Exclusive: Max Beesley has joined the cast of Guy Ritchie’s latest action thriller formerly known as Five Eyes at Miramax and STX, opposite Jason Statham, Aubrey Plaza, Josh Hartnett and Cary Elwes.
Bill Block is producing for Miramax, which is also fully financing the film, and STX acquired worldwide distribution rights. The feature follows MI6 guns-and-steel agent (Statham) who is recruited by a global intelligence agency to track down and stop the sale of a deadly new weapons technology that threatens to disrupt the world order. Beesley plays a respectable lawyer and consigliere to a billionaire arms broker (Hartnett), who can also handle himself in a fight.
Beesley recently starred opposite Ben Mendelsohn and Paddy Considine in the HBO series The Outsider. Prior to that, her starred in the Carnival TV series Jamestown. Beesley is repped by Authentic Management, APA and Independent Talent Group in the UK.
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Bill Block is producing for Miramax, which is also fully financing the film, and STX acquired worldwide distribution rights. The feature follows MI6 guns-and-steel agent (Statham) who is recruited by a global intelligence agency to track down and stop the sale of a deadly new weapons technology that threatens to disrupt the world order. Beesley plays a respectable lawyer and consigliere to a billionaire arms broker (Hartnett), who can also handle himself in a fight.
Beesley recently starred opposite Ben Mendelsohn and Paddy Considine in the HBO series The Outsider. Prior to that, her starred in the Carnival TV series Jamestown. Beesley is repped by Authentic Management, APA and Independent Talent Group in the UK.
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- 3/18/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Luma Features has launched an independent film company under the oversee of CEO & Chief Creative Payam Shohadai and COO Grady Gamble with a string of projects, and new hires.
Luma’s first movie that’s come together and set for filming in January is The Silence of Mercy directed by The Runaways and The Handmaid’s Tale episodic director Floria Sigismondi. The movie, which is produced by Shohadai and executive produced by Gamble in partnership with The Black List Production’s Franklin Leonard and indie producer Marc Joubert, follows a woman who chooses a life enclosed, to face her personal demons as she’s challenged to break the walls of morality.
Annabelle Wallis, who just wrapped James Wan’s Malignant, stars in a screenplay written by Chris Basler. The script was developed as part of The Black List’s Features Writers Lab. Sigismondi is repped by WME,...
Luma’s first movie that’s come together and set for filming in January is The Silence of Mercy directed by The Runaways and The Handmaid’s Tale episodic director Floria Sigismondi. The movie, which is produced by Shohadai and executive produced by Gamble in partnership with The Black List Production’s Franklin Leonard and indie producer Marc Joubert, follows a woman who chooses a life enclosed, to face her personal demons as she’s challenged to break the walls of morality.
Annabelle Wallis, who just wrapped James Wan’s Malignant, stars in a screenplay written by Chris Basler. The script was developed as part of The Black List’s Features Writers Lab. Sigismondi is repped by WME,...
- 12/11/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Former Sony Pictures Imageworks executive Shauna Bryan, whose credits include The Meg, Suicide Squad and Thor: The Dark World, has joined U.S. and Australia-based firm Luma Pictures to lead business development as Executive Producer of VFX.
Aquaman and Black Panther special effects outfit Luma has most recently worked on movies including Captain Marvel and Spider-Man: Far From Home.
Prior to joining Luma, Bryan served as Vice President of New Business and Production Executive for Sony Pictures Imageworks, as well as Vice President of Method Studios, Vancouver.
“Shauna brings a strong creative sensibility to her strategies for business development, which helps filmmakers, studios, and artist teams all feel well-supported,” said Payam Shohadai, founder and CEO of Luma. “Her passion for the art of filmmaking, along with her hands-on production experience, makes her a perfect partner for Luma, and we’re incredibly excited for her to join our team.”
“Luma...
Aquaman and Black Panther special effects outfit Luma has most recently worked on movies including Captain Marvel and Spider-Man: Far From Home.
Prior to joining Luma, Bryan served as Vice President of New Business and Production Executive for Sony Pictures Imageworks, as well as Vice President of Method Studios, Vancouver.
“Shauna brings a strong creative sensibility to her strategies for business development, which helps filmmakers, studios, and artist teams all feel well-supported,” said Payam Shohadai, founder and CEO of Luma. “Her passion for the art of filmmaking, along with her hands-on production experience, makes her a perfect partner for Luma, and we’re incredibly excited for her to join our team.”
“Luma...
- 1/31/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
The most recent visual effects studio revealed that contributed to special effects of Marvel's The Avengers summer blockbuster is Luma Pictures. Reuniting with Marvel Studios, Luma worked on the movie's Helicarrier bridge, Thor donning his armor and summoning a tornado, and various exterior environments. Executive VFX Supervisor Payam Shohadai says, "For us, the most artistically engaging scene was the wide shot of Thor and Coulson on the Helicarrier bridge at night. This shot encompassed every little detail of the bridge, and required a lot of rigorous lighting and look development to capture a realistic look. The asset was heavy and contained a lot of metallic materials with blurry reflections, which are notoriously difficult to render clean." "This was the third full show for us using Arnold [rendering software], and we continued to develop our tools and techniques around this exciting renderer," added CG Supervisor Richard Sutherland. "To speed workflow...
- 5/14/2012
- ComicBookMovie.com
Watch any sci-fi or fantasy movie and you'll probably think the special effects are obvious.
It's all the parts that quite clearly cannot be real, right? In X-Men: First Class, you would have looked at such things as Azazel's teleportation, Emma Frost's transformation into diamond, Riptide's tornadoes or Sebastian Shaw's energy absorption and decided those were the sections that had to be done by computer technicians.
And for many people who aren't fans of the genre, those conspicuous fantasy elements would be the point where they cannot suspend disbelief and immerse themselves into the movie.
But is it really that simple?
The answer is 'no'. Making any multi-million-dollar blockbuster involves far more than digitally painting in a few blatantly flashy bits here and there.
In the case of X-Men: First Class, you can find out exactly how much painstaking work went on to bring us the new mutant adventure, thanks...
It's all the parts that quite clearly cannot be real, right? In X-Men: First Class, you would have looked at such things as Azazel's teleportation, Emma Frost's transformation into diamond, Riptide's tornadoes or Sebastian Shaw's energy absorption and decided those were the sections that had to be done by computer technicians.
And for many people who aren't fans of the genre, those conspicuous fantasy elements would be the point where they cannot suspend disbelief and immerse themselves into the movie.
But is it really that simple?
The answer is 'no'. Making any multi-million-dollar blockbuster involves far more than digitally painting in a few blatantly flashy bits here and there.
In the case of X-Men: First Class, you can find out exactly how much painstaking work went on to bring us the new mutant adventure, thanks...
- 6/25/2011
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
Visual effects and animation outfit Luma Pictures has named Lindsay Burnett to the newly created post of director of business development.
Burnett, formerly executive producer for feature films at Riot, will focus on Luma's feature film business and also will oversee the company's marketing efforts.
Luma has created visual effects for such films as "Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince," "City of Ember" and "No Country for Old Men." Its current projects include "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" and the upcoming Coen brothers film "A Serious Man."
Burnett's appointment marks her return to Luma Pictures since, before her stint at Riot, she was a producer with the company.
"Lindsay thoroughly understands the business of feature film visual effects and enjoys great respect among our studio clients," Luma president Payam Shohadai said.
Burnett has more than 70 films to her credit as a visual effects producer. At Riot, she oversaw production for such films as "The Spirit,...
Burnett, formerly executive producer for feature films at Riot, will focus on Luma's feature film business and also will oversee the company's marketing efforts.
Luma has created visual effects for such films as "Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince," "City of Ember" and "No Country for Old Men." Its current projects include "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" and the upcoming Coen brothers film "A Serious Man."
Burnett's appointment marks her return to Luma Pictures since, before her stint at Riot, she was a producer with the company.
"Lindsay thoroughly understands the business of feature film visual effects and enjoys great respect among our studio clients," Luma president Payam Shohadai said.
Burnett has more than 70 films to her credit as a visual effects producer. At Riot, she oversaw production for such films as "The Spirit,...
- 4/14/2009
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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