Tippi Hedren’s Ordeal Filming ‘The Birds’ Climactic Attic Scene Delivered a Classic Hitchcock Suspense Scene November 16, 2023 Daniel Rennie Off Director's Chair, Stunt Work, https://youtu.be/pwOhqGhP-mk In The Birds, director Alfred Hitchcock deliberately mimicked the claustrophobic shower murder scene in...
‘Casino Royale’: How To Reveal Character Through Action Just Like 007 August 25, 2023 Daniel Rennie Off Character, Character, Featured, Screenwriting, Stunt Work, Writing, After 24 films, the James Bond franchise knows how to devise exciting new ways to...
The Astounding Practical Effects Of Terminator 2’s Iconic Canal Chase June 7, 2023 Daniel Rennie Off Effects, Home, Practical Effects, Stunt Work, Miles of cables, blowing life-size vehicles sky-high, elaborate set-pieces, and the lack of computer-generated trickery--they're...
Octopussy’s Flight Risk: The Full Story Behind the Acrostar BD-5J Microjet And The Coolest James Bond Opener Ever July 16, 2022 Daniel Rennie Off Featured, Home, James Bond, Special Effects, Stunt Work, VFX, After being dropped from Moonraker, the Acrostar BD-5J microjet made a big impression in Octopussy. Learn how stunt...
Little Nellie: The Making Of 007’s Aerial Battle In ‘You Only Live Twice’ July 6, 2021 Daniel Rennie Off Home, James Bond, Stunt Work, Pilots and cameramen risked life and, especially, limb to film cinema's first helicopter dogfight In...
Astro Spiral: The Greatest Car Stunt Was Also The World’s First Computer-Modeled Stunt February 18, 2021 Daniel Rennie Off Effects, Home, Stunt Work, And it's no surprise James Bond was behind the wheel The corkscrew car jump in The...
Mission: Implausible–The Making Of M:I’s Spectacular Bullet Train Sequence May 13, 2020 Daniel Rennie Off Effects, Featured, Home, Stunt Work, Stunt Work, VFX, Learn the full story behind Mission: Impossible's bullet train sequence from ILM's visual effects supervisor,...
The Full Story Behind James Bond’s Greatest Stunt March 26, 2020 Daniel Rennie Off Acting, Cinematography, Effects, Filmmaking, Franchises, Home, James Bond, Stunt Work, Stunt Work, The Spy Who Loved Me is widely hailed as Roger Moore’s finest hour as 007—and...
[Watch]: Stuntwoman Amy Johnston Breakdown The Highway Scene in ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ March 24, 2020 Daniel Rennie Off Acting, Effects, Home, Marvel, Stunt Work, Stunt Work, Remember that action-packed highway sequence in Captain America: The Winter Soldier? It's one of the most...
How Margot Robbie Got Up-Close To A Hyena in ‘Birds of Prey’ February 16, 2020 Daniel Rennie Off Acting, DC, Effects, Franchises, Home, Stunt Work, Stunt Work, VFX, Harley Quinn sure loves hyenas. In the comics she has two of them--usually named Bud and...