Will Disney Research’s AI FRAN Revolutionize Re-Aging of Actors?
Deepfakes trolled Hollywood for years. They’re cheaper, faster to use, and often better than more complex Hollywood technology. Now a new Disney AI has copied…
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‘The Living Daylights’: Old School Miniature Effects Helped Give The Hercules Cargo Plane Sequence An Epic Scale
The standout action sequence in The Living Daylights involves a Lockheed Hercules C-130 cargo plane that is certainly put through its paces, and then some….
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Octopussy’s Flight Risk: The Full Story Behind the Acrostar BD-5J Microjet And The Coolest James Bond Opener Ever
After being dropped from Moonraker, the Acrostar BD-5J microjet made a big impression in Octopussy. Learn how stunt pilot J.W. “Corkey” Fornof, director John Glen, and special effects…
How ‘Rogue One’ Brought Back Characters From ‘A New Hope’, ‘Rebels’, And ‘The Clone Wars’
Rogue One is set in the preceding days before the start of Star Wars: A New Hope, which required, among other things, the resurrection of characters…
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Joker Origins: The Two Characters in ‘The Man Who Laughs’ Who Influenced The Clown Prince of Crime
Court jesters, carnival sideshow freaks, circus clowns — the creepy, malevolent, clown has an uncomfortable history associated with entertainment and cruelty. Stephen King’s Pennywise recently…
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Little Nellie: The Making Of 007’s Aerial Battle In ‘You Only Live Twice’
Pilots and cameramen risked life and, especially, limb to film cinema’s first helicopter dogfight In You Only Live Twice, James Bond took to the air…
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Revisiting Lalo Schifrin’s Classic ‘Mission: Impossible’ Musical Score
Written and performed by Argentinian composer Lalo Schifrin, the jazzy, bongo-driven instrumental known as “Burning Fuse” is instantly recognizable as the theme to the hit…
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Astro Spiral: The Greatest Car Stunt Was Also The World’s First Computer-Modeled Stunt
And it’s no surprise James Bond was behind the wheel The corkscrew car jump in The Man With The Golden Gun is the coolest car stunt in…
Cinematographer Mark Vargo Breaks Down The Blue Screen Process Used On ‘The Empire Strikes Back’
ILM revolutionized the blue screen process in the 1980s. And its most important developments were made on Empire. Before green screen sets and digital backgrounds,…
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Source Code: The Visual Influences Behind ‘The Matrix’
When The Matrix hit cinemas in 1999, audiences were introduced to groundbreaking aesthetics. The film was fresh and original–or was it? For those familiar with…
