the vfx show #144: John Carter

Mike Seymour, Jeff Heusser and Matt Wallin take a journey to Mars to review the visual effects of John Carter.

We have additional coverage over at fxguide on John Carter in the article A world away: John Carter.

Show Notes:

Director: Andrew Stanton
Cinematographer: Daniel Mindel
VFX Supervisors and Companies:

Production VFX Supervisors
Peter ChiangDouble Negative
Sue RoweCinesite

Double Negative
Ryan Cook / Ken McGaugh / Paul Riddle
Eamonn Butler — Animation Director
Steve Aplin — Animation Supervisor

Cinesite
Jon Neill / Ben Shepherd / Zave Jackson / Christian Irles / Helen Newby / Simon Stanley Clamp

Legacy Effects
John Rosengrant – Character Design Supervisor

MPC
4Dmax
Halon Entertainment (Previs)
Nvisible

‘Ishtar’ Lands on Mars – NY Times review

History of bringing John Carter to film – via Wikipedia

Harry Knowles

Ain’t it Cool News

The Golden Compass

‘John Carter’ Debacle: Inside the Fallout for Disney (Analysis) – Hollywood Reporter article

Ryan ChurchJohn Carter Art Department

Babelfish

Willem Dafoe on stilts during filming – image

Kim Masters on The Business

Why Andrew Stanton Dedicated ‘John Carter’ To Steve Jobs – Cult of Mac article

Moon (2009) the vfx show #98

Everything is Amazing and Nobody’s Happy – Lewis CK video

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