Carrie Fisher’s Daughter Helped Play Leia in The Rise of Skywalker
Regardless of opinions of Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker, there is one thing all Star Wars fans can agree on: ...
Tag: special effects
Nightline shows how ILM created CG actors for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
If you’ve seen Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, you know that there are some unexpected appearances by well-known (and lesser known) characters ...
Watch a CGI-heavy special effects reel of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
While I wasn’t a fan of Zack Snyder’s cacophonous Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, I do admire the VFX work put into the ...
Featurette showcases some practical effects creatures from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
While I’ve been anticipating Rogue One: A Star Wars Story all year, I’m sort of glad that the marketing blitz for the film ...
Watch ILM work their special effects magic on Star Wars: The Force Awakens
While producer Kathleen Kennedy has stressed the importance of practical effects and location shooting in this new batch of Star Wars films, CG ...
Behind-the-scenes Warcraft footage shows ILM making lifelike orcs
Here at Flixist, we’ve been both cautiously optimistic and also somewhat skeptical about the Warcraft movie. We like director Duncan Jones a whole ...
Interview: Makeup/Special Effects Designer Roger Murray (Ash vs. Evil Dead)
Roger Murray’s been working in props, makeup effects, and practical special effects for more than two decades. His credits include The Lion, the ...
See all the changes made to the original Star Wars Trilogy
The original Star Wars Trilogy has been through a lot of changes over the years, starting in 1997 with the release of the ...
Noah has the most complicated rendering in ILM history
I don’t think anyone will be surprised to find out that Darren Aronofsky’s Noah will be quite heavy on the impressive visuals, but ...
Video: behind the special effects in Fast & Furious 6
Part of what has made the Fast & Furious franchise thrive under Justin Lin’s direction is his insistence on filming as much real ...
YouTube’s newest feature: Slow motion
Did you ever wish that you owned a high-speed camera just to post videos of things in slow-motion on YouTube? Well not everyone ...
Nymphomaniac to have actors’s faces on porn star bodies
Even though many elements of Lars von Trier’s Nymphomaniac have been closely guarded, a few details have slipped out from producer Louise Vesth. ...