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‘Avatar: Fire and Ash – Igniting the Next Chapter’ Featurette Released

By Dan Sarto | Monday, November 17, 2025 at 11:06am

Go behind-the scenes with James Cameron and stars Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, and Sam Worthington as they share some of the tech wizardry used to create the visual wonders in the latest 'Avatar' film.

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BlueBolt Shares ‘The Thursday Murder Club’ VFX Breakdown Reel

By Dan Sarto | Wednesday, November 12, 2025 at 1:15pm

The studio delivered 250 invisible visual effects shots on the Chris Columbus cold case whodunnit, starring Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan and Ben Kingsley, now streaming on Netflix.

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Phantom Digital Effects Consolidates Studios into Phantom Media Group

By Dan Sarto | Tuesday, November 4, 2025 at 4:26pm

Milk and Lola Post join the previously acquired Tippett Studio, PhantomFX, and Spectre Post under the new PMG creative collective; each studio will retain its approach and creative leadership, ensuring consistent experiences for clients across film, episodic, commercial and immersive content.

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Freefolk Promotes Harin Hirani to VFX Supervisor

In his new dual role, which also includes Head of 3D, the artist will collaborate closely with Head of Film and Episodic Steve Murgatroyd and VFX Executive Producer Meg Guidon.

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Untold Studios Presents Ciclope 2025 Keynote, Wins Animation Company of the Year

The VFX and animation company’s Co-founders Darren O’Kelly and Rochelle Palmer delivered ‘The Decade of the Independents,’ a reflection on how independence has become a creative advantage in today’s industry.

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Scanline VFX and Eyeline Studios to Merge, Rebrand as Eyeline

By Dan Sarto | Thursday, October 16, 2025 at 9:19am

Netflix is bringing together the Oscar-winning visual effects studio it acquired 3 years ago with its cutting-edge technology and VFX tools lab under one brand.

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‘Frankenstein’ Cinematographer Dan Laustsen Set for VIEW 2025

By Dan Sarto | Wednesday, October 8, 2025 at 4:32pm

It’s less than one week away… the person behind the camera on Guillermo del Toro’s highly anticipated film joins more than 150 award-winning speakers from the world of animation, VFX, games and AI who will take part in a packed schedule of keynotes, talks, panels, workshops and masterclasses; event runs October 12-17 in Turin, Italy.

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20th Century Studios Drops ‘Predator: Badlands’ Trailer, Stills

By Dan Sarto | Monday, October 6, 2025 at 4:54pm

The latest entry in the sci-fi adventure franchise, directed by Dan Trachtenberg and starring Elle Fanning and lots of sharp, point teeth, hits theaters in 3D and IMAX on November 7.

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VIEW 2025 Reveals Expansive Full Conference Lineup

By Dan Sarto | Thursday, October 2, 2025 at 9:53am

It’s just 2 weeks away… more than 150 award-winning speakers from the world of animation, VFX, games and AI will take part in a packed schedule of keynotes, talks, panels, workshops and masterclasses; event runs October 12-17 in Turin, Italy.

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Union Delivers Over 900 VFX Shots for ‘28 Years Later’

By Dan Sarto | Monday, September 29, 2025 at 12:13pm

Check out the reel - studio’s work as sole vendor on show includes scene set on the Causeway that contains 130 shots and a fully CG aurora nebula sky with over 10,000 CG birds; other shots cover CG arrows, blood splats, a herd of galloping deer, and a pack of rats.

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Disney Drops 4 ‘Tron: Ares’ Clips

By Dan Sarto | Friday, September 26, 2025 at 1:26pm

Humanity’s first encounter with sophisticated, super strong and intelligent AI-generated soldiers that can simply be replaced if struck down stars Jared Leto and Jeff Bridges; featuring even deadlier light cycles and a fantastic color scheme, film hits theaters October 10.

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‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ Trailer Shows New Clans, Creatures, and Conflicts

By Dan Sarto | Thursday, September 25, 2025 at 8:39am

Discover more of the breathtaking world of Pandora… filled with wonders and dangers, in the third film in James Cameron’s Oscar-winning ‘Avatar’ franchise that pits Marine-turned-Na’vi leader Jake Sully and his family against humans, the Ash people, and nature itself; in theaters December 19.

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Randy Thom Sonically Brings ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ to Life

The Oscar-winning sound designer walks through his process on Dean DeBlois’ hit live-action reimagining of the first film in DreamWorks Animation’s hugely successful animated franchise, including recording wind blowing through barns and around telephone wires.

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Lucasfilm Drops ‘Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu’ Teaser and Images

By Dan Sarto | Monday, September 22, 2025 at 9:08am

If this is ‘The Way,’ then we are a giant step closer to Jon Favreau’s new film, based on the hit Disney+ series 'The Mandalorian,' that blasts into theaters on May 22, 2026.

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Sony Shares ‘Anaconda’ Trailer… with Jack Black and Paul Rudd

By Dan Sarto | Wednesday, September 17, 2025 at 3:34pm

Watch the pair at their ridiculous, hilarious best - they’re remaking the ‘Anaconda’ movie, but their snake dies, so they search for another one, which doesn’t go as planned; slithering into theaters December 25.

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Ingenuity Studios Delivers 300 ‘Eye Bulging’ Shots for ‘Weapons’

The VFX team crafted CG peepers for actors Benny Wong, Austin Abrams, and Alden Ehrenreich, and created previs that allowed safe ways for kids to perform stunts instead of using digital doubles.

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‘Wicked: For Good’ VFX Presentation Set for VIEW 2025

By Dan Sarto | Thursday, September 4, 2025 at 10:12am

ILM’s 4-time Oscar-nominated production VFX supervisor Pablo Helman and VES Award-winning Framestore animation supervisor Dale Newton will dive deep into the visual effects of Jon M. Chu’s 2-part musical blockbuster that concludes this November; conference runs October 12-17 in Turin, Italy.

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‘Star Wars: Starfighter’ Begins Production, Rounds Out Cast

Directed by Shawn Levy and starring Ryan Gosling, Flynn Gray, Aaron Pierre, Simon Bird, Jamael Westman, Daniel Ings, and Amy Adams, the upcoming standalone sci-fi adventure from Lucasfilm hits theaters May 28, 2027.

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Scanline VFX Shares ‘Happy Gilmore 2’ VFX Breakdown Reel

By Dan Sarto | Friday, August 29, 2025 at 4:12pm

The leading visual effects company delivered environment extensions, full environment replacements, and crowd duplication… plus some CG animated golf balls, on Adam Sandler and Netflix’s hit comedy sequel to Sandler’s seminal 1996 hockey-golf romp, ‘Happy Gilmore.’

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Talks on ‘KPop Demon Hunters,’ ‘F1’ and ‘Fantastic Four’ Set for VIEW 2025

By Dan Sarto | Thursday, August 28, 2025 at 2:45pm

Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans, directors of the biggest Netflix film ever, plus VFX supervisors Ryan Tudhope and Daniele Bigi, will present their films in-person at the upcoming conference that runs October 12-17 in Turin, Italy.

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