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The first ever London Soundtrack Festival is taking place in association with the BFI from March 19-26 2025, headlined by Oscar-winning Lord Of The Rings composer Howard Shore.

He will take part in an in-conversation event with filmmaker David Cronenberg, where they will discuss their collaborations, having worked together on all but one of Cronenberg’s films.

Shore’s further credits include Mrs Doubtfire, Silence Of The Lambs and Martin Scorsese films such as The Departed and The Aviator. A retrospective of the Canadian composer’s work joins events celebrating the likes of Tar and Joker composer Hildur Guðnadóttir, as well as Anna Meredith,...

“Game of Thrones” composer Ramin Djawadi was honored with the BMI Icon Award at Broadcast Music Inc.’s 40th annual Film, TV and Visual Media Awards Wednesday night in Beverly Hills.

The Emmy-winning, Grammy-nominated composer was acknowledged for his “memorable scores and themes inspiring future generations of composers,” BMI president-ceo Mike O’Neill said in presenting the award.

Djawadi’s music for “Game of Thrones” became a sensation during the HBO fantasy series’ eight-season run, which concluded in 2019. He won two Emmys, for his music in the seventh and eighth seasons, and later conducted it with symphony orchestras and choirs during world tours in 2017, 2018 and 2019.

His other television credits include “Westworld,” “Prison Break” and the current fantasy and sci-fi series “House of the Dragon,” “3 Body Problem” and “Fallout.” Among his film credits are “Iron Man,” “Eternals,” “A Wrinkle in Time,” “Clash of the Titans” and “Pacific Rim,” and he has...

Star Trek: Picard actors and creative team celebrate Terry Matalas moving to Marvel Studios to work on Vision series. Jeri Ryan, Todd Stashwick, Michelle Hurd, and others congratulate Matalas on his new role with Marvel. Excitement and pride shine through reactions from cast members, writers, and key production personnel.

Star Trek: Picard season 3's actors and members of its creative team react to showrunner Terry Matalas jumping to Marvel Studios. Matalas, the acclaimed architect of Star Trek: Picard season 3, was named showrunner of Marvel's upcoming Vision series, a continuation of WandaVision that stars Paul Bettany as the heroic synthezoid Avenger. Marvel's unnamed Vision series is targeting a 2026 debut on Disney+.

On X, Star Trek: Picard season 3 cast members, writers, and key production personnel congratulated Terry Matalas on his move to Marvel. First is Jeri Ryan, who played Captain Seven of Nine and has been friends with Matalas since they both...

Skydance New Media’s World War II Marvel game has finally got a title: Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra. Not only that, it has also got a release window and a first trailer. The game is based on the Marvel superhero characters, Captain America, Black Panther, and two other characters.

The characters of Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra

Skydance and Marvel Games announced the game back in 2021 (via Deadline) and officially teased in 2022 (via Game Informer). The trailer of the game is rather promising as it sees Captain America and Black Panther in a face-off. This is not the first time the two characters have shared the screen in the Marvel Universe, but this is certainly the first time that they will come together like this.

Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra Will See Captain America and Black Panther in a Face-Off

Captain America and Black Panther in a face-off in...

Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell won the award for Original Song for a Comedy or Musical for their Oscar-nominated “Barbie” tune “What Was I Made For?” while past Academy Award winner and 2024 nominee Ludwig Göransson took home the Original Score for a Studio Film honor for “Oppenheimer” to pace the Society of Composers & Lyricists Scl Awards tonight at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles in a ceremony hosted by singer-songwriter Siedah Garrett.

Also picking up trophies were Olivia Rodrigo and Dan Nigro for Original Song for a Drama or Documentary for their tune “Can’t Catch Me Now” from “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes,” while John Powell was awarded the prize for Original Score for an Independent Film for scoring the documentary feature “Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie.”

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Billie Eilish and her brother and songwriting partner Finneas took home best original song for a comedy at the 2024 Society of Composers and Lyricists Awards on Tuesday. Olivia Rodrigo, Ludwig Göransson, Nicholas Britell and John Powell were among other winners.

