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Crafting a Magical Confection: The VFX of ‘Wonka’

Trevor Hogg - January 2, 2024

In the new Warner Bros. movie Wonka, director Paul King (Paddington) offers an origin story for the eccentric chocolatier introduced in Roald Dahl’s classic...

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‘The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes’ VFX Supervisor Takes Us Inside the New ‘Hunger Games’ Prequel

Trevor Hogg - December 4, 2023

In the new prequel The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, audiences meet a young version of the tyrannical President of Panem,...

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‘The Creator’ VFX Supe Jay Cooper on Creating a Retro-Futuristic World

Trevor Hogg - November 6, 2023

While traveling from one hole to another on a golf course in Park City, Utah, visual effects supervisor Jay Cooper (Babylon) took the time...

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Behind the Scenes of ‘The Continental’s ’70s NYC Flashback

Trevor Hogg - October 6, 2023

This fall, Peacock viewers get a chance to explore the backstory of Winston Scott, the debonair hotelier from the popular John Wick franchise, in...

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‘The Last Voyage of the Demeter’ VFX Supervisor Brad Parker Reveals Its Blood-Curdling Secrets

Trevor Hogg - September 1, 2023

Director André Øvredal's (Trollhunter) summer horror movie The Last Voyage of the Demeter fleshes out the chapter in Bram Stoker’s Dracula that plays out...

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‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’ Digitally De-Ages a Beloved Hollywood Hero

Trevor Hogg - July 17, 2023

Much been written about Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny since the movie premiered at the Cannes Film Festival two months ago. In...

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‘The Last of Us’: Creating VFX That Grow On You for HBO’s Apocalyptic Hit

Trevor Hogg - May 1, 2023

HBO’s hugely popular adaptation of Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us game has been one of the biggest small-screen success stories of the year. The first...

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‘Shadow and Bone’ VFX Supe Ante Dekovic Guides Us Through the Magic and Monsters of S2

Trevor Hogg - March 20, 2023

To ground her storytelling while bringing something new to the fantasy genre, novelist Leigh Bardugo combined the elemental magic of Avatar: The Last Airbender...

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Visualizing a Magnificent Nervous Breakdown in ‘Bardo’

Trevor Hogg - February 24, 2023

A Mexican-born, Los Angeles based journalist and documentarian Silverio Gama (Daniel Giménez Cacho) goes through a visually arresting existential crisis in Bardo, False Chronicle...

VFX

‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ Director James Cameron & VFX Team Dive into Pandora’s Magic

Trevor Hogg - January 3, 2023

***This article originally appeared in the February '23 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 327)*** Watching the Hollywood blockbusters of James Cameron, it is not hard...

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‘Black Adam’ VFX Supe Bill Westenhofer on Creating a New Big Screen Antihero

Trevor Hogg - December 9, 2022

***This article originally appeared in the January '23 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 326)*** A passion project long in development for action star Dwayne Johnson,...

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The Year’s Top VFX Oscar Contenders

Trevor Hogg - December 5, 2022

***This article originally appeared in the January '23 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 326)*** December marks moviegoers’ return to Pandora after a 13-year absence, which...

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‘Slumberland’: VFX Supe Adrian de Wet on Updating Little Nemo for the 21st Century

Trevor Hogg - November 18, 2022

***This article originally appeared in the December ’22 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 325)*** In his fifth outing with filmmaker Francis Lawrence, visual effects supervisor...

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‘The Rings of Power’: The VFX of a Dazzling Return to Middle-earth

Trevor Hogg - October 30, 2022

***This article originally appeared in the December '22 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 325)*** With a reported production budget of $465 million, Amazon Studios' blockbusters...

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‘The Woman King’ VFX Supe Sara Bennett Details the True Story’s Meticulously Researched Visuals

Trevor Hogg - September 29, 2022

If you thought that the Dora Milaje of Wakanda did not have a real-life counterpart, then the recently released feature The Woman King directed...

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What Dreams Are Made Of: Neil Gaiman and ‘The Sandman’ VFX Team Spill the Show’s Visual Secrets

Trevor Hogg - August 29, 2022

***This article originally appeared in the Sept./Oct. '22 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 323)*** In 1989, celebrated fantasy author and comic-book writer Neil Gaiman (American...

Features

It’s Hammer Time, Again! VFX Supe Jake Morrison Takes Us Behind the Scenes of ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’

Trevor Hogg - July 28, 2022

***This article originally appeared in the August '22 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 322) *** After achieving box office and comedic success with Thor:...

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Exclusive: How the ‘Stranger Things’ VFX Team Conjured More Demons for Season 4

Trevor Hogg - July 5, 2022

***This article originally appeared in the 35th Anniversary Issue of Animation Magazine (June-July '22, No. 321)*** The VFX artists working on the fourth season of the hit...

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Exclusive: ‘Jurassic World Dominon’ VFX Supe David Vickery Unleashes the Dinosaurs Again

Trevor Hogg - July 5, 2022

***This article originally appeared in the 35th Anniversary issue of Animation Magazine (June-July '22, No. 321)*** Twenty-eight years after the release of Steven Spielberg’s ground-breaking movie Jurassic...

Features

‘The Batman’: Re-Imagining the Dark Knight with VFX Supe Dan Lemmon

Trevor Hogg - April 18, 2022

***This article originally appeared in the May '22 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 320)*** Ever since his remake of Swedish vampire tale Let the Right...

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