VFX Fall Preview: 10 Movies to Watch
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To push the button, or not? That is the question in The Box. © Warner Bros. |
Between the summer blockbusters and the holiday movie tentpoles, comes the films of the fall. While many studios focus on vfx light Oscar nominees, it does not mean there is a lack of visual effects spectacle coming to theaters between September and Thanksgiving. So without further ado, here are our top 10 fall picks:
10) The Box (Warner Bros., Nov. 6)
Richard Kelly's horror thriller finds Cameron Diaz and James Marsden as a couple presented with a twisted gift. Inside a box is a button, if they choose to push it they will receive $1 million, but as a result a stranger will die somewhere in the world. Providing vfx for this Twilight Zone-like tale are Pixel Liberation Front, Gradient Effects and Quantum Creation FX. Thomas Tannenberger, who worked on Kelly's previous film Southland Tales, is returning to work with the director as the visual effects supervisor. The trailer boasts some quick flashes of the gruesome scarring work done for the film's mysterious Mephistopheles character, played by last year's Oscar nominee Frank Langella.
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Gamer puts kids in control of real humans. © Lionsgate. |
9) Gamer (Lionsgate, Sept. 4)
Furious FX, LookFX and yU+co are among the vfx houses that worked on the sci-fi actioner Gamer. Set in a world where game players can control real humans, Gerard Butler plays the best fighter around who becomes hell bent on stopping the billionaire who pulls the strings, played by Michael C. Hall. Visual effects highlights include the technology of the players controlling the humans, along with lots of explosions and warfare. But, hey, it's all just a game, right?
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Crashing planes are one of the many hazards in Whiteout. © Warner Bros. |
8) Whiteout (Warner Bros., Sept. 11)
Antarctica is a prime location for visual effects work. Kate Beckinsale plays a U.S. marshal investigating the continent's first murder. Hybride Technologies, Mr. X, Invisible Pictures and Anibrain are among the visual effects houses providing blizzards, storms and additional snowy mayhem. VFX Supervisor Dennis Berardi of Mr. X will have a busy fall film lineup of his own, having supervised the effects on Love Happens and produced the vfx for Amelia.
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9 down 1 to go. Great list.
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Agreed, 2012 looked awful. I think you could have found something better than that one though it's great to watch with Pioneer Speakers
How 2010 came to rank 2? Wasnt it the dumbest one? Though the cinematography was good, still Roland Emmerich actually gambled with this movie. I am still having doubts whether he was playing the blackjack or something, when the idea struck in his mind.
I will surely get all of these 10 movies and watch them. I am movie lover from childhood and never miss good movies.
Cameron Diaz is still a fox! I remember seeing her in The Mask and being blown away - God blessed her.
Yes i am also agree with you and thanks for sharing this good topic
Thank you for sharing these nice information..Though Whiteout is likely to bring in a fury of negative critical
This movie is nice, but preserved much valued by the horrors of high-end budget ... I always find to be more afraid have to see at night, while alone at home ...
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Its interesting that I didn't get to see a single one of these movies. The Box sounds good though, as does Gamer. I wonder where I was this past fall to miss them! Maybe I was in the middle of my Atlanta Cheap Flight and forgot my Blackberry Car Charger. Who knows!
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