In 2023, Robin Hollander discussed Weta FX’s contribution to Cocaine Bear. Since then, he’s been involved in the Rebel Moon saga and the Goosebumps series. Since beginning his journey at Weta FX in 2003 on The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the…
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Season two of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters raises the stakes across the worlds of King Kong and Godzilla, with the emergence of the Titan X as a new threat. The new trailer teases a dramatic continuation of the saga, with Monarch’s fate — and that…
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For Wicked: For Good, Outpost VFX significantly expanded its scope of work, delivering over 320 visual effects shots across nine sequences for the second chapter of the musical fantasy. The studio handled a wide range of effects, from large-scale env…
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The first trailer for In the Blink of an Eye offers a sweeping look at an ambitious story unfolding across time, while marking Andrew Stanton’s return to live-action feature filmmaking for the first time since John Carter. The first trailer for In…
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In this new clip from Fallout Season 2, Episode 7 delivers an intense moment set in New Vegas, featuring Maximus facing off against fearsome DeathClaws in NCR power armor. The sequence puts the spotlight on Maximus as he steps into battle, fully equi…
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The first trailer for Michael offers a powerful first look at the life and legacy of one of the most influential artists in history. From his first steps into the spotlight with the Jackson Five to his emergence as a global superstar, the film chroni…
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The world of Stranger Things: Tales From ’85 expands with a first teaser that takes fans back to Hawkins, in the heart of a freezing and dangerous winter. Set in the winter of 1985, Stranger Things: Tales From ’85 reunites the original characters…
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This Big Game Spot for Scream 7 brings the iconic franchise back into the spotlight, placing Sidney Prescott at the center of a deeply personal story where the horror follows her into what was supposed to be a peaceful new life. Living in a quiet tow…
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The war for Hell’s Kitchen is far from over. Season 2 of Daredevil: Born Again raises the stakes as Wilson Fisk tightens his grip on New York City, forcing Matt Murdock back into the shadows to fight for the soul of his home. Season 2 of Daredevil:…
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In a new VFX making-of, Weta FX explores the work behind Stranger Things Season 5, including Vecna and the show’s impressive final creature, through the voices and reactions of the supervisors involved in the season. In this new VFX making-of, supe…
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A new TV Spot for Hoppers offers a fresh look at the next original animated feature from Pixar. The film follows Mabel, an animal lover who uses experimental technology to transfer her consciousness into a robotic beaver and explore the animal world…
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This VFX breakdown explores how FOLKS elevated Heated Rivalry by building expansive arenas and dynamic crowds entirely in CG. To support the intense storytelling of Heated Rivalry, FOLKS relied on visual effects to multiply locations and scale up the…
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We spoke with Emma Kolasinska (Executive VFX Producer) and Tav Flett (Compositing Supervisor) to discuss how they used invisible VFX to support the unscripted television series without breaking emotional or visual authenticity.
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The nominations for the 98th Oscars have been announced...congratulations to the teams.
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Blackmagic’s ProDock turns the iPhone 17 Pro into a production camera rig and in Radiant Images’ hands it becomes a killer rig for Gaussian Splats and bullet-time shots.
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Matt Wallin, Jason Diamond, and Mike Seymour inhabit Pandora once again for the latest Avatar: Fire and Ash. The team discuss the third epic science fiction Avatar film directed by James Cameron, who co-wrote the screenplay with Rick Jaffa and Aman…
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This is what it takes to engineer cinema at scale. With Wētā FX VFX Supervisor Eric Saindon and Senior Animation Supervisor Dan Barrett.
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Some of our favourite things from 2025. Do you agree? What did we miss?
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We speak to Pablo Hellman about the second Wicked for Good film and it comes with a special treat of a gallery of behind-the-scenes images.
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With the latest updates, Adobe is positioning Firefly as a serious, end-to-end creative platform for AI-assisted storytelling and imagery.
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Tarantino’s long-lost Kill Bill sequence comes to life inside Fortnite, showcasing how Unreal Engine’s real-time filmmaking tools are reshaping modern cinematic storytelling.
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The NUKE 17.0 public beta brings Gaussian Splatting into the compositor pipeline, unlocking real-time, editable volumetric scenes directly inside Nuke.
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VFX supervisor Scott Stokdyk unpacks the visual effects of the latest Fantastic Four film, including how the team approached the film as three huge challenges.
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A quick look at some of the presentations we've highlighted at the upcoming SIGGRAPH Asia in Hong Kong.
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This new video from Autodesk includes a ton of behind the scenes for the werewolves and Nevermore environments. You’re getting the first look at this new behind the scenes from Autodesk made with the team from Rodeo FX about their work on season 2…
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We sit down in person with VFX supe Christian Manz, and include a TON of VFX breakdowns.The post Our special 1hr20 VFX Notes ep on ‘How To Train Your Dragon’ is now here! appeared first on befores & afters.
