In this episode of the fxpodcast, our guest is Crafty Apes Chief Marketing Officer and Executive Producer Matt Akey. Matt has been in the industry for over 20 years in VFX animation and live-action. He is a VFX executive producer supporting Crafty Ape’s teams internationally.
Their latest was contributing to Bad Boys: Ride or Die, the buddy cop action comedy film starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence. This is the fourth installment of the Bad Boys series and the sequel to Bad Boys for Life (2020). It was directed by Adil & Bilall and written by Chris Bremner and Will Beall. Crafty Apes only worked on part of the film, as you can hear in this week’s fxpodcast.
Here are a couple of the principal photography and completed Bad Boys: Ride or Die VFX shots that Matt discusses in this fxpodcast:
The VFX company has offices in LA, Atlanta, NY, Albuquerque, Baton Rouge, Vancouver, Montreal, and most recently, London. We sat down with Matt to discuss Crafty Apes’ latest work, including Bad Boys: Ride or Die, Unfrosted, John Wick, Nobody, and many more.
Given Crafty Apes’ global perspective on the industry, on the fxpodcast we discuss rebates, working from home, AI, and more.