The five-day Thanksgiving holiday take was $71.2 million. Coco, which features the voices of Gael García Bernal, Anthony Gonzalez, and Benjamin Bratt, is about a boy in a Mexican village who travels to the underworld after defying his family’s wishes and playing a magical guitar on Dia de los Muertos.
We created this new annual event because — out of more than 100 professionally focused degree programs at SCAD — animation is by far our most popular major, followed by fashion, film and television, graphic design, and illustration.
The scene was for the TV show “Hap & Leonard,” which is now filming its third season. The show is based on a series of novels by Joe Lansdale, and is currently the highest rated program on Sundance TV.
It’s Firestone’s job to know Georgia – its landscape and attractions, its highways, its small town squares – so when productions come looking for viable places to shoot, he’s ready with a few suggestions.
“Coco” opened in U.S. theaters last week. It was first released in Mexico and, according to some reports, enough people asked for the film to be released in Spanish that Pixar decided to offer either Spanish-dubbed versions or screenings with Spanish subtitles in the U.S.
“The festival mission is to allow student and emerging filmmakers a chance to have their work showcased at a venue where professionals and peers are present to evaluate their talent and vision,” shared Nancy Howard, BigPictureCon Executive Producer.
he MPAA applauds Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and members of the Senate Finance Committee for their passage of legislation that will fundamentally reform America’s tax code.
Moderated by Bruce Cohen (Producer, Silver Linings Playbook, Rebel in the Rye), the panelists explored the synergies that were created while working on each of their films.
On Monday, Nov. 13, Backstage.com put out a casting call for extras to appear in the series, which was expected to shoot Nov. 20, 21, 29, or Dec. 7 in Atlanta, Ga. Extras are being paid $100 for eight hours of work, plus overtime.
Industry professionals helped GFA create the standardized film curriculum for high school students. GFA will provide professional-grade equipment to Riverwood so Futrell can teach students the curriculum.