Nichelle Nichols’ 85th Birthday Party in L.A. – VIP Fan Packages Available to Attend Birthday Dinner 12/28/2017

NICHELLE NICHOLS
TO CELEBRATE HER 85TH BIRTHDAY
WITH FAMILY, FRIENDS, & FANS
ON DECEMBER 28, 2017
 
The Birthday Celebration to be Held at La Piazza Restaurant at The Grove in
Los Angeles With VIP Fan Packages to Join Ms. Nichols for
 Her Birthday Dinner, Photo-ops, Autographs, and a Meet & Greet
 
Los Angeles, CA (December 5, 2017) – Legendary Icon, Nichelle Nichols will celebrate her 85th Birthday on Thursday, December 28, 2017.  A favorite actress of fans worldwide, and a trailblazer for women to be considered for substantial positions in the aerospace industry through NASA, she also opened the doors for many women, as a whole, and especially women of color for acting roles of a significant position versus simply a housewife, maid or secretary.  
 
Ms. Nichols, who is a frequent guest at conventions and events across the globe, travels extensively and enjoys meeting the fans.  Private, intimate birthday parties are usually the norm for Nichols, who decided to include 35 lucky fans in on the festivities this year to mark the milestone birthday. VIP packages which include dinner, birthday cake, and a champagne toast, plus a Meet & Greet, autographs, and photos with the birthday girl, are available to ultimate fans.  The birthday dinner party will be held at La Piazza Restaurant at The Grove in Los Angeles, announced Gilbert Bell, of GB Entertainment, Ms. Nichols’ manager.

 
“Nichelle Nichols has a special relationship with her fans, one of mutual admiration and respect.  Many of them stop by every year to say hi when she’s in their town at an event or convention.  I knew that for her 85th Birthday, we wanted to do something fun and special for Nichelle and her fans, and the idea for the VIP Fan Meet & Greet packages, which includes dinner at her birthday party, sounded like a unique way to include some lucky fans in the celebration,” said Bell.
 
Special guests and entertainment to be announced. To stay up to date, and for details and tickets: http://www.nichellenichols.com/store/nichelle-nichols-85th-birthday-celebration
 
What:
Nichelle Nichols’ 85th Birthday Party & Dinner
 
Where:
At La Piazza in The Grove Los Angeles, CA
 
When:
Thursday, December 28, 2017, 7PM -10PM
 
TRUE FAN PACKAGE INCLUDES:
*Meet & Greet and Photo w/Nichelle *No Dinner / Seating Provided $100 per person
(TAKES PLACE BEFORE DINNER @7PM)
 
TRAILBLAZER FAN PACKAGE INCLUDES:
*Dinner, Meet & Greet, and Photo w/Nichelle $150 per person
 
ULTIMATE FAN PACKAGE INCLUDES:
*Meet & Greet, and Photo w/ Nichelle *Dinner *Sit Next to Nichelle at Dinner $500 per couple
 
GO TO NICHELLENICHOLS.COM TO PURCHASE TICKETS:
LIMITED TICKETS AVAILABLE, GET YOURS SOON!!!
 
*PACKAGES DO NOT INCLUDE ALCOHOL. ALCOHOL IS AVAILABLE UPON PERSONAL PURCHASE. *HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE *ENTERTAINMENT & SPECIAL GUESTS TO BE ANNOUNCED *HELD BY GB ENTERTAINMENT, ARCHANGEL FILMS LA & NV THE FAWCETTE’S, PR BY DAVID ROBERSON, SOCIAL MEDIA BY STARPOWER

Oscar-winning VFX Artists, studioADI’s Alec Gillis & Tom Woodruff, Jr. announce new ART Collection based on Alien 3 and Alien: Resurrection

OSCAR-WINNING VFX ARTISTS
TOM WOODRUFF, JR. & ALEC GILLIS OF studioADI
TO LAUNCH
THE studioADI COLLECTION
WITH 20TH CENTURY FOX CONSUMER PRODUCTS
 
THE HIGH-QUALITY FINE ART PIECES
WILL INCLUDE ALIEN³ AND ALIEN: RESURRECTION
HAND-CRAFTED WORKS OF ART
CREATED BY THE SAME ARTISTS AT THE SAME STUDIO WHO MADE THE CREATURES FOR THE FILMS
 

