A game awakens, in LEGO form

Recently a teaser trailer burst onto the scene for the LEGO Force Awakens Video Game – fxguide finds out who was behind it and how it was made.

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Sky Q liquid life from The Mill

In the first of four spots The Mill liquefy The Avengers ‘on screen’ – one of the most beautiful CG spots of the year.

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Ex Machina wins Oscar for Visual Effects

….and the winner is….Ex Machina!

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DD: behind the dcenes: Deadpool’s Colossus – DesignFX

Our Exclusive WIRED DesignFX on the making of Deadpool’s Colossus .

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Q&A: Deadpool director Tim Miller

Tim Miller recounts his journey from Blur to Deadpool in this special fxinsider interview.

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Force Awakens takes out VFX BAFTA

Awards season is in full swing, with the BAFTAs awarding The Force Awakens the top prize in VFX.

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Creating an alternate world: The Man in the High Castle

An exclusive look at Zoic Studio’s visual effects for The Man in the High Castle.

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Lumberyard: free is the new black

Lumberyard represents a significant shift in the way artists will be able to access game engines – and possibly for more than just game development.

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14th annual VES Awards – all the winners

The 14th annual VES Awards are just getting underway, starting with a hilarious opening from Patton Oswalt…we’ll update the winners as they come through.

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Making The Finest Hours

MPC reveals how the studio made the CG waves, water and storm effects in The Finest Hours.

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fxinsider: ILM’s deep compositing on The Force Awakens

For a special fxinsider subscribers, a bonus video interview with ILM comp supervisor Jay Cooper on the studio’s deep pipeline for The Force Awakens.

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fxinsider: Everest VFX supe Dadi Einarsson

Icelandic visual effects supervisor Dadi Einarsson, who recently supervised Everest, gives fxguide a run down of the VFX scene in his country.

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Visual Effects Oscars® Nominees

The nominated films for the 88th Oscars® are…

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14th Annual VES Award Nominees

Nominees have been announced for the 14th annual Visual Effects Society Awards…

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MARI, LAIKA and tools from ILM, R&H & Imageworks among Sci-Tech winners

Read the full list of Sci-Tech Award winners, which include on-set, photography, color science and VFX tools.

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BAFTA nominations announced

Nominees for the EE British Academy Film Awards…

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Ex Machina: new VFX breakdowns

Watch brand new VFX breakdowns showing how Double Negative created Ava for Ex Machina.

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Nikon, yes Nikon, surprises us with the KeyMission 360

RC Tech: Nikon has new cameras at CES – but of all of them the new KeyMission 360 is the most surprising. GoPro, the ball is now in your court!

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10 VFX films advance to Bake-off

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 10 films remain in the running in the Visual Effects category for the 88th Academy Awards®.

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The early days at PDI

In this special fxinsider interview, we talk to PDI co-founder Glen Entis about the pioneering days at animation studio PDI.

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20 in the VFX Oscar race

Find out which films have made it into the top-20 for the VFX Oscar, and let us know what your final ten and final five would be.

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Unionizing efforts in the UK

In London recently BECTU (Broadcasting Entertainment Cinematograph and Theatre Union) formally requested recognition to represent the compositing department at MPC. fxguide spoke with Paul Evans from BECTU as well as Joe Pavlo, an artist who has been heavily involved in the effort.

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X.IO and Octane 3

We review an impressive demo on two separate fronts !

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What happens to miniatures after they’ve been shot?

Famed ILM Model Shop modelmaker Lorne Peterson talks to fxguide about the fate of miniatures. Plus behind the scenes of some of his favorite projects.

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