Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
Poseidon
Survivors must fight for their lives when the luxury ocean liner Poseidon capsizes after being swamped by a rogue wave. Size Matters. Director Wolfgang Petersen wanted to film a 200-foot wave capsizing a 1,200-foot cruise ship and aimed to build the shot in a way that had never been done before: he wanted a dynamic…
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Led by VFX legend Dennis Muren and Scott Farrar, ILM sought to create the insidious Rogue City using a combination of practical and CG effects. Utilizing a commercial game engine, ILM developed the first real-time on-set pre-visualization system, allowing director Stephen Spielberg to see an approximation of the CG set in his viewfinder. The result…
Star Trek
The brash James T. Kirk tries to live up to his father’s legacy with Mr. Spock keeping him in check as a vengeful, time-traveling Romulan creates black holes to destroy the Federation one planet at a time. As always, ILM was sensitive to the director’s particular vision. In this case (keeping the spirit of the…
