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Yahoo
05-06-2025
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The Crawleys Are Off to the Races in First Trailer for ‘Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale'
Hold onto your hats — the Crawley family is back in action in Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale. The first official teaser trailer dropped Monday and showed returning cast members Hugh Bonneville, Michelle Dockery, Allen Leech, Laura Carmichael, Elizabeth McGovern and Harry Hadden-Paton all reprising their roles in the beloved period piece, which first aired six seasons on PBS before its first two films came out. More from The Hollywood Reporter 'The Love That Remains' Review: Hlynur Pálmason Follows 'Godland' With a Snapshot of Marital Dissolution More Elemental Than Affecting Uberto Pasolini's 'The Return,' Ira Sachs' 'Peter Hujar's Day' Set for 2025 Mediterrane Film Festival in Malta Russell Brand Pleads Not Guilty to Rape, Indecent and Sexual Assault Charges in London The teaser starts with the group at the races with Jim Carter, playing butler Mr. Carson, welcoming attendees into the year 1930. Newcomer Dominic West is tuxedo-ed up at a lavish bash in London and Mary (Dockery) wows with a bright red dress and tiara in front of photographers as she exits a car. Also starring in the third and final film is Penelope Wilton, Paul Giamatti, Phyllis Logan, Raquel Cassidy, Brendan Coyle, Kevin Doyle, Michael Fox, Joanne Froggatt, Robert James-Collier, Sophie McShera, Lesley Nicol, Alessandro Nivola, Arty Froushan, Joely Richardson, Paul Copley and Douglas Reith. 'It's time to say goodbye,' the teaser also says. Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, directed by Simon Curtis and written by Downton Abbey mastermind Julian Fellowes, is in theaters Sep. 12. Best of The Hollywood Reporter 13 of Tom Cruise's Most Jaw-Dropping Stunts Hollywood Stars Who Are One Award Away From an EGOT 'The Goonies' Cast, Then and Now
Yahoo
24-02-2025
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‘Paddington in Peru' VFX Studio Reveals Secrets of Bringing the Lovable Bear to Life, From Human Stand-Ins to 4K Fur (EXCLUSIVE)
With 'Paddington in Peru' now on its second week of adventures in U.S. cinemas and having hit a global box office of $125 million, VFX powerhouse Framestore has lifted the lid on how it brought the entirely CG bear — and much of his surroundings — to life. In a VFX breakdown video exclusively given to Variety, the company has unveiled the work that went into not just creating Paddington Bear, but the vast array of other animals that feature in film, the exotic Peruvian locations, including the Home for Retired Bears (mostly shot in a U.K. studio), and a scene in which Paddington takes control (badly) of a riverboat careering down a chopping jungle river (again, shot in the U.K.). The video shows Ben Whishaw — who voices Paddington — in the studio, recording the lines and also embodying the bear emotionally so his face can be used as reference for VFX, others (including animation director Pablo Grillo) standing in for the bear for the CG to be added later and also the shoot that took place in the real life Machu Picchu. More from Variety 'Peter Hujar's Day' Releases First Look Following Sundance Sale Ben Whishaw's Banner Year: The 'Black Doves' and 'Peter Hujar's Day' Star on Refusing to Be Pigeonholed and Playing Characters Whose Sexuality Isn't Their 'Defining Characteristic' Box Office: 'Captain America: Brave New World' Inaugurates a $40 Million Opening Day Alongside the video, Framestore has also provided a few facts about making 'Paddington in Peru,' which was produced by StudioCanal and released by Sony in the U.S. In the film, Paddington's fur was multiplied by 4 times as much as on the 'Paddington 2' to make sure the design translated into 4k resolution. Everything Paddington touches is CG, so the VFX team had to build digital versions of any prop he interacts with. The llamas in the film were all CG. In order to create them, the team first had to visit a llama sanctuary to 'cast' their hero llama (a 'fine specimen' named Diesel). Paddington's duffle coat was recreated, to achieve greater movement, drape, and texture, using a new cloth solver called Carbon. For reference, they used stand-ins wearing the coat to see how it would move, react and interact. For Paddington's roar, they needed to create specific facial shapes and pay closer attention to the inside of his mouth. On set, leaf blowers generated 'wind' to interact with the roar, to make it more realistic. Machu Picchu was not closed off for filming, so the original background plates contain other visitors and tourists that had to be removed using digital matte painting. The rig for the riverboat was suspended 10-12 feet from the ground, in order to be able to simulate the movement on the rough water. Capturing the background plates for the riverboat scene required a 5 camera array, all shooting in 4k. The total render time for 'Paddington in Peru' reached an incredible 88,884,749 hours (or 10,146 years), across Framestore's studios in London, Montreal, and Mumbai. See Framestore's VFX breakdown video below Best of Variety New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week Grammy Predictions, From Beyoncé to Kendrick Lamar: Who Will Win? Who Should Win? What's Coming to Netflix in February 2025
Yahoo
04-02-2025
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Ira Sachs Sundance Drama ‘Peter Hujar's Day' Acquired by Sideshow and Janus Films
