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How ILM Helped James Gunn’s ‘Superman’ Soar with High-Flying Visual Effects

How ILM Helped James Gunn’s ‘Superman’ Soar with High-Flying Visual Effects

by Jay Stobie | Nov 19, 2025 | San Francisco News

ILM’s Enrico Damm, Paul Kavanagh, Stephen King, and Matt Middleton share details about ILM’s role in the director’s first theatrical release from the DC Universe. By Jay Stobie (Credit: ILM & Warner Bros.) (Credit: ILM & Warner Bros.) Written and directed by...
ILM Brings Rocket Raccoon to Life in Real Time

ILM Brings Rocket Raccoon to Life in Real Time

by Lucas Seastrom | Nov 13, 2025 | San Francisco News

Go behind the scenes of ILM and LIMINAL Space’s ‘Real-Time Rocket’ activation at Disney Accelerator Day 2025. By Patrick Doyle Virtual production supervisor Christopher Jones (left) and creative director Michael Koperwas with Real-Time Rocket in the background. At...
ILM Evolutions: Designing Worlds and Crafting Stories with the ILM Art Department

ILM Evolutions: Designing Worlds and Crafting Stories with the ILM Art Department

by Jay Stobie | Nov 5, 2025 | San Francisco News

ILM creative director David Nakabayashi, along with artists from ILM’s global studios, including Aaron McBride, Cody Gramstad, Bimpe Alliu, and Chelsea Castro, reflect on the essential role concept art and storyboarding play in the filmmaking process. By Jay Stobie...
ILM Partners with Sir Wayne McGregor for “Infinite Bodies” Exhibition at Somerset House

ILM Partners with Sir Wayne McGregor for “Infinite Bodies” Exhibition at Somerset House

by Lucas Seastrom | Oct 30, 2025 | San Francisco News

The multi-sensory experience is on view in London through February 22, 2026. Industrial Light & Magic has partnered with Somerset House in the United Kingdom for the major new exhibition, Wayne McGregor: Infinite Bodies. The series of multi-sensory choreographic...
“What Do We Have To Do To Make it an 11 out of 10?”: Visual Effects Supervisor David Vickery on ‘Jurassic World Rebirth’

“What Do We Have To Do To Make it an 11 out of 10?”: Visual Effects Supervisor David Vickery on ‘Jurassic World Rebirth’

by Mark Newbold | Oct 29, 2025 | San Francisco News

The ILM creative director and Jurassic’s production visual effects supervisor talks dinosaurs and collaborating with Gareth Edwards. By Mark Newbold (Credit: ILM & Universal). Jurassic World Rebirth (2025) has grabbed global audiences by the hand and pulled...
Inside the ILM Art Department: ‘The Electric State’

Inside the ILM Art Department: ‘The Electric State’

by Lucas Seastrom | Oct 21, 2025 | San Francisco News

ILM.com is showcasing artwork specially chosen by members of the ILM Art Department. In this installment of a continuing series, three artists from the San Francisco and Vancouver studios share insights about their work on the 2025 Netflix production, The Electric...
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