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Astérix et Obélix – L’Empire du Milieu – MPC

Friday | 2023 04 28 |

Following their work on the visual effects for the films Asterix at the Olympic Games and Asterix & Obelix: God Save Britanna, the MPC Paris teams are now on board for the latest film in the saga, directed by Guillaume Canet.

More than 285 VFX shots supervised by Hugues Namur and dedicated to the crowds and environments of the 4 palaces occupied our artists for more than 9 months!
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Carnival Row – Season 2 – Digital Domain

Friday | 2023 04 28 |

From fantastical characters to environments and CG creatures, our award-winning VFX team created visual effects for Carnival Row’s second season in collaboration with Amazon. Our artists built the photorealistic Sparas from the ground up, using a combination of practical effects and digidoubles. The team also created the entire train chase sequence in episode one, going so far as to build an entire CG landscape, complete with geographical markers. They also heavily researched flight and movement to create the fairy wings, then drew and animated them.

Our work can be seen primarily in episodes one, two, four and five.
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A Haunting in Venice – Trailer

Friday | 2023 04 28 |

A Haunting in Venice is set in eerie, post-World War II Venice on All Hallows’ Eve and is a terrifying mystery featuring the return of the celebrated sleuth, Hercule Poirot. Now retired and living in self-imposed exile in the world’s most glamorous city, Poirot reluctantly attends a séance at a decaying, haunted palazzo. When one of the guests is murdered, the detective is thrust into a sinister world of shadows and secrets.
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Transformers – Rise of the Beasts – Trailer

Friday | 2023 04 28 |

Returning to the action and spectacle that have captured moviegoers around the world, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts will take audiences on a ‘90s globetrotting adventure with the Autobots and introduce a whole new faction of Transformers – the Maximals – to join them as allies in the existing battle for earth. Directed by Steven Caple Jr. and starring Anthony Ramos and Dominique Fishback, the film arrives in theatres June 9, 2023.
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The Hunger Games – The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes – Trailer

Friday | 2023 04 28 |

Experience the story of THE HUNGER GAMES — 64 years before Katniss Everdeen volunteered as tribute, and decades before Coriolanus Snow became the tyrannical President of Panem.

THE HUNGER GAMES: THE BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS & SNAKES follows a young Coriolanus (Tom Blyth) who is the last hope for his failing lineage, the once-proud Snow family that has fallen from grace in a post-war Capitol. With his livelihood threatened, Snow is reluctantly assigned to mentor Lucy Gray Baird (Rachel Zegler), a tribute from the impoverished District 12. But after Lucy Gray’s charm captivates the audience of Panem, Snow sees an opportunity to shift their fates. With everything he has worked for hanging in the balance, Snow unites with Lucy Gray to turn the odds in their favor. Battling his instincts for both good and evil, Snow sets out on a race against time to survive and reveal if he will ultimately become a songbird or a snake.
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The Little Mermaid – Choices

Friday | 2023 04 28 |

“The Little Mermaid” is the beloved story of Ariel, a beautiful and spirited young mermaid with a thirst for adventure. The youngest of King Triton’s daughters and the most defiant, Ariel longs to find out more about the world beyond the sea and, while visiting the surface, falls for the dashing Prince Eric. While mermaids are forbidden to interact with humans, Ariel must follow her heart. She makes a deal with the evil sea witch, Ursula, which gives her a chance to experience life on land but ultimately places her life – and her father’s crown – in jeopardy.
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THE MOTHER – Trailer

Friday | 2023 04 28 |

VENGEANCE IS A MOTHER. After years of hiding out in the Alaskan wilderness, a deadly assassin returns to rescue the daughter she loved from afar. This Mother’s Day – watch THE MOTHER starring Jennifer Lopez, Joseph Fiennes, Lucy Paez, Omari Hardwick, Paul Raci, and Gael Garcia Bernal. Only on Netflix May 12th.
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FAST X – Trailer

Friday | 2023 04 28 |

The end of the road begins. Fast X, the tenth film in the Fast & Furious Saga, launches the final chapters of one of cinema’s most storied and popular global franchises, now in its third decade and still going strong with the same core cast and characters as when it began. Over many missions and against impossible odds, Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel) and his family have outsmarted, out-nerved and outdriven every foe in their path. Now, they confront the most lethal opponent they’ve ever faced: A terrifying threat emerging from the shadows of the past who’s fueled by blood revenge, and who is determined to shatter this family and destroy everything—and everyone—that Dom loves, forever.
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The Flash – Trailer

