Tag "Tom Cruise"

‘Iron Man 3' Delivers No. 2 Debut of All Time

May 5, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

The Disney/Marvel tentpole Iron Man 3 proved its mettle this weekend by opening to $175.3 million in North America, and becoming the second highest debut of all time right behind Marvel’s The Avengers ($207.4 million) in 2012. Meanwhile in foreign territories, the film hit the $175.9 million in its second [...]

Cinema 4D Aids Futuristic Vision of ‘Oblivion’

April 30, 2013 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image

VFX and animation tech house Maxon has announced that the designers and animators charged with visualizing the complex in-camera and on-screen motion graphics sequences of Universal Pictures sci-fi flick Oblivion utilized the company’s Cinema 4D software to bring their futuristic vision to the big screen. Directed by Joseph Kosinski (TRON: [...]

Brad Bird Teams Up with ‘Lost’ Creator

May 6, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Here’s some good news and bad news for fans of Pixar veteran Brad Bird. The good news first: He has signed up to tackle a new project for Disney with Lost co-creator Damon Lindelof. The bad news is that it’s probably not an animated movie. The project, which is shrouded [...]

Watch: Brad Bird’s McCay Award Acceptance Video

February 7, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

As we mentioned in our live Twitter coverage of the Annie Awards on Saturday, Brad Bird accepted his Winsor McCay Award with a video he sent from the Vancouver set of Mission: Impossible IV. The clip got plenty of laughs and features cameos from Tom Cruise and Simon Pegg. Check [...]