Another one of those “can’t say too much about anything or they’ll put my head on a spike” updates, but suffice to say I’m continuing on at Iloura and am REALLY excited to be working on a film that I think is going to make a large portion of its audience pee their pants laughing.

Yes, a comedy. With VFX.
It’s written and directed by a very special and popular fellow indeed and working on it is going to be slow torture as I just want to watch the film already!

I’ll post more as I’m allowed to, but for now...

Tartare.

(sorry)

This is a LONG overdue post, but in case you’ve missed it, the first trailer for GHOST RIDER SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE was released a couple of months ago. You can check it out on YouTube HERE, ‘like’ it on Facebook HERE, and follow the word of mouth on Twitter with #GhostRider.

It’s received a fair bit of attention and rightly so. It looks dark, evil and awesome - the way Ghost Rider should look.

He even pisses fire at the end.
Not joking.

Enjoy.

In almost as many months, I’ve already doubled my feature film credits - which arguably wasn’t hard, starting with none.

As mentioned (to my Mother), for the last few months I’ve been hard at work at Iloura, lending a hand to some of the finest compositors in Australia on Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance starring Nicolas Cage, Ciarán Hinds and Christopher Lambert. Shot in Bucharest, Romania, and regions inside what was once... Transylvania! This will keep me happy, educated and very, very busy until at least August 2011.

Adding to this however is some even more exciting news - I’ve now also been included in the team working on the visual effects for the new Clive Owen, Jason Statham & Robert De Niro action-thriller, The Killer Elite. Shot in Paris, London, Melbourne and Morocco, it looks to be a great spy thriller.

Both features are set for an early 2012 release.

Of course, working on studio films such as these there is a strict Non-Disclosure Agreement in effect so I can’t say much more than the above. However I can share one tid-bit with you... this new Ghost Rider film has, in my opinion, finally nailed Ghost Rider as a bottom-soilingly scary character. His physical presence in this movie... I’m lost for words... he just looks absolutely, terrifyingly awesome. In fact, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance is looking ...HOT!

Sorry.

I’m excited to be starting a new project at Iloura VFX tomorrow that will have me wrapped up until at least August 2011.

I’d like to thank all my clients that saw me through my first 6 months in Melbourne. I promise to return to ‘available’ status in due course - but for now I’ll be rubbing shoulders with some of the finest visual effects talent in the country, working on a US feature film, due for release sometime in 2012.

Primarily, I’ll be using The Foundry’s NUKE compositing software and I’m absolutely pumped to get going!

Since beginning to learn Nuke last year it’s become a revelation to me - the difference between compositing in that and something like After Effects is night and day. Nuke assumes nothing, therefore anything is possible. It is easily the most powerful software I’ve ever seen which provides an excellent and unending motivation to continue learning and to refine my craft. What’s more, although originally designed as proprietary software and used internally by Digital Domain, The Foundry, literally, develop the software. Unlike some companies *cough* Apple *cough* they have an open, focussed commitment to the Visual Effects Industry, one that’s active and ahead of the curve.

This marks my first long-form, exclusively Nuke focussed contract. It’s sink or swim time. Luckily, I’m an Australian. Even the babies and physically challenged can swim here.



PS - The Foundry are still using my testimonial for their FURNACE CORE plug ins... although now it’s closer to 11 years, than 9!

PPS - No, I do not work for The Foundry