VFX supervisor Jerome Chen discusses staying true to the ‘MiB’ franchise look, and meeting audience expectations, while producing 2,000 visual effects shots in only six-months.
Legendary artist shares concept design insights, George Lucas’ impact on his evolution as a designer, working through production design challenges and how he handles different opinions from strong creative voices on a film.
First of four sequels to James Cameron’s sci-fi epic pushed out a full year to 2021, while new ‘Star Wars’ films to hit every other year starting 2022.
May 4th conference at Chicago’s DePaul University, for animators / by animators, will feature special guests, speakers, masterclasses and demos.
Disney and Lucasfilm will provide a $1.5 million donation, in-kind and mentorship resources to help expand access to worldwide K-12 nonprofit FIRST programs.
Taking a direct shot at Netflix, The Walt Disney Company announces plans to release more than 25 original series and 10 original films, documentaries and specials in the first year of its rival streaming service.
Opening in U.S. theaters on December 20, ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ will include previously unused footage of Carrie Fisher as General Organa.
Special Friday night program featuring Sony Pictures Animation’s hit animated superhero adventure highlights annual visual and digital effects conference and career fair coming February 8-10 in Vancouver.
Initial set of six films will debut November 30 on new ‘Star Wars Kids’ website and YouTube channel.
Studio launches division to provide visual effects and animation services for TV and streaming content producers.
Executive producers Athena Portillo, Justin Ridge and Brandon Auman share production insights from Lucasfilm Animation’s new, high-flying animated series.
All-star voice cast of Pamela Adlon, Kate Walsh, Mark Hamill, David Herman and Maurice LaMarche return in latest ‘Best Fiends’ franchise animation produced by creators of ‘The Book of Life.’
New and returning cast announced for the J.J. Abram’s helmed final Skywalker Saga installment.
From in-camera effects to the latest virtual production techniques, Industrial Light and Magic’s newly appointed head rounds up more than 1,800 VFX shots for the Star Wars stand-alone anthology space western.
More than 2,000 movie collectibles will be on the block for Profiles in History’s Icons & Legends of Hollywood event, set for June 5-8 in Los Angeles.
Theme of ‘Creating Worlds’ resonated across tracks and through presentations from Aardman, Phil Tippett, Réka Bucsi and top tech companies.
Acclaimed actor, producer and director will executive produce and write the untitled series for Disney’s new direct-to-consumer platform.
One of five films to receive a nomination for best visual effects in this year’s race for Oscar gold, ‘Episode VIII’ mixes new characters with those from the 1977-1983 films in wholly new environments.
Mocap setup was brought to Pinewood to record Lupita Nyong’o’s scene in the Oscar-nominated ‘Star Wars’ film.
David Benioff and D.B. Weiss will create a new films separate from both the Skywalker saga and ‘The Last Jedi’ director Rian Johnson’s trilogy.
From preproduction through postproduction, design supervisor Kevin Jenkins helps safeguard the visual language of the Star Wars universe for the eighth episode in the iconic franchise.
Ian McDiarmid reprises his role as Emperor Palpatine as the series wraps its run.
U.K. company’s animation middleware added to the realism of the hyper-reality experience, now open at three locations worldwide.
Disney’s most-recent ‘Star Wars’ entry edges out ‘Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle’ in busy holiday weekend.
Led by production VFX supervisor Ben Morris, visual effects powerhouse Industrial Light & Magic confidently seeks to honor the innovative spirit of the series without losing its heart.
