His Dark Materials | Featurette
Cuddling with an ice bar? Things get animalistic in the BBC series based on the novel trilogy - with creature effects, puppetry and Master Petz.
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War of the Worlds | Retro Articles
Review: In DP 05 : 2005, ILM chased special effects through a brand new pipeline for Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds film. A test run with time pressure - in the middle of a big-budget production.
Back to the 70s – Cloud Atlas
Review: In DP 02 : 2013, we tracked down the mega-production Cloud Atlas - with export director Tom Tykwer and the Wachowski siblings in the director's chair. How did Rise manage the massive visual effects of the three-hour epic - and how did the VFX artists transform today's Glasgow into the San Francisco of the 1970s?
The Batman | VFX-Breakdown
The avenger with the cape: Scanline VFX has reached into its bag of tricks for the remake of the self-made superhero - and Batman into his Bat-tool belt.
Cloudy with a view of Houdini
Review: In DP 03 : 2014, we climbed into the opening scene of the bestselling film adaptation of The Book Thief. Rise Visual Effects Studios realised a long cloud sequence including a 3D tracking shot with Houdini. How do artists create the perfect cumulus cloud?
Rubinrote VFX
Review: DP 03 : 2013 took a closer look at the film adaptation of the young adult novel Ruby Red. We spoke to Professor Jürgen Schopper, Supervisor Mortimer Warlimont and VFX Producer Katja Müller about particle effects, the filmability of Spiegel bestsellers and the magic of VFX shots.
Image Gallery for I Am Legend
The vfx film I Am Legend was certainly exciting. We bring back the film's highlights once again in an image gallery.
Filming Begins in Morocco with a Star Cast for “Lippels Traum”
On Tuesday, March 25, 2008, filming begins in Ouarzazate, Morocco, on the new BR cinema co-production "Lippels Traum", based on Paul Maar's children's classic of the same name.
I Am Legend Stays on Course
Literary adaptations dominated the media control cinema charts, with P.S. I Love You entering at number three after attracting 406,000 viewers.
Mickey Rourke and Winona Ryder Join Cast of THE INFORMERS
Alongside Oscar winners Billy Bob Thornton and Kim Basinger as well as Brandon Routh, Ashley Olsen, Jon Foster, Lou Taylor Pucci and Austin Nichols, they will be seen in further leading roles in the dramatic thriller based on the bestseller of the same name by Bret Easton Ellis (“American Psycho”). Gregor Jordan directs. Filming for the Marco Weber production takes place from October 15 in Los Angeles, Buenos Aires and Uruguay.
Senator Acquires the Rights to The Reader
Senator acquires the film rights to Bernhard Schlink's bestseller The Reader, starring Nicole Kidman (including “Moulin Rouge”, “The Hours”) and Ralph Fiennes (including “Schindler's List”, “The Constant Gardener”).
New “Harry Potter” immediately number one in the book charts
The English original edition of the seventh "Harry Potter" novel "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" immediately took the top spot in the media control book charts after publication