ILM's Ben Morris reflects on 'The Last Jedi' and 'ABBA Voyage'

Behind the key challenges in those very different projects.

Today it’s our latest episode from the special ILM podcast series, as part of the release of my book, Industrial Light & Magic: 50 Years of Innovation.

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I chat this week to Ben Morris, creative director at ILM London, having worked for several years at Framestore previously. Here we jump into two of the large projects he helped oversee at ILM, which were Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and ABBA Voyage. We go into the innovations required on those projects, and we explore ILM’s move into things like immersive concert and other experiences.

This podcast is sponsored by RE:Vision Effects.

Here’s a quick quiz: Name the company that made VFX for these movies?

E.T., Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Abyss, Terminator 2,, Forest Gump, The Mask, Twister, Mission Impossible, Spawn, Speed II, Saving Private Ryan, The Perfect Storm, AI, Minority Report, Cowboys and Aliens, Lucy, Kong: Skull Island, The Revenant, The Batman, Alien: Romulus and Running Man?

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Listen in, above. And check out Last Jedi and ABBA Voyage breakdowns, below.