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The Mad Max movies have always been among my all-time favorites so I can’t wait for the Blu-ray/DVD release that is arriving on September 1st here in the US. While we are all waiting here are three deleted scenes from Mad Max: Fury Road that are included on the Blu-ray/DVD release.
Fans of Chappie will enjoy this. Image Engine is the special effects company that worked on Neill Blomkamp’s Chappie. This is their VFX breakdown reel that shows how they transformed Sharlto Copley into Chappie himself. It isn’t as easy or straightforward as you might think.
Copley had to be taken out of each frame of the film that he was in. It’s a pain but, his being there allowed the rest of the cast to react to his movements, so it was totally worth it. I think it worked pretty well in this movie. You’ll want to watch it all the way through to get all of the cool details.
I love these illustrations by Artist Daniel Kamarudin. He took the characters from the Marvel movies and gave them a dark edge with a fantasy theme.
These works of art make me want a Marvel fantasy video game where I can see the “Avengers of the round table” in action. Or maybe a Marvel D and D game. This is some excellent work.
In your den, no one can hear you scream! At least, that’s where I would put this cool Xenomorph Mini Taxidermy Display. Hey, it beats hunting one and mounting it yourself. That never ends well. This Alien display is hand sculpted, molded and cast in plastic. Then mounted on a wooden plaque, ready to hang on your wall.
It measures 7″ tall with the oval plaque. The Alien is 4″ tall. More than large enough to cause some trouble if it were alive. Tell your friends you bagged it yourself!
Check out this neat behind-the-scenes video from Legacy Effects, the company who did many of the practical effects on Terminator Genisys. This is a fun video that shows off some of the process. It’s amazing to see all of that stuff poured over arnold so they could make a super realistic but fake Terminator Arnold. That’s just one of the things they cover.
If you like special effects, you’ll appreciate this short look behind the scenes.
If you have seen District 9, you know that the props by Weta Workshop are pretty amazing. If you somehow haven’t seen the movie, you are really missing out. The folks at Tested teamed up with prop maker Bill Doran and effects artist Frank Ippolito to replicate the movie’s Alien Assault Rifle and alien hand.
The finished items are amazing, but we already knew they would be with these talented people working on them. This stuff is so fun to watch. The video walks through the process of building each item.
I make no secret of the fact that these Star Trek reboot films are pretty sucky IMO. Having said that, the latest video for the Omaze charity contest gives us a first glimpse at a new alien from the film and I have to admit it looks pretty cool.
Most Star Trek aliens are fairly uninspired humanoids so I was happy to see this unique alien show up. Maybe there is hope that this next movie will be something special? Check out the video below.
I’m a big Indiana Jones fan, so when I saw this Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Grail Diary Replica, I got super excited. Then I checked my wallet and I got super sad. That’s the way it goes sometimes. SwakProps created this high quality replica of the Grail Diary Hero Prop from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
The pages were made in Adobe Illustrator using a realistic handwritten font and then were meticulously reproduced according to the available reference pictures. They are printed on 100gsm ivory paper and are hand weathered and folded into signatures in the exact order as the hero prop. It totals 282 pages. You can check out a video below.
Every once in a while a Sci-Fi movie arrives and becomes an instant classic. The Fifth Element was one of those movies. It had everything. Humor, a cool plot, Bruce Willis, neat aliens and of course Leeloo. Cosplayer Tanuki Tinka Asai looks perfect as Leeloo from The Fifth Element.
You nailed it. No multipass required. Zorg and Korben Dallas are here too. These photos are just magnificent. Great stuff. I would totally trust her to save the galaxy.
It’s been awhile since Steven Spielberg has made a sci-fi action film, but we are always game to watch what he throws our way. In 2013, he postponed work on his adaptation of Daniel H. Wilson’s best-selling novel Robopocalypse. But we can now have a look at what might have been. This is some intriguing stuff.
He was working on the film for several years. Chris Hemsworth, Anne Hathaway and Ben Whishaw were even cast. But t some point it was announced that the script needed a lot more work. Plus it was apparently “too expensive to produce.” Who knows if we will ever see it finished, but here are a few images by artist Patrick Janicke.
via io9
