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Official video for DJ Pone’s Heart Swing from the upcoming album ‘Radiant’. ITUNES : http://smarturl.it/HeartSwingIT STREAM : http://smarturl.it/HeartSwingST Director – Paul Trillo Director of Photography – Greg Wilson Produced by – Lihu Roter (Particle3) & Tessa Travis (Project Fathom) Talent – Tyler Phillips & Emily Terndrup Production Manager – Sarah Benjamin Stylist – Helen Anstis Make Up – Bri Trischitta Assistant Editor – Ned Paige Editor and VFX – Paul Trillo

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DC and Marvel. Two comic book publishers who have been ruling not just the comic industry but are also making a mark in the Hollywood industry by doing their best to keep up with the growing competition as they have also managed to get a fan base for their small screen shows. Marvel’s Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Agent Carter have already managed to carve out a space in the heart of the audience with their storyline and visual effects. And now seems like the most recognisable and successful intellectual properties of Marvel Comics, ‘X-Men’ are about to wield their way on the small screen.

Marvel TV and 20th Century Fox will team up for a new X-Men based pilot on FOX. According to the press release, the new series will follow, “…two ordinary parents who discover their children possess mutant powers. Forced to go on the run from a hostile government, the family joins up with an underground network of mutants and must fight to survive.”

Marvel Television, head of television, Jeph Loeb

The series will be a joint production between the two companies, with Fox’s Bryan Singer, Lauren Shuler Donner, Simon Kinberg, and Matt Nix joining Marvel’s Jeph Loeb and Jim Chory as the production staff. Nix (Burn Notice, APB) will lead creative production.

Fox Broadcasting Company, president, David Madden said, “Developing a Marvel property has been a top priority for the network–and we are so pleased with how Matt Nix has led us into this thrilling universe. There’s comic book adventure, emotional and complicated relationships, and a rich, existing mythology from which to draw. With the brilliant production crew behind this project, it has all the makings of a big, fun and exciting new series.”

When it comes to X-Men there always has been an issue regarding its rights as 20th Century Fox holds the right to the X-Men family of characters. However, in the recent times, both the companies are trying to cooperate with one another and maintain peace, something which seemed unknown in the past. However, this doesn’t mean that we will get to witness mutants joining in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (we can surely hope for it).

Marvel Television, head of television, Jeph Loeb, who will be producing the series is well versed with X-Men as he has earlier penned down several comic books at Marvel. He said, “Marvel Television is thrilled to be co-producing with 20th Century Fox Television on our first project. Matt’s a huge fan of X-Men and his take on the X-Men universe, with its rich characters and high-stakes adventure, is exactly the show we want on FOX. It’s a great team of creative producers who will be making something entirely unique.”

This new project will most likely be taking place “Hellfire,” which was previously in development at the network. As of now, Marvel TV is also co-producing the series Legion for FX that’s set to air in 2017. FOX is currently home to DC Comics-based shows Gotham and Lucifer, and this will be the first Marvel co-production debuting on FOX channel.

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The unique creative event Trojan Horse was a Unicorn (THU) returns to Tróia, Portugal on 19 to 24 September 2016 with a host of Academy Award-winning speakers announced.

THU has also grown beyond the event. This year, THU launches a new platform that takes this generation of the tribe beyond the golden beaches of Portugal and right across the globe.

THU, co-founder and director, Andre Luis comments, “THU has been steadily growing over the past three years. It’s had its highs and lows, but it returns in 2016 stronger, better, and more imaginative than ever. In 2016, THU is so much more than an event – it’s a community with a soul that reaches from one corner of the globe to another – there’s really nothing else like it.”

THU 2016 – Speakers revealed

A raft of new speakers have been announced for THU 2016. This growing lists comprises the world’s top artistic minds, including Academy Award-winning artists like

•     Doug Chiang – Terminator 2: Judgment Day, The Mask, Ghost, Forrest Gump
•     Steve ‘Spaz’ Williams – Jurassic Park, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, The Mask
•     Kevin Lima – The Little Mermaid, Tarzan
•     Brenda Chapman – Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Brave
•     Ralph Eggleston – The Incredibles, Inside Out, Finding Dory
•     Christian Alzmann – Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
•     Frank Tzeng – Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End, The Last of Us Remastered
•     Alberto Mielgo – Tron Uprising, Gorillaz, The Beatles: Rock Band

The artists will deliver informal, insightful, and candid talks to trigger the idea of ‘Thinking creativity, not corporate’. The companies hiring at THU 2016 include well know VFX studio Industrial Light & Magic, Riot Games and CD Projekt RED.

THU 2016 – NEW ACTIVITIES

THU 2016 launches the Co-labs. Over five days, six teams of 10 artists will build a creative project from scratch. It’s all about the principles that define THU – collaboration, teamwork, and creativity – along with the added excitement of making decisions under pressure.

Returning activities to THU 2016 include inspirational talks, masterclasses, mentorship sessions, life drawing and portfolio reviews.

THU is more than just an event – it’s spreading from Tróia to embrace a truly global community with THU TV.

THU TV offers inspirational talks from the THU main event, exclusive talk shows and interviews, new show formats and concepts, and insight into the best creative minds in the world, including Academy Award-winning artists.

Aside from a huge diversification of video content, new to 2016 comes the ability to interact with these Oscar-winning artists and the Tribe during the event, all from the comfort of their own home via livestream technology. You can watch a candid talk with Spanish-born artist Alberto Mielgo, who is known for his work on as an art director on Disney’s animated TRON: Uprising series on THU TV.

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Upcoming artists can now directly put their feet in the VFX and Animation industry. You have learnt animation, done a course but in the end you often wonder where and how to step into the industry? Well, the VFX and education fraternity in India has recently been innovating new provisions to help upcoming artists try their hands on and enter the practical field.

Frameboxx and Prime Focus, both leading VFX and Animation houses, have made a special tie-up to provide benefits to the students and enhance the employment opportunities. Both the houses have decided to curate a curriculum which will involve a three month training at Frameboxx followed by a nine month internship at Prime Focus.

Frameboxx Indore, director, Vivek Kachhvah said, “There are four different models of courses that the students can opt for. After the completion of three months training, they can be placed at Prime Focus for a nine month on job training cum internship for which a stipend will be provided.”

Frameboxx facility

Prime Focus, SVP Operations, Stephen Mascarenhas informed, “The students will be trained at Prime Focus on various 3D stereo conversions, Rotoscopy, Paint, Match Moving and many other aspects. We are looking for acquiring around 500 to 600 students. This is a PAN India initiative and the students can be placed in any of our Prime Focus facilities.”

Frameboxx has designed this new curriculum in which students will get a chance to get the benefit of work experience at Prime Focus along with technical knowledge which will provide new and vast employment opportunities.

Frameboxx, CEO and MD, Naveen Gupta said, “The curriculum is open and available for any student irrespective of his/her background. It makes no difference if he/she has completed his education in science, mathematics, engineering, computer or even in the field of humanities. The fee structure varies for each course. Under the new facility of our tie-up, students will get a chance to work on live projects at Prime Focus.”

This initiative is basically with the view of bridging the gap between studios and the education system. A number of students after completing their course in animation or VFX are caught up in a dilemma due to lack of direct opportunities into the industry.

In this curriculum, the students after completion of nine months at Prime Focus may have an opportunity to be retained at Prime Focus if their performance is good or they can try their hands at other VFX studios. The added advantage lies that they will have a full fledged training in hand and also a thorough on job training experience at a renowned VFX studio like Prime Focus.

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