Friday | 2023 04 28 |

Worlds collide in “The Flash” when Barry uses his superpowers to travel back in time in order to change the events of the past. But when his attempt to save his family inadvertently alters the future, Barry becomes trapped in a reality in which General Zod has returned, threatening annihilation, and there are no Super Heroes to turn to. That is, unless Barry can coax a very different Batman out of retirement and rescue an imprisoned Kryptonian… albeit not the one he’s looking for. Ultimately, to save the world that he is in and return to the future that he knows, Barry’s only hope is to race for his life. But will making the ultimate sacrifice be enough to reset the universe?
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Hypnotic – Trailer

Friday | 2023 04 28 |

Determined to find his missing daughter, Austin detective Danny Rourke (Ben Affleck) instead finds himself spiraling down a rabbit hole while investigating a series of reality-bending bank robberies where he will ultimately call into question his most basic assumptions about everything and everyone in his world. Aided by Diana Cruz (Alice Braga), an unnervingly gifted psychic, Rourke simultaneously pursues and is pursued by a lethal specter (William Fichtner) – the one man he believes holds the key to finding the missing girl – only to discover more than he ever bargained for.
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How the pros create crowds with VFX

Friday | 2023 04 28 |

MPC is a global creative studio famed for crafting spectacular visual experiences in any space, on any screen.

Adam describes what a Crowd TD (technical director) does, and how you get into ‘Crowd Sim’ in the first place. Adam points out that this kind of software is now “off the shelf” and so freely available, rather than the property of just the big companies. You may also have noticed that it works using AI or Artificial Intelligence that allows some individual behaviours or actions to be dialled in to the crowds, thus making the masses more believable.
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Oscar Winner RRR VFX Breakdown – Naatu Naatu – India’s VFX Revolution

Friday | 2023 04 28 |

The first episode of this exciting new series of India’s VFX Revolution takes viewers on a thrilling journey through the making of the blockbuster movie RRR, which has been nominated for the prestigious Oscars. In this episode, we have an exclusive power packed interview with Pete Draper, the VFX lead supervisor for the film, who has previously worked on several popular movies like Bahubali and Pushpa. The episode is divided into various segments and chapters, each covering different aspects of the movie’s production. In this episode we understand in-depth of the technical wizardry that went into creating some of the film’s most breathtaking moments. Tune into the episode right now!
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Wednesday – MPC

Friday | 2023 04 28 |

Brought to us by MGM Television and Netflix, we experienced mayhem, mystery and murder in Tim Burton’s Wednesday. With the help of our MPC team’s eerily “Frankenstein-esque” VFX, this supernaturally-infused series spotlights the sleuthing daughter from the iconic Addams family.
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The Last of Us – Season 1 – Digital Domain

Friday | 2023 04 28 |

For Episode 4 of The Last of Us, Digital Domain Visual Effects Supervisor Mitch Drain and his team were tasked with creating the environment for the post-apocalyptic city. The team added overgrowth, decay and debris along with abandoned cars, FedEx trucks, and military vehicles, and more to truly set the scene.

For the season finale, The VFX team wrapped up its work creating a backdrop of CG environments, as Joel and Ellie drive pass a digitally created sign that reads “Welcome to Wyoming,” signifying the end and beginning of their journey.
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How Avatar’s VFX Became So Realistic – Inside

Friday | 2023 04 28 |

It took James Cameron 13 years to make the follow-up to “Avatar” (2009). That time was spent making the sequel, “Avatar: The Way of Water” (2022), even more technologically groundbreaking than its predecessor. While the first movie’s water-based scenes were actually shot on a dry set, the director and his crew built a performance-capture stage that actually worked both underwater and above the surface.
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Attack – Redchillies VFX

Wednesday | 2023 04 19 |

We are thrilled to share the showreel of the amazing shots worked on by Redchillies.vfx for the movie ‘Attack’! From CGI robotic arms performing a surgery to creating stunning AI interfaces and set extensions, our talented RC team has left no stone unturned in bringing these visuals to life. We also worked on muzzle flashes, blood hits, and wounds to add that extra touch of realism during high-octane gunfights. And, not to forget, the CGI presentation explaining the surgery was truly a work of art.
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Glass Onion – A Knives Out Mystery – DNEG

Wednesday | 2023 04 19 |

Unwrap the VFX layers behind the mystery. Our new breakdown for ‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’ is here!

From the Glass Onion itself to full Greek island environmnets, explosions and more, our team delivered 510 shots to bring Rian Johnson’s latest mind-bending thriller to life. We’re so proud of their work on this one!

