fxpodcast: ​Pablo Helman on Wicked for Good + BTS gallery

December 23, 2025

We speak to Pablo Hellman about the second Wicked for Good film and it comes with a special treat of a gallery of behind-the-scenes images.

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fxpodcast: ​Scott Stokdyk and Fantastic Four: First Steps

December 10, 2025

VFX supervisor Scott Stokdyk unpacks the visual effects of the latest Fantastic Four film, including how the team approached the film as three huge challenges.

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fxpodcast: Chris MacLean on the design, action, and VFX of Foundation

November 13, 2025

Hear how Foundation season 3’s jaw-dropping visuals came together as Chris MacLean walks us through the season’s standout VFX challenges and innovations.

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fxpodcast: Playing dirty – DNEG’s seamless Sydney to New York sleight of hand

October 28, 2025

A conversation with DNEG VFX Supervisor Dan Bethell on how they turned sunny Sydney into a snow-covered New York as well as other work for Shane Black’s thriller, Play Dirty.

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fxpodcast: Nano Banana with Zap Andersson

October 9, 2025

Shaders, AI, and bananas…Zap is back on the fxpodcast to break down his wildest experiments with generative AI yet.

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fxpodcast: Chris Nichols & Daniel Thron – surviving VFX, embracing filmmaking, and loving their splats!

September 24, 2025

We chat with Nichols & Thron about their careers and their new venture, SIGGRAPH highlights, and the future of filmmaking — gaussian splats and all.

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fxpodcast: Heads of State detailed shot by shot breakdown

September 9, 2025

Fabricio Baessa, DNEG VFX supervisor, discusses the VFX of the Air Force One attack sequence in Heads of State.

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fxpodcast: VFX Supervisor Sue Rowe talks Andor season 2

August 20, 2025

Scanline VFX brings grit, glass, and grounded physics to Andor season 2 and Sue Rowe reveals how they did it.

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fxpodcast: Superman with Framestore – Krypto, crystals, & cutting-edge gaussian splats

August 18, 2025

We sit down with CG Supervisor Kevin Sears and Animation Supervisor Loic Mireault to unpack their contributions to the film.

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fxpodcast: Black Mirror’s USS Callister: Into Infinity with James MacLachlan

August 13, 2025

From voxel teleporters to epic space battles, VFX Supervisor James MacLachlan reveals how Black Mirror’s USS Callister: Into Infinity blends cinematic sci-fi and retro gaming.

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fxpodcast: Superman with Wētā FX

August 11, 2025

VFX Supervisor Guy Williams joins the fxpodcast to reveal how his team brought Kaiju battles, cube rivers, and incredible oners to life for James Gunn’s Superman.

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fxpodcast: F1 The Movie, with VFX Supervisor Ryan Tudhope

July 25, 2025

Ryan Tudhope discusses the artistry behind Kosinski’s F1. From real pit-lane to rebuilt crashes & rain-soaked Monza sequences, over 2,500 VFX shots were seamlessly woven into the invisible VFX of F1.

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Crafting Jurassic World: Rebirth with Gareth Edwards and David Vickery

June 30, 2025

Our fxpodcast with Edwards (director) and Vickery (production vfx supervisor) on refining the Jurassic wonder, crafting photoreal creatures, having fun and more, all with Steven Spielberg watching.

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VFX shadows, silhouettes, and the Sentry: ILM’s work on Marvel’s Thunderbolts

June 25, 2025

In this fxpodcast, we speak with ILM’s Chad Wiebe and Lee McNair to unpack the layers of work that went into some of the film’s most complex sequences.

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fxpodcast: ACES 2.0 with ILM’s Alex Fry

June 17, 2025

Geek out with an in-depth discussion of the development process behind the modern color science and improvements in ACES 2.0.

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fxpodcast: Landman’s special effects and explosions with Garry Elmendorf

June 13, 2025

Industry veteran Garry Elmendorf joins the fxpodcast to share the details of bringing explosive realism to Taylor Sheridan’s Landman series.

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fxpodcast: the making of the immersive Apple Vision Pro film Bono: Stories of Surrender

June 9, 2025

The-Artery’s Vico Sharabani and Elad Offer discuss the vfx and data-hungry post-production of the immersive version of Bono: Stories of Surrender.

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fxpodcast: Chefs of data – Etoile and machine learning

May 30, 2025

David Gaddie does a deep dive into the AI tech for the Étoile, the Amazon series from Amy Sherman-Palladino. Includes exclusive footage and in-depth breakdowns of Gaddie’s innovative solution.

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fxpodcast: Union VFX’s work on Black Mirror season 7 – USS Callister

May 21, 2025

Mike goes below deck and behind the scenes of the USS Callister and discusses the visual effects with the team from Union VFX.

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fxpodcast: Politics meets pixels: business implications of possible tariffs

May 7, 2025

In our latest fxpodcast, we speak with Joseph Bell on Trump’s proposed film tariff, global VFX trends, and the business of uncertainty

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fxpodcast: VFX dying to work with Mickey 17

April 21, 2025

DNEG’s Chris McLaughlin and Robyn Luckham join Mike Seymour for this episode of the fxpodcast and discuss their work on Bong Joon Ho’s Mickey 17.

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Behind the plasticine: crafting Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

April 9, 2025

Howard Jones joins the fxpodcast to discuss the alchemy of Aardman’s particular blend of humour, heart, and handcrafted charm.

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Michael Cioni and the new landscape for post & VFX

April 3, 2025

In our latest fxpodcast, Cioni reveals how he feels post could reinvent – or bury – Hollywood.

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Oscar-winning legend Rob Legato on Stability AI & the future of VFX

March 20, 2025

We talk to three-time Academy Award-winning VFX Supervisor Rob Legato about why he has teamed up with Stability AI and how he wants to help redefine the future of AI-driven filmmaking.

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NeRFs, gaussian splatting, and the future of VFX

March 10, 2025

Sam Hodge discusses why NeRFs and gaussian splatting are changing VFX, real-time, photoreal volume capture in an AI game-changing way.

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Production design & VFX on Captain America: Brave New World

February 26, 2025

Ramsey Avery, production designer of Marvel’s Captain America: Brave New World, with an in-depth discussion of the relationship between production design and VFX

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fxpodcast: Silo DOP Ed Moore

January 20, 2025

Behind the Scenes of filming Silo Season 2 with DOP Ed Moore.

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fxpodcast: SFX Makeup Supervisor Chris Bridges

January 16, 2025

Chris Bridges, Emmy-winning visionary at Gaslight FX Studio, discusses the world of prosthetic makeup and special effects from Star Trek: Strange New Worlds series to the feature film:Heretic.

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fxpodcast: Dune: Part Two Visual Effects Supervisor Paul Lambert

January 5, 2025

A deep dive into Dune: Part Two with Oscar winner Paul Lambert, including that amazing black-and-white infrared sequence.

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fxpodcast: Better Man with Wētā FX

January 3, 2025

We speak with Wētā FX VFX Supervisor Luke Millar and Animation Supervisor Dave Clayton about the seamless complex animation of Robbie Williams.

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