Barbie leads the feature competition of the annual Hpa Awards, whose nominations in features, TV, documentaries, commercials and restoration were announced Tuesday.
The postproduction community nominated Greta Gerwig’s hit film for outstanding color grading, editing and sound. Close behind with two nominations apiece in the feature categories are Oppenheimer (color grading and editing), Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (sound and visual effects), Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (color grading and editing), Tár (color grading and editing) and Avatar: The Way of Water, for which teams at Weta FX and Industrial Light & Magic were both nominated in the VFX category.
The eligibility period runs from September 2022 to September 2023, which is why some of last year’s Oscar winners and contenders are nominated alongside some of the upcoming season’s contenders.
The winners will be announced during a Nov. 9 ceremony at the Hollywood Legion Theater. The complete list of nominees follows:
Outstanding...
The postproduction community nominated Greta Gerwig’s hit film for outstanding color grading, editing and sound. Close behind with two nominations apiece in the feature categories are Oppenheimer (color grading and editing), Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (sound and visual effects), Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (color grading and editing), Tár (color grading and editing) and Avatar: The Way of Water, for which teams at Weta FX and Industrial Light & Magic were both nominated in the VFX category.
The eligibility period runs from September 2022 to September 2023, which is why some of last year’s Oscar winners and contenders are nominated alongside some of the upcoming season’s contenders.
The winners will be announced during a Nov. 9 ceremony at the Hollywood Legion Theater. The complete list of nominees follows:
Outstanding...
- 10/3/2023
- by Carolyn Giardina
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
There are numerous reasons why "John Wick" has become one of the most surprisingly successful action franchises of the last 20 years. From the very start, a high premium was placed on world-building, which lends depth and purpose to the hyperkinetic action. Casting was also key. Keanu Reeves had already proved himself in the fields of kung and gun-fu, but surrounding him with top-notch character actors like Ian McShane, Willem Dafoe, John Leguizamo, and the late, great Lance Reddick gave the first film a knowing, dignified air. When actors of this caliber are game for an independently produced action flick, you figure it's got a bit more on the ball than a dashed-off, Dtv affair.
The films have grown more ambitious with each chapter, culminating in the nearly three-hour-long "John Wick: Chapter 4." This installment is almost certainly Reeves' final go-round as Wick, so it goes hard. How hard? It's the...
The films have grown more ambitious with each chapter, culminating in the nearly three-hour-long "John Wick: Chapter 4." This installment is almost certainly Reeves' final go-round as Wick, so it goes hard. How hard? It's the...
- 3/28/2023
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
I didn’t realize it has been so long, but a year and a half has already gone by since writer/director Macon Blair wrapped production on his remake of the Troma cult classic The Toxic Avenger (watch it Here). Almost a year has passed since the movie received an R rating for “strong violence and gore, language throughout, sexual references and brief graphic nudity“. But while we continue to wait to hear a release date for this new take on The Toxic Avenger, sound editor Casey Genton, who is currently doing the press rounds for his work on John Wick: Chapter 4, said that fans will be “over the moon” for the remake, and teased a scene the cast and crew have referred to as “the butt guts scene”.
Genton told Slash Film, “(The Toxic Avenger remake is) a really funny movie. Macon Blair, the director, I think did...
Genton told Slash Film, “(The Toxic Avenger remake is) a really funny movie. Macon Blair, the director, I think did...
- 3/28/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Movies are just as much an aural experience as they are a visual one. Just imagine watching a "Star Wars" movie without the sound of a Tie Fighter whooshing by, or a lightsaber igniting. Or think about watching Michael Mann's "Heat" without the deafening gunshots during the bank heist. Sound can make a movie or break a movie. That's something that the team behind the "John Wick" movies absolutely understand, as an awful lot goes into crafting all of those headshots and broken bones. And audiences are treated to nearly three hours of it in "John Wick: Chapter 4."
