Andy Serkis' Imaginarium Studios expanding to AsiaMarch 14, 2016 - 12:05 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Imaginarium Studios, the London-based production company and performance-capture studio, is planting its flag in the fast-growing Asia-Pacific region, The Hollywood Reporter reveals. With backing from Rhizophora Ventures, a state-backed Malaysian holding company set up to invest in the country’s entertainment and media sectors, Imaginarium Studios is launching a specialist performance-capture and content creation hub in Johor, Malaysia, at the Pinewood Iskandar Malaysia Studios. The Imaginarium Studios was co-founded in 2011 by film producer Jonathan Cavendish and actor Andy Serkis, famous for his revolutionary performance-capture portrayals of Gollum in the Lord of the Rings franchise and Snoke in the recent Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Said Imaginarium CEO Tony Orsten, "This is a huge step for the studio and we are really excited to see what opportunities this move to the Asia-Pacific region will bring." Top stories Paris Center Pompidou Musée National d’Art Moderne will host the screening of Sergei Parajanov’s "Triptych" on December 15. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. |