StageCraft: How ILM Built the Virtual Stage That Changed Production, Its Limits, and the Stages That Followed
ILM’s StageCraft is the realisation of a vision George Lucas had been articulating for years — a stage of the future in which the walls…
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Creating “Baby Yoda”: As the Opposite of Yoda, Grogu Shouldn’t Work. Instead He’s the Face of The Mandalorian — In More Ways Than One
When The Mandalorian premiered in 2019, it ended on an image that broke the internet: a wide-eyed green infant blinking up out of a floating…
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The Eurocopter Tiger in GoldenEye: Disentangling Reality from Fiction
In GoldenEye, a rogue Russian general and former Soviet fighter pilot steal Eurocopter’s answer to the electronic battlefield — the Tiger helicopter. The sleek, black,…
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Method Studios’ ‘Terminator: Dark Fate’ VFX Breakdown
Method Studios did a phenomenal mix of CGI and live-action for Terminator: Dark Fate in which the heroes are pursued by the Rev-9 Terminator while stealing a…
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George Lucas Thinks Filmmakers Need to Embrace Artificial Intelligence
“It’s like saying, ‘I don’t believe these cars are gunna work. Let’s just stick with the horses.” In a ten-minute interview with French online media…
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The Flash VFX Artist Zach Mulligan Reveals Bad CGI “Was Made In A Week.”
The Flash has taken heavy criticism for its bad CGI. Now, Zach Mulligan, a VFX artist on the film, dropped a bomb on TikTok when he…
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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…
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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…
