Director Steven Spielberg set an ambitious goal for himself and his “Ready Player One” VFX team: weaving viewers in and out of a virtual world within the storytelling parameters of a traditional film. The movie, released by Warner Bros. in March, is one of five up for a visual effects Oscar this year.
To adapt Ernest Cline’s 2011 young adult novel about kids who escape a dystopian 2045 by immersing themselves in a massively multiplayer online simulation game, the talents of no fewer than 11 tech firms were required. The bulk of the work fell to three companies: Digital Domain, Industrial Light & Magic and Territory Studio.
The plot focuses on teenage gamer Wade Watts (Tye Sheridan), who, like most of the underemployed population, spends what seems like every waking hour role-playing inside the virtual world called Oasis. In the game, he competes in a series of puzzles, the successful completion of which...
To adapt Ernest Cline’s 2011 young adult novel about kids who escape a dystopian 2045 by immersing themselves in a massively multiplayer online simulation game, the talents of no fewer than 11 tech firms were required. The bulk of the work fell to three companies: Digital Domain, Industrial Light & Magic and Territory Studio.
The plot focuses on teenage gamer Wade Watts (Tye Sheridan), who, like most of the underemployed population, spends what seems like every waking hour role-playing inside the virtual world called Oasis. In the game, he competes in a series of puzzles, the successful completion of which...
- 2/21/2019
- by Paula Parisi
- Variety Film + TV
“Work Out” star was on the tracks just north of the Burbank Metrolink Station with a small film crew
Gregory Plitt, star of Bravo’s “Work Out,” was purportedly filming without permission on the Metrolink tracks north of the Burbank station on Saturday when he was struck and killed by a train.
Burbank Police Sgt. Scott Meadows, who had previously told TheWrap that “a video camera was seized as evidence at the scene,” confirmed to the Los Angeles Times that Plitt was with a crew of two when the train’s engineer blew the horn and applied the emergency breaks.
Gregory Plitt, star of Bravo’s “Work Out,” was purportedly filming without permission on the Metrolink tracks north of the Burbank station on Saturday when he was struck and killed by a train.
Burbank Police Sgt. Scott Meadows, who had previously told TheWrap that “a video camera was seized as evidence at the scene,” confirmed to the Los Angeles Times that Plitt was with a crew of two when the train’s engineer blew the horn and applied the emergency breaks.
- 1/20/2015
- by Jason Hughes
- The Wrap
Bodybuilder and Bravo reality star Greg Plitt died at the age of 37 on Saturday. According to authorities, Greg was fatally hit by a Metrolink train in Burbank, CA, in what is believed to be an accident. "It does not appear to be a suicide," Sgt. Scott Meadows told People. "A camera was seized as evidence, but it's unclear who it belongs to - the victim or a witness. From the sound of it, he was filming something, but I can tell you that no filming permit had been issued." As a fitness expert, Greg made a name for himself on Bravo's Work Out. He is also featured on the cable network's Friends to Lovers, which debuted last week. "This is a terrible tragedy," Bravo said in a statement on Saturday. "Our thoughts and deepest sympathy are with Greg's family and friends." There was a lot more to Greg than his reality TV career.
- 1/18/2015
- by Nick-Maslow
- Popsugar.com
Fitness expert and reality TV star Greg Plitt was struck and killed by a Metrolink train in Burbank, California, on Saturday. He was 37. Police confirmed to NBC Los Angeles that Plitt was struck at 4:05 p.m. on the tracks at Front Street, just north of the Burbank Metrolink Station. Sgt. Scott Meadows from the Burbank Police Department told People that the death "appears to be an accident." "It does not appear to be a suicide," he continued. "A camera was seized as evidence but it's unclear who it belongs to - the victim or a witness. From the sound of it,...
- 1/18/2015
- by Maria Mercedes Lara, @maria_mercedes
- PEOPLE.com
Initial reports suggest Plitt was shooting video on the tracks with two friends when the collision occurred
George Gregory Plitt Jr., 37, an actor and fitness expert who was featured on the Bravo TV series “Work Out” and on the NBC daytime soap opera “Days of Our Lives” was killed in Burbank after being struck by a Metrolink train, authorities said Sunday.
The train hit Plitt at 4:05 p.m. Saturday, near the Burbank Metrolink Station on Front Street, according to the Burbank Police Department. Plitt was pronounced dead at the scene. No one else was injured.
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George Gregory Plitt Jr., 37, an actor and fitness expert who was featured on the Bravo TV series “Work Out” and on the NBC daytime soap opera “Days of Our Lives” was killed in Burbank after being struck by a Metrolink train, authorities said Sunday.
The train hit Plitt at 4:05 p.m. Saturday, near the Burbank Metrolink Station on Front Street, according to the Burbank Police Department. Plitt was pronounced dead at the scene. No one else was injured.
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- 1/18/2015
- by Anita Bennett
- The Wrap
Today was a busy day for some of the smaller guilds with the Visual Effects Society, the Cinema Audio Society, and the Makeup and Hairstylists Guilds all announcing their nominations for 2013.
First, we have the Ves, whose main category to look at is “Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Feature Motion Picture,” where we find Gravity and four other nominees that are just going to have to be happy with the fact that they got nominated. This is perhaps the easiest category to call in the entirety of awards season, and I don’t mean just here, but for the Oscar as well (Last year’s winner, Life of Pi, easily took this category before going on to claim the Oscar). It’s true that films like The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and Star Trek Into Darkness had outstanding effects as well, but nothing even came close to the amazing,...
First, we have the Ves, whose main category to look at is “Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Feature Motion Picture,” where we find Gravity and four other nominees that are just going to have to be happy with the fact that they got nominated. This is perhaps the easiest category to call in the entirety of awards season, and I don’t mean just here, but for the Oscar as well (Last year’s winner, Life of Pi, easily took this category before going on to claim the Oscar). It’s true that films like The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and Star Trek Into Darkness had outstanding effects as well, but nothing even came close to the amazing,...
- 1/15/2014
- by Jeff Beck
- We Got This Covered
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