Scanline VFX Heads Off to War in ‘The Battle at Lake Changjin’
VFX studio tackles a series of long, digitally stitched-together riverbed battle sequences in the Korean War drama, China’s most expensive, and highest grossing movie ever.
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A ‘BioShock’ Film Adaptation is Coming to Netflix
The streaming giant, along with 2K and Take-Two Interactive, will at long last make the dystopian deep-sea sci-fi shooter game into a movie, after previous efforts to do so were abandoned years ago.
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Paramount Gives Knuckles His Own Show Set in the ‘Sonic’ Universe
In a new spin-off series set to debut in 2023, Idris Elba will return to voice the red-furred rogue, who makes his first live-action appearance in ‘Sonic the Hedgehog 2’ coming this April.
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DNEG Helps Visualize the 'Real World' of ‘The Matrix Resurrections’
Leading VFX and animation studio delivers more than 700 visual effects shots, filled with CG environments and digital characters including sentinels and harvesters, the Cybebe, Kuhjaku, Lumin8, and Mnemosyne ship, in Lana Wachowski’s fourth ‘The Matrix’ franchise installment.
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Paramount Drops ‘Sonic the Hedgehog 2’ Super Bowl Spot
The new footage gives franchise fans their first look at Dr. Robotnik’s locked-and-loaded mech suit.
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Framestore Untangles a Creative Web on ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ VFX
With a team led by visual effects supervisor Adrien Saint Girons, the studio delivers just under 250 shots, featuring the Spell Gone Wrong and Doctor Strange/Spider-Man chase sequences, on Marvel’s hit superhero action-adventure film, just nominated for a Best Visual Effects Oscar.
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Visual Effects Legend Douglas Trumbull Dies at 79
From ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ to ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’ and ‘Blade Runner,’ the VFX visionary created some of cinema’s most widely influential and iconic imagery, and the ground-breaking processes used to produce them.
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Robert Blalack, Oscar-Winning ILM Co-Founder, Dies at 73
The visionary visual effects artist helped develop ‘Star Wars’ production pipelines that forever changed the filmmaking industry.
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Framestore Has a Blast with ‘The Matrix Resurrections’ VFX
Studio delivers 443 shots, including 3rd act mayhem involving a high-octane motorcycle chase, an explosive helicopter encounter, and human torpedoes dropping from San Francisco high-rises, in the highly anticipated fourth ‘The Matrix’ franchise installment.
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Sony Unleashes Final ‘Uncharted’ Trailer
The last preview of the upcoming prequel of Naughty Dog’s smash PlayStation game franchise, starring Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg, gives us a glimpse of its epic action set pieces before it’s released exclusively in theaters.
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Method Studios Walks Us Through History for ‘Eternals’ End Credits
Audiences take a stunning visual tour of artwork across the ages, including Egyptian hieroglyphics, Aboriginal cave paintings, Middle Age tapestries, and Indonesian shadow puppets, in Oscar-winner Chloé Zhao and Marvel Studios’ superhero adventure.
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Weta FX Delivers a Monstrous 3rd Act for ‘Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings’
Leading VFX studio creates the mythical Great Protector dragon, demonic Dweller-in-Darkness, and an army of little demons for Marvel Studios’ first film to feature an Asian super hero.
DNEG Going Public
Leading VFX and animation company enters deal with publicly traded SPAC Sports Ventures; combined company, to be led by current CEO Namit Malhotra, will be listed on the Nasdaq.
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Luma Pictures is Well Suited to ‘Eternals’ VFX Production
The VFX studio delivers over 400 shots, including each character’s elaborate CG suit formation effects, as well as Phastos’ holographic printing press used to create all manner of items.
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Watch East Side Effects’ Noir-Inspired Visuals on ‘The Tragedy of Macbeth’
The New York-based VFX studio produced matte paintings, smoke and fog, and other digital elements to give Joel Coen’s new film its stark, minimalist look and feel.
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MPC Film Creates S’More Great VFX for ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’
Leading visual effects studio designs new ghosts, brings Harold Ramis back as Dr. Egon Spengler, and animates a horde of mini Stay-Puft marshmallows wreaking havoc on a Walmart, in Jason Reitman and Sony’s long awaited ‘Ghostbusters’ sequel.
Framestore Lends Its Invisible Touch to ‘No Time To Die’ VFX
Leading visual effects studio delivered nearly 400 shots, adding CG elements to everything from icy lakes to forests and high-speed car chases, in MGM’s latest action-packed James Bond spy thriller.
Warner Bros. Drops ‘The Batman’ Trailer
Billed as ‘vengeance equals justice for both the Bat and the Cat,’ the Dark Knight – and Catwoman - return in the latest DC version of its famed Gotham City vigilante detective, with Robert Pattinson as the caped and rather moody crusader, Zoë Kravitz as Selina Kyle, and ‘Planet of the Apes’ franchise director Matt Reeves at the helm; film hits theaters March 4, 2022.
Marvel’s ‘Eternals’ Coming to Digital and Blu-Ray
See the MCU’s newest team of superheroes, immortal beings forced out from the shadows to reunite and protect humanity against their oldest enemy; film hits all major digital platforms January 12, and 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD February 15, complete with gag reel and deleted scenes.
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Sony Drops ‘Uncharted’ Trailer
Based on the hugely popular PlayStation video game by Naughty Dog, the long-awaited movie starring Tom Holland, Mark Wahlberg and Antonio Banderas finally arrives in theaters February 18, 2022.
Scanline Comes up Roses with ‘Eternals’ VFX
Leading visual effects studio delivers 233 shots across 12 sequences, including the action-packed battle through Camden between the deviant Kro and Eternals Sersei and Sprite, turning a double decker bus into rose petals, and extensive cosmic FX work including suns, big bang explosions, and supernovas, on Marvel’s latest MCU adventure.
TRIXTER Goes Full Morris on ‘Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings’
The VFX studio delivers 237 shots, including the adorable, faceless, and furry four-winged Dijiang sidekick, in Marvel Studios’ first Asian super hero film.
It’s No Day at the Beach for Weta Digital on ‘Eternals’
The leading VFX studio delivers 552 visual effects shots on Oscar-winning director Chloé Zhao’s MCU Phase 4 adventure, including the 3rd act beach fight scenes and planet-sized Celestial Tiamut.
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Paramount Releases ‘Sonic the Hedgehog 2’ Trailer and Images
The Blue Blur returns to theaters April 8, 2022, with an all-star cast including James Marsden, Ben Schwartz, and Jim Carrey; new additions include Idris Elba and Colleen O'Shaughnessey.
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It’s Done: Unity Completes Weta Digital Acquisition
The real-time content development platform finalizes its US$1.625 billion purchase of the legendary VFX studio’s digital tools, pipeline and engineering talent; VFX teams now operating as standalone WetaFX under CEO Prem Akkaraju and majority owner Sir Peter Jackson.
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