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The Way of the Samurai: BTS of ‘Snake Eyes’ with VFX Supe Olaf Wendt

Trevor Hogg - August 2, 2021

***This article was written for the August '21 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 312)*** An iconic ninja warrior in the G.I. Joe franchise gets his...

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A Noble Quest: ‘The Green Knight’ Conjures Chivalric Magic Thanks to Weta, Outpost & Maere Studios

Trevor Hogg - August 1, 2021

***This article originally appeared in the August '21 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 312)*** One of this summer's more intriguing fantasies has an unlikely source...

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Final Justice: How Weta Digital Supercharged ‘Zack Snyder’s Justice League’

Trevor Hogg - April 12, 2021

***This article originally appeared in the May '21 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 310)*** With the release of Zack Snyder’s version of Justice League last...

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Adventures in Zero Gravity: VFX Supes Matt Kasmir & Chris Lawrence Explore ‘The Midnight Sky’

Trevor Hogg - February 16, 2021

Movies about space travel have always provided visual effects artists with opportunities to push the medium in exciting new directions. The new Netflix feature...

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Playing the Monster Game: VFX Supe Dennis Berardi Talks ‘Monster Hunter’

Trevor Hogg - January 20, 2021

***This article originally appeared in the February '21 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 307)*** Filmmaker Paul W.S. Anderson extends his relationship with Japanese video game...

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How to Build a Better ‘Sonic the Hedgehog’

Trevor Hogg - February 28, 2020

***This article originally appeared in the April 2020 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 299)*** Video-game adaptations have been more of a miss than a hit...

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Much Ado About the VFX of ‘Dolittle’

Trevor Hogg - January 20, 2020

Two-time Oscar-winning VFX supervisor John Dykstra shares some of the details of bringing the good doctor’s adventures to life. It seems that every generation deserves...

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VFX Jedi Tricks Still Impress in ‘Rise of Skywalker’

Trevor Hogg - January 17, 2020

***This article was written for the March ‘20 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 298)*** When the ninth and final chapter of the core Star Wars...

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‘The Witcher’: Crafting All Creatures Great and Monstrous

Trevor Hogg - January 3, 2020

***This article originally ran in the February ‘20 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 297)*** If you guessed that a much-anticipated series based on a supernatural...

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Angels and Daemons: Russell Dodgson Reveals the VFX of ‘His Dark Materials’

Trevor Hogg - November 26, 2019

***This article originally ran in the January ‘20 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 296)*** Back in 2007, the dense, richly imagined world of author Philip...

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Present Tense: The VFX of ‘Terminator: Dark Fate’

Trevor Hogg - November 19, 2019

Thirty-five years ago, a time travel tale about a malevolent AI trying to eliminate the leader of the human resistance by sending a cyborg...

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‘Maleficent 2’: No Rest for the Wicked

Trevor Hogg - October 27, 2019

***This article originally appeared in the December '19 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 295)*** Five years ago, Disney opted to retell the story of Sleeping...

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The VFX of ‘Ad Astra’: Envisioning the Retro Future of Space Travel

Trevor Hogg - October 4, 2019

***This article originally appeared in the November ‘19 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 293)*** Forty years ago, Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now transferred Joseph Conrad’s...

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Creating a Super Uber Elemental for ‘Spider-Man: Far from Home’

Trevor Hogg - July 17, 2019

***This article originally appeared in the August ‘19 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 292)*** When Marvel’s famous web-slinger embarked on his 2017 adventure Spider-Man: Homecoming...

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‘Godzilla: King of the Monsters’: The Modern Rebirth of the Kaiju

Trevor Hogg - June 7, 2019

***This article originally appeared in the June/July ‘19 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 291)*** Japanese giant monster movies, known as kaijū, have captured the attention...

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‘Game of Thrones’: Looking Back at the Final Battle

Trevor Hogg - June 4, 2019

Now that the final episode of Game of Thrones has aired on HBO, and fans have stopped analyzing every detail of the series’ concluding...

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Gotta Catch ’em All! Pokémon Meet the Real World in ‘Detective Pikachu’

Trevor Hogg - May 30, 2019

With advances in visual technology, studios have become very keen to transform classic animation properties into blockbuster big-screen hybrids -- drawing both grown-up fans...

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The Demonically Good Visuals of ‘Good Omens’

Trevor Hogg - April 30, 2019

***This article originally appeared in the May ‘19 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 290)*** An angel and demon join forces to stymie the antichrist and...

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Crafting ‘Dumbo’s High-Flying Effects

Trevor Hogg - April 1, 2019

***This article originally appeared in the April ‘19 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 289)*** Many credit Tim Burton’s live-action version of Disney’s Alice in Wonderland...

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