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How ILM Helped Fede Álvarez Bring ‘Alien: Romulus’ Back to the Series’ Horror Roots

How ILM Helped Fede Álvarez Bring ‘Alien: Romulus’ Back to the Series’ Horror Roots

by Ella Greig | Nov 21, 2024 | Sydney News, Vision & Craft

Visual effects supervisor Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser discusses the collaborative effort to make Alien fans scream once more. By Dan Brooks (Credit: 20th Century Studios) Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser remembers it well. It was summer 1979. He was 12 years old. Two years prior,...
Tim Burton’s ‘Sleepy Hollow’: Giving life to an undying legend

Tim Burton’s ‘Sleepy Hollow’: Giving life to an undying legend

by Lucas Seastrom | Nov 15, 2024 | San Francisco News, Vision & Craft

Heads still roll 25 years later in the Tim Burton classic Sleepy Hollow (1999). Revisit all of the eerie magic behind Industrial Light & Magic’s work that brought Washington Irving’s folktale to life and reintroduced audiences to one of cinema’s greatest on-screen...
ILM Celebrates the Career of Compositing Supervisor Jon Alexander

ILM Celebrates the Career of Compositing Supervisor Jon Alexander

by Lucas Seastrom | Nov 8, 2024 | San Francisco News, Vision & Craft

After 38 years, the veteran effects artist is retiring. By Lucas O. Seastrom First opening in 1987, the original Star Tours attraction at Disneyland included what was the most complex optical composite created at Industrial Light & Magic up to that time. A “view”...
‘Ghostbusters 2’: Pushing the Limits with Slimer

‘Ghostbusters 2’: Pushing the Limits with Slimer

by Lucas Seastrom | Oct 31, 2024 | San Francisco News, Uncategorized, Vision & Craft

Exploring the technical innovations and behind-the-scenes stories that brought Slimer to life in Ghostbusters 2, reaching new heights in animatronics and practical effects at Industrial Light & Magic. By Jamie Benning The original Slimer head on display at...
Netflix’s ‘Ultraman: Rising’: Building new worlds for the ultimate icon

Netflix’s ‘Ultraman: Rising’: Building new worlds for the ultimate icon

by Ella Greig | Oct 17, 2024 | Vancouver News, Vision & Craft

Take a closer look at how the ILM Vancouver team built a new world of stylized action for Japanese icon Ken Sato, also known as Ultraman, and how they pushed the visual envelope with a bold aesthetic as ILM steps back into animated features with Netflix’s Ultraman:...
Director Justin Simien & ILM’s Bill Georgiou Discuss ‘Haunted Mansion’

Director Justin Simien & ILM’s Bill Georgiou Discuss ‘Haunted Mansion’

by Ella Greig | Sep 26, 2024 | Sydney News, Uncategorized, Vision & Craft

ILM’s Sydney studio took on everything from digital creatures to CG environments for this adaptation of a beloved Disney Parks attraction. By Lucas O. Seastrom The Hatbox Ghost, performed by Jared Leto. (Credit: Disney) For nearly 40 years, Industrial Light &...
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