Following the exhilarating Sept. 29 launch of Sphere with U2’s residency, on Friday, filmmaker Darren Aronofsky’s transportive Postcard from Earth became the first movie to premiere at the new Las Vegas entertainment venue. A sort of narrative and doc, it immerses viewers in a range of experiences, for instance allowing them to feel as though they are walking alongside elephants on a safari, swimming with sharks beneath the ocean’s surface, or viewing Earth from a distant planet.
This movie also demonstrates the potential of this new canvas for filmmakers. “I’m still processing it all,” the Oscar-nominated director of Black Swan tells The Hollywood Reporter of Sphere, whose interior is coated with a 160,000 square-foot 16K LED display that extends beyond audience members’ peripheral vision and high above and behind their heads. The visuals – shown at a high resolution that creates a sense of depth and of being there...
This movie also demonstrates the potential of this new canvas for filmmakers. “I’m still processing it all,” the Oscar-nominated director of Black Swan tells The Hollywood Reporter of Sphere, whose interior is coated with a 160,000 square-foot 16K LED display that extends beyond audience members’ peripheral vision and high above and behind their heads. The visuals – shown at a high resolution that creates a sense of depth and of being there...
- 10/7/2023
- by Carolyn Giardina
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: What do Will Smith, Chris Hemsworth and Jeff Goldblum have in common? They are driving a revolution in factual programming led by the world’s biggest stars, and this revolution is being steered by one company above all: Jane Root’s Nutopia.
The Washington/London indie’s Co-founder Jane Root has spent recent months overseeing Disney+ trio The World According to Jeff Goldblum season two, which dropped in November, Smith’s Welcome to Earth, coming tomorrow, and Limitless With Chris Hemsworth, which is slated for next year.
Leading this talent through factual adventures has been a whirlwind but Root stressed that Nutopia didn’t go out of its way to ensure A-list-led docs were a specialism.
“We were never like ‘let’s become a company purely working with these amazing people’,” she told Deadline. “It really crept up on us, through following a sense of what was interesting.”
Smith’s Welcome To Earth,...
The Washington/London indie’s Co-founder Jane Root has spent recent months overseeing Disney+ trio The World According to Jeff Goldblum season two, which dropped in November, Smith’s Welcome to Earth, coming tomorrow, and Limitless With Chris Hemsworth, which is slated for next year.
Leading this talent through factual adventures has been a whirlwind but Root stressed that Nutopia didn’t go out of its way to ensure A-list-led docs were a specialism.
“We were never like ‘let’s become a company purely working with these amazing people’,” she told Deadline. “It really crept up on us, through following a sense of what was interesting.”
Smith’s Welcome To Earth,...
- 12/7/2021
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Richard Hammond will be heading to the jungle for his first TV show since leaving Top Gear.
Hammond will be venturing into the Amazon for a new Sky1 documentary titled Richard Hammond's Jungle Quest, where he'll photograph rare animals including the three-toed sloth, pink river dolphins and harpy eagles.
"Trekking through the Amazon rainforest with a camera to photograph wildlife was a childhood dream," said Hammond.
"The reality was, I discovered, far, far tougher than I had imagined, but the moments when I saw and caught images of the elusive creatures and fleeting encounters that make the place so special, so unique and yet so fragile were breathtaking and some of the best in my life.
"I hope viewers will feel they have been there too... and most of all, I hope people enjoy watching it as much as I enjoyed making it."
"This is a different take on...
Hammond will be venturing into the Amazon for a new Sky1 documentary titled Richard Hammond's Jungle Quest, where he'll photograph rare animals including the three-toed sloth, pink river dolphins and harpy eagles.
"Trekking through the Amazon rainforest with a camera to photograph wildlife was a childhood dream," said Hammond.
"The reality was, I discovered, far, far tougher than I had imagined, but the moments when I saw and caught images of the elusive creatures and fleeting encounters that make the place so special, so unique and yet so fragile were breathtaking and some of the best in my life.
"I hope viewers will feel they have been there too... and most of all, I hope people enjoy watching it as much as I enjoyed making it."
"This is a different take on...
- 7/22/2015
- Digital Spy
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