Lord of the Rings producer to set up animation studio in India ***

[NUKE-CG]

Good for India, I guess... honestly I would have liked to see him make one in New Zealand first though, he was here for so long I'm surprised he hasn't already. I guess the fact there's over a billion people there and the state of the nation is improving made it an easy decision.

[rwijaya]

congrat for madhu. good for him :)

[andy_maxman]

i'm elated by the news. true or not, it definetly made my day.
it would be super if they chose bangalore / chennai as the location.
and if anyones got a first-hand-info on more of this...pls do share.
wooooppieee....!

[Beamtracer]

I like to see more animation happen in India. There are so many talented people there. Congratulations to India!

[godgodgod]

One more link

http://in.rediff.com/money/2005/apr/02matrix.htm

Barrie M Osborne, the legendary producer of Hollywood blockbusters like The Lord of the Rings and The Matrix is set to co-found a visual effects studio in India which will cater to the global feature film industry.

Osborne will partnering N Madhusudhanan, another visual effects veteran in the Indian movie industry for the studio.

The studio will be on the lines of the famous Weta Digital in New Zealand which recently shot to fame for its path-breaking work for The Lord of the Rings.

Madhusudhanan is a Presidents Award Winner in the visual effects field and is the first Indian to qualify as an active member in the Visual Effects Society, Los Angeles.

He was part of the visual effects team for The Lord of the Rings.

Said Madhusudhanan: "Osborne has been a mentor to me for a long time and we will shortly be partners. We plan to set up high-level visual effects studio in India to serve the global markets. We plan to rope in a few other Academy Award winners as partners for our studio. Hollywood is opening up and it will not be long before a lot of the visual effects work is outsourced to India and we intend to capitalise on this next big opportunity."

He added that the Indian visual effects talents' skills are on the maturity curve and it will take a while to be of the global standards.

"The US market took nearly 20 years to be at the level they are and India also will take its time to reach that level, but may not take that long," he noted.

Osborne also highlighted that training pockets are important to develop the talent pool in India and that he will encourage this activity as much as possible in this country.

[Dreamzsguy]

This is really good news,if they start in bangalore it will be more superb..:)

[ShinZo]

April 1st anyone? or is it just me?

[dixit13]

Well, its not April Fool, spoof or any Nice image morphing job (Showing M. Osborne with Madhusudanan) .......Its true but still not final when n where ...!!
GoodDay (http://cgindia.blogspot.com)

[rwijaya]

it can't be a lie, i know madhu personally.

[DangerAhead]

It'll be a great thing. ILM turns away great talent here.

As an American, you could certainly make this a great thing for yourself.

HOW? You can move to India.

You can live very well on US$10,000/year in India.

Save up some money here, and move there for a year or two. Don't have to work. Can spend time learning all the new apps, techniques, and working on your demo reel or a short film, learn Hindi, lose some weight... read some books.

Afterward, everyone will want to hire you.

[andy_maxman]

it can't be a lie, i know madhu personally.
hey rudy,
how about letting the cat-outta-the-bag? ;)

[Beamtracer]

It'll be a great thing.... learn Hindi, lose some weight... read some books.
Learn to play the sitar, start smoking strange things...

[rwijaya]

hey rudy,
how about letting the cat-outta-the-bag? ;)

?? cat ?? what do you mean andy ?

[andy_maxman]

hey rudy, was actaully wondering if there is something you could share (on the prospects of setting shop) as you mentioned being acquainted with Madhu.
so any ideas?

[rwijaya]

well, i really can't discuss anything here, really not the place to do so.

goodluck for madhu ;)

[dixit13]

Today news :banghead: :- Legendary Hollywood filmmaker Barrie M. Osborne, who produced the blockbusters 'Lord of the Rings', 'Matrix' and 'Face Off' will make a debut in Bollywood.
LINK:- http://sify.com/movies/bollywood/fullstory.php?id=13710930

:deal: ...So watt now ?? ..:shrug::wavey:

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[boomji]

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