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  • newWhalefall
    A desperate search becomes a fight for survival in Whalefall, as a scuba diver finds himself trapped inside an enormous sperm whale with only one hour of oxygen left. Whalefall follows a scuba diver searching for his father’s remains who is swallow…
    - 10 hours ago31 Aug 26, 6:00pm -
  • newThrash: Troll VFX Reveals the Invisible VFX Behind the Hurricane and Flooding
    Finnish studio Troll VFX reveals its invisible visual effects work on Thrash, transforming environments and helping create the extensive flooding and storm conditions caused by a Category 5 hurricane. When a Category 5 hurricane decimates a coastal t…
    - 13 hours ago31 Aug 26, 3:00pm -
  • newFall 2: Deadpoint
    Vertigo takes over in this new clip from Fall 2: Deadpoint, as a dangerous adventure turns into a desperate fight for survival, leaving its climbers stranded thousands of feet above the ground with seemingly no way out. The sequel follows two friends…
    - 16 hours ago31 Aug 26, 12:00pm -
  • Weekend Spotlight – August 29th, 2026
    very weekend, we highlight a handpicked selection of stories from Art of VFX. Whether you’ve missed an interview, want to revisit a great breakdown, or discover the artists behind today’s biggest productions, Weekend Spotlight is your chance to c…
    - 3 days ago29 Aug 26, 3:00pm -
  • Dark Matter – Season 2
    The journey through alternate realities continues. Watch the opening sequence of Dark Matter Season 2, as the sci-fi series returns for another trip into the unknown. The first trailer for Dark Matter Season 2 offers a glimpse at the next chapter of…
    - 3 days ago28 Aug 26, 6:00pm -
  • From Season 4: WeFX Breaks Down Its Monsters and Transformations
    The nightmares of From return with a new level of detail. WeFX reveals its VFX work on Season 4, including the disturbing dolls, Fatima’s transformation, Roger’s brutal demise and the Man in Yellow’s transformation into Sophia. Led by VFX Super…
    - 4 days ago28 Aug 26, 3:00pm -
  • Foundation – Season 3: VFX Breakdown by Outpost VFX
    Discover how Outpost VFX, under the supervision of Mathieu Assemat, shaped some of Foundation Season 3’s some of the most stunning moments — including the vast Mycogen environments to the dramatic fate of Demerzel! WANT TO KNOW MORE?Outpost VFX:…
    - 4 days ago28 Aug 26, 12:00pm -
  • The Dog Stars
    Two very different moments from legendary director Ridley Scott’s The Dog Stars. One finds emotion in a conversation, while the other throws us into the action as the heroes attempt to take off under attack from the Reapers. After a global pandemic…
    - 4 days ago27 Aug 26, 6:00pm -
  • Monarch: Legacy of Monsters – Season 2: Sean Konrad – Production VFX Supervisor
    Back in 2023, Sean Konrad shared with us the VFX work behind the first season of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters. Now, he’s back to reveal the new creatures and challenges of Season 2. Having served as Production VFX Supervisor on Season One, how did y…
    - 5 days ago27 Aug 26, 2:45pm -
  • Godzilla Minus Zero
    Back to 1949 for Godzilla Minus Zero. Discover really cool behind-the-scenes footage from the set as the Shikishima family prepares to face a fresh catastrophe, two years after surviving their previous ordeal with the legendary monster. Directed by T…
    - 5 days ago27 Aug 26, 12:00pm -
  • Foundation Season 3: Framestore Builds a Sprawling Galaxy
    Discover the visual effects by Framestore for Foundation Season 3, behind a sprawling sci-fi galaxy, from massive space environments and complex megastructures to a weaponized station containing a black hole. Teams in Montréal and Mumbai, supported…
    - 5 days ago26 Aug 26, 6:00pm -
  • Star City: DNEG Brings an Alternate Space Race to Life
    The space race takes a different path in Star City! DNEG reveals its VFX work on the series, combining meticulous research and complex visual effects to create a Soviet-dominated vision of space exploration. Set in an alternate-history space race whe…
    - 6 days ago26 Aug 26, 3:00pm -

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  • newPhil Tippett Closes His Storied Berkeley Studio
    The 2-time Oscar winner sold off 4 decades of models, props, and gear - 'Star Wars' holochess pieces and an 'Empire Strikes Back' AT-AT among them - in a 3-day liquidation that wrapped Sunday; the studio's name continues under PhantomFX, with its Tor…
    - 13 hours ago31 Aug 26, 3:50pm -
  • USC Adds Beeble AI Production Tools to Filmmaking Courses
    The ETC think tank inside the School of Cinematic Arts has folded the AI toolmaker's relighting, compositing, and scene-reconstruction tech into courses and research for hands-on work in VFX, virtual production and visual storytelling.
