Visual effects workers at Marvel Studios have voted to form a first-of-its-kind union with the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees. The Marvel VFX shop not only enjoyed a historic victory, but a landslide one as well: All votes cast in the election — held by mail between Aug. 21 …
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Walt Disney Pictures visual effects crews are one step closer to becoming unionized. Disney crews filed with the National Labor Relations Board Monday for a vote to unionize, marking the second visual effects team, after Marvel Studios, to take strides for union representation with the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage …
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When Mark Patch started as a visual effects coordinator on WandaVision, he saw it as a great opportunity. It was November 2020, and he’d been out of work for four months due to the pandemic. Working on Marvel’s first scripted show for Disney+, starring Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany, felt …
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Actor Devix Szell was no stranger to film sets when he stepped onto the lot of a major upcoming film in the fall of 2022. As with most large-scale productions, Szell wasn’t too surprised when he was told by production members they wanted to take some scans of him in …
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There were quite a few naysayers on Film Twitter prior to the release of Avatar: The Way of Water, questioning everything from the film’s cultural staying power and $400 million-plus budget to the 13-year gap in between films. They forgot the cardinal rule: never bet against James Cameron. The Avatar …
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