fxguide has learned that The Foundry has acquired Nuke from Digital Domain. We speak exclusively to Foundry R&D Head, Bill Collis, from his home in the UK. Updated with information from The Foundry. (Story updated Mar 12 22:10 GMT)

In this podcast we talk to two of the companies behind some of the shots in Night at the Museum. When we heard that Dick Van Dyke was a not only a fan but VFX hobbyist, we could not resist asking the guys about what it was like to work with someone who started by dancing through a cartoon with Walt, and recently diced with death with a T REX, we also cover bubble gum rocks and ‘real’ miniatures !

300 is the latest Frank Miller graphical novel to be translated to the screen. In this fxpodcast we talk to Jeremy Hunt who first came to fame with the web’s first breakthrough viral short, 405. He is the founder of Screaming Death Monkey, one of the effects houses who helped those actors recreate the story of the 300 Spartans.

We spoke to two of the groups honored with Academy Awards for their technical achivements. First, ILM who are honored for developing OpenEXR and their image modeling tool. Then, the Foundry who are being honored for their Furnace tools. To win such an honor means your work significantly advances the art and science of film making.

In this week’s fxpodcast we talk to Dario Piana, the director of the upcoming film The Deaths of Ian on set. We hear first hand about his issues with the special effects film – during a break in filming. This is part of our continuing series profiling the whole film making process of The Deaths of Ian.

Congrats to all the Winners of the 2007 VES awards. We choose to profile the work of just one of the many winners, to show the detailed work that goes into winning a VES award. Zoic won for their work on the series Battlestar Galactica. Article Contains complete list of winners

This week we talk to legendary London FX artist and director Jon Hollis of Nice Shirt Films, who was a co-founder of Smoke and Mirrors. In almost all respects his career has been a statement as of the current state of the art. Hollis once lead the boutique post house movement – he now shines the light on a new path for senior artists.

The hype is over and the commercials have aired. We’re curious what you think about the spots in the Super Bowl, so we’re conducting a poll. Pick your favorite and we’ll get the details of the making of the spot straight from the vfx artists themselves. This includes a home page story and podcast about the creation here at fxguide.