Chris Wedge Gets Epic


Epic is not only Blue Sky's best movie but also director Chris Wedge's most personal, too: a swashbuckling, samurai action/adventure that takes place in a lush, microscopic forest world. It beautifully translates N.C. Wyeth for Alice in Wonderland meets The Adventures

Full Trailering of Planes


The official Planes trailer has taken flight, highlighted by Mark Mancina's majestic score, accentuating the connection to Cars. There's bonding between cars and planes before Dusty the wily crop duster (Dane Cook) soars high above and far away from Radiator Springs

Trailering More Pacific Rim


Following the exciting WonderCon footage comes a new Pacific Rim trailer that delves further into Guillermo del Toro's mother of all CG monster movies (opening July 12). Summer box office prospects look strong and the Oscar-contending VFX by ILM (going well beyond

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Knoll Talks M: I Ghost Protocol

Posted on December 24, 2011 by Bill Desowitz in Clips, Movies, Tech, Trailers, VFX, Virtual Production | 1 Comment

ILM’s John Knoll discusses CG autos, sandstorms, and Brad Bird in my latest TOH column at Indiewire. As a tech aside, ILM continues to use its GPU-accelerated Plume and, for the climactic fight above, Katana and Arnold as part of a new collaboration with Sony Pictures Imageworks.