‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ Trailer Sees Thor Laid Bare in Cheeky Zeus Encounter
Marvel Studios also drops new film poster that evokes the glory days of ’80s-era high fantasy fare.
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‘Light & Magic’: Doc Series on the VFX Artists of ‘Star Wars’ Hits Disney+ in July
Seasoned ‘Star Wars’ scribe Lawrence Kasdan directs an inside look at the craftspeople who played a pivotal role in cementing the series’ legacy.
Disney+ Drops Official ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ Trailer and New Images
The streamer marks ‘Star Wars Day’ by more teasing of the highly anticipated series that begins 10 years after the saga of ‘Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith;’ mark your calendar for the May 27 premiere.
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Lucasfilm Launches ‘Get in the Door’ Employee Initiative
Studio is joined by ILM, ILMxLAB and Skywalker Sound on new documentary series and website that showcase opportunities available within the entertainment industry, specifically visual effects, to help the next, more diverse generation of filmmakers get a foot in the door.
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Marvel Studios Debuts ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ Trailer and Poster
New footage from Taika Waititi’s sequel teases the first appearance of Natalie Portman’s Jane Foster as Mighty Thor.
Break+Enter Adds Camille Geier as Executive Producer
Former BOT VFX exec will lead studio’s creative, production, and sales teams while setting strategic direction; plans include increasing company profile and recruiting high-level creative and production talent.
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Mozilla Teams with ILM on ‘Extended Color Management’ Firefox Extension
The new browser add-on optimizes color calibration for consistency across monitors, improving remote collaboration among creatives.
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Lucasfilm’s Lynwen Brennan to Receive VES Lifetime Achievement Award
The Visual Effects Society to honor her integral role in the creation of ILMxLAB, as well as her exemplary support of the education and development of women artists and engineers.
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The VFX Festival 2022 Goes Hybrid
Escape Studio will hold the event’s 10th edition both online and in person, featuring talks, presentations, and career advice aimed at students, emerging talent, and industry professionals; the festival runs March 8-10.
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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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Watch Video of How ILM Brought Alligator Loki and Alioth to Life
In this VFX breakdown reel, see how the horned gator was created, including skin textures and a medley of facial expressions that made the reptilian star a series favorite.
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Rodeo FX Names Nathalie Girard Senior Head of 2D
Industry veteran joins studio after 18-years at ILM; will be tasked with developing and implementing new cutting-edge workflows and technologies.
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ILM Expands Virtual Production Services
StageCraft expansion includes LED volume installation in Vancouver; company is currently recruiting talent ahead of the facility’s launch next year.
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Marvel Releases Free ‘Eternals: AR Story Experience'
Travel through time and space to meet the characters, and their backstories, in the studio’s first-of-its-kind iOS-exclusive mobile app, available now; latest MCU adventure hits theaters today, November 5.
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Rob Coleman and Randal Shore Rejoin ILM
Venerable VFX, animation, and virtual production studio bolsters its feature animation team with return of two long-time company veterans.
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ILM is Up to its Void in Alligators with ‘Loki’ VFX
The visual effects giant delivered 500 shots on Marvel Studios and Disney+’s latest MCU episodic adventure, creating the pyroclastic-like trans-temporal monster, Alioth, along with Alligator Loki and the cloudy, ambiguous world where everything pruned by the TVA is deposited.
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MGM Drops Final ‘No Time to Die’ Trailer
The latest James Bond thriller finally hits theaters October 8 after a myriad of pandemic work stoppages and release delays... and we can't wait!
ILM’s VFX Help Marvel Studios ‘Wing It’ in ‘Black Widow’
The storied visual effects studio delivers 800 shots, tackling the high-octane opening small plane escape scenes, a Budapest shoot-out and car chase across the city, and the widows fight in villain Dreykov’s flying HQ, in Marvel Studios’ most recent MCU action-thriller.
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VFXRIO Live Presents Industrial Light & Magic's Hal Hickel
Renown animation and VFX specialist whose career includes work on iconic movie franchises like ‘Star Wars’ and ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ will share insights from the visual effects on ‘The Mandalorian’ Season 2; free live online event coming September 4.
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ASWF Adds Maxon and Tangent Animation, Reveals Open Source Days Event Lineup
Academy Software Foundation adds two new general members as it heads into annual conference, a free virtual event running August 4-5 featuring the latest in open source tools and standards.
Academy Software Foundation Adds MaterialX as Hosted Project
Initially developed by Lucasfilm, the open source platform is a key technology in the portability and transfer of look development assets between various applications and renderers.
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Creating the Post-Apocalyptic World of Stephen King’s ‘The Stand’
Overall VFX supervisor Jake Braver, with the help of ILM VFX supervisor Laurent Hugueniot, delivers 2,800 VFX shots depicting a world decimated by plague and a city ruled by supernatural evil, in the 9-part series from CBS Television Studios now streaming on Paramount+.
Escape Studios Launches Virtual Work Experience Program for Teens
The free 2-day event introduces young people to career opportunities within the creative industries; program runs July 13-14 and registration is now open.
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CG Animated ‘Ultraman’ Feature Now in Development at Netflix
Shannon Tindle and John Aoshima to helm new film based on Eiji Tsuburaya’s iconic Japanese superhero that first found audiences 55 years ago.
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Next PreVIEW Set: ‘CG Tornados, Jet Engines and Cows - the VFX of Twister’
Join a free conversation with a panel of the famed VFX practitioners and filmmakers behind Jan De Bont’s 1996 disaster thriller and Oscar nominee for Best Visual Effects; April 8 event will include an audience Q&A.
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