Thor: Ragnarok

You can always count on filmmaker Taika Waititi to find the humor in almost any situation and Thor: Ragnarok is no exception. In addition to putting an undersized Thor against an oversized Hulk in an alien gladiatorial arena, the director himself performed and voiced the wisecracking rock man, Korg. Anytime your director is keen to…

Black Panther

Collaborating with director Ryan Coogler, production visual effects supervisor Geoffrey Baumann, and production designer Hannah Beachler, cinematographer Rachel Morrison and costume designer Ruth E. Carter, ILM was charged in large part with creating the legendary city of Wakanda as well as the surrounding countryside. Under ILM visual effects supervisor Craig Hammack, the team would augment…

Only The Brave

Only the Brave tells the real-life story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, an elite group of firefighters from Arizona that distinguished themselves under the leadership of a grizzled veteran named Eric Marsh (Josh Brolin). ILM was responsible for the hyper-realistic wildfire sequences. ILM’s Vancouver studio took the lead on the project which was shot and…

Downsizing

“Downsizing” follows a kindly occupational therapist who undergoes a new procedure to be shrunken to four inches tall so that he and his wife can help save the planet and afford a nice lifestyle at the same time.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

The 8th episode in the Skywalker saga brought a host of unique challenges for visual effects supervisor Ben Morris, visual effects producer Tim Keene, and the global ILM team. As has become a tradition with the Star Wars films, we embraced a rich mix of cutting-edge digital visual effects, combined with Neal Scanlan’s practical creatures…

Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon

Kong: Skull Island

The ILM Art Department got involved in Kong: Skull Island early on to develop and design key moments of the reimagined version of the classic King Kong narrative in collaboration with director Jordan Vogt-Roberts. ILM’s visual effects and animation team in San Francisco, Singapore, and Vancouver, created the models for the film’s title character, Kong,…

Transformers: The Last Knight

The Last Knight marked the fifth film in the Transformers series and one which had ILM reprising its role as lead visual effects house. Like each of the films that preceded it The Last Knight was chock full of massive action set pieces, explosions, destruction, and nuanced robot performances delivered through the combined talents of…