'Peter Hujar's Day' has found a home. The film, written and directed by Ira Sachs and starring Ben Whishaw and Rebecca Hall, made its debut at the Sundance Film Festival, where it quickly became one of the most buzzed-about titles. On Tuesday, Sideshow and Janus Films revealed they have since acquired the North American rights for the film. Sideshow and Janus Films are eying a fall theatrical release for the movie. SBS is handling international sales for the film, with a deal negotiated by Sideshow and Janus Films with WME Independent. It will next screen at the Berlinale in Panorama. 'Peter Hujar's Day' was produced by Jordan Drake and Jonah Disend, and co-produced by Fred Burle and Aaron Craig. The film is a Complementary Colors, Blink Productions & Primo Content Presentation in association with We Are Films & Materia Cinema, and a Jordan Drake & One Two Films Production based on the book 'Peter Hujar's Day' by Linda Rosenkrantz, who Hall plays in the film. In an official statement, Sachs said, 'Sideshow and Janus Films represent a commitment to the kind of cinema that has meant the most to me, as audience and as filmmaker.' He continued, 'To be a part of their future makes me feel both young and old, and full of hope both for this film and for the movies.' Additionally, Sideshow and Janus Films commented, 'Our team fell in love with 'Peter Hujar's Day' immediately. With its deceptively minimal premise, Ira Sachs has crafted a deeply profound, major work. This film illustrates the way we live in the past and present, pondering the mysterious, remarkable nature of time. 'Peter Hujar's Day' lingers with a magical, unprecedented sense of what storytelling on film can be. Ben Whishaw and Rebecca Hall deliver career performances. We could not be more excited to work with Ira and his producer Jordan Drake to bring this unforgettable film into the world this fall.' The movie is based on a conversation that was recorded in 1974 between photographer Hujar and writer Rosenkrantz. Hujar was recounting a day in his life and his tale is littered with references to some of the biggest cultural figures of the time. (It also includes some wonderful details about the banality of being a working artist.) The movie itself is set entirely in Rosenkrantz's Manhattan apartment — it is a singularly engrossing experience. You'll be hanging on every word. Together, Sideshow and Janus films have released Ryusuke Hamaguchi's Oscar-winning 'Drive My Car,' the Oscar-nominated 'EO' and currently have Best Animated Feature nominee, 'Flow.' Upcoming releases include David Cronenberg's 'The Shrouds' and Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 'Cloud.' The post Ira Sachs Sundance Drama 'Peter Hujar's Day' Acquired by Sideshow and Janus Films appeared first on TheWrap.
Los Angeles Times
28-01-2025
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
Q+A: Peter Hujar's Day at L.A. Times Talks @ Sundance presented by Chase Sapphire Reserve
Ira Sachs, Rebecca Hall and Ben Wishaw to Los Angeles Times editor Matt Brennan about their Sundance film, 'Peter Hujar's Day' at the Los Angeles Times Talks @ Sundance Film Festival presented by Chase Sapphire Reserve.
The Guardian
28-01-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
‘Between austerity and empathy': UK show celebrates late New York photographer Peter Hujar
The curators of an exhibition of one of New York's most important photographers, who captured gay life in the city during the 1970s, hope the show will shed new light on an artist whose work was deemed too 'difficult' in his lifetime. Eyes Open in the Dark, which opens at Raven Row in London on Thursday, is the largest UK exhibition of photographs by Peter Hujar, who has been acclaimed for the warmth and compassion of his images but was little known during his lifetime. Hujar died in 1987 of Aids-related pneumonia having published one book in his lifetime, Portraits in Life and Death, which received just four reviews. His sitters were some of the most culturally significant figures of 70s New York, including Susan Sontag and Fran Lebowitz. Hujar is about to be played on the big screen by Ben Whishaw in Ira Sachs' film Peter Hujar's Day, which premiered at Sundance on Monday and is based on a 37-page book of the same name written by his close friend Linda Rosenkrantz. It's an incredible turnaround for a photographer who, other than from a small, committed group of advocates including Nan Goldin, struggled for recognition in his lifetime and has only found it in the last decade. Hujar's biographer John Douglas Millar said there was a desire that at the Raven Row exhibition more of Hujar's later work was shown, which is completely different from the portraiture for which he has become known. For example, there is a particular focus on the photographer's work during one day in 1976. 'There's a single day on Easter Sunday when he made an extraordinary series of works,' Millar said. 'He shoots the faithful coming out of church uptown, then moves down to the west side piers where there was a cruising scene and an arts scene, and he ends the day by going to the top of the World Trade Center and takes an image of his world. He's moving across genres in a single day.' Millar said the series showed the range of interests that Hujar had, which spanned portraiture, architectural studies and erotica. Gary Schneider, a friend of Hujar and an artist, admitted Hujar could be unforgiving at times and was particularly short with gallerists, which could explain why his work is only now being sought out. Schneider said: 'He was considered a great photographer by a very small group of people around him. He did exhibit but he was very contentious – if someone put a foot wrong he would cancel them.' Raven Row's director, Alex Sainsbury, said: 'It's fair to say he was great at collaborating with the sitters but he wasn't good at working with anyone who ran a gallery or might promote his work.' Despite Hujar's spiky reputation he has been embraced by contemporary art fans, primarily because of the tenderness of his photographs, many of which were of downtown art figures who went on to die during the Aids crisis. 'There's an increased interest in empathy in art, people are looking for it and Peter's work has it,' Salisbury said. 'It has this knife-edge quality between austerity and empathy.' Millar said: 'What he's photographing is difficult for the mainstream to accept; he didn't fit in the 1970s. A lot of stuff he was shooting, especially his erotica, wouldn't have worked. He can get a much better reading now that it couldn't in the 1970s, it wasn't fashionable.' Peter Hujar – Eyes Open in the Dark runs from 30 January to 6 April.
