A disturbance in the Force

Stu Maschwitz announced that The Orphanage will be suspending operations indefinitely.

Killer Schedules

Flowseeker reports on an FxGuide article and podcast, Killer Schedules: Behind that Variety Story, that discusses last month's Variety article Blockbusters take toll on f/x shops. Flowseeker also says that "there will also be a follow-up interview with John Knoll and Dennis Muren on the nascent fxguide.tv."

In February, SF Bay Guardian printed a related article on labor practices at The Orphanage, which is based on federal land in The Presidio: "The Wild, Wild West...Pelosi's legacy: private business at the Presidio may be exempt from all state and local labor laws."

BTW, Fxguidetv #001 (QT) features 'Spider-Man 3' and a look at shape layers in After Effects CS3.

Orphanage's beast at the heart of The Host

The SF Bay Guardian has several articles on work done on a slouching beast at The Orphanage for the new movie "The Host," starting with "It came from San Francisco...Or, the creature from the deep Presidio: how to make the beast at the heart of The Host, the best monster movie of the 21st century."

In the same issue, SFBG had another interesting article on labor practices at The Orphanage, which is based on federal land in The Presidio: "The Wild, Wild West...Pelosi's legacy: private business at the Presidio may be exempt from all state and local labor laws."