io9 has a cool article about Back To The Future Part II’s future tech, where they interview Edward Eyth, one of the designers of that tech. Eyth is auctioning off some of his original concept drawings from Back to the Future Part II on ebay.
The Millennium Falcon’s design is so iconic, it’s probably not a great idea to mess with it. Otherwise, you get what we are calling the Millennial Falcon, the design they actually used in the Solo movie. Here are 30 other designs that James Clyne, the design supervisor for Solo: A Star Wars Story, and his team came up with. They’re not much better than the movie version. Basically, all they did was combine the Falcon with parts from other Star Wars ships. Like adding some Y-wing parts, making one look like a Star Destroyer, adding TIE Fighter wings and other nonsense. These are every bit as bad as what we got in the movie.
The moral of the story? Don’t mess with a classic.
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Check out this concept art for The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi. Most of these images involve the death of Han Solo in The Force Awakens and Benicio del Toro’s character, DJ from The Last Jedi. It’s interesting to see the changes that the death of Han went through, but it seems that he was always going to fall. DJ could have looked a lot different than he did in the movie. It’s always fascinating to see where the art was leading compared to where things ended up. I think I like Kylo’s mask in gold better than silver.
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I know we are all waiting for Deadpool 2, but in the meantime, check out these awesome pieces of concept art created for Deadpool. They were done by conceptual artist Andrew Leung very early on. This would be before Tim Miller was on board to direct even. These images do a great job of visually bringing an early draft of the script to life early on. There’s the freeway battle scene, Deadpool lying on a bed bleeding, Deadpool and his blind roommate and more. I’m really impressed by how close the movie scenes are to much of this art. It looks like they really helped to lock in the tone and the look of the film. These pieces make me want to watch the movie all over again, for like the tenth time.
The sci-fi film Arrival was a pleasant surprise, full of unexpected twists and turns. If you haven’t seen it, make sure you check it out, it will be well worth your time. There are some aliens in the film that had some very interesting designs, but they could have looked a lot different.
Check out this concept art for the film created by Peter Konig, which shows some alternate alien designs. They are all very interesting. What do you think? Did you prefer the aliens on screen, or these?
Did you know that the ending of the original Ghostbusters movie was originally going to be much bigger? The ending we got was pretty cool, but the one they had planned may have been epic. We will never know. You can get a sneak peek at what might have been for yourself. This video focuses on legendary artist Bernie Wrightson. He did a ton of concept art for Ghostbusters, including scenes that would have had the Ghostbusters going through the gates of hell. How amazing would that have been? Wrightson talks about this scene and more in the clip below, which is very fascinating. Fans of the movie will want to check it out.
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You’re going to love this concept art for the original Tron movie. Some of this art is from Syd Mead and Moebius. There are some really interesting ideas and designs here, some of which made it into the movie and some did not. Check it all out and then hit up the link below for even more. Some of these designs are even wilder than what we got on screen.
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This fun concept is a fictional collaboration between Star Trek and Oakley for a Goerdi LaForge inspired visor that looks awesome and presumably would have some really cool features. It’s gotta be better than Google Glass right? The artist displayed it on a Terminator head just for fun.
A lot of Star Trek Beyond takes place on an alien planet and this concept art by Victor Martinez gives us a closer look at some designs for the planet, as well as some ships and other things that never made it on screen. It is really interesting work. Martinez did some of these early on with production designer Scott Chambliss and others were done for later reshoots with Production Designer Andrew Murdock.
It looks so grand and fantastic. I always love seeing what filmakers were thinking and seeing how things evolved.
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Blade Runner 2 is one of the most highly anticipated sequels right now. We know a little bit about the film, but most of it remains a mystery. It will take place in Los Angeles and the setting is still bleak. We also know that the movie will feature strange weather. Basically, snow, rain, it’s all toxic.
Think about that as you check out this concept art from the film. I don’t know about you, but I can’t wait for this movie.
