Watch the Most Heartbreaking Moment in Avengers: Infinity War in Mind-Blowing VFX Reel
We’ve seen a lot of VFX reels in our day, but this might be the most epic of them all. iO9 got this gorgeous look at how visual effects supervisor Matt Aitken and his team at Weta Digital created some of the most mind-blowing moments in Avengers: Infinity War. If you’ve somehow still not seen the film, there are major spoilers below. If you have seen the film,
How BlacKkKlansman‘s Production Designer Used the Power Dynamics of Race
BlacKkKlansman is a story of high stakes pushed to the absolute limit. Based on a remarkable true story, Ron Stallworth (John David Washington) was the first African American officer on the Colorado Springs police force. A tense undertaking in itself, Stallworth was not content with breaking barriers. He capitalized on the opportunity and initiated a dangerous undercover operation to infiltrate the KKK, stunning even his colleagues. Production designer Curt Beech tackled these complex dynamics in incredibly imaginative ways that layer meaning throughout the design in subtle,
Viggo Mortensen & Mahershala Ali Star First Green Book Trailer
It’s not quite at the level of Gary Oldman’s transformation in The Darkest Hour, but this makeover is impressive nonetheless. The Lord of the Rings’ and Captain Fantastic’s Viggo Mortensen looks like a completely different man in the first trailer for Green Book.
The actor has been a king of men, a philosophic father, and a wanderer in the apocalypse,
An Insider Look at Uniting the Incredible Cast of Stranger Things
There is a simple answer to the question of how Stranger Things achieves such perfect chemistry between its actors. They just love working together.
Streaming movies and TV shows through services like Netflix is wonderful, but with the content being so easily accessible we do miss one thing: bonus features. Fortunately for people who don’t want have thrown out their DVD player and have stopped collecting discs, Netflix provides content like this casting video on their YouTube channel.
Behold: A Comprehensive Timeline of the MCU
Ever wanted to sort through all twenty films from the Marvel Cinematic Universe and figure out exactly the order of every occurrence? Business Insider just did and they conveniently organized everything you need to know.
The task is certainly not as easy as some might think. It’s not just a matter of copying and pasting the events of the films in the order they appear. Some of the stories occur before or even during those in other movies that were already released,
The Nun Teaser Will Make you Incredibly Claustrophobic
When James Wan’s 2013 The Conjuring was released, a filmmaker and a new horror franchise were officially on the map. The story of paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren (played by Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga) and their work trying to help a family terrorized by a malevolent force in their farmhouse was a masterpiece of taut, unbearably tense filmmaking. Wan, Wilson, and Farmiga teamed up again in 2016’s The Conjuring 2,
Watch this Self-Taught Artist Recreate Tom Holland’s Iron Spider
Ever given up on a project—whether it was a painting, a story, or school work—after a few minutes because of the sheer size of the undertaking? Me too. And we could both learn a little bit from this guy.
Wajid Ali spends seemingly most of his time making photorealistic portraits of pop culture’s biggest and baddest characters. In July, he worked on a recreation of the Iron Spider suit—the one teased in Spider-Man: Homecoming and unleashed in Avengers: Infinity War.
New Jack Ryan Featurette Reveals a Series Committed to Authenticity
If you’re going to try and recreate some of the technical specificity and knowledge that the late Tom Clancy used to pour into his books, you might as well do it with his most famous character. In Amazon’s new series Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, creators Carlton Cuse (Lost, The Strain) and Graham Roland (Fringe) wanted the show to be as authentic as it is riveting.
Avengers: Infinity War Bonus Material Reveals What Makes Thanos the MCU’s Greatest Villain
What makes Thanos the greatest villain in the MCU? You could argue it’s his power. Thanos was already formidable before he tracked down the six Infinity Stones—once he had them all, however, he appears to be virtually unstoppable. You could argue it’s not just his power, but his connection to nearly everything that has befallen the Avengers since they assembled in 2012’s game-changing first film. From Loki’s attack on New York in the first Avengers to Gamora’s attempted capture of Peter Quill in the first Guardians of the Galaxy,
Liu Yifei Prepares for Battle in the First Look at Mulan
Who is that girl I see staring straight back at me? That would be Liu Yifei as Mulan staring down her foes in the first look at the Disney live-action adaptation. Walt Disney studios tweeted out the news that cameras are rolling on Mulan and included a badass shot of Yifei in action.