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Jacob Romero as Usopp in episode 202 of 'One Piece'.The post On The Set Pic: Season 2 of ‘One Piece’ appeared first on befores & afters.
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A range of corpses were brought to life by the effects teams on Frankenstein with puppets, prosthetics and digital VFX.The post Re-animating corpses appeared first on befores & afters.
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Hear from the crew in this new video.The post Go behind the scenes of Wētā FX’s work on ‘Stranger Things 5’ appeared first on befores & afters.
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Facing off against the Mind Flayer and Vecna. An excerpt from issue #51 of befores & afters magazine on Stranger Things 5.The post In the Abyss appeared first on befores & afters.
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A special thank you to newsletter subscribers.The post Download the ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ issue of befores & afters for FREE! appeared first on befores & afters.
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Join iRender now and unleash your creativity with Cinema 4D and Redshift rendering!The post Unleash Creativity with iRender’s Cinema 4D and Redshift Render Farm in 2026 appeared first on befores & afters.
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Includes work on the film’s five-minute opening sequence on Yautja Prime, and a range of other shots.The post Check out The Yard’s VFX breakdown for ‘Predator: Badlands’ appeared first on befores & afters.
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Go behind the scenes.The post Framestore’s VFX breakdown for ‘Predator: Badlands’ is here appeared first on befores & afters.
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The VFX studio transformed scientific and historical data into meticulous visual reconstructions that trace humanity’s evolution in the 4-part BBC and PBS docuseries.
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Set to end ‘render lag,’ middleware app integrates genAI and quantum computing directly into existing professional workflows, such as Universal Scene Description (USD), Houdini, Maya, and Unreal Engine.
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The Oscar and BAFTA-winning Senior Animation Supervisor and Senior VFX Supervisor discuss their team’s groundbreaking animation and visual effects work, including the challenging Tsyong and Medusoid creatures, on the latest record-shattering ‘Ava…
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AI animation is reaching studio quality. A Disney veteran thinks that’s all for the good.
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The executive shuffle also includes Dana Walden, Co-Chairman of Disney Entertainment, being named President and Chief Creative Officer of The Walt Disney Company; both moves effective March 18.
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The company’s creative AI platform now offers unlimited image and video generations for subscribers, increasing access across its web, mobile, and collaborative tools.
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The husband-and-wife duo co-direct their first project together, a short which pairs advanced computational photography techniques including Gaussian Splats with indie filmmaking; set in the brutal wilds of 1850s Alta California.
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The visual effects supervisor details the Apple TV film’s dramatic, incredibly realistic portrayal of a school bus driver trying to get his passengers to safety as the entire town of Paradise, California is engulfed in flames that eventually claime…
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VFX supervisor and Oscar-nominee Michael Ralla discusses the challenges of ‘twinning’ brothers Smoke and Stack, both played by Michael B. Jordan, and recreating Mississippi – and its fields of cotton - in Louisiana, on Ryan Coogler and Warner B…
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Charlie Cox and Vincent D’Onofrio return! Mayor Fisk crushes NYC underfoot as he hunts down his nemesis, the Hell’s Kitchen vigilante known as Daredevil, in the upcoming season of the hit Marvel show; streams March 24.
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‘The Bad Guys 2,’ ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ and ‘Zootopia 2’ are nominated for best edited animated feature; ‘Bob’s Burgers,’ ‘Love, Death + Robots,’ and ‘South Park’ snag nominations for best edited animated series; awards cerem…
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3 FOX series and shows from Hulu and Netflix nab animation noms, while films/TV shows from Apple TV, Lucasfilm, Netflix and Warner Bros. among non-animated works also getting the nod; ceremony set for March 8.
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Lux Aeterna Visualizes the History of Humanity in NOVA’s ‘Human’  Animation World Network
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1939 Best Special Effects Oscar: Which Film? [Video]  AOL.com
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1939 Best Special Effects Oscar: Which Film?  The Weather Channel
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Xposure honours outstanding filmmakers across 4 categories  Gulf Today
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SVA Alumni Spotlighted in the 2026 Annie Award Nominations  School of Visual Arts | SVA
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Our special 1hr20 VFX Notes ep on ‘How To Train Your Dragon’ is now here!  Befores & Afters
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How a Vancouver special effects team brought Sinners to life  CBC
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A Groundbreaking Special Effects Movie Made Bob Hoskins Hallucinate  bgr.com
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Stranger Things’ season 5 VFX included 3D printed body doubles  VoxelMatters
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Adobe Expands Firefly with Unlimited Image and Video Generations  Animation World Network
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Sir William Sargent: AI is helping VFX houses rise up the creative food chain  The Drum
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Framestore adds Villabón to lead advertising Visual Development  Televisual
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Dutch lottery brand Staatsloterij returns with its annual New Year’s campaign, this year titled “Give each other some luck," produced in collaboration with British animation studio Blinkink.
