MISSION ACCOMPLISHED Cinematographer Fraser Taggart reveals how he captured Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’s most perilous scenes—some of the most extreme camera work ever attempted in a fictional feature. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to witness Tom Cruise appear one last time in the high-octane finale of a legendary action … Read more
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that its Board of Governors voted to present Academy Honorary Awards to Debbie Allen, Tom Cruise and Wynn Thomas, and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to Dolly Parton. The four Oscar statuettes will be presented at the Academy’s 16th Governors Awards event on Sunday, November … Read more
Tom Cruise received the BFI’s highest honour, the BFI Fellowship, at the annual BFI Chair’s Dinner, hosted by BFI Chair Jay Hunt at the Rosewood London. The BFI Fellowship was presented to Tom by his close collaborator Christopher McQuarrie, who has worked with Cruise for almost 20 years on films including Edge of Tomorrow, Jack Reacher and since 2015, the Mission: Impossible franchise. The BFI Fellowship … Read more
The BFI announces that it is celebrating actor and producer Tom Cruise with its highest honour, a BFI Fellowship. The Fellowship recognises Cruise’s achievements as an extraordinary, versatile actor whose career has spanned everything from critically acclaimed dramas and romances to dark thrillers and high-octane action films. It also recognises Cruise’s huge contribution to the … Read more
The Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) announced that Tom Cruise will be among the presenters at the 70th Annual MPSE Golden Reel Awards. The 3-time Academy Award nominee and star and producer of this year’s $1.4 billion box office hit Top Gun: Maverick, will present fellow producer Jerry Bruckheimer with the MPSE’s annual Filmmaker Award. The 70th Annual … Read more
SOARING ONTO THE SCREEN More than three decades after Top Gun became a high-flying force of filmmaking, aviator Pete “Maverick” Mitchell returns to the screen for more airborne thrills in Top Gun: Maverick. Cinematographer Claudio Miranda ASC and the talented team of aerial specialists reveal how air-to-air and ground-to-air techniques along with in-cockpit cameras captured … Read more
Top Gun Rob Hardy BSC / Mission: Impossible – Fallout Top Gun Rob Hardy BSC / Mission: Impossible – Fallout BY: Ron Prince Your mission… Rob Hardy BSC… should you choose to accept it… is to spend the next year and a bit, shooting the most highly-anticipated action movie of 2018, starring Tom Cruise, who … Read more
Invention and Re-Invention Across The Pond / Mark London Williams Invention & Re-Invention Across The Pond / Mark London Williams “It all used to be countryside around here,” Leonard Chapman tells us, pointing to the surrounding factories, stores, railroad sidings and lumber yards in the industrial area of North Hollywood where Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment … Read more
Monster makeover Ben Seresin BSC ASC / The Mummy Monster makeover Ben Seresin BSC ASC / The Mummy BY: Ron Prince Once upon a time in ancient Egypt, a princess, named Ahmanet, was chosen as the new ruler. But her father did not wish to pass the throne to her, preferring a male heir. When … Read more