and is geologically analogous in scale to the corridor that hosts Mirador, Warintza, and Panantza–San Carlos in Ecuador.* District-Scale Foundation: Combined with the district-scale potential emerging at Mocoa, the acquisition enhances Copper Giant's ability to define multiple high-priority targets across a geologically fertile and underexplored belt. "This acquisition strengthens our strategic footprint in one of the most prospective porphyry copper belts in the Andes. It reflects our long-term conviction in the Mocoa region, our continued investment in local partnerships, and our belief that the next generation of major copper discoveries will come from projects that can offer both scale and continuity," commented Ian Harris, President & CEO. "Through steady groundwork and trust-based relationships, we've created the right conditions to consolidate this district in a responsible and collaborative way." *Mirador, Warintza, and Panantza–San Carlos are independent of Copper Giant and there is no guarantee of future performance of Copper Giant projects. No inference should be made regarding mineral resources or reserves based on adjacent or nearby deposits. ATM Termination Copper Giant and Research Capital Corporation have mutually agreed to conclude the Company's At-The-Market (ATM) equity distribution program as outlined in the Equity Distribution Agreement dated January 22, 2025. This strategic decision reflects the Company's positive outlook and commitment to maximizing shareholder value. The termination is effective immediately. A total of $2,017,000 raised pursuant to the ATM Offering as disclosed in news release April 10, 2025. About Copper Giant Copper Giant Resources Corp. is part of the Fiore Group, a private and well-established Canadian organization known for building successful, high-impact companies across the natural resource sector. Copper Giant was formed with a singular focus: to advance high-quality copper projects beyond resource definition—responsibly, efficiently, and with long-term positive impact. The Company is led by a team with uncommon experience, having successfully taken some of the few major copper mines developed in the past two decades from discovery through to construction. Copper Giant's current focus is the Mocoa copper-molybdenum deposit in southern Colombia, one of the largest undeveloped resources of its kind in the Americas. Recent exploration success has revealed potential well beyond its original footprint, highlighting Mocoa as a broader district-scale opportunity—and the catalyst for the Company's name and evolution. Guided by the values of respect and r esponsibility, and grounded in its Good Neighbor philosophy, Copper Giant is committed to creating enduring value for all stakeholders and playing a meaningful role in the global energy transition. Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. This news release includes forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties. All statements within, other than statements of historical fact, the outcome of the Company's current resource expansion strategy; other activities and achievements of the Company, including but not limited to: the anticipated closing of the transaction with Grupo Minera Sol; the potential benefits of the combined claims; the timing and success for the advancement of the Mocoa Project, the expansion of the Mocoa resource base; are to be considered forward looking. Although Copper Giant believes the expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results or developments may differ materially from those in forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements include not obtaining receipt from the TSX Venture Exchange for completion of the transaction with Grupo Minera Sol; market prices and volatility with the Company's common shares, exploitation and exploration successes, uncertainty of reserve and resource estimates, risks of not achieving production, continued availability of capital and financing, processes, permits and filing requirements, risks related to operations in foreign and developing countries and compliance with foreign laws and including risks related to changes in foreign laws and changing policies related to mining and local ownership requirements in Colombia, and general economic, market, political or business conditions and regulatory and administrative approvals. There can be no assurances that such statements will prove accurate and, therefore, readers are advised to rely on their own evaluation of such uncertainties. We do not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statements
Perth Now
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Scarlett Johansson was enthusiastically supported by twin brother Hunter during Jurassic World Rebirth premiere
Scarlett Johansson has revealed that her twin brother Hunter was her most enthusiastic supporter at the premiere of Jurassic World Rebirth. The 40-year-old actress leads the cast of the new movie as Zora Bennett and admits that her twin sibling was the "loudest audience member" at the event in New York because he is such a big fan of the dinosaur franchise. In an interview with E! News, Scarlett said: "He was the loudest audience member. I knew that that would be the case because he loves Jurassic so much and was like, there for it." She added: "He would've been there either way because he's a fan and the movie is so explosive. He was literally orchestrating the John Williams music and was just like, so loud." Scarlett admits that her watching the film with her twin brother was particularly special as they had both loved the original 1993 flick Jurassic Park together as children. The Jojo Rabbit star said: "That was really fun because we saw the movie together when we were nine or 10 in the theatre, and here we are in this full circle moment. It's kind of crazy." Johansson realised a childhood dream by starring in the movie and has vivid memories of her first day on the set of the film. She recalled: "Even our first day at work, we landed in Krabi, Thailand, took a car to a boat to another car to another boat to this remote island we were shooting on. "By the time we got down to this little jungle path to the beach, you're like, 'Oh my god, it's really Jurassic Park out here!' It's just so embedded in my memory." Scarlett's co-star Jonathan Bailey was also pleased to have the support of his scientist sister as he takes on the role of Dr. Henry Loomis movie. The 37-year-old star explained: "At the London premiere, my sister is a genetic counsellor for the NHS. "And my character says, 'Science is for all of us', and I could just see she gulped and she was like, crying." Jonathan continued: "You remember how important this film is in all of its different messages as well as the thrills and the highs. There's a real heart to the Jurassic films."
