Tag "Clash of the Titans"

Warner Bros. Offers ‘Pacific Rim’ Sneak Peek

May 22, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Guillermo del Toro’s upcoming sci-fi action adventure Pacific Rim has generated a huge amount of interest in the fantasy fan community. The upcoming Warner Bros. picture is penned by del Toro and Travis Beacham (Clash of the Titans) and stars Charlie Hunnam (Sons of Anarchy), Rinko Kikuchi (Babel), Idris Elba [...]

Remembering Ray

May 9, 2013 by Michael Mallory No Comments divider image

In 2002 I received a call from my editor at the Los Angeles Times, asking if I would be interested in interviewing Ray Harryhausen. After ascertaining who I had to kill to get such an assignment, I found myself a few days later driving out to a house in the [...]

Stop Motion Legend Ray Harryhausen Dies at 92

May 7, 2013 by Ramin Zahed 2 Comments divider image

Visual effects icon Ray Harryhausen, whose stop-motion creations brought many monsters alive in movies such as Jason and the Argonauts and Clash of the Titans, died on Tuesday morning (May 7) at age 92. Born and raised in Los Angeles, he lived in the U.K. for several decades with his wife [...]

‘Titans,’ ‘Mirror Mirror’ No Match for ‘Hunger Games’

April 2, 2012 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

Perseus and Snow White were no match for Katniss Everdeen, as The Hunger Games held on to the top spot against the VFX-heavy sequel Wrath of the Titans and Tarsem’s Mirror Mirror. Lionsgate’s Hunger Games earned $61 million in its second weekend at the domestic box office, pushing its total [...]

PGA Awards Honor ‘Toy Story 3′; Razzies Plaster ‘Last Airbender’

January 24, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

The Producer’s Guild may have added a twist to this year’s awards season narrative by giving its best picture honor to The King’s Speech instead of The Social Network. But when it came to animation, the honors followed in the footsteps of most other awards this year by giving the [...]

15 Advance in VFX Oscars Race

December 13, 2010 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has narrowed to 15 the list of contenders for the Best Visual Effects Oscar. The qualifying films are: Alice in Wonderland The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader Clash of the Titans Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part [...]