News & Features
Industrial Light & Magic Continues Global Expansion, Opening Studio in India
New Mumbai studio to provide full visual effects and animation services for film & television.
The Book of Boba Fett brings home an Emmy® at the 74th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
ILM’s creative teams were honored with an Emmy® award for Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Season or a Movie for The Book of Boba Fett, alongside nominations for their work on The Witcher.
ILM Stagecraft™ Honored with Engineering, Science & Technology Emmy® Award
The Television Academy today announced the recipients of the 74th Engineering, Science & Technology Emmy® Awards honoring an individual, company, or organization for developments in broadcast technology. Industrial Light & Magic is proud to be the recipient of an Emmy Award for its StageCraft virtual production tool suite. StageCraft has been used on such series as The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, How I met your Father, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and The Old Man.
Disney+ Releases Trailer and Key Art for Lucasfilm and Imagine Documentaries’ “Light & Magic”
Disney+ released the trailer and key art for Lucasfilm and Imagine Documentaries’ “Light & Magic,” an immersive series that chronicles the untold history of world-renowned Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), the special visual effects, animation and virtual production division of Lucasfilm.
ILM Stagecraft™ to be Leveraged for Disney Branded Televisions’ Percy Jackson and the Olympians TV Series Exclusively for Disney+
The Epic Series Will Be The First Production To Utilize ILM’s Latest State-Of-The-Art Stagecraft Virtual Production Stage Recently Built In Vancouver, British Columbia.
Disney+ announces six-part documentary series “Light & Magic”
Granted unparalleled access, Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Lawrence Kasdan takes viewers on an adventure behind the curtains of Industrial Light & Magic, the special visual effects, animation and virtual production division of Lucasfilm. Learn what inspired some of the most legendary filmmakers in Hollywood history.
Lucasfilm launches “Get in the Door”
Join employees across Industrial Light & Magic, Lucasfilm, ILMxLAB, and Skywalker Sound as they share stories on discovering their passions, beginning their careers, and the challenges and satisfactions of working in their current roles and departments.
Gareth Edwards Looks Back on Directing Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Join Gareth Edwards and the Publicity Group at Industrial Light & Magic as we look back at his time directing “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”. Gareth discussed the cutting-edge virtual production used for the film, and the ways in which George Lucas inspired him as a filmmaker.
Greig Frasier Discusses His Work on Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
The cinematographer for Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune”, and Matt Reeve’s upcoming “The Batman”, joins Industrial Light & Magic’s Publicity Group to discuss his work on “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”. Greig shares how the early Kenner action figures inspired his love of Star Wars, and the influences he found in 1970s cinema, the works of Andrei Tarkovsky, and the film “The French Connection”.
Hal Hickel breaks down his work on K-2SO and the Battle of Scarif
Hal Hickel joins Industrial Light & Magic’s Publicity Group to discuss the process of bringing the KX-series security droid, K-2SO, to life, along with his work on the pivotal space battle featured in “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”.
John Knoll discusses technology and innovation on Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Industrial Light & Magic’s Publicity Group sits down with John Knoll, Executive Creative Director at ILM, and the Senior Visual Effects Supervisor on “Rogue One: A Story Wars Story” to discuss the film’s five-year anniversary.
How Marvel Studios, Industrial Light & Magic, and the Technology Innovation Group at Disney Studios Content brought the ‘Eternals: AR Story Experience’ to life
Industrial Light & Magic is thrilled to announce an exciting partnership with Disney’s Technology Innovation Group on Marvel Studios’ Eternals: AR Story Experience for the iPhone® and iPad®. In this augmented-reality app, the characters, world, and stories of the Eternals film have been brought to life like never before.
INDUSTRIAL LIGHT & MAGIC TO EXPAND STAGECRAFT™ LED VIRTUAL PRODUCTION OFFERING WITH NEW FACILITY IN VANCOUVER
Visual effects and virtual production pioneer Industrial Light & Magic today announced plans to expand its StageCraft LED virtual production services to Vancouver, British Columbia. The stage, at over 20,000 square feet, is expected to house one of the largest StageCraft LED volumes in North America. This will be ILM’s fifth permanent volume, supporting the…
ILM BRINGS THE MAGIC TO SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL
In a new “Behind the Magic” video released on YouTube and Instagram, enjoy a glimpse behind the virtual production of NBC Sports’ Sunday Night Football show opening, featuring country music star Carrie Underwood. “This was yet another successful demonstration of the end-to-end services available through ILM’s virtual production platform, ‘StageCraft™’,” says Chris Bannister, Executive Producer…
ILM RECEIVES THREE HPA AWARD NOMINATIONS
The Hollywood Professional Association announced the nominees for its annual HPA Awards for post-production, an honor that promotes outstanding creative artistry, and recognizes the achievement of talent, innovation, and engineering excellence. ILM is thrilled to have contributed to three shows nominated in the Outstanding Visual Effects category this year. Nominees include Richard Bluff, Hal Hickel,…
Rob Coleman & Randal Shore rejoin ILM boosting Feature Animation offerings
Academy Award Nominated Rob Coleman rejoins ILM as Animation Supervisor alongside Feature Animation Executive Producer Randal Shore as the company expands feature animation offerings.
The Emmy-winning Special Visual Effects of The Mandalorian: Season 2
In a new video released by ILM on our YouTube channel, join Visual Effects Supervisor, Richard Bluff, as he shares a peek behind the curtain of the effects of The Mandalorian: Season 2, winner of 7 Emmy® Awards including Special Visual Effects, Sound Mixing, Cinematography, Prosthetic Makeup, Stunt Coordination, Stunt Performance, and Music Composition. For…
A new generation of talent joins The Force: Jedi Academy 2021
The Jedi Academy is a unified, global, 12-week junior talent paid internship and trainee program at Lucasfilm, Industrial Light & Magic, and ILMxLAB created for students and graduates. The program is a once-in-a-lifetime experience to learn in a dynamic and creative production environment, focused on developing the next generation of diverse talent across art, public…
The Mandalorian wins big at the 73rd Annual Primetime Creative Arts Emmy® Awards
The Television Academy announced its winners for the 73rd Annual Primetime Creative Arts Emmy® Awards over the weekend, celebrating a diverse group of talent from across television. ILM’s creative teams were honored with an award for Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Season or a Movie for The Mandalorian, alongside nominations for their contributions on…
ILM Celebrates Star Trek Day
On this day, 55 years ago, Star Trek was born; a franchise that represented the hope of what space—the final frontier—could mean for all of humanity. ILM has played a significant part throughout Star Trek history, including the creation of the first completely computer-generated cinematic image sequence in a motion picture. Read on to learn…