Such high-profile Super Bowl commercials that featured creative services from Company 3 and Method were Career Builders’ “Tips,” Hulu’s “Alec in Huluwood,” Pepsi “Refresh” and “Pass,” and TheLadders’ “Little Creatures” and “Chairs.”

Additionally, Company 3 provided color correction for Super Bowl spots for Audi, Gatorade, Cars.com, Hyundai, Sobe, Heineken, Taco Bell, NFL, USA Networks, Paramount Pictures and Toyota, just to name a few. Colorists at Company 3 who contributed to Super Bowl commercials this year included: Stefan Sonnenfeld, Mike Pethel, Dave Hussey, Tim Masick, Sean Coleman, Matt Turner, Billy Gabor, and Tom Poole.

The Ladders
If you’re a monster, you announce your presence with authority. Such is the story behind “Monsters,” a new spot directed by Dante Ariola of MJZ for high-end job search engine The Ladders. The spot was directed by MJZ’s Dante Ariola in collaboration with Method Studios, ad agency Fallon Minneapolis and Company 3. Seamlessly blending old-school movie monsters with the latest visual effects and computer generated animation, the spot takes a humorous look at what it takes to get a big job done.

‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’ – is a follow up to the 2007 ‘Transformers’ and once more features the character Sam Witwicky who has now learnt the truth about the ancient origins of The Transformers. The Decepticons are intent on the capture of Witwicky as they need him for information.

Michael Bay returns to the helm for the sequel to the highly successful big-screen adaptation of the Transformers toy line for DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures.

Much of the original cast returns for the second installment, including Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, and John Turturro, with Rainn Wilson joining in the fun as a college professor.

‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’ is due for release in June 2009.

CREDITS
Directed by: Michael Bay
Produced by: Steven Spielberg (executive), Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Tom DeSanto & Don Murphy
Written by: Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman & Ehren Kruger
Music by: Steve Jablonsky[1]
Cinematography by: Ben Seresin
Editing by: Roger Barton
Distributed by: DreamWorks & Paramount Pictures

CAST & CHARACTERS
Shia LaBeouf – Sam Witwicky
Megan Fox – Mikaela Banes
Josh Duhamel – Captain William Lennox
Tyrese Gibson – Robert Epps
John Turturro – Agent Reggie Simmons
Matthew Marsden – Graham
Ramon Rodriguez – Leo
Kevin Dunn – Ron Witwicky
Julie White – Judy Witwicky
Rainn Wilson – College Professor
Isabel Lucas – Alice
America Olivo – Frisbee Girl
Tyree Gibson – USAF Tech Sergeant Epps
Peter Cullen – Optimus Prime
Darius McCrary – Jazz
Samantha Smith – Sarah Lennox
Kevin Dunn – Ron Witwicky
Mark Ryan – Bumblebee
Peter Jason – Ceo
Robert Foxworth – Ratchet
Charles Adler – Starscream
Michael Papajohn – Cal
Jonathon Trent – Fasbinder
Jess Harnell – Ironhide/Barricade
Alex Fernandez – Lt. Colonel Cetas
John Benjamin Hickey : Galloway
Walker Howard : Sharsky
John Nielson – Captain Wilder
James Harvey Ward – Sonarman

RELATED LINKS
www.dreamworksstudios.com

www.transformersmovie.com

The full press release: Paramount Pictures and Sony Pictures Entertainment have announced the start of principal production in Los Angeles on the 3D Motion Capture Film “The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn,” directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Jamie Bell (”Billy Elliot,” “Defiance”) as Tintin, the intrepid young reporter whose relentless pursuit of a good story thrusts him into a world of high adventure, and Daniel Craig (”Quantum of Solace,” “Defiance”) as the nefarious Red Rackham.

Bell and Craig are joined by an international cast that includes Andy Serkis, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Gad Elmaleh, Toby Jones and Mackenzie Crook.

