'Star Trek Beyond' Makes the MPAA's list of 20 semi-finalists for "Best Visual Effects"

This week the list of 20 films that will advance to compete for the 2016 "Best Visual Effects" Oscar were announced.  I was excited to see that Star Trek Beyond made the list. The full list is as follows (Proof, inc. films in blue):

“Alice Through the Looking Glass”
“Arrival”
“The BFG”
“Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice”
“Captain America: Civil War”
“Deadpool”
“Deepwater Horizon”
“Doctor Strange”
“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”
“Independence Day: Resurgence”
“The Jungle Book”
“Kubo and the Two Strings”
“Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children”
“Passengers”
“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”
“Star Trek Beyond”
“Suicide Squad”
“Sully”
“Warcraft”
“X-Men: Apocalypse”

Congratulations to the hardworking artists and production teams who worked on all these films.

STAR TREK BEYOND Trailer #3

The final trailer. I look forward to seeing the true impact of these space shots on the big screen:

The latest trailer for STAR TREK BEYOND

This is overdue by several weeks, but here is my blogspot link to the new Star Trek Beyond trailer. I like it much more than the first one:



I was especially happy with how one of my shots in it turned out. The rendering on the environment looks incredible. Hats off to the final VFX artists who made that happen:

The first 'Star Trek Beyond' trailer is here

I spent a good portion of this year working on the previs team for the latest Star Trek film for Paramount Pictures, both on and off the studio lot. This trailer will also screen before Star Wars: The Force Awakens, so I'm looking forward to seeing those slick finaled shots on the big screen.

'Star Trek Beyond' trailer to screen before 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens'

It's nice to have this officially confirmed. I was on Star Trek Beyond for most of this year, and I am very excited to see how the trailer looks on the big screen seven months in advance. Hopefully we have reached the point now where Abrams has helped unite Star Wars and Star Trek fans in space opera fandom, after so many years of exclusionary mockery ("the dark times").