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APC Co-Founder Kirk Weddell shortlisted as finalist for Academy Nicholl Fellowship
Atlantic Picture Company are excited to announce that Kirk Weddell, one of the directors and co-founders of Atlantic, has been shortlisted for the 2017 Academy Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting.
http://www.oscars.org/nicholl/ceremonies/2016
The fellowship, widely regarded as the most prestigious screenplay competition in the world, is awarded by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). The Academy, popularly best known for the ‘Oscars’, considered almost 7000 eligible screenplays this year and Kirk’s screenplay for the sci-fi thriller ALONE reached the final shortlist of just 12. ALONE, the story of a lone astronaut in an orbiting space station who has only 24 hours to save mankind, is being produced by Atlantic Picture Company in conjunction with US partners and is expected to begin production later this year.
The Hoarder now available on DVD and Digital Video
Horror thriller The Hoarder which was co-produced by Atlantic Picture Company is now available to watch on DVD and Digital Video. Starring Mischa Barton (The O.C., The Sixth Sense), Robert Knepper (Prison Break), Valene Kane (Rogue One). Andrew Buckley (The Extras), Charlotte Salt (The Tudors), Emily Atack (The Inbetweeners) and John Sackville (The Crown) the film premiered at the prestigious Film4 Frightfest in Glasgow, UK and was nominated for Best International Fantasy Film at the Fantasporto film festival in Portugal. It is being released in the US by RLJ Entertainment.
Rogue One receives Oscar nomination
Alongside his work at Atlantic, company co-director Chris Taylor is also an accomplished visual effects artist whose work can be found in many of today’s biggest blockbusters. As a long time Star Wars fan it was with great excitement that Chris accepted a recent position with Jellyfish Pictures helping shape the visual effects of the latest film in the franchise, the highly anticipated Rogue One.
Working closely with director Gareth Edwards in a small team for much of 2016, Chris began as a post visualization artist before becoming one of the film’s post-viz supervisors. Once post-viz was complete he joined the team of visual effects artists back at Jellyfish's main base creating the incredible final VFX for the movie.
For the large team of visual effects artists involved all the hard work paid off with the film garnering rave reviews and grossing over a billion dollars worldwide at the box office. Now it can add prestigious award nominations to its success with the nomination of an Academy Award for Special Visual Effects. Although this is the second Oscar nomination for visual effects which Chris has been a part of, the first being Guardians of the Galaxy in 2015, his work on Rogue One was far more substantial. As well as an Oscar nomination, the film was also recognised by BAFTA for it’s visual effects work, making it the third BAFTA nominated film that Chris has contributed to, along with Guardians of the Galaxy and The Dark Knight Rises.