CINEFEX (2020)

"The premier magazine of special effects in today's films returns with features on Watchmen, Coraline, The Spirit, and more. Widely acclaimed as the greatest graphic novel of all time, Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' Watchmen comes to theaters in March in Zach Snyder's highly-anticipated adaptation. Visual effects supervisor John DesJardin explains how he and the visual effects team as Sony Pictures Imageworks brought the alternate 1985 to the screen. Director Henry Selick returns to stop-motion animation with Coraline, based on Neil Gaiman's best-selling fantasy novel, the story of a young girl who steps through a door in her new home and discovers an alternate version of her life. Frank Miller brings Will Eisner's The Spirit to film, and The Orphanage, Digital Dimension, and Rising Sun Pictures are among the nine visual effects studios that designed the city."

"Take a look at the secrets behind the special effects of today's films with Cinefex. J.J. Abrams' reboot of Star Trek this summer takes center stage with an article that looks at how Industrial Light & Magic recreated the 23rd century. ILM also provided the effects work for Terminator: Salvation, and that is profiled here. Plus, learn how the effects of X-Men Origins: Wolverine and Angels & Demons were created."

"The premiere magazine of special effects in today's blockbuster films returns with profiles of four of this summer and fall's biggest effects extravaganzas. The effects work for Transfomers: Revenge of the Fallen, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, District 9 (the new film from producer Peter Jackson), and G-Force are profiled."

"After a 10-year absence from feature filmmaking, James Cameron returns with Avatar, an epic science-fiction adventure in 3D, about an ