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Luc Besson Says There Are 2,734 VFX Shots in ‘Valerian’

The first teaser trailer for Luc Besson’s ‘Valerian’ is out—and it’s packed with vfx and animation.

ILM’s Rebel ‘Jurassic Park’ Artists Reflect On The State of VFX Art Today

Mark Dippé and Steve ‘Spaz’ Williams, who created groundbreaking vfx work on “Jurassic Park,” “T2,” and “The Abyss,” talk about what’s different about the vfx industry today.

The Tech Behind Bebop and Rocksteady’s Comic Turns in ‘Teenage Mutant Nina Turtles: Out of the Shadows’

Carton Brew speaks to ILM vfx supe Pablo Helman about the variety of vfx techniques needed to create the scene-stealing performances of Bebop and Rocksteady.

An Oral History of ILM’s ‘Dragonheart’ On Its 20th Anniversary

“Dragonheart,” released twenty years ago this week, was a live-action film that had one of the first digital characters you could believe in. We talk to the ILM artists who created it.

For Fourth Year In A Row, Disney Co. Sweeps Animation Categories At VES Awards

The Walt Disney Company has now won 16 consecutive animation awards at the VES Awards.

ILM’s CG Work Is The Biggest Star of New ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows’ Trailer

The new Turtles trailer contains plenty of cartoon fun, thanks to ILM.

ILM Hires VFX Outsider Sam Mercer as Studio Head

Film producer Sam Mercer has been hired to run ILM’s four studios in San Francisco, Vancouver, London, and Singapore.

Disney Drops Brad Bird’s ‘Tomorrowland’ Trailer

The full trailer for Disney and Brad Bird’s ‘Tomorrowland’ has arrived.

‘Strange Magic’ Has Something That Resembles a Trailer

There are bad trailers, and then there’s this incomprehensible thing promoting “Strange Magic,” an animated feature that feels like Blue Sky’s “Epic” produced by the people who made “Delgo.”

Lucasfilm Announces Surprise Animated Feature ‘Strange Magic’

Disney-owned Lucasfilm dropped a bombshell on the film world this morning: “Strange Magic,” a new previously-unannounced animated feature based on a story by George Lucas, will be released into theaters by Disney’s Touchstone Pictures label on January 23, 2015.

Academy Reveals 21 Contenders for 2014 Sci-Tech Oscars

Last Friday the Scientific and Technical Awards Committee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced a list of 21 scientific and technical achievements in 16 different areas, which have been selected for further awards consideration.