Sandy, Neal, and myself all attended the Grand Re-opening of Austin Studios courtesy of the Austin Film Society.  Austin Studios unveiled their new facilities at the old Mueller Airport Friday evening. The studio made $5 million dollars worth of improvements approved by Travis County voters. Robert Rodriguez and Richard Linklater cut the ribbon to start off the ceremony.  The party was held in Sound Stage 3, which is now home to one of the biggest green screens in Texas next to Troublemaker Studios.  Sandy and I took photos at the green screen and our friend Neal was interviewed by Fox7 and gave his take on the new facilites and opportunities.  We met up with lots of old friends and even go to meet Jabbar K. Raisani, one of the visual effects artists who created the Iron Man Suit for Robert Downy Jr.  I also ran into Patricia Vonne there and she was kind enough to introduce us to Eleonora Avellán. Awesome!  Below are some photos I took with my cell phone and the Fox7 News package with Neal’s interview.

Fox7 News Package with Neal Barenblat