Production has begun on Disney’s live-action #Mulan!
The film will open in U.S.
You Are Not Ready for Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwalds’ Baby Nifflers
However your Monday is going, it’s about to get much better.
The spellbinding 2016 introduction to the world of J.K. Rowling’s Fantastic Beasts series came with a slew of creatures of all shapes and sizes. The Thunderbird Frank saved the wizarding world from discovery by No-Majs, and the capture of the Erumpent was truly a spectacle, but it was the platypus-like Niffler that stole the show.
Attracted to all things shiny and expensive,
First Images From Netflix’s new Series Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
Netflix‘s upcoming Chilling Adventures of Sabrina is a far cry from Melissa Joan Hart’s Sabrina the Teenage Witch, which aired on ABC for seven seasons beginning in 1996. The reboot, starring Mad Men‘s Kiernan Shipka, adapts the Archie horror comic for our current age of Peak TV, which eschews feel-good messages for a much darker, rawer look at the source material. Two brand new images speak to the new Sabrina,
Chris Hemsworth Tries to Spoil Avengers 4 at the Teen Choice Awards
Tom Holland is still considered the spoiler king of the MCU, but Chris Hemsworth is making a run at the crown. Hemsworth nabbed the Teen Choice Award for Sci-Fi Movie Actor for his title role in Thor: Ragnarok, but he couldn’t make it to the awards thanks to filming the big Men in Black relaunch with fellow Ragnarok star Tessa Thompson.
Meet the Actor Behind the Monsters of Mama, Crimson Peak, and Slender Man
It’s evident in our interviews with cinematographers, visual effects artists, makeup designers, location scouts, and more that we often don’t even see the faces of much of Hollywood’s talented creators. That includes some actors, too, who are less recognizable but paramount to the success of some of our favorite flicks.
Javier Botet, a Spaniard with over a decade of big-screen experience, is one of those actors. Botet grew up with Marfan syndrome,
The One Infinity Stone That Did all the Damage at the end of Avengers: Infinity War
As well all know by now, the ending to Avengers: Infinity War was one for the ages. Screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely have discussed at length how they came to craft Thanos’s snap heard round the universe. We’ve done deep dives on how Thanos was created, including the work that VFX animator Phil Cramer did on making sure his facial expressions were pixel perfect.
We all know the result of Thanos’s snap,
Watch 10 Years of Marvel Films in Under Three Minutes
Avengers: Infinity War was not only the biggest superhero film ever, it was also the culmination of a decade’s worth of interconnected films. The Marvel Cinematic Universe was hatched in 2008 with the release of Jon Favreau’s Iron Man, and since then the MCU has revolutionized cinema with an unprecedented run, introducing dozens of characters in 20 films (and counting).
The MCU has unveiled its massive cinematic in three distinct phases.
The Game of Thrones Ice Dragon Debate may Finally be Settled
Last season’s Game of Thrones brought us an almost absurd amount of drama and intrigue. The Stark Sisters increasing acrimony and the threat of Arya killing Sansa. Dany’s march on Westeros and all the complications involved. Cersei’s death grip on power in King’s Landing. The first use of Dany’s dragons against an army of Westeros in that epic “Spoils of War” episode. The absolutely insane plan to go north of the Wall and capture a wight.
Watch a Gag Reel & How Wakanda Forever Became Avengers: Infinity War‘s Mantra
Who better to help the Russo Brothers shape one of the most crucial scenes in Avengers: Infinity War than the actors themselves? When Thanos sends his Outrider army to Wakanda, T’Challa and the various tribes of Wakanda step up to help the Avengers beat back the invading alien horde. While we now know the outcome of the Battle of Wakanda, at the moment the entire universe hung in the balance and what was required was unity across all fronts.
Halloween Among Films Slated to Premiere at TIFF’s Midnight Madness
A Star is Born. Beautiful Boy. First Man. If Beale Street Could Talk. Widows. These are a few of the films that will premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), one of the most prestigious film festivals in the world. In the third largest city in North America and with tickets open to the general public,
New The Predator TV Spot Shows Off “The Ultimate Predator”
The predators are fiercer than they have ever been, and we’ve got another look at them with the new TV spot for The Predator. Shane Black’s forte in his filmmaking career has been creating characters who unexpectedly develop deep bonds with one another. Think Val Kilmer and Robert Downey Jr. in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, or Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe in The Nice Guys.
