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.
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Universal Drops ‘Jurassic World Dominion: Legacy Featurette’
Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, and Sam Neill look back at the ‘Jurassic’ legacy; the epic conclusion to the blockbuster franchise hits theaters June 10.
Break+Enter Taps Maya for ‘The Many Saints of Newark’ VFX
Autodesk software’s robust toolset and scalable virtual workflow enabled the studio to deliver 40-60 shots in under nine months on the Warner Bros. film; invisible effects were used to winterize scenes and cleanup period work that recreated 60s and 70s-era New Jersey from where TV’s mafia boss Tony Soprano hailed.
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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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PXO London Assembles A-list Previs Team
Global VFX studio adds previsualization services to its pre-production offerings following push into virtual production and launch of LED stages; ex-Framestore exec Alex Webster takes the reigns with veteran previs supervisor Matt Perrin heading the team.
Marvel Drops ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ TV Spot and Poster
Mystical allies help confront a new mysterious adversary in the highly anticipated sequel to studio’s 2016 hit, ‘Doctor Strange,’ which premieres in U.S. theaters May 6, 2022.
Studio C Taps Maxon Tools for ‘The Matrix: Resurrections’
The motion graphics studio used Cinema 4D, Redshift, and Red Giant to create a host of screen graphics including medical scans, 3D maps, and other futuristic visual elements in the iconic film franchise’s latest outing.
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Wētā FX Opens Vancouver Studio
Company’s first dedicated VFX studio outside New Zealand kicks off with 75 artists, with more hires planned later this year; currently it has 12 unannounced projects in the pipeline, having recently completed work on ‘The Batman,’ Marvel’s ‘Moon Knight,’ and ‘Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.’
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‘Dune,’ ‘Encanto,’ and ‘The Windshield Wiper’ Take Home Oscar Gold
Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic scored a hefty 6 wins, though the evening’s most momentous achievement was an unwanted, violent reminder that live TV never goes as planned... or hoped.
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BASE FX Says it is the Victim of $234 Million Fraud
In a just filed lawsuit, the longtime Beijing-based VFX and animation company alleges that two Americans have swindled and pocketed millions from investors while raising money on its behalf.
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Framestore Adds Naomi Stopa and Jinnie Pak
Creative studio bolsters Vancouver management team with former Digital Domain and EA execs.
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NVIDIA Once Again Powers All 5 Oscar-Nominated VFX Films
For the 14th consecutive year, each Academy Award nominee for the Best Visual Effects used NVIDIA technologies.
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Jellyfish Pictures Secures Minority Investment from Key Capital Partners
Following the deal, the UK-based animation and VFX studio plans to expand staff to more than 600 by end of 2022.
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PFX Shares ‘Zátopek’ Breakdown Reel
Challenged with recreating authentic visuals depicting the 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games, the studio transformed sports stadiums, filling them with virtual crowds.
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Technicolor Plans to Spin-off and List Newly Re-Organized Creative Studios Group
Company will retain 35% stake in new entity that includes MPC for film and episodic VFX, The Mill for advertising, Mikros for animation, and Technicolor Games for the gaming industry; debt refinancing also planned, with deal set to conclude the latter part of Q3 2022.
‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’: Creating Blockbuster Visuals for a Blockbuster Movie
Sony Pictures Imageworks’ VFX Supervisor Chris Waegner and Animation Director Richard Smith talk about the challenges of working with three Spider-Men, updating a clutch of long-time villains, and ensuring realism in the midst of an action-filled fantasy.
Register Now: DNEG ‘Beyond Sand & Spice: The VFX of Dune’ March 2
The latest #DeepDive session is a virtual event featuring the VFX teams’ never-before-shared insights into the visual effects behind the Oscar nominated feature ‘Dune;’ registration is open and free.
Sony Drops Final Trailer for Marvel Supercreature Feature ‘Morbius’
New film delves into the origins of a biochemist-turned-bloodsucker, who first appeared in Marvel comics as a foil to Spider-Man and later became a flawed antihero.
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Next PreVIEW Set: Five VFX Oscar Contenders Panel
On March 9, VFX supervisors from the 5 Best Visual Effects Oscar nominated films come together in a free VIEW Conference virtual panel; the event is offered in partnership with OGR and the VFX Festival.
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Digital Domain Helps ‘Bridge’ the Multiverse in ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’
VFX supervisor Scott Edelstein, nominated for an Oscar alongside Kelly Port, Chris Waegner, and Daniel Sudick, led his team in delivering more than 520 shots and 600 unique assets, including recreating 2.5 square miles of New York City for the dramatic Doc Ock – Spidey bridge fight, in Marvel’s smash action-adventure hit.
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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.
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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John Cena to Play Looney Tune Land Lawyer in ‘Coyote vs. Acme’
Audiences will be seeing the ‘Suicide Squad’ and ‘Peacemaker’ star in court, defending ACME Corporation from a looney lawsuit over its faulty mail-order devices, in the just announced Warner Bros. live-action / CG animation hybrid film.
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Dino Mayhem Returns: Watch New ‘Jurassic World: Dominion’ Trailer
Life will find a way! The epic conclusion to the Jurassic era hits theaters June 10, bringing together Jurassic stars Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard with Jurassic legends Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, and Sam Neill.
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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