Check out more of our behind-the-scenes reels here: dneg.com/reels/
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Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny – Trailer 2

Tuesday | 2023 04 18 |

Harrison Ford returns as the legendary hero archaeologist in the highly anticipated fifth installment in the iconic Indiana Jones movie franchise. Directed by James Mangold, the movie also stars Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Antonio Banderas, John Rhys-Davies, Shaunette Renee Wilson, Thomas Kretschmann, Toby Jones, Boyd Holbrook, Oliver Richters, Ethann Isidore, and Mads Mikkelsen. This Indiana Jones 5 trailer was revealed during Star Wars Celebration 2023.
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Astérix et Obélix – L’Empire du Milieu – MPC

Tuesday | 2023 04 18 |

Following their work on the visual effects for the films Asterix at the Olympic Games and Asterix & Obelix: God Save Britanna, the MPC Paris teams are now on board for the latest film in the saga, directed by Guillaume Canet.

More than 285 VFX shots supervised by Hugues Namur and dedicated to the crowds and environments of the 4 palaces occupied our artists for more than 9 months!

SYNOPSIS: We are in 50 BC. The Empress of China is imprisoned following a coup d’état fomented by Deng Tsin Quin, a felonious prince. With the help of Graindemais, the Phoenician merchant, and her faithful warrior Tat Han, Princess Fu-Yi, the empress’s only daughter, flees to Gaul to ask for help from the two valiant warriors Asterix and Obelix, who have superhuman strength thanks to their magic potion. Our two inseparable Gauls agree to help the Princess to save her mother and free her country. And here they are, all on their way to a great adventure to China. But Caesar and his powerful army, always thirsty for conquest, have also taken the direction of the Middle Kingdom…
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Hypnotic – Trailer

Tuesday | 2023 04 18 |

Determined to find his missing daughter, Austin detective Danny Rourke (Ben Affleck) instead finds himself spiraling down a rabbit hole while investigating a series of reality-bending bank robberies where he will ultimately call into question his most basic assumptions about everything and everyone in his world. Aided by Diana Cruz (Alice Braga), an unnervingly gifted psychic, Rourke simultaneously pursues and is pursued by a lethal specter (William Fichtner) – the one man he believes holds the key to finding the missing girl – only to discover more than he ever bargained for.
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STILL – A Michael J. Fox Movie – Trailer

Tuesday | 2023 04 18 |

The film, which will incorporate documentary, archival and scripted elements, will recount Fox’s extraordinary story in his own words — the improbable tale of an undersized kid from a Canadian army base who rose to the heights of stardom in 1980s Hollywood. The account of Fox’s public life, full of nostalgic thrills and cinematic gloss, will unspool alongside his never-before-seen private journey, including the years that followed his diagnosis, at 29, with Parkinson’s disease. Intimate and honest, and produced with unprecedented access to Fox and his family, the film will chronicle Fox’s personal and professional triumphs and travails and will explore what happens when an incurable optimist confronts an incurable disease. With a mix of adventure and romance, comedy and drama, watching the film will feel like … well, like a Michael J. Fox movie.
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Simulant – Trailer

Tuesday | 2023 04 18 |

Set in the near future, Evan (Robbie Amell), an android simulant, is created for Faye (Jordana Brewster) to replace her dead husband. To fully realize all his human traits, Evan enlists Casey (Simu Liu), a brilliant global hacker whose mission is to remove all restrictions governing simulants’ thoughts and capabilities. In doing so, he unleashes an A.I. uprising, triggering a government manhunt led by Agent Kessler (Sam Worthington) who will take extreme measures to eliminate the rise of the android machines. Director April Mullen’s Simulant will be released exclusively on DIRECTV beginning May 5th followed by the June 2nd release in theaters and On Demand.
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Fool’s Paradise – Trailer

Tuesday | 2023 04 18 |

A satirical comedy about a down-on-his-luck publicist, who gets his lucky break when he discovers a man recently released from a mental health facility looks just like a method actor who refuses to leave his trailer. With the help of a powerful producer, the publicist helps the man become a huge star, even marrying his beautiful leading lady. Their adventures lead them to cross paths with drunken costars, irreverent unhoused action heroes, unpredictable directors, super-agent, and power-mad moguls. Fame and fortune are not all they’re cracked up to be, and the two men must fight their way back to the things that matter the most.
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The Last Voyage of the Demeter – Trailer

Tuesday | 2023 04 18 |

Based on a single chapter from Bram Stoker’s classic novel Dracula, The Last Voyage of the Demeter tells the terrifying story of the merchant ship Demeter, which was chartered to carry private cargo—fifty unmarked wooden crates—from Carpathia to London. Strange events befall the doomed crew as they attempt to survive the ocean voyage, stalked each night by a merciless presence onboard the ship. When the Demeter finally arrives off the shores of England, it is a charred, derelict wreck. There is no trace of the crew.
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