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The Batman VFX supervisor Anders Langlands reveals the extensive digital wizardry that brought the iconic car chase to life -- including all-digital rain.

One of the biggest differences between the theatrical cut of Justice League and Zack Snyder's Justice League was a pivotal scene near the conclusion when the team is actually bested by Steppenwolf and Ezra Miller's The Flash actually goes back in time to save them. This specific moment was [...]

Prediction: One year after Parasite’s historic victory, will the Academy have another uncommon spell of good taste? The stars appear to be aligning for Nomadland, which has won the top prize from the Hollywood Foreign Press, the British Academy, the Producers Guild, and the Directors Guild (the last three of which share lots of members with the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences). But don’t pop the bubbly for last year’s most critically acclaimed movie just yet. After all, 1917 won all of those same precursors, only to lose Best Picture at the finish line. Parasite, which s...

Flex your clapping hands and dust off your designer duds, readers, for the 93rd Academy Awards are nearly here. Read on for our guide on how to watch, who to watch, and what to watch out for at this year's Oscars. Getty/Handout The 93rd Academy Awards will retain as much of the ceremony’s traditional glitz as is possible during a pandemic. How are the Oscars even happening? With the US still firmly in the grips of the Covid-19 pandemic, this year’s Emmy and Golden Globes ceremonies were socially distanced and virtual, with mixed-to-lacklustre results. READ MORE: The 2021 ceremony, whi...

The live-action "Mulan" eliminated some of the animated version's fantasy elements in favor of a more grounded, historical-epic feeling. Therefore, the main mission of its Oscar-nominated visual effects teams was to make what magic remained seem almost casual and, oh yeah, to create an entire photorealistic Imperial City out of digital Legos. "The biggest thing was world-building, really," said Weta Digital's Anders Langlands (a previous nominee for "The Martian"), adding that director Niki Caro "had a very clear idea that she wanted it to feel realistic for this essentially still-fantastical...