Eilish and Finneas won the award for their hit Barbie track “What Was I Made For,” less than two weeks after winning a Grammy for the same song, which is also nominated for an Oscar. It beat its fellow Barbie song “I’m Just Ken” Flamin’ Hot‘s “The Fire Inside,” The L Word: Generation Q’s “All About Me” and Super Mario Bros. Movie‘s “Peaches.”

Rodrigo and music producer Dan Nigro took home the award for best original song for a drama or documentary for her viral “Can’t Catch Me Now” from The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes. She beat songs from American Symphony,...

Oppenheimer‘s Ludwig Göransson won the marquee film prize at the Society of Composers & Lyricists Awards, which were handed out Tuesday night in Los Angeles. The Black Panther Academy Award winner took Outstanding Original Score for a Studio Film and also is nominated for the Original Score Oscar next month.

Hitmakers Billie Eilish & Finneas and Olivia Rodrigo scooped Original Song statuettes for their respective tunes from Barbie and The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes. The Barbie track won Song of the Year at the Grammys this month and a Golden Globe in January and is up for Best Song at the 96th Oscars on March 10.

Still: A Michael J. Fox composer John Powell won Outstanding Original Score for an Independent Film.

The TV prizes went to Nicholas Britell for Succession and Carlos Rafael Rivera for Lessons in Chemistry.

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Billie Eilish, Finneas, Ludwig Göransson and Nicholas Britell were among the winners Tuesday evening at the 5th annual Society of Composers & Lyricists Awards.

Eilish and Finneas took home the award for outstanding original song for a comedy or musical for “What Was I Made For?” from “Barbie.” The win continued their sweep of the season from the Golden Globes and the Grammy Awards.

Olivia Rodrigo and Dan Nigro won outstanding original song for a drama or documentary for “Can’t Catch Me Now” from “Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.” Britell took home the prize for outstanding original score for a television production for “Succession.”

Göransson, who was honored with Variety’s Artisans Award in Santa Barbara this past weekend, won outstanding original score for a studio film for “Oppenheimer.” John Powell won outstanding original score for an independent film, “Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie,” and Stephen Barton...

"Star Trek: Picard" shares more than a little DNA with "12 Monkeys." In its third season, the recently ended "Trek" sequel series was captained by showrunner Terry Matalas, who co-created the wild Syfy Channel adaptation of Terry Gilliam's also-wild film. Aside from a shared showrunner, "Star Trek: Picard" was home to several key cast and crew members who worked on both shows – and nearly featured one more.

In a Reddit Ama about the show's third season, user Drewski1138 pointed out several narrative choices in "Picard" that echoed "12 Monkeys," including references to a mysterious red realm, a new drug called "Splinter" (a reference to "12 Monkeys" time travel), and more. "Were there any '12 Monkeys' Easter eggs we might have missed ... Were there any that you were told you couldn't put in?" the user asked Matalas. The answer? No, but there was one Easter egg that never came to...

The Society of Composers and Lyricists (Scl) has announced the nominees for the 2024 Scl Awards, including songwriters Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo, Lenny Kravitz, Diane Warren, and Jon Batiste, all who earned spots on the Academy Awards shortlist for Best Original Song.

Also among the dual nominees are composers Anthony Willis for Saltburn, Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt for Barbie, Laura Karpman for American Fiction, the late Robbie Robertson for Killers of the Flower Moon, and Mica Levi for The Zone of Interest.

The awards will be presented on February 13, 2024, at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles.

Other categories still to be announced include the Spirit of Collaboration Award which honors the long relationship between a composer and a director.

The Society of Composers & Lyricists is for professional film, television, video game, and musical theater composers and songwriters. The 78-year-old organization is focused on education and addressing the creative, technological...

The score of Jedi: Survivor perfectly immerses players in the game's different planets and overall space, paying homage to the epic legacy of John Williams while also pushing boundaries. The composers aimed to create a unique and distinct score for the game, only hinting at classic Star Wars themes in a few specific moments, in order to let the story stand on its own. By using familiar themes sparingly and strategically, the music becomes more impactful and powerful, enhancing key moments in the game's narrative.

Warning! This interview contains Spoilers for EA's Jedi: SurvivorEA's Jedi: Survivor is the sequel to Jedi: Fallen Order, continuing the story of Jedi Cal Kestis as he attempts to fight the Empire during the Dark Times in an action-packed game allowing players to become Jedi themselves. Set in the aftermath of Revenge of the Sith and the brutal purge known as Order 66, Cal Kestis...

Barbie, Spider-Man, Black Panther – visions of dolls and comic-book characters inevitably will be dancing in the heads of Grammy voters when they sit down to nominate movie music for this year’s golden gramophones.

“Barbie: The Album” seems a shoo-in to compete for best compilation soundtrack, the category for movies dominated by songs. But the Metro Boomin-curated album for the animated “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” also topped Billboard’s soundtrack chart this year and seems likely to swing into competition.

On a similar note, the third edition of “Guardians of the Galaxy” film inspired another “Awesome Mix” that was hugely popular and seems poised to join its two predecessors as a Grammy nominee. The “Fast X” album and Disney’s live-action “The Little Mermaid,” with its new songs by Alan Menken and Lin-Manuel Miranda, could also make it onto the ballot.

The Grammy eligibility year always complicates matters for Recording...

As Emmy voting comes to a close, score mixer Phil McGowan could find himself with multiple nominations, having worked on the sound of Paramount+’s “Star Trek: Picard,” Netflix’s “Cobra Kai” and “Ozark,” and Roku’s “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story.”

He spoke with Variety about his approach to each project and what needed to be taken into consideration to preserve the sonic integrity in his mixes.

“Cobra Kai”

“This season was bigger and more maximal than previous seasons, but there wasn’t a big sonic shift. However, each episode is like a movie. Composers Leo Birenberg and Zach Robinson approach it like it’s another ‘Karate Kid’ film. There are guitars, a drum kit, drum machines and lots of percussion. They use a lot of samples that are reminiscent of the 1980s and ’90s. So, I have fun applying mixing techniques with reverb that blends ’80s hair metal...

Three months from now, the Weeknd might just have an Emmy to place alongside his four Grammys and his Oscar nomination.

That’s because he joins a dozen other music superstars — including Dolly Parton, Common, Ryan Tedder, “Weird Al” Yankovic and Meshell Ndegeocello — who have entered work in this year’s Emmy competition.

Voting began yesterday in the seven music categories. Approximately 550 members of the Academy’s music branch will cast ballots, although viewing the hundreds of entries before voting ends on June 26 is an impossible task, Academy officials privately concede.

The Weeknd, aka Abel Tesfaye, is among the 19 entries in the Music Direction category. He submitted “The Weeknd Live at Sofi Stadium,” an HBO special that aired in February. If nominated, he’s likely to be up against such past winners as Adam Blackstone and Rickey Minor (“The Oscars”).

Most of the big-name performers have entered the song category...

A film or TV series is often most effective and potent as an artform when it makes us feel, so what are the best ways that good scores elicit an emotional response in the audience? Which film or TV scores and composers are you most fond of and why? These were some of the secrets revealed by five top composers when they joined Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Experts” Q&a event with 2023 Emmy Awards contenders: Bear McCreary (“The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power”), Tom Howe (“Shrinking” and “Ted Lasso”), Stephen Barton (“Star Trek: Picard”), John Powell (“Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie”) and Ingrid Michaelson (“Tiny Beautiful Things”). Watch our fascinating full group roundtable panel above, and click on each name above to view each nominee’s individual interview.

See dozens of interviews with 2023 awards contenders

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Deadline has launched the streaming site for Sound & Screen: Television, its live-music showcase featuring the musicians and their scores behind this year’s buzziest small-screen series and movies.

