Despite being a film who’s sole claim to fame was that James Cameron (of “Titanic” and “Avatar” fame) handled the art direction, “Galaxy of Terror” was a lot more than a low-budget “Alien” knockoff. It had cool spaceships and interesting underlying themes (namely that facing your fears gives you power over them). Sure, the end […]
Edited 7/28 1110 1111 1534 “Final Destination 5,” the latest in the perhaps the most inaccurately named series of films ever, is being directed by Steve Quale, who’s worked with James Cameron on “Aliens of the Deep” and “Avatar.” Luckily, it appears there’s more Tony Todd than in prior episodes. This is good because his […]
The Hughes Brothers, once again on the A-list after the success of The Book Of Eli–which pulled in around $150 million dollars worldwide–were offered Akira, based upon the anime by Katsuhiro Otomo.
Above is a video of a partial animatronic (a covered skeletal armature that use various methods to mimic the motion of a human, animal, or imaginary being) test for the movie “I Am Legend” from Steve Johnson FX. It was not used in the final film, though considering the designs that were, is disappointing.
It seems that WETA featured a Livestream about “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” just before Apple’s exclusive trailer debuted on Thursday. The livestream featured Joe Letterii, Senior Visual Effects Supervisor for WETA, Dan Lemmon, a Visual Effects Supervisor, and actor Andy Serkis, who will be playing Caesar, the ape that leads the rebellion […]
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