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Digital Actors: Are They Ready For Their CG Close-ups?

With “Alita: Battle Angel” poised for release, we take a look at the state of play in photorealistic cg humans.

Real-time tools are giving animation and vfx creators more flexibility in generating cg worlds and characters.

Here’s our coverage of the 15 contenders who are competing for an animation/vfx Oscar next week.

This year’s Oscar-nominated vfx supervisors name their toughest shots—and they’re not all what you might think.

What do you think?

Defying critics, box office pundits, and even the studio that made the film, audiences have turned out to see “Monster Trucks.”

The Walt Disney Company has won every VES animation honor for the last four years. Can “Kubo and the Two Strings” break the streak?

The BAFTAs expanded the feature animation category this year, a move that benefitted the Walt Disney Company.

Just how do you give a Star Wars droid a personality?

The rise of dead celebrities is new again, thanks to “Rogue One.”

The vfx shortlist includes the expected (“Doctor Strange,” “The Jungle Book”) and the unexpected (“Kubo and the Two Strings,” “Arrival”)

The creature effects supervisor wants to collaborate even more with his digital counterparts.

The 20 films in contention for the vfx Oscar have been announced.

Who are the likely contenders for a visual effects Oscar? And which films might surprise this year?