Click here to launch the streaming site.

The event Tuesday at UCLA’s Royce Hall in front of a packed house of Academy and guild voters featured a 50-piece orchestra conducted by the composers behind their works.

The site features all 12 panel conversations from the 14 series and movies who took part in the event, with the list of participating studios and streamers encompassing the wide swath of the biz: Apple TV+, CBS, Hulu, Paramount+, Prime Video, Showtime and HBO Max.

Panelists on board for music and panel conversations were composer Bear McCreary with The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power; composers Tom Mizer and Curtis Moore with The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel; composers Brian Tyler and Breton Vivian, behind Yellowstone and its prequel 1923; composer Christophe Beck,...

Awards-contending composers and songwriters were on hand Tuesday in Los Angeles for Deadline’s Sound & Screen: Television event, which showcased the music from buzzy awards-season titles.

The Panelists were Cristobal Tapia de Veer (The White Lotus), Rachael Moore (George & Tammy), Jack Douglas and David Johansen (Personality Crisis: One Night Only), Tim Phillips (Bad Sisters), John Powell(Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie), Tom Howe (Ted Lasso/Shrinking), Stephen Barton (Star Trek: Picard), Breton Vivian and Brian Tyler (Yellowstone/1923), Siddhartha Khosla(Only Murders in the Building), Bear McCreary (The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power), Curtis Moore and Thomas Mizer (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel).

Click through the gallery to see their portraits, panels and performances.

Season 3 of Star Trek: Picard not only reunited all of the Next Generation crew, but also gave them a fitting sendoff for which fans have been waiting since the 2002 film Star Trek: Nemesis. It wasn’t easy for anyone, including composer Stephen Barton.

Barton admits, however, that he painted himself, or composed himself rather, into a corner.

“We decided we were going to try to score all of it which meant writing seven hours of music,” Barton said during a panel for the CBS/Paramount+ series at Deadline’s Sound & Screen event. “I think about four hours in I was literally dead, absolutely. I was doing seven days weeks, 16-hour days, I hadn’t seen my family. It was absolutely brutal.”

Normally TV shows can reuse pre-existing tracks. Barton’s goal to compose an all-new score for Season 3 wore him down. He credits showrunner Terry Malalas with suggesting they...

[This story contains spoilers for Picard season three’s final episode.]

Star Trek Picard’s third season finale takes the Next Generation crew back to where it all began — though showrunner Terry Matalas was too busy capturing its key scenes to take in the wonder of being on the bridge of the Enterprise-d nearly 30 years after Tng went off the air.

“The Last Generation” – written and directed by Matalas – concludes a season-long narrative with a finale that is a high-stakes mix of nostalgia and tears. The episode finds Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart) and the rest of his The Next Generation crew taking their old ship, the Enterprise-d, deep into the heart of a massive Borg cube to save Picard’s Borg-ified son, Jack (Ed Speleers), from the vengeful clutches of the Borg Queen (voiced by Star Trek: First Contact’s Alice Krige) before she can use Jack (Aka “Vox”) to assimilate the galaxy. Picard, Riker (Jonathan Frakes) and Worf (Michael Dorn...

Warning: Spoilers for Star Trek: Picard Season 3, Episode 7 - "Dominion"Stephen Barton, one of the composers for Star Trek: Picard season 3, has praised how the show has incorporated elements from both Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager. The hotly-anticipated Star Trek: The Next Generation reunion has pleasantly surprised many viewers by centering its main plot around the fallout from DS9's Dominion War. On top of this, actor Tim Russ reprised his role as Voyager's Tuvok - with a Changeling twist - in the most recent episode of Picard.

In approaching Star Trek: Picard's season 3 storyline, it's clear that showrunner Terry Matalas has considered how it would also affect characters from Tng's Star Trek contemporaries, something which has further enhanced the story. In an exclusive Screen Rant interview with Picard's composers, Stephen Barton, himself a Star Trek fan, praised Matalas for how he's incorporated his love...

