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Bringing the Hordes to Life: The VFX of ‘The Last of Us’ Season 2

From the ‘ants in an anthill’ frozen Infected to a monstrous bloater flamethrower fight, realistic CG dogs, and immense Jackson battle, Visual Effects Supervisor Alex Wang managed the delivery of 2,500 shots displaying incredible ambition, scope, and sophistication on the hit HBO post-apocalyptic drama series.

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DNEG Reconstructs a Nature-Reclaimed Seattle for ‘The Last of Us’ Season 2

VFX supervisor Stephen James, one of the show’s recent Best Special Visual Effects Emmy Award nominees, produced 356 shots across 36 sequences on the hit HBO series, filled with digital environments and water simulations that brought to life a version of Seattle overtaken by vegetation.

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Wētā FX Helps Bring the Infected to Life - and Death - in ‘The Last of Us’ Season 2

By Dan Sarto | Thursday, June 19, 2025 at 9:27am

VFX Supervisor Nick Epstein and Animation Supervisor Dennis Yoo talk previs, massive hordes of real and CG infected, an ‘ant hive’ of frozen infected, digital dogs, and an even bigger bloater they helped produce for HBO’s critically acclaimed and wildly popular series.

It’s Wicked Cool! VFXWorld

SCAD Alum Ryan Gillis Talks ‘Beary’ Impressive ‘Wicked’ Animal VFX

The ILM VFX and Groom Supervisor discusses the challenges of creating Dulcibear, the nanny, and Wolf Doctor digital characters, along with Elphaba as a bright green baby, in Jon M. Chu’s hit musical adventure.

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Grounding the Apocalyptic Visuals in ‘The Last of Us’

VFX supervisor Alex Wang talks the Infected, Bloaters, massive Bloaters, a giraffe, and a crashing airliner as he breaks down the production of 3,000 visual effects shots created by DNEG, Wētā FX, Distillery VFX, Zero VFX, Important Looking Pirates, beloFX, Storm Studios, Wylie Co., RVX, Assembly, Crafty Apes, UPP, RISE, Framestore, Digital Domain and MAS on HBO’s critically acclaimed and wildly popular series.

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Wētā FX Flexes its Cordyceps in ‘The Last of Us’ VFX

Visual Effects Supervisor Simon Jung and Animation Supervisor Dennis Yoo talk clickers, bloaters, giraffes, and fungi, some of the captivating and ghastly visuals they helped produce for HBO’s critically acclaimed and wildly popular series, nominated for 25 Emmys including Outstanding Visual Effects in a Season or Movie.

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Kaitlyn Yang Celebrates Being ‘American Born Chinese’

The VFX supervisor, born in China before coming to the U.S. at age 9, shares her work overseeing 1100 visual effects shots on the Disney+ series that included the trickster God Monkey King’s transformation from falcon to tiger to fish, various gravity-defying flying characters, digital doubles, and an ambitious waterfall setting for a dangerous cliff jump.

Truly the Bear Necessities VFXWorld

Robin Hollander Talks ‘Cocaine Bear,’ Wētā FX’s New Favorite Project

The VFX supervisor shares his studio’s fun, old-school visual effects work on Elizabeth Banks’ horror comedy based on the true story of a black bear, sometimes known as Pablo Escobear, who fatally ingested 75 pounds of cocaine dropped by smugglers in the Tennessee wilderness in 1985.

We All Need a Break! Headline News

Platige Image Creates Work-Weary Mandrill for the Tajawal Travel Agency

By Dan Sarto | Monday, May 10, 2021 at 3:06pm

The music-video inspired commercial features an emotionally nuanced CG primate portraying an everyday, burned out businessperson needing a break from life’s mundane routines.

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Framestore Breathes Life into StudioCanal’s ‘The Secret Garden’

By Dan Sarto | Tuesday, November 10, 2020 at 12:18pm

The Oscar-winning creative studio brings their renowned creativity to Misselthwaite Manor and its spellbinding grounds for new reimagining of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s famous novel, premiering now on Sky.

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A Tough-Talking CG Bronx Cat Shows His Tender Side in Cat’s Pride Spot

While sharing about ‘taking care of business,’ our NYC kitty gets a bit sentimental in a cat litter commercial that also tout’s the company’s mission to help animal shelters across the country.