Upcoming "TRON: Legacy" Filmmakers to be Featured at
SIGGRAPH 2010
(Chicago, IL) - Walt Disney Pictures' highly anticipated film
"TRON: Legacy", a 3D high-tech adventure set in a digital world
unlike anything ever captured on the big screen, will be the focus
of a filmmaker panel discussion during the SIGGRAPH 2010 Computer
Animation Festival in Los Angeles on Tuesday, 27 July at 3:45
p.m.
"SIGGRAPH is honored to host this discussion on 'TRON: Legacy',
the much-anticipated sequel to what was monumental filmmaking in a
past era," said Isaac Kerlow, Computer Animation Festival Director
from The Nanyang Technological University, ADM/EOS. "The original
'TRON' was one of the first films from a major studio that used
extensive computer graphics, and the industry expectations are that
this sequel will also mark significant achievements in what is
possible in computer graphics now and in the near future."
"TRON LEGACY" (l to r) Olivia Wilde, Garrett Hedlund Ph: Douglas
Curran © Disney Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Panelists--"TRON: Legacy" director Joseph Kosinski and
producer Jeffrey Silver, and visual effects supervisor Eric Barba
and animation supervisor Steve Preeg from Digital Domain--will
present a special reel from "TRON: Legacy" and answer
audience questions. The panel will be moderated by David Cohen,
associate features editor from Variety.
About the panelists:
Joseph Kosinski, Director, "TRON:
Legacy" The impeccably designed and visually
innovative creations of Joseph Kosinski have quickly made him a
highly sought-after commercial and feature film director. His work,
which specializes in merging live action with purely digital
elements, represents a fusion of skills stemming from Kosinski's
background in architecture, product design, engineering, and music.
Kosinski has directed many high-end commercials, including
award-winning campaigns for Xbox videogames Gears of War and Halo,
Sony PlayStation, Hummer, and Chevrolet.
Jeffrey Silver, Producer, "TRON:
Legacy" Jeffrey Silver has produced a wide range
of feature films through his production company Biscayne Pictures
and his partnership with Outlaw Productions. Silver recently
produced "Terminator Salvation" and "300". In
the course of his career, Silver has produced both studio and
independent pictures, including "Training Day", "The
Santa Clause" and its two sequels, "Addicted to
Love", and many others. For television, Silver produced the
pilot and first two seasons of the hit ABC series "The Wonder
Years", for which he won an Emmy® Award for Best Comedy
Series.Â
Eric
Barba, Visual Effects Supervisor, Digital Domain Eric
Barba is the Academy Award®-winning visual effects supervisor of
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button". He has been at
Digital Domain for 14 years, and like many of the top directors
with whom he collaborates, Barba is equally comfortable working in
film or advertising.
Steve Preeg, Animation Supervisor, Digital
Domain
Steve Preeg has been creating digital characters for more than a
decade, for movies including "Final Fantasy: The Spirits
Within", "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers",
"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King", "I,
Robot", and "King Kong". Preeg recently received an
Academy Award® for achievement in visual effects on "The
Curious Case of Benjamin Button". He also created visual
effects for "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End",
"Flags of Our Fathers", and other movies.
The
Production Session for "TRON: Legacy" will be held
Tuesday, 27 July from 3:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. in the Los Angeles
Convention Center, West Hall B. Passes for the Computer Animation
Festival are available for the entire week or on a daily basis for
as little as $50. For more information, visit: http://www.siggraph.org/s2010/for_attendees/computer_animation_festival
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About the Movie "TRON: Legacy" is a
3D high-tech adventure set in a digital world that's unlike
anything ever captured on the big screen. Sam Flynn (Garrett
Hedlund), a rebellious 27-year-old, is haunted by the mysterious
disappearance of his father Kevin Flynn (Oscar®- and Golden
Globe®-winner Jeff Bridges), a man once known as the world's
leading videogame developer. When Sam investigates a strange signal
sent from the old Flynn's Arcade--a signal that could only come
from his father--he finds himself pulled into a digital world where
Kevin has been trappd for 20 years. With the help of the fearless
warrior Quorra (Olivia Wilde), father and son embark on a
life-or-death journey across a visually-stunning cyber universe--a
universe created by Kevin himself that has become far more advanced
with never-before-imagined vehicles, weapons, landscapes and a
ruthless villain who will stop at nothing to prevent their escape.
Presented in Disney Digital 3D(TM) and scored by Grammy
Award®-winning electronic music duo Daft Punk, "TRON:
Legacy" hits U.S. theaters on 17 December 2010 in Disney
Digital 3D(TM) and IMAX® 3D.
About SIGGRAPH 2010 SIGGRAPH 2010 will
bring approximately 25,000 computer graphics and interactive
technology professionals from six continents to Los Angeles,
California, USA for the industry's most respected technical and
creative programs focusing on research, science, art, animation,
music, gaming, interactivity, education, and the web from Sunday,
25 July through Thursday, 29 July 2010 at the Los Angeles
Convention Center. SIGGRAPH 2010 includes a three-day exhibition of
products and services from the computer graphics and interactive
marketplace from 27-29 July 2010. More than 200 international
exhibiting companies are expected. More details are available at
www.siggraph.org/s2010
About ACM SIGGRAPH
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interested in research, technology, and applications in computer
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developers and users from the technical, academic, business, and
art communities. SIGGRAPH provides information to the computer
graphics community through its annual conference, publications and
the SIGGRAPH Video Review.
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