Filmmaker Jerry Bruckheimer and Wētā Co-Founder Richard Taylor to Receive Special VES Awards
Visual Effects Society Reveals 24th Annual VES Awards Special Honorees
Iconic Filmmaker Jerry Bruckheimer to Receive VES Lifetime Achievement Award;Wētā Workshop Co-founder Sir Richard Taylor to Receive VES Visionary Awardat Gala Event in February Hosted by the Sklar Brothers Los Angeles (January 6, 2026) – Global professional honorary...
VES Handbook of Visual Effects, Fourth Edition, coming soon
Visual Effects Society Announces VES Handbook Fourth Edition
Fourth Edition of Visual Effects Handbook Available Now
The VES Handbook of Visual Effects: Fourth Edition announced
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World VFX Day 2025 Releases Full Program
World VFX Day releases full programme
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- CREATING A GROUNDED NEAR-FUTURE FOR AI THRILLER MERCY March 31, 2026By CHRIS McGOWAN Images courtesy of Amazon MGM Studios. In 2029 Los Angeles, LAPD detective Christopher Raven (Chris Pratt) is accused of murdering his wife and must prove his innocence to an artificial intelligence judge while confined to a chair in Mercy Capital Court. For his defense, AI Judge Maddox (Rebecca Ferguson) grants him access […]
- CONNECTING EMOTIONALLY WITH THE ALIEN HUNTER AT THE HEART OF PREDATOR: BADLANDS March 26, 2026By TREVOR HOGG Images courtesy of Wētā FX and 20th Century Studios. It’s equally scary, amusing and satisfying to discover that the Yautja – the extraterrestrial hunter at the heart of Predator: Badlands – could rise to leading-man status and make audiences swoon. The challenge was to avoid parodying the iconic alien species. “You’ve got […]
- UPGRADES TO MAGIC EFFECTS ELEVATE THE WITCHER SEASON 4 March 17, 2026By TREVOR HOGG Images courtesy of Netflix. A village is digitally integrated into the mist-covered landscape. With Liam Hemsworth stepping into the role of Geralt of Rivia, The Witcher Season 4 expands its world with more monstrous creatures, epic battles and ambitious visual effects. Sara Bennett oversaw the season’s visual effects in post-production, a process […]
- STAR WARS: VISIONS VOL. 3 EXPANDS THE SAGA WITH THE DUEL: PAYBACK, THE NINTH JEDI: CHILD OF HOPE & THE LOST ONES March 10, 2026By TREVOR HOGG Images courtesy of Lucasfilm. Star Wars: Visions Volume 3 comes full circle as the animated anthology returns to the Japanese anime studios behind the first season, with three of its nine shorts continuing earlier stories. The new chapters revisit the Ronin, R5-D56, F, Lulu and Lah Kara in The Duel: Payback, The […]