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31 pieces of spellbinding Wicked concept art, from flying monkeys to the epic Emerald City

I'm bewitched by ILM and John M. Chu's vision for Wicked's design?

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Why Defying Gravity was Wicked's "most difficult sequence" to film

Cynthia Erivo was committed to the visual effects spectacle.

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Live-action 'Gundam' movie enters full production as Bandai drops Netflix to partner with Legendary Pictures

This live-action version of the mecha anime franchise is powering into production after seven years stuck in the hangar.

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A century in motion: how stop-motion films went from obscure ‘creature features’ to winning Oscars

The 2025 Academy Awards could shape up to be a big one for stop-motion animation. Australian director Adam Eliott’s Memoir of a Snail (2024) has raked in a nomination for Best Animated Feature Film, alongside Wallace Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (2024).

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How Wicked's magical VFX was made (and why a single scene was make or break)

ILM's VFX supervisor reveals how Oz's world was more.

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The 5 best movies of 2024 for VFX

From Dune to Alien Romulus and Wicked, it was great year for CGI in movies.

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8 Years Later, an Infamous Star Wars Scene Just Sparked a New Disney Controversy

A contentious scene in 'Rogue One' sparked fierce debate between critics and fans, and now Disney is going to court over it.

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"It feels exactly like we wanted it to": the making of Ultraman: Rising

Shannon Tindle and co-director John Aoshima discuss the character design and visual style of the Netflix superhero movie.

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'A Quiet Place: Day One' VFX chief on the Death Angels' sensitive side (exclusive)

An exclusive interview with Michael Humphreys, the VFX supervisor for "A Quiet Place: Day One."

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Branching Out: Inside Whiskeytree's VFX success story

Founder and CEO Jonathan Harb lifts the lid on the studio’s story and its phenomenal success in turbulent times.

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Netflix's Wild New Superhero Reboot Was 20 Years in the Making

'Ultraman: Rising' director Shannon Tindle also talks about bringing the Japanese superhero to a U.S. audience in the first animated feature by ILM in nearly a decade.

Inverse

Best CGI character design

VFX industry veterans share their favourite CG characters.

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The best VFX movies of the '80s - CGI effects that changed filmmaking

Iconic CGI visual effects from TRON to Star Wars.

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The best upcoming VFX films of 2024

Follow the amazing work of top visual effects studios with our handy guide to the biggest VFX films coming out this year.

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The Creator's ingenious VFX detail that's changed how I watch the movie

The Oscar-nominated film reveals how robots feel.

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Making The Creator's VFX: "we filmed in a guerrilla-efficient way"

Nominated for a VFX Oscar, The Creator delivered visual excellence on a budget.

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ZBrush: everything you need to know

Get started in ZBrush, the 3D sculpting and painting app, with our pro 3D artist.

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The biggest digital art trends we'll see in 2024, as predicted by ILM, Wētā FX and other industry creatives

The digital art trends for 2024 include AI trends, new tech and more, as predicted by leading industry creatives.

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Legends never die: KISS follow in ABBA's footsteps with virtual avatars that can play forever

With five decades of thrilling shows under their studded belts, the iconic rockers are going virtual

Inverse

Star Wars Needs New Animated Shows Now More Than Ever

Lucasfilm is shutting down its biggest animation hub. Here’s what that means for future animated projects.

Fortune

Disney has a task force exploring A.I., as writers and actors strike over concerns it could steal their jobs

Disney has reportedly started a task force to explore how artificial intelligence could be used across the media conglomerate’s many divisions.

Inverse

How Disney Used Geometry and AI to Make Indiana Jones Look Young Again

“We knew that we were gonna be using every single technique we had produced to date,” Andrew Whitehurst, one of the VFX supervisors on 'Indiana Jones 5' tells Inverse.

The Independent UK

Hulk smash! Eric Bana’s vilified Marvel flop deserved so much better

Sandwiched between ‘Spider-Man’ and ‘Batman Begins’, ‘Hulk’ left many disappointed in 2003 and remains divisive to this day. But as it turns 20, Tom Fordy asks whether we overlooked its shirt-ripping strengths

The Independent UK

Hulk smash: Ang Lee’s soul-searching Marvel flop deserved better

The Conversation

How Jurassic Park changed film-making and our view of dinosaurs

In June 1993, director Steven Spielberg released a film that unleashed a wave of technological change in film-making and simultaneously helped to revive popular interest in dinosaurs.

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