“The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn,” from a screenplay by Steven Moffat, Edgar Wright and Joe Cornish, is produced by Spielberg, Peter Jackson and Kathleen Kennedy, is the first in the series of 3D motion capture films based on the iconic character created by Georges Remi, better known to the world by his pen name “Herge” and is due for release in 2011. Executive producers are Nick Rodwell, Stephane Sperry and Ken Kamins.

Paramount Pictures will release domestically and in all English speaking territories and Asia, excluding India. Sony Pictures Releasing International will distribute the film in Continental Europe, Eastern Europe, Latin America, India and the remainder of the world.

The second feature in the series is scheduled to be directed by Jackson, with a potential for a third film as well.

Eighty years ago, Herge introduced the world to a unique cast of characters who have been embraced by readers of all ages. The Adventures of Tintin – a series of 24 books, the final unfinished adventure was published after Herge’s – death became Herge’s life’s work. The first adventure was published in 1929. Over 200 million copies have been sold worldwide. The popular series has been translated into 70 languages and still attracts thousands of new fans each year.

Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson will bring Herge’s stories to life employing state-of-the-art performance capture technology developed by Jackson’s Weta Digital.

Source: Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment

When California girl Susan Murphy is unwittingly clobbered by a meteor full of outer space gunk on her wedding day, she mysteriously grows to 49-feet-11-inches tall. Alerted to the threat of this new monster, the military jumps into action and Susan is captured and secreted away to a covert government compound.

There, she is renamed Ginormica and placed in confinement with a group of other monsters: the brilliant insect-headed Dr. Cockroach, Ph.D.; half-ape, half-fish The Missing Link; the gelatinous and indestructible B.O.B.; and a 350-foot grub called Insectosaurus.

Their confinement is cut short, however, when a mysterious alien robot lands on Earth and begins storming the country. In a moment of desperation, The President is persuaded by General W.R. Monger to enlist the motley crew of Monsters to combat the Alien Robot and save the world from imminent destruction.

The cast of ‘Monsters vs Aliens’ includes: Ocar Winner Reese Witherspoon as Susan Murphy aka Ginomica; Golden Globe winner Hugh Laurie as Dr. Cockroach Ph.D; Will Arnett as The Missing Link; Seth Rogen as B.O.B; Rainn Wilson as Gallaxhar; Emmy Winner Stephen Colbert as The President of the United States; Golden Globe winner Kiefer Sutherland as General W.R. Monger; and Paul Rudd as Susan’s boyfriend Derek.

‘Monsters Vs. Aliens’ is directed by Rob Letterman (Shark Tale) and Conrad Vernon (Shrek 2), produced by Lisa Stewart and co-produced by Jill Hooper and Latifa Ouaou.

The film marks the theatrical debut of DreamWorks Animation’s Ultimate 3-D, the studio’s proprietary production process of authoring its animated films in 3-D from start to finish. ‘Monsters Vs. Aliens’ is due for release 27 March 2009.

About DreamWorks Animation SKG
DreamWorks Animation is principally devoted to developing and producing computer generated, or CG, animated feature films. With world-class creative talent, a strong and experienced management team and advanced CG filmmaking technology and techniques, DreamWorks Animation makes high quality CG animated films meant for a broad movie-going audience. The Company has theatrically released a total of fifteen animated feature films including Antz, Shrek, Shrek 2, Shark Tale, Madagascar, Over
the Hedge, Shrek the Third and Bee Movie.

About Paramount Pictures Corporation
Paramount Picutures Corporation is a unit of Viacom. a global entertainment company that produces and distributes filmed entertainment through the Paramount Motion Picutre Group. PHE is responsible for the worldwide sales, marketing and distribution of home entertainment products on behalf of various parties including: Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks SKG, Paramount Vantage, Paramount Classics, Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central, CBS, PBS and Hasbro, and for providing home entertainment fulfillment services for DreamWorks Animation Home Entertainment.

(Article by: CGnews.com)