Looks like some people are going to be upset over Twitter’s new policy. Starting today you won’t be able to have an animated GIF file as your profile picture/avatar. We’re guessing Twitter implemented this policy because of the annoyance of seeing moving pictures in your news feed. What do you think of their new policy?
Moving right along with more new related to Tupac, the company that created the Tupac Hologram for Coachella reportedly filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy this morning in a Delaware court. MTV has more info below on exactly what happened and why.
Apparently creating a Tupac hologram isn’t the most lucrative business venture, despite the shock waves it may have sent across pop culture.
Digital Domain, the visual effects company that blew minds earlier this year by digitally resurrecting late rapper at the Coachella festival, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Delaware after a series of costly projects put it in financial jeopardy.
According to the Los Angeles Times Digital Domain Group has reached a deal with a private investment firm to sell its Venice, California, division, Digital Domain Productions Inc. — which provides visual effects for film, television and advertising — for $15 million. As of June 30, Digital Domain Media Group said it had assets of $205 million and liabilities of $214 million and the Times reported that the company’s core business won’t be affected by the Chapter 11 filing.
The bankruptcy filing came a week after Digital Domain defaulted on a $35 million loan to a group of investors and announced that it was closing its controversial 115,000-square-foot animation studio in Port St. Lucie, Florida, where it laid off most of its 320 employees.
Since it was co-founded in 1993 by “Avatar” director James Cameron and several partners, Digital Domain has grown into one of the busiest visual effects shops in the business. The company has created iconic effects for nearly 100 movies, including “Titanic,” “Tron: Legacy,” “Transformers,” “Speed Racer,” “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” “Thor” and “Star Trek.”
Following the intense buzz created by the ‘Pac hologram, Digital Domain announced that it was working on a virtual Elvis? and that there were discussions about taking the Shakur projection on a stadium tour. But, despite its successes and seven Oscar wins, the company posted losses of $14.8 million in the first quarter of 2012 as a result of the expensive new Florida studio, fewer film projects and the expensive price tags of some of its new efforts.
Looks like James Cameron is gearing up to shoot another movie in a location that has never been realistically captured on screen before. He recently traveled to the deepest spot on earth which is about 200 miles southwest of the Pacific island of Guam. The dive was 7 miles deep and has only been experienced by two other men. Cameron plans on spending several hours exploring and filming the area. For more information on this new venture click here.
So it looks like another aspiring screen writer is going after James Cameron. This time it’s Bryant Moore and he is seeking $1.5 Billion in actual damages and another $1 Billion in punitive damages. Moore claims that he first came up with an idea for Avatar in his screenplays for “Aquatica” and “Descendants: The Pollination”. For more information on the matter click here.
