How they made dino scenes in ‘Life on Our Planet’ This featurette includes lots of on-set footage, stuffies, set surveying, and discussion from ILMers! November 4, 2023 VFX Breakdowns
‘The Trek Not Taken’ will blow you away Includes early CG 'Star Trek' tests. October 7, 2023 VFX Breakdowns
‘We explained to the studio that we were going to do everything backward’ Read Gareth Edwards' in-depth statement on the making of 'The Creator': how the director and his team took the unconventional approach of October 1, 2023 Articles
Watch this quick vid with ILM modelmaker John Goodson on the T-6 Jedi Shuttle in ‘Ahsoka’ Awesome to see miniatures used in the show! September 23, 2023 VFX Breakdowns
Watch this new ‘Dial of Destiny’ ET featurette on the de-ageing of Harrison Ford The Entertainment Tonight video includes some fun on-set imagery of Ford, plus befores/afters of the VFX by Industrial Light & Magic. September 1, 2023 VFX Breakdowns
‘Andor’ production visual effects supervisor Mohen Leo on designing VFX shots This new podcast breaks down several of the key VFX sequences in the show. August 24, 2023 Podcasts
ILM’s Grady Cofer and Hal Hickel break down the visual effects in s3 of ‘The Mandalorian’ Including...Grogu and IG-12! August 20, 2023 Podcasts
‘You never know what the most complicated shot is going to be in your movie’ Industrial Light & Magic’s Todd Vaziri digs into the details on ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ (and also delivers us a VFX masterclass on June 15, 2023 Articles
How ILM’s MORF tool nearly became the way the stop-motion dinos were motion blurred on ‘Jurassic Park’ On the film’s 30th anniversary, learn how the VFX studio was going to motion blur Tippett’s stop-motion puppets, before things went CG. June 13, 2023 Articles·Retro
How ‘Andor’s’ real London locations were the basis of Coruscant finals Turning the Barbican into a Star Wars building. May 29, 2023 Podcasts
Optical Dogs, dailies and the origins of ‘CBB’: 40 years of ‘Jedi’ We look back at the four decade anniversary of 'Return of the Jedi' with Industrial Light & Magic’s production supervisor on the May 26, 2023 Retro
It certainly *looked* like Michelle Williams was playing the piano in ‘The Fabelmans’… …but actually that was the result of some very neat visual effects work from Industrial Light & Magic. May 24, 2023 Articles
Why Steven Spielberg decided to use LED walls for the first time on ‘The Fabelmans’ How the director relied on ILM’s StageCraft virtual production set-up for the New Jersey tornado sequence. May 9, 2023 Articles
Here’s why the fluid sims on ‘The Perfect Storm’ were so hard to do VFX Notes has a special guest -- Habib Zargarpour - who discusses his role at ILM on the oceans for 'The Perfect April 6, 2023 Podcasts
The THEN & NOW sessions are on again at FMX 2023! Stop-motion puppet fabrication, Dragonheart's animation and a look back at Gravity. March 29, 2023 Articles
Celebrate the release of the new 4K UHD ‘Dragonslayer’ SteelBook release with this Phil Tippett gallery Re-visiting the go-motion work by Phil Tippett at ILM. March 21, 2023 Articles·Retro
Watch ILM’s ‘Wakanda Forever’ VFX breakdown The studio has released their work showcasing the attack on the city. March 12, 2023 Articles·VFX Breakdowns
The insider guide to the art and tech of ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ A new VFX Notes breaks down the big ticket VFX items in the film. February 10, 2023 Podcasts
Here’s how Industrial Light & Magic orchestrated Luthen’s ‘lightsaber’ ship in ‘Andor’ Plus, behind the scenes on ship builds to replicate the ‘miniatures look’, Ferrix’s shipyard, and Coruscant’s cityscapes. January 31, 2023 Articles
Industrial Light & Magic put ‘Wakanda Forever’s’ Namor on top of a helicopter simulation to test his different flight speeds How the VFX studio made the character fly, and how they also helped orchestrate the Talokan attack on Wakanda. January 6, 2023 Articles
ILM’s Hal Hickel on how nostalgia and CG backlash can affect the perception of VFX The ILM animation director gave this fantastic talk at VIEW Conference this year. December 30, 2022 Articles
The surprising inspiration for that crazy Warg in ‘The Rings of Power’ Chihuahuas can be scary. But the real reason it served as reference for the Warg was: reality. December 13, 2022 Articles
The puppet, mocap and CG tests behind the characters for ‘Lost Ollie’ And how ILM crafted the final intricate performances of Ollie, Rosy and Zozo. November 25, 2022 Articles
‘Flubber’ turns 25: how ILM made the shape-shifting green goo come to life Flubber! November 24, 2022 Articles·Retro
Rob Bredow on the state of play of virtual production at ILM The latest on StageCraft and other tech at ILM. November 14, 2022 Podcasts
‘Where’s the head? When’s the head going to turn up?’ ‘The Bubble’ had some slightly unusual visual effects requirements to help deliver its tongue-in-cheek tale. September 25, 2022 Magazine