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    Walter Schulz joins Cuebric as VFX director

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    Visual effects supervisor Walter Schulz will join creative-led artificial intelligence production software company Cuebric as its new VFX director. 

    Prior to joining Cuebric, Schulz served as on set VFX supervisor for Emma Stone’s upcoming episodic show, The Curse. He was also the crowd department supervisor on projects including Godzilla vs. Kong, Spider-Man: Far From Home, and Game of Thrones’ final season for which his work won an Emmy.

    He additionally served as the on set VFX supervisor for Roland Emmerich’s Midway (2019), and has worked on more than 30 major feature films and television projects throughout his career. 

    Schulz has been working with AI and virtual production tools since 2007, by replicating human behavior applied to digital crowds and groundbreaking work for projects such as Clint Eastwood’s Hereafter (Oscar nomination for Best VFX 2010); he also created all AI driven digital crowds for Hugo directed by Martin Scorsese (Best VFX Oscar winner 2011). Over his extensive career, Schulz has held titles such as creature developer while working at ILM (San Francisco) on projects including The Avengers and Transformers: Dark of the Moon. His work involved rigid dynamics, high-end character rigging and technical animation for digital muscle systems and advanced cloth simulation, as well as other deep technical developments. 

    Over the years, Schulz has also been active in well established Hollywood organizations as a member of the Business, Labor and Law Committee within the Visual Effects Society, and a judge for the VES Awards. He is a current member of the Television Academy, the Hollywood Professional Association (HPA) and ACM/SIGGRAPH for which he holds a status as “Pioneer” in the film visual effects industry, having a proven track record over 25 years. 

    “The age of AI is here to stay, embracing the possibilities that it brings is liberating us from rigid workflows and tedious processes,” said Schulz. “Cuebric allows artists and studios of all levels to achieve their vision in faster and affordable ways.”

    “Walter Schulz has an incredibly rich background in revolutionizing artificial intelligence in virtual production,” shared Cuebric co-founders Pinar Demirdag and Gary Koepke in a joint statement. “His expertise and experience will prove to be invaluable as Cuebric continues to make strides in developing AI for virtual filmmaking that centers on the humanity and creativity of artists.”

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    Ben Jones, “Dukes of Hazzard” actor and 2-term U.S. House member, dies at 84

    Monday, August 10, 2026
    Cooter, actor Ben Jones, sits atop one of the 229 hotrods, named the General Lee, used in the show "Dukes of Hazzard" as ecstatic fan, Aliceson Johnson, of Charlottesville, Va., sits in the drivers seat in front of his store in Sperryville, Va., Tuesday, Aug. 10, 1999. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

    Ben Jones, who played the good ol' boy mechanic in "The Dukes of Hazzard" TV series and parlayed his fame into a political career and two terms in the U.S. House, has died. He was 84.

    Jones had a heart attack in his home Sunday in Washington, Virginia, as he was waiting to watch his beloved Atlanta Braves play baseball, his wife, Alma Viator, said on social media. Rappahannock County Sheriff Connie Compton confirmed his death.

    Jones' fame came from his role as Cooter Davenport, the mechanic who got the Duke boys out of jams as they tried to do the right thing and fight the corrupt Boss Hogg in the fictional Hazzard County, Georgia.

    After playing Cooter for all seven seasons of the series from 1979 to 1985, Jones turned to politics and was elected to the U.S. House from a district near Atlanta in 1988. The Democrat served two terms before he was redistricted out of the seat.

    Jones was born in North Carolina and in college got involved in acting and civil rights, he wrote in his autobiography "Redneck Boy in the Promised Land: The Confessions of 'Crazy Cooter.'"

    Acting took over his life. Jones performed in numerous stage productions and had a few minor TV and movie roles in Atlanta during the 1970s before his life-defining break came on a TV show Jones defended as a modern-day morality tale and a fine example of Southern values.

    For seven seasons, Jones was one of a small band of friends and family helping Bo and Luke Duke in "The Dukes of Hazzard." The cousins were on probation for running moonshine and were constantly trying to clear their names and stop the crooked and powerful Boss Hogg from stealing or cheating.

    The Duke boys drove a modified 1969 Dodge Charger called the General Lee with a Confederate flag on... Read More

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