Tag: Animation World Network

Animation World Network: Turning Glasgow Into Philadelphia for the Zombie Apocalypse of World War Z

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Cinesite VFX Supervisor Matt Johnson tells a tale of two “digital” cities in recreating key environments for Marc Forster’s new zombie film. Listening to Matt Johnson describe Cinesite’s efforts in Marc Forster’s World War Z, your first thought is, “Jeez, I wish I owned the coffee concession on that shoot!”  Keeping the look of the film […]

Animation World Network: Bond Gets a CG Komodo Dragon for Skyfall

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Cinesite’s Jon Neill discusses creating the first CG character for the Bond franchise along with other VFX mayhem. In Skyfall, which is breaking box office records for the James Bond franchise in honor of the 50th anniversary, Daniel Craig’s 007 loses his mojo. He also has a tense yet humorous skirmish with a Komodo dragon […]

Animation World Network: John Carter

John Carter

Go behind the scenes of Andrew Stanton’s first live-action feature and long-awaited Edgar Rice Burroughs adaptation. Before Star Wars and Avatar and all the rest was Edgar Rice Burroughs’ influential Under the Moons of Mars, which later became the more familiar novel, A Princess of Mars, followed by 10 more in the “Barsoom” series. Pixar’s […]

Animation World Network: Marmaduke – A Hybrid Breed Apart

Marmaduke

Fox’s big-screen adaptation of Marmaduke (based on the long-running comic strip) goes further in its hybrid animation approach than Beverly Hills Chihuahua or other canine movies. Cinesite in London was called on to place CG faces over live-action animals and Rhythm & Hues was tasked with creating fully-CG dogs and cats for some of the more […]