Yahoo
a day ago
- Science
- Yahoo
Enigmatic 'runner' dinosaur from Colorado helps rewrite understanding of several Jurassic species
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A mysterious "runner" dinosaur, only about the size of a dog, scurried around the ancient floodplains of what is now Colorado around 150 million years ago, a new study finds. The two-legged herbivore, named Enigmacursor mollyborthwickae, was around 3 feet (1 meter) long and 1.5 feet (0.5 m) tall. However, despite its small stature, the discovery of this dinosaur is having a big impact on scientists' understanding of several Jurassic species. A private fossil company excavated E. mollyborthwickae in Colorado between 2021 and 2022. The skeleton was later put up for sale, advertised as Nanosaurus, which is another type of small dinosaur from the same rock formation — called the Morrison Formation. After the Natural History Museum in London bought the skeleton, researchers found that not only is this new specimen not Nanosaurus, but the scientific classification of Nanosaurus and several other dinosaurs from the Morrison Formation are also unreliable. The Morrison Formation is home to many iconic dinosaur fossils, such as the plated Stegosaurus and the ferocious predator Allosaurus, which would have lived alongside E. mollyborthwickae during the Jurassic period (201.3 million to 145 million years ago). The new study, published Wednesday (June 25) in the journal Royal Society Open Science, highlights that researchers still have a lot to learn about the formation's smaller dinosaurs. "While the Morrison Formation has been well-known for a long time, most of the focus has been on searching for the biggest and most impressive dinosaurs," study co-lead author Susannah Maidment, a senior researcher at the Natural History Museum, said in an article published by the museum. "Smaller dinosaurs are often left behind, meaning there are probably many still in the ground." Related: Meet 'Dragon prince' — the newly discovered T. rex relative that roamed Mongolia 86 million years ago The skeleton was excavated by a company called Dinosaurs of America, LLC and acquired by the David Aaron art gallery in London, before the Natural History Museum purchased the fossils in 2024, according to the study. When the researchers got their hands on the alleged Nanosaurus, they began to look closely at the group, along with other small-bodied Morrison Formation dinosaurs. "Nanosaurus wasn't named based on many fossilised bones, but largely the preserved impressions of bones pressed into hardened sand that are very difficult to study," study co-lead author Paul Barrett, a paleobiologist at the Natural History Museum, said in the museum's article. "So, we turned to the other bones that have been referred to the group over the past century, but these weren't particularly well-preserved either." The fossil record for several small-bodied Morrison Formation dinosaurs is poor and incomplete, and it has undergone several scientific revisions, according to the study. Barrett and Maidment reviewed Nanosaurus and similar Morrison Formation species in a study published April 25 in the journal Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History, concluding that by modern standards, none of them had distinct enough features or a unique combination of characteristics to be valid. For the new study, the researchers pored over the so-called Nanosaurus specimen and scanned it so they could create virtual 3D images of its fossilized bones. They determined that a unique combination of features, particularly in its legs, made the animal distinct enough from other dinosaurs. Their analysis found that its closest known relative was Yandusaurus hongheensis, a Jurassic herbivore from China. RELATED STORIES —T. rex may have evolved in North America after all, scientists say —Giant pterosaurs weren't only good at flying, they could walk among dinosaurs too —Dinosaurs might still roam Earth if it weren't for the asteroid, study suggests Barrett and Maidment created a new genus (group) for the specimen. The genus name, Enigmacursor, combines the words "enigma" — a reference to the mysteries surrounding its scientific classification — and "cursor," which means "runner" in Latin. The dinosaur's species name, "mollyborthwickae," honors museum donor Molly Borthwick, whose donation allowed the Natural History Museum to purchase the specimen, according to the study. The museum didn't disclose the cost of the specimen. "By studying its anatomy in detail, we've been able to clarify this species' evolutionary relationships, its taxonomy and the diversity of a previously poorly understood group of small dinosaurs," Maidment said in a statement.
GMA Network
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- GMA Network
Scarlett Johansson on 'Jurassic World: Rebirth' role: 'A dream come true'
For Scarlett Johansson, getting the role of Zora Bennett in "Jurassic World: Rebirth" was a dream come true. According to Lyn Ching's report in "24 Oras" Thursday, the Hollywood actress called her husband, Colin Jost, the moment she found out she got the role. "I called my husband Colin [Jost] and was like, 'I'm in Jurassic!' 'cause he knows how meaningful it was and he's still so excited," she said. "Even if you feel kind of embarrassed to share your enthusiasm, you should because it can result in a dream come true," she added. It is apparent that Scarlett's a huge fan of the franchise. In fact, she slept in a Jurassic tent for a year in her childhood. "I think my sister made me get rid of it after a year because this thing takes up the entire room," she shared. "I do a lot of pillow forts, I have a four-year-old and he's very into pillow forts, so I do a lot of construction with those." In "Jurassic World: Rebirth," Scarlett plays the role of covert operations expert Zora, a character that sounds nothing short of cool. She added, however, that she can go from cool to embarrassing mom in the eyes of her 11-year-old daughter. "I'd like to be thought of as the coolest mom. I have an 11-year-old daughter, so she goes in between thinking I'm the coolest mom and also the most embarrassing mom, which I think is healthy," she shared. Scarlett stars in the movie alongside Jonathan Bailey (paleontologist Dr. Henry Loomis) and Mahershala Ali (Duncan Kincaid). Directed by Gareth Edwards, "Jurassic World: Rebirth" follows a team of specialists that embarks on an expedition to a forbidden island, home to a research facility for the original "Jurassic Park". The movie will premiere on July 2. —CDC, GMA Integrated News