Warning: Spoilers for Star Trek: Picard Season 3Star Trek: Picard season 3's composers, Stephen Barton and Frederik Weidmann, hint that "something is teed up" to follow the final season of Picard. Proving to be a huge hit with critics and fans, Star Trek: Picard season 3 has not only re-ignited love for the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation, but it has introduced the 'next Next Generation', such as Jack Crusher (Ed Speleers), the son of Admiral Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and Dr. Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden).

In an exclusive interview with Screen Rant, Star Trek: Picard composers Stephen Barton and Frederik Weidmann were asked about what the future beyond season 3 could look like. Barton and Weidmann agreed that the characters and ideas Picard season 3 set up can continue in "something." Check out their quotes below:

Frederik Weidmann: I think there's so much in this season that can potentially become something else.

Warning: Spoilers for Star Trek: Picard season 3!The end is near for Star Trek: Picard as the series’ third and final season draws to a close. While the first two seasons of the Paramount+ series were generally well-received, Picard season 3 has taken the show to new heights, especially as it approaches the inevitable sendoff of its cast and crew. As much as Star Trek: Picard has touched on the wealth of history inherent to modern-day Star Trek, the series has also firmly established itself as a unique entry into the franchise canon, and in many ways will be difficult to follow.

Many of the most impactful moments in Star Trek: Picard season 3 are especially resonant thanks to the season’s music, composed by Stephen Barton and Frederik Wiedmann. Barton is well-known for scoring Respawn games Apex Legends, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, and the upcoming Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, and...

The music of Star Trek: Picard season 3 will honor what came before by referencing and paying homage to the scores from several past Star Trek movies. Music continually plays a large part in Star Trek's appeal, beginning with Alexander Courage's immortal theme from Star Trek: The Original Series, which almost every Star Trek series and movie has featured, at least in part. From Star Trek: Voyager's epic, soaring theme to the understated beauty of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's intro music, music has always set the mood for what was to come in the final frontier.

That said, the biggest, most majestic Star Trek music has always come in the movies. While the film itself is highly divisive, Jerry Goldsmith's score for Star Trek: The Motion Picture is generally considered not only a franchise peak but one of the best scores in popular film history.

Michael Dorn and Patrick Stewart reunite in Star Trek: Picard season 3, as Worf and Jean-Luc Picard join forces once more in a new image from the upcoming final season. Dorn first portrayed the franchise's first Klingon main character in Star Trek: The Next Generation from 1987 to 1994, before reprising the role in later seasons of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and across four theatrically released films. Worf was Starfleet's first Klingon officer and served under Picard aboard the USS Enterprise-d under Picard, achieving the rank of Lt. Commander before being reassigned to Deep Space 9 following the ship's destruction.

First revealed by TV Line, the image from Star Trek: Picard's final season sees Dorn act alongside Stewart on-screen for the first time since Star Trek: Nemesis in 2002. In the image, Picard reunites with Worf onboard an unknown starship, with Worf appearing aged and now dressed in traditional Klingon clothing rather than typical Starfleet uniforms.

Star Trek: Picard showrunner Terry Matalas teases how season 3 will feel more like Star Trek: The Next Generation through its title sequence and music that evokes the franchise. The Star Trek spin-off series centers on Patrick Stewart's Jean-Luc Picard as he returns to adventuring across the stars following his retirement from Starfleet. After Star Trek: Picard season 1 saw the captain fight for synths, and season 2 faced him with terrifying alternate realities and journeys back in time to the 21st century, season 3 will see Picard reunite with friends and foes from his tenure as captain of the USS Enterprise.

Speaking to Den of Geek, showrunner Matalas explained how Star Trek: Picard season 3 will feel more like Star Trek: The Next Generation beyond just featuring the return of The Next Generation's cast. The showrunner explained that he hoped to evoke the score of the final seasons of The Next Generation through...

