The Hunger Games
by Kirsten Acuna Last month, visual effects (VFX) company Rhythm & Hues filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The studio helped bring a ravenous Bengal tiger to the big screen in Oscar winner "Life of Pi." However, after more than 200 layoffs, some 400 VFX artists protested during the 85th Academy Awards. The recent bankruptcy filing of Rhythm & Hues is the latest blow to the VFX community which has taken a hard hit in the past year. Last September, VFX studio Digital Domain Media Group also filed for bankruptcy before being bought in part by Galloping Horse and Reliance Capital. Now, some ...
When you have the heroes from "The Hunger Games," "The Avengers," "Brave," "The Lord of the Rings," "Green Arrow," "Rambo" and "The Immortals" ready to strike down a bad guy with a drawn arrow, you should probably take a deep breath and concede to Robin Hood from "Men in Tights." He's totally got everything under control, guys. Via The Notorious Scuttle Cliff ...
On Sunday, The Hunger Games quietly passed the domestic $400 million mark on its 80th day of release, and the box office may never be the same. Most movies would be happy to make it to $100 million domestically, but in an era when studio tentpoles can cost twice that, the goalposts for success have moved significantly, and 2012 may usher in the biggest change yet: If The Dark Knight Rises grosses more than $400 million this summer - and it's likely to, since its predecessor earned $533 million - it will join The Hunger Games and The Avengers at the top of a year where three different movies passed $400 million, the first time that's ever happened. Related: Philip Seymour Hoffman Offered ...
