Marc and Volker will present a 15-minute VFX reel of "2012" at this year's "bake-off" of the VFX branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The academy just announced that "2012" is one of 7 pictures that have been chosen out of 15 pre-selected pics to be included in the bake-off. At the bake-off on January 21, the VFX branch members will be voting for the 3 pics to be nominated for an Academy Award (oscar).
Newsflash 2009-12-24
Marc wins satellite award for "2012"!
The win was announced at the 14th International Satellite Awards ceremony on Sunday evening, December 20th, in Century City, California. The statue, awarded by the International Press Academy (IPA) for Marc, Volker Engel and Mike Vezina (Special Effects Supervisor), was accepted by Rony Soussan, compositing supervisor of the "rebel unit" team for the film "2012", on behalf of Marc and Volker, who are currently in pre-production of Roland Emmerich's Shakespeare drama "Anonymous" in Berlin, Germany.
Newsflash 2010-01-11
"2012" now at 764 Million USD worldwide boxoffice!
As of Monday, Jan 11, "2012" is number 12 of the all-time international boxoffice, superpassing "Independence Day" with 600 mil.
The 164 mil domestic (US) box office brings the overall box office to 764 mil.