Bill Desowitz

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Ego and Groot

The living planet and the baby version of everyone’s favorite tree alien demonstrate the care and attention put into Marvel Studios’ Guardians of the...

The Doctor is In

VFX artists prescribe a dose of Steve Ditko and a dash of Inception to create the unusual mystical dimensions that form the backdrop for...

Authentic Mayhem

VFX crews set the ground rules for the firefights, weapons and supervillain antics for Warner Bros.’ most-recent DC Comics adaptation, Suicide Squad. Suicide Squad from...

Clash of the Virtual Titans

Weta and Double Negative lead effects houses in creating battlegrounds grand enough for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. There are some spectacular battles in...

A New Cold War

Double Negative leads the play with new ice effects, creatures and even tentacles in Oscar-nominated VFX supe’s directorial debut The Hunstman: Winter’s War. After earning...

Down and Dirty

VFX houses get hard and messy creating effects for the stars of Fox’s R-rated Marvel superhero hit Deadpool. Deadpool was the perfect vehicle for Blur...

A Brand-New Book

Director Jon Favreau and his crew go for emotion and humor with extensive VFX and mo-cap in Disney’s hybrid update of The Jungle Book. Like...

Nature Goes Digital

ILM uses movement, choreography to make the bear attack in The Revenant as realistic and harrowing as possible.  Industrial Light & Magic was instrumental in...

Turning Back Time

MPC recreates the look and the performance Arnold Schwarzenegger gave in the 1984 original for Terminator Genisys. MPC of Montreal was tasked with the biggest...

Maximum Shrinkage

The visual-effects crew on Marvel’s Ant-Man scales the action both down and up for the tiny hero’s feature-film debut. Marvel ventures into new territory with...

A Breed Above

ILM revisits and remixes its iconic digital creatures for the return visit to the land of dinosaurs in Jurassic World. Though barely a drop in...

Backstage at the Oscars: Disney Sweeps, ‘Interstellar’ Soars

In a bit of a surprise, Disney's Big Hero 6 took home the best animated feature Oscar last night, making it two in a...

A Wachowski Space Opera with Jupiter Ascending

Now we know what it would be like if the Wachowskis made a Star Wars movie, because Jupiter Ascending (released February 6) is their...

Weta Unleashes New Rendering Power for The Hobbit Finale

New tools Manuka and Gazebo help conclude Peter Jackson’s prequel trilogy return to Middle-earth. To combat the increasing demands of VFX complexity, Weta Digital...

Complying with Gravity

Double Negative goes for realism and a mix of old-school and cutting-edge effects techniques for Christopher Nolan’s new movie Interstellar. It’s not surprising that Christopher...

Animals and Plants – In Space!

Framestore and MPC each faced distinct challenges in animating Guardians of the Galaxy's Rocket and Groot. Marvel Studios' Guardians of the Galaxy is like a...

A Whole New Dawn

Director Matt Reeves talks about putting the focus on Andy Serkis' Caesar for Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. When Matt Reeves was approached...

Building a Better Godzilla

Effects crew emphasizes the drama in the classic monster design for director Gareth Edwards' reboot of Japan's most famous feature creature. Director Gareth Edwards' transition...

FMX: Jon Landau Talks ‘Avatar’ Sequels

Producer Jon Landau gave a sneak peek behind the tech of the upcoming Avatar sequels on Wednesday at FMX 2014 in Stuttgart, Germany. James...

FMX: Andy Serkis Talks ‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’

Andy Serkis came to FMX in Stuttgart on Wednesday to show off clips from Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and talk performance...
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