Ray Harryhausen tribute painting © Jim Dallmeier.
Stop-motion animation legend Ray Harryhausen will be helping to develop a series of new features, TV movies, video games, and merchandising under the Ray Harryhausen Presents banner for Mindfire Entertainment according to Reuters and the Hollywood Reporter via Yahoo! News. From the article:
Producer Mindfire Entertainment, which joined forces on [...]
As you’re probably well aware, I’m a big King Kong fan. It remains one of the most engrossing variations of the Beauty and the Beast story. Almost no film today has matched the lushness of Kong’s jungles, fierce Skull Island creatures, or emotion exuded by an animated lead character. King Kong is also a movie [...]
There’s a good interview by Mark Zimmer with stop-motion animation legend Ray Harryhausen at digitallyOBSESSED.com.
“Harryhausen: I always worked by myself, because I like to concentrate. I prefer not to have people around. So every inch of film is usually the first take. We never had time to do retakes.
dOc: How did you remember from one [...]
I’ve been pretty busy lately spending time with my wife, family, and friends, editing wedding videos, and catching up on paperwork over the last few weeks. I also recently attended a Set Etiquette and Protocol course in Calgary and interviews here in Edmonton to keep the professional skills up to date. If that isn’t enough, [...]
Apparently, the production which is being helmed by Rob Cohen (Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, Dragonheart, and XXX) and starring Keanu Reeves, is involving special effects pioneer Ray Harryhausen after all.
Ray, who is no stranger to the character, having collaborated on 3 previous Sinbad films, is providing the creative inspiration on the new film. This [...]
The insightful DVD news and review site The Digital Bits, features an interview with the legendary master of stop-motion animation and special effects pioneer. The First Voyage of Ray Harryhausen lets Ray discuss the recently released DVD that showcases much of his early work.
You can also read Adam Jahnke’s review of the disc here.
I’m a big Ray Harryhausen fan. His painstaking work has given us so many memorable fantasy films and characters, encompassing fairy tales, classical myths, and futuristic visions. From the epic tale of Jason and the Argonauts, to the adventures of Sinbad the Sailor, to alien invaders in Earth vs. the Flying Saucers, no filmmaker with [...]