    - 3 days ago28 Aug 26, 7:01pm -
  • Peter Cullen, Who Voiced Optimus Prime for 4 Decades, Dies at 85
    The Canadian actor carried the Autobot leader from the 1984 syndicated series through 2023's 'Rise of the Beasts,' building the performance on his Marine brother's advice to be strong enough to be gentle; also voiced Eeyore, Monterey Jack, Ironhide a…
    - 4 days ago28 Aug 26, 3:05pm -
  • Adobe Unveils New Photoshop AI Tools
    Tech giant's flagship image editor gains a non-destructive Light Adjustment Layer, Firefly Image 5-powered Instruct Edit with Masks, visual Markup prompting, and a beta AI Assisted Editor in latest update.
    - 5 days ago27 Aug 26, 2:44pm -
  • How 'Spider-Noir' Shot 1933 New York Twice
    Production designer Warren Alan Young built a three-and-a-half-story Rockefeller Center under construction, a gilded-cage apartment striped like prison bars and a bar rigged to break on contact - every set tested to read both in black-and-white and c…
    - 5 days ago26 Aug 26, 6:49pm -
  • VES Announces New Categories, Key Dates for 25th Annual VES Awards
    Photoreal and animated shorts, music videos, and social content up to 45 minutes get their own prize as the society updates its rules ahead of the February 17, 2027 ceremony; entries run September 15-October 31.
    - 5 days ago26 Aug 26, 4:37pm -
  • WeFX Shares 'From' Season 4 VFX Breakdown Reel
    The Toronto studio's 81 artists spent eight months on nearly 150 shots for the sci-fi horror series, matching eight-foot practical dolls digitally, giving them broken-button fangs, and building digital doubles for evisceration and creature transforma…
    - 6 days ago26 Aug 26, 12:49am -
  • VIEW Conference 2026 Adds Brad Bird Talk on 'Ray Gunn,' 'Disclosure Day' VFX
    2-time Oscar winner will present his Netflix sci-fi noir that streams December 18, while overall VFX supervisor Matthew Butler and Joel Behrens and Liz Bernard of Digital Domain break down 400-plus shots from Steven Spielberg's UFO thriller; conferen…
    - 6 days ago25 Aug 26, 11:32pm -
  • Joseph Bell Releases 2026 'Visual Effects & Animation World Atlas'
    The VFX veteran's third annual free report finds net industry growth of 2.7% over 12 months, a 1.5% contraction in LA against a 11.3% rebound in Vancouver, and no evidence in the data that AI has cut jobs; charts more than 140,000 VFX and animation p…
    - 6 days ago25 Aug 26, 6:55pm -
  • LTX Releases Open-Weights World Model LTX-2.5
    The LLM handles ACES high dynamic range end to end, renders multishot sequences as a single output and runs on a studio's own hardware; available now on Hugging Face, the LTX API and ComfyUI.
    - 10 days ago21 Aug 26, 7:37pm -
  • HBO's 'IT: Welcome to Derry' Heads Back to 1935 for Season 2
    Andy and Barbara Muschietti are back for a Depression-era second season, built around bank robbers who stop for ammunition and find something far worse waiting.
    - 11 days ago20 Aug 26, 8:49pm -
  • 'Coyote vs. Acme' Finally Gets Its Day in Court — and in Theaters
    Director Dave Green and voice actor Eric Bauza recount how the live-action/3DCG hybrid survived Warner Bros. Discovery's 2023 shelving for a tax write-off, found a savior in Ketchup Entertainment, and finally hits cinemas August 28.
    - 12 days ago20 Aug 26, 12:31am -

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