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VFX Solidarity: Is the Future of the Visual Effects Industry at Stake?

03.3.13 @ 4:40PM Tags : greenscreen, jefffoster, lifeofpi, protest, rhythm&hues, scottross, solidarity, union, VES, vfx

Wonder why all your production friends on Facebook have changed their profile pictures to a familiar shade of green? News of Rhythm & Hues Studios going bankrupt, the studio behind the recent Oscar-winning Life of Pi, has acted as a catalyst for awareness. A recent letter written by Phillip Broste has been making the rounds via outlets like VFX Solidarity International, stirring up the visual effects community in a call-to-action. More info and an interview with independent VFX artist Jeff Foster after the jump. More »

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'Life of Pi' Screenplay Available For Your Consideration

01.24.13 @ 10:30AM Tags : davidmagee, download, lifeofpi, screenplay, screenwriting

As the days wind down to the official balloting for the Academy Awards, the last holdouts for putting their award-contending screenplays online for your consideration are finally making their moves. Of course, voting members most likely received their copies of these screenplays to consider privately months ago. For the rest of us unwashed masses, 20th Century Fox has finally posted David Magee’s adaptation of Yann Martel’s best-selling novel Life of Pi online for free and legal download. More »