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"George R.R. Martin is stepping away from the Iron Throne to champion the 'weird-ass' imagination of his late friend, Howard Waldrop. Through a series of short films, including the dodo-bird mystery The Ugly Chickens, the indigenous post-apocalyp…
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The release of Amazon’s Melania documentary appears to have sparked an interest in other former first ladies. Per Luminate, Netflix’s Michelle Obama documentary Becoming saw a substantial rise in U.S. viewership over the weekend. The feature, whi…
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Jennifer Esposito is opening up about the pitfalls of self-financing an indie movie. The Fresh Kills writer, director, producer and star revealed that her gamble in making the 2023 mafia film didn’t quite pay off after she took out a mortgage on he…
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EXCLUSIVE: CAA has signed Jen Affleck for representation. Affleck is a social media influencer and reality television star known for her role in Hulu’s hit series The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. Returning for its third season this past November,…
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EXCLUSIVE: Disney’s incoming CEO Josh D’Amaro joked about Succession – the show – and bonded with his new no. 2 Dana Walden and outgoing chief executive Bob Iger at a company town hall Wednesday. Executives gathered at the main theater on the…
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EXCLUSIVE: Zulay Henao is set to join Billy Bob Thornton, Ariana Greenblatt and Pamela Anderson in Somedays, a feature film that Brian Klugman is writing and directing. Tucker Tooley Entertainment is financing and producing. Joining Tooley as finan…
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It’s time to strap on the ski boots and wrap up warm – the Winter Olympics begin this Friday. After the Opening Ceremony for Milan-Cortina 2026 is held, the sport properly kicks into gear over the weekend, as skiing and the widely anticipated ice…
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EXCLUSIVE: Kiernan Shipka (The Last Showgirl) and Cole Sprouse (The Rivals of Amziah King) will lead the cast of Goodbye Girl, an Amazon MGM Studios rom-com from Gulfstream Pictures that enters production in New Orleans this week. Marking director Or…
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SXSW has added more movies and TV premieres to its 33rd lineup which runs March 12-18, including season 3 debut of the Michael Patrick King HBO series The Comeback starring Lisa Kudrow, the Vicky Jewson directed ballerina action movie Pretty Lethal s…
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EXCLUSIVE: Mano Negra was one of the best-known alternative bands to emerge out of France in the 1980s, gaining cult status on the back of hits such as Mala Vida, Out of Time Man and King Kong 5. Born on the fringes of the Paris music scene and fr…
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The ton is abuzz with the arrival of the latest season of Bridgerton, as the first four episodes put up 39.7M views over the weekend following its debut on January 29. That’s slightly down from the arrival of Season 3, which drew 45.1M views in the…
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The Next Narrative Africa Fund (NNAF) has announced it is working with Parrot Analytics on a first-of-its-kind African entertainment landscape study ahead of deciding its inaugural grantees. Launched in late 2024, the Next Narrative Africa Fund (NNAF…
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EXCLUSIVE: Jona Xiao (Hightown, Raya and the Last Dragon) has landed a guest-starring role in HBO Max’s hit medical drama The Pitt, from creator R. Scott Gemmill and producer John Wells. She will play OB Nurse Sam Garvin.  The Pitt chronicles the…
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I'm absolutely lost. I have no idea what to pursue. I'm stuck in a fuckass country that doesn't even pay shit no matter how big the outsourced "Hollywood project" is. And where the work isn't worth the showreel because it's some Dumbass work. I rea…
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I was tracking a face videos using keentools for nuke, the result was pretty stable in nuke. But when I export the result geo with writeGeo node and opens it using houdini, the exported geo seems has some wiggle issues, not as stable as in nuke. Anyo…
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I'm considering studying a Masters or a diploma program of Virtual Production. Now I have no others issues but I'm a little worried about the city where it is. It's away from the major hubs like Melbourne / Sydney. The program is in Adelaide. Am I g…
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(Edit: oops meant to write ship in the title) Hey there! I’m currently preparing my pitch for my graduate film at uni, and I want to be able to come in with a strong plan for the vfx shot in the film. Basically, I need a shot of a large ship, eithe…
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I used Mocha Pro Matte tool to first try my hands in the video where I move a mascot, and then I used Remove tool to remove these hands and do the inpainting so it looks like the mascot move on its own. And while Matte tool did a really good job and…
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Venting here because oh man.... I work in VFX, and everyone knows the only background checks in the biz is: if you do great work. and your rep. I recently worked at a Studio in Canada, where 2 people I had started to befriend learned they had crimina…
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Hi, do any of you have experience with working on OLED monitors? Are they really that good with color acuracy and contrast? Is it worth it to work on a monitor with "perfect" contrast if most people will watch that content on regular IPS panels? I'm…
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Hey Folks, I’m looking for a VFX compositor to help with a small number of shots on a 4-minute psychological horror short. The work includes: • Minor object removals / cleanup • One phone screen replacement • One simple bedsheet add-in / con…
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