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With Paramount+ releasing the "making of" miniseries The Offer, which focused on the behind-the-scene filming of 1972's The Godfather, I had to wonder why Disney didn't offer a similar treatment in the making of 1977's Star Wars Sure, they have the Disney+ docuseries that covered the creation and continued influence of Lucasfilms' Industrial Light &[...]

Some amusing stories come from those who are able to undermine current works of the conglomerates whether if it's fraudster-turned-security consultant Frank Abagnale, as depicted in the film Catch Me If You Can (2002) Or in the case of YouTuber "Shamook", you use the technology known as deepfake to create an arguably more accurate portrayal[...]

Richard Bluff, ILM VFX supervisor, and their whole team always ensured we'd have a great starting point They gave us plenty of concept drawings and anything that would be applicable or related to our shots and the assets that we were creating We also took time to discuss the things that were important to them[...]

Let's cut right to the chase here: Solo: A Star Wars Story is not a bad film; in fact, it's fairly good However, whether someone finds it to be a good Star Wars film will be very much in the eye of the beholder If you can let yourself get past the new actors in[...]

I'm relieved to say that The Last Jedi is a solid and enjoyable meaningful addition to the trilogy of trilogies. The reason that enjoyable is struck out in the first paragraph is because for any fan of the franchise, there's going to be a great deal of emotion surrounding this particular film The shadow over the[...]

But according to Duncan Jones, the number one challenge for the film was nailing the orcs And until recently, that technology may not have existed The below featurette focuses on the visual effects for the upcoming film and how ILM played a huge role in making the movie work. Warcraft will be in theaters June 10th. [youtube]https://youtu.be/8Z0qAwst5hs[/youtube] [...]

It isn't. But people who like the Transformers films are going to love this movie People who like Japanese comics about giant robots are going to love this movie too People who have always wanted to see Godzilla done right are going to love this movie People who played Portal are going to love this movie[...]