“Death Stranding” swept the Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.) Awards, including winning the top prize of audio of the year. For the first time, the G.A.N.G. Awards were streamed live on Twitch.tv and featured a pre- and post-show on Wednesday night.

A genre-defying action experience by Kojima Productions, “Death Stranding” also won sound design of the year. Other winners of the evening included “Cordova’s Theme” from “Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order” for best original choral composition and “Call of Duty: Mobile” for best sound design in a casual/social game.

Said G.A.N.G. president Brian Schmidt: “In this our 18th year, we again recognize the highest achievements in game music, sound and dialogue. We are also excited to round out our indie categories with the new best dialogue for an indie game award, helping recognize the amazing work done by the smallest of teams.

Icelandic composer Hildur Guðnadóttir continued her winning streak, claiming top honors for both her “Joker” and “Chernobyl” scores at Tuesday night’s inaugural awards of the Society of Composers & Lyricists at Los Angeles’ Skirball Cultural Center.

Her music for “Joker” was named outstanding original score for a studio film and her score for HBO’s “Chernobyl” was cited as outstanding original score for a television or streaming production. They followed her Golden Globe win Sunday night for “Joker” and BAFTA nomination earlier Tuesday. She won the Emmy in September for her score to the HBO miniseries “Chernobyl.”

Guðnadóttir is among the most talked-about newcomers in film music, first for her “Chernobyl” score (built largely on sounds she recorded while visiting the nuclear power plant where it was shot) and more recently her “Joker” music (her electro-acoustic cello providing the accompaniment for star Joaquin Phoenix’s on-screen dancing). She...

Four months after winning an Emmy for her score to the miniseries “Chernobyl” and two days after taking home a Golden Globe for her music to “Joker,” composer Hildur Gudnadottir won new awards for both of those scores at the first annual Scl Awards, presented by the Society of Composers and Lyricists.

Although the Scl was formed in 1983 as an offshoot of previous organizations that had dated back to 1945, its efforts to promote the interests of composers and lyricists working in visual media did not include giving out awards until this year.

“What took you guys so long with the awards?” composer Bill Conti asked at the beginning of the show. “People who work in Hollywood, we need constant approval.”

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The Icelandic composer Gudnadottir received that approval to the point where she was visibly embarrassed,...

The Society of Composers & Lyricists has been around for nearly 75 years, but not until this year did the organization start its own annual awards program for music appearing in film, TV and videogames — and the nominees announced Tuesday for the inaugural show are certain to be scrutinized as a bellwether for what to expect as the Motion Picture Academy’s music branch votes on shortlists for the song and score categories.

As expected, Hildur Gudnadóttir scored nominations in film and TV categories alike, with nods for her work on “Joker” and “Chernobyl,” respectively. The latter limited series already won her an Emmy, and she’s being seen as a shoo-in for an Oscar nomination for scoring the blockbuster supervillain origin story.

The Scl Awards have instituted separate categories for scores of studio films and independent films. In the studio division, Gudnadóttir’s “Joker” music will face the scores written by Michael Abels for “Us,...

From the big top to the big screen, Academy Award®-nominated director Andrew Adamson and visionary filmmaker James Cameron invite audiences on an all-new 3D adventure — Cirque du Soleil Worlds Away. Two young people journey through the astonishing and dreamlike worlds of Cirque du Soleil to find each other as audiences experience the immersive 3D technology that allows them to leap, soar, swim and dance with the performers.

Unique in scope, this immersive experience melds acts from seven live Cirque du Soleil shows in Las Vegas — “O,” KÀ, Mystère, Viva Elvis, Criss Angel Believe, Zumanity and The Beatles Love — into a circus love story produced, written and directed by Academy Award® nominee Andrew Adamson (Shrek, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe). The film stars Cirque du Soleil strap aerialists Igor Zaripov (The Aerialist) and former artist Erica Kathleen Linz (Mia) as the young couple.

Cirque Du Soleil: Worlds Away...

