Behind the scenes of the practical and digital creatures and worlds of ‘Alien: Romulus’

October 1, 2024

Xenomorphs! Facehuggers! The chestburster!

Issue #22 of befores & afters magazine in PRINT is now out! It goes in-depth on the practical and digital effects in Fede Alvarez’s Alien: Romulus.

The new issue includes coverage of the creatures, miniatures and CG work in the film, with detailed interviews featuring Legacy Effects, Wētā Workshop, Studio Gillis, Tippett Studio and visual effects supervisor Eric Barba, who runs down the digital VFX work by vendors including Industrial Light & Magic and Wētā FX.

This issue also showcases a number of pieces of concept artwork by the design team.

Find issue #22 at your local Amazon store:

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A big thanks to Action VFX for sponsoring this issue!

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