The studioADI Collection Will Initially Consist of Seven Unique Pieces Including: The Queen Alien Embryo from Alien³,  
The 1/3 Scale Queen Alien Head and
The Newborn Alien Full Body Design Maquette from Alien: Resurrection

 
Los Angeles, CA (November 20, 2017) For 30 years, Los Angeles based Amalgamated Dynamics, Inc. (studioADI) has been the premier Creature Effects studio in the motion picture business. studioADI was co-founded by the Academy Award winning duo of Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff, Jr. in 1988. The team has been responsible for 3 decades of iconic Creature Characters from the Alien and Predator franchises to the recent smash hit horror film IT. Today Woodruff and Gillis announced The studioADI Collection, art inspired by their iconic creations from Alien³ and Alien: Resurrection.
 
 

1:3 Scale Queen Alien Head from Alien: Resurrection

 

The studioADI Collection consists of high quality fine art pieces which are not mere collectibles replicated by factory workers. These are hand-crafted works of art created by the same studio and artists who originally created them for the films, from the actual molds used in the production of the history-making films Alien³and Alien: Resurrection.
 
“This is the collection designed for fans of these entries into the Alien franchise as well as aficionados of the art of creatures and monsters of iconic pedigree,” said Woodruff.
 
  
 Newborn Alien Full Body Design Maquette from Alien: Resurrection
 
The studioADI Collection will launch on December 1, 2017 and the art pieces will initially be available exclusively at: http://studioadi.bigcartel.com/category/art 
 
“The studioADI collection is our tribute to the films that have been an important part of our legacy as artists. Each piece of art reflects the same detail and passion we poured into the characters when we created the originalAlien films,” said Gillis.
 
Full descriptions and dimensions of all the art will be available December 1. Some pieces will be available as exclusive limited editions. The pieces will be priced from $250.00 – $4,000.00.
 
  
 Queen Alien Embryo from Alien³
 
Below are descriptions of two items:
 
“The Newborn” from Alien: Resurrection was the terrifying mix of human and Alien DNA gone wrong. This Full-Scale Bust is cast from hand-laid translucent polyester resin from ADI’s original production molds and is painted to the same exacting specifications by ADI’s painter who painted the character for the original film. The piece measures 30″x20″x40″
 
“The Queen Alien Embryo” was seen in David Fincher’s Alien³ was nestled next to the beating heart of Ripley, played by Sigourney Weaver. Cast in translucent urethane and hand painted by the same ADI artists who created the piece for the film in 1991. At 7″ x 9″ this piece of art is perfect for desktop display.
 
The studioADI Collection launch on December 1, 2017 will include the following art pieces, which are all hand-crafted and individually made to order:
 
Queen Alien Embryo from Alien³
Newborn Alien Design Maquette Bust from Alien: Resurrection
Newborn Alien Full Body Design Maquette from Alien: Resurrection
Swimming Alien Study Model from Alien: Resurrection
1:1 Alien Warrior Half Head from Alien: Resurrection
1:1 Newborn Alien Head from Alien: Resurrection
1:3 Scale Queen Alien Head from Alien: Resurrection
 
studioADI will celebrate their 30th Anniversary in 2018, and the launch of The studioADI Collection is the first of many exciting announcements Gillis and Woodruff have planned in conjunction with this historic milestone! Always in-demand, they move into their 30th year riding high on the huge success of ITand their creature makeup creation for Pennywise, an instant iconic Movie Monster. Upcoming projects include Bright, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, The Predator, and Godzilla: King of Monsters.
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Official website: www.studioADI.com 
studioADI Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/studioADl/
studioADI YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/user/studioADI 
 
About studioADI
We are Academy Award winning creators of special characters and character effects. Calling upon a diverse range of talents and techniques, we create prosthetic make-ups, animatronic puppets, actor duplicates and replica animals. With over twenty-five years of professional experience, we bring “real” character effects to the set to interact with actors, lighting, and practical atmosphere. We pride ourselves on working with the industry’s leading cgi companies to find the right balance of digital and practical effects. We continue to provide film-makers with realistic and economical character effects that best serve the story and the production.
 
About 20th Century Fox Consumer Products
20th Century Fox Consumer Products licenses and markets properties worldwide on behalf of 20th Century Fox Film, 20th Century Fox Television and FX Networks, as well as third party lines.  The division is aligned with 20th Century Fox Television,the flagship studio leading the industry in supplying award-winning and blockbuster primetime television programming and entertainment content and 20th Century Fox Film,one of the world’s largest producers and distributors of motion pictures. 

Record-Setting Attendance For Stan Lee’s Los Angeles Comic Con 2017

L.A. Comic Con and Official Media Partner ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY Join To Make The Seventh Annual Comic Con The Biggest Yet
 LOS ANGELES (November 9, 2017) – The seventh edition of Stan Lee’s Los Angeles Comic Con is now in the record books as the 3-day gala event broke the 100,000 attendee mark to make it the biggest pop culture convention in L.A.’s history.
Taking place October 27-29 at the Los Angeles Convention Center, Stan Lee’s Los Angeles Comic Con brought together the stars, creators and fans for the year’s most headline-generating celebration of pop culture entertainment.  
The new partnership with the convention’s Official Media Partner ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY resulted in such star power additions as Dwayne “The Rock”  Johnson who attracted a record crowd to the convention floor as he premiered an exclusive clip from his upcoming film, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle; the Black Eyed Peas, who participated in a panel session for their new AR-infused digital graphic novel Masters of the Sun – and performed for fans at Club Novo; Drew Carey, who was named the 2017 Comedy Legend; and Melissa Joan Hart who headlined a must-see cast reunion of her much-beloved hit show Sabrina, The Teenage Witch.  Other notable stars appearing at the pop culture extravaganza included Chloe Bennet from Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Scott Bakula and Quantum Leap creator Donald Bellisario, Katee Sackhoff from The Flash, Paul Reubens (Pee-wee Herman), Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri, Rob Liefeld (Creator of Deadpool), Rose McIver, and Kevin Smith.
“Stan Lee’s L.A. Comic Con has taken its place as L.A.’s largest gathering of stars and creative talent in comic book, publishing, gaming, film, broadcast, cable and streaming entertainment — and a true celebration of Los Angeles,  the world mecca for the creation and production of pop culture entertainment in all forms. We are thrilled with the record turnout – and we’re now focused on making year #8 even bigger!” said Keith Tralins, CEO of Comikaze Entertainment.
“QUOTE FROM EW OFFICIAL”

Other sponsors of the official event were Hot Topic, Verizon, LG, Cosmunity, Legendary Precious Metals, 5-Hour Energy, and Stargate Origins.

Gravitas Ventures Acquires "Attack of the Southern Fried Zombies"

AFM ZOMBIE MOVIE DEAL:
“ATTACK OF THE SOUTHERN FRIED ZOMBIES”
ACQUIRED BY GRAVITAS VENTURES
Cardinal XD is the International Sales Agent for the zombie horde film.
Santa Monica, CA (November 4, 2017) – Director Mark Newton’s Attack of the Southern Fried Zombies, winner of “Goriest Film” at last week’s FANtastic Horror Film Festival in San Diego, has been acquired by Gravitas Ventures for domestic distribution, announced Daniel Wood, Executive Producer.
“Attack of the Southern Fried Zombies has a great Southern vibe and gives a unique twist to the zombie film genre, with a little Zombieland and Shaun of the Dead in the mix. Plus, there’s a zombie horde, carnival mayhem, Southern rock, and mad scientists. It’s a fun ride!” said Joshua Spector, Director of Acquisitions for Gravitas Ventures.

   

The deal was brokered by Wood on behalf of the film, and by Spector for Gravitas Ventures. Gravitas Ventures will release the film in North America in March of 2018. Cardinal XD represents the film for international sales and is currently fielding offers from foreign buyers for several territories at AFM in Loews 541.
In Attack of the Southern Fried Zombies, the kudzu covered hills of Charleston, Mississippi, notable as Morgan Freeman’s hometown, are ground zero forGloboBioTech testing of their experimental herbicide Quadoxin, which goes horribly wrong. Lonnie, a crop duster pilot, must lead a mismatched group of survivors to escape the deadly zombie horde after the Quadoxin transforms the citizens of the small town into zombies.

 

The film stars Timothy Haug, Moses J. Moseley (The Walking Dead), Wyntergrace Williams (This Just In), Megan Few (Demons), Escalante Lundy (Django Unchained), Kaitlin Mesh, Clay Acker, Bruce Penton, Susan McPhail, Johnny McPhail, Michael Joiner, Kiyomi Fukazawa, and Miles Doleac.

Zombie Makeup & SFX by Jonathan Thornton.

   

 

Attack of the Southern Fried Zombies direct trailer link:
“This is now my fourth feature released through Gravitas Ventures (American Cowslip, Jonny’s Sweet Revenge, and The Atoning), and I’m thrilled to call them a partner. Gravitas continually impresses in servicing our titles and Attack of the Southern Fried Zombies will be our biggest yet. We are beyond excited,” said Wood. 

From a screenplay by Christian Hokenson, and produced by executive producer Daniel Wood, p.g.a., Mark Newton, Juri Koll, Per Ericson, executive producer Jason Rochelle, and Laura Warner, with executive producer Miller Greenlee, co-producers Justin Stafford and Stephan Stromer, Assistant Producer Ronnie Lee Michael, and Consulting Producer Tony Hewett. 

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Harvey Kurtzman’s Marley’s Ghost Now Available Exclusively from comiXology Originals

Special introductory price of $2.99 on comiXology and Kindle
& free for comiXology Unlimited and Kindle Unlimited subscribers
“To me (and many others) Harvey was like a Pied Piper.  He would whistle and we would follow him anywhere. Even the rewarding life at Mad that I’ve had these past sixty years would never have come about
if it weren’t for its creator, Harvey.” —Al Jaffee, Mad Magazine
“Almost all American satire today follows a formula that Harvey Kurtzman thought up.”
—Richard Corlis, Time Magazine
November 8, 2017, New York, NY – ComiXology, Amazon’s premier digital comic shopping & reading service, debuts the next comiXology Originals release – Harvey Kurtzman’s Marley’s Ghost, the graphic novel adaptation of Charles Dickens’s beloved classic A Christmas Carol – at a special introductory price of $2.99 on comiXology and free for comiXology Unlimited and Kindle Unlimited subscribers.
Just in time for the holiday season, comiXology is proud to bring readers Harvey Kurtzman’s Marley’s Ghost (120 pages / color), a gorgeous graphic novel based on Harvey Kurtzman’s unfinished work.  Harvey Kurtzman’s Marley’s Ghost will be available for purchase on comiXology and Kindle as part of the comiXology Originals line of exclusive digital content.  Readers can also enjoy this new telling of the classic holiday tale by signing up for a free 30-day trial of comiXology Unlimited or Kindle Unlimited.
In the 1950s, legendary comics creator Harvey Kurtzman had plans to adapt Charles Dickens’s classic story A Christmas Carol into what would become known as a graphic novel. However, the project was never brought to fruition and the pages, thumbnails, and notes that Kurtzman had created remained unfinished. Artist Gideon Kendall and writers Josh O’Neill and Shannon Wheeler– under the supervision of the Kurtzman Estate and book packagers Kitchen, Lind & Associates – teamed up to finish Kurtzman’s dream project for comiXology. Harvey Kurtzman’s Marley’s Ghost adapts and expands upon Kurtzman’s extensive breakdowns and notes to make his long-lost vision a reality.
“With Harvey Kurtzman’s Marley’s Ghost, families everywhere can enjoy this retelling of a holiday favorite, while comic aficionados will marvel at this now completed Kurtzman work.” said Chip Mosher, comiXology’s Head of Content & Senior Director of Communications. “Marley’s Ghost is a one-of-a-kind collaboration between some of the greatest creative talents of any time. Once you dive in, you’ll be hit by the tour-de-force storytelling of Josh O’Neill and Shannon Wheeler, along with Gideon Kendall’s finishes on Kurtzman’s roughs that delivers Dickens’s A Christmas Carol for audiences today.”
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