From the big top to the big screen, Academy Award®-nominated director Andrew Adamson and visionary filmmaker James Cameron invite audiences on an all-new 3D adventure – Cirque Du Soleil: Worlds Away. Two young people journey through the astonishing and dreamlike worlds of Cirque du Soleil to find each other as audiences experience the immersive 3D technology that allows them to leap, soar, swim and dance with the performers.

For Cameron, Cirque Du Soleil: Worlds Away .was a dream come true. I had been talking to them for some time about doing something in 3D because it’s never been done. How lucky to be working with the Cirque family, to have that talent create such an emotional performance for this film. Because their death-defying acts require such incredible skill and nerve, we felt it was so important to show the cabling, everything supporting that human ability.

“We were working with...

Photos: Kristina Bumphrey / Starpix for Paramount Pictures.

Bloomingdales unveiled their 2012 Holiday windows celebrating Cirque Du Soleil: Worlds Away, in New York City on Tuesday, November 13th, 2012. See the windows through the holidays at the store on 59th and Lexington in NYC!

Cirque Du Soleil: Worlds Away, from Paramount Pictures and James Cameron, will be in theaters on December 21st, 2012.

From the big top to the big screen, Academy Award®-nominated director Andrew Adamson and visionary filmmaker James Cameron invite audiences on an all-new 3D adventure - Cirque Du Soleil: Worlds Away. Two young people journey through the astonishing and dreamlike worlds of Cirque du Soleil to find each other as audiences experience the immersive 3D technology that allows them to leap, soar, swim and dance with the performers.

Unique in scope, this immersive experience melds acts from seven live Cirque du Soleil shows in Las Vegas — “O,” KÀ, Mystère, Viva Elvis,...

Stephen Barton knows he's lucky to be alive—and now the 22-year-old survivor of the Aurora, Colo., theater massacre is doing what he can to prevent such a thing from happening again. "In the next four years, 48,000 Americans won't be so lucky because they'll be murdered with guns in the next president's term," says Barton, who was shot in the face and neck when a gunman opened fire on a packed screening of The Dark Knight Rises, in a new pro-gun control public service announcement for the Demand a Plan campaign. The number of prospective victims is "enough to fill over 200 theaters," Barton notes. The PSA, paid for by United Against Illegal Guns Support Fund, seeks to...

While attending a midnight showing of The Dark Knight Rises in Aurora, Colo. this summer, Stephen Barton was shot in the face and neck. But compared to several other victims, he was lucky; Barton lived, and now he’s working to raise awareness of gun violence. According to his new PSA, 48,000 Americans will be shot and murdered during the next four years — “enough to fill over 200 theaters.” He urges viewers to visit DemandAPlan.org, an organization that’s working to end gun violence. See Barton’s poignant PSA below.

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Stephen Barton has gone from victim to advocate. One of the 58 injured survivors of the mass shooting in an Aurora, Colorado theater during a midnight showing of The Dark Knight Rises that killed 12, Barton has gone public in a non-partisan public service message asking both President Obama and Mitt Romney to offer up a plan to curb gun violence. He cites statistics that say 48,000 Americans will die of gun violence in the next four years -- nearly 9,000 died from firearms in 2010 -- and requests that voters watching this week's debate watch closely for any

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A victim of the 'Dark Knight Rises' shooting is recovering in his hospital bed in Colorado after the July 20 massacre. On July 24, he got a surprise visitor -- movie star Christian Bale! Keep reading for Stephen's amazing survivor story! Stephen Barton, 22, had a private meeting with Christian Bale and his wife on Tuesday. Christian's hospital visit was unannounced and not publicized before the visit. It was so nice of him to make an appearance! "It was apparently a quick meeting but my mom said that they all chatted about what had happened and my brother's injuries." Stephen's older brother David Barton told HollywoodLife.com Exclusively. "Christian was very upset about the fact that the shooting happened during his movie." Stephen suffered shotgun pellet wounds to his neck, chest and arms. He also has shrapnel in his chest, hands and by one of his eyes. HollywoodLife.com spoke exclusively with his brother,...