The film is full of staples that have been established in the series: gun-fu, hand-to-hand combat, and lots of breakage in the surrounding environment. The men responsible for making all of this carnage sound real and cinematic in "Chapter 4" were Mark Stoeckinger, the film's supervising sound editor, as well as re-recording...
The film is full of staples that have been established in the series: gun-fu, hand-to-hand combat, and lots of breakage in the surrounding environment. The men responsible for making all of this carnage sound real and cinematic in "Chapter 4" were Mark Stoeckinger, the film's supervising sound editor, as well as re-recording...
- 3/28/2023
- by Ryan Scott
- Slash Film
The Toxic Avenger is coming back to life with a brand new movie from Legendary Entertainment, with Macon Blair (I Don’t Feel At Home in This World Anymore, Green Room) directing the remake of the Troma classic. Blair’s take on The Toxic Avenger has been rated “R” for violence and gore, and it’s aiming to please hardcore fans of the wacky Troma franchise.
On that note, the film’s sound editor Casey Genton teases one particular standout scene in a new chat with Slash Film, which is being referred to as… well… the “butt guts” scene.
Genton previews, “It’s a really funny movie. Macon Blair, the director, I think did a really good job with it. When they have tested it, fans of the film have been over the moon. It’s pretty out there. I think it’s a different crack. They’re giving the fans what they want,...
On that note, the film’s sound editor Casey Genton teases one particular standout scene in a new chat with Slash Film, which is being referred to as… well… the “butt guts” scene.
Genton previews, “It’s a really funny movie. Macon Blair, the director, I think did a really good job with it. When they have tested it, fans of the film have been over the moon. It’s pretty out there. I think it’s a different crack. They’re giving the fans what they want,...
- 3/28/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
With a lead character who delivers roughly a hundred times more shots to the head than actual lines of dialogue, the emphasis on sound design, sound editing, and sound mixing is of paramount importance. As Keanu Reeves has continued to battle his way through four "John Wick" films, the action set pieces have now reached a thunderous crescendo while John Wick himself grows quieter and more stoic. In "John Wick: Chapter 4," Reeves may, in fact, speak the fewest amount of words in the entire series. That plays to Reeves' strengths as an emotive, physical actor and also inadvertently highlights the sights and sounds of the "Wick"-verse.
As a result, Reeves remains one of the most humble superstars, sharing the limelight with the technicians working tirelessly to bring this meticulously designed world to life. The sound of all the gunshots firing out from all different models of weaponry alone is...
As a result, Reeves remains one of the most humble superstars, sharing the limelight with the technicians working tirelessly to bring this meticulously designed world to life. The sound of all the gunshots firing out from all different models of weaponry alone is...
- 3/27/2023
- by Drew Tinnin
- Slash Film
Great news, Toxie fans — the upcoming "The Toxic Avenger" remake/reboot is apparently going to deliver exactly what we sickos want! There hasn't been too much news about the film (which is written and helmed by "I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore" director Macon Blair) since it finished filming in August of 2021, but thankfully we've gotten confirmation that the film totally maintains the spirit of the original 1984 horror-comedy ... albeit, from a slightly unexpected source.
/Film's Ryan Scott spoke with the sound team behind the fierce action flick "John Wick: Chapter 4," and the conversation eventually turned to "The Toxic Avenger." Sound editor Casey Genton worked on both films and revealed that it's not only going to make fans of the original Troma film very happy, but that even people who have never seen the original will find something to love. The original "Toxic Avenger" is a seriously...
/Film's Ryan Scott spoke with the sound team behind the fierce action flick "John Wick: Chapter 4," and the conversation eventually turned to "The Toxic Avenger." Sound editor Casey Genton worked on both films and revealed that it's not only going to make fans of the original Troma film very happy, but that even people who have never seen the original will find something to love. The original "Toxic Avenger" is a seriously...
- 3/24/2023
- by Danielle Ryan
- Slash Film
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