So, which films made the VFX Oscar Bake-Off list?
Find out here.
The 157-page befores & afters deep dive magazine on the VFX of ‘Sinners’ is now available for free
Read the entire digital magazine here, full of behind the scenes info and imagery.
Learn on set VFX stories this World VFX Day
All the World VFX Day sessions are happening over 15 hours on 8th December!
Season 2 of ‘Gen V’ features one character who can store people in his anus
How *that* Black Hole scene was done, plus other visual effects in the show.
IAMAG Master Classes will feature ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ production designer Dylan Cole
Dylan Cole returns to IAMAG for Master Classes ’26 in Montreal.
How the original ‘The Running Man’ predicted the rise of the deep fake
The Arnold Schwarzenegger film foresaw both the use of digital VFX and machine learning. An excerpt from issue 3 of befores &
This preview for the new S. S. Rajamouli film ‘Varanasi’ already has millions and millions of views. Here’s how it was made
Visual effects supervisor Srinivas Mohan breaks it down.
How ‘The Bad Guys 2’ filmmakers approached stylization and combining 2D and 3D FX
The tools and techniques that gave the sequel its hand-crafted look. With EXCLUSIVE breakdown videos.
The race to get a model jet ready for filming on Ari Aster’s ‘Eddington’
The jet scenes in the film were realized with a combination of a modified off-the-shelf model plane kit and digital visual effects.
SIGGRAPH Asia 2025 in Hong Kong: a preview
A look at what to expect with VFX and animation sessions at the conference.
‘Wicked: For Good’: the VFX team preview the upcoming film
They also reflect on being part of the Wicked universe.
New making-of ‘Avatar’ book is coming
Go behind the scenes.
Why two dams were built for that explosive scene in ‘The Phoenician Scheme’
Behind the scenes with miniature unit supervisor Simon Weisse.
Doug Chiang reflects on the day he first used Photoshop
How the famed designer jumped onto the tool during the shift into digital at ILM.
How the directors of ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ implemented something they called ‘sneaky deep’
How they combined silly and ‘stupid’ scenes with meaningful moments in the blockbuster Sony Pictures Animation/Netflix film.
Why this VFX breakdown video from Todd Vaziri is SOOOO good
You rarely get this kind of analysis about VFX shots.
Here’s the many different ways the title character of ‘M3GAN 2.0’ was made, both practically and digitally
Animatronic, performer in open and closed mask, posable doll, CG, face replacements (and all of the above).
5 sessions not to miss at VIEW Conference 2025
Also, how to score a 20% discount on tickets!
Here’s how those insane body morphing shots in ‘Together’ were made
Behind the intimate supernatural body horror film starring Dave Franco and Alison Brie.
‘Andor’ and ‘The Penguin’ win VFX Emmys
Results straight from the Creative Arts Emmys.
Learn the art and craft of animation and VFX at VIEW Conference
All the big names, a 3 hr workshop from me, and how to get a 20% ticket discount.
Special event preview: In Motion in London
The Playgrounds event is being held at the Barbican Centre, London on 9 and 10 October 2025.
Crowds, courses and some crazy fun effects: the VFX of ‘Happy Gilmore 2’
Go behind the scenes with Scanline VFX on their work for the Adam Sandler film.
How those children breaking through glass windows scenes were made in ‘Weapons’
A combination of fun greenscreen stunt work, and digital VFX from Ingenuity Studios, was used.
New previews of my ‘Industrial Light & Magic: 50 Years of Innovation’ book are here!
A whole swathe of spreads from the book are now available.
Look closer: what you might have missed in these VFX shots from ‘Ballerina’
A look behind the scenes at the visual effects of two key sequences in the film, with beloFX.
Here’s two VFX and virtual production-related tech reveals from SIGGRAPH
ILM showcased Oscar, a suite of tablet-based user interfaces for StageCraft, while Sony Pictures Imageworks unveiled its approach to making light rigs,
The Fantastic Four: First Steps
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Predator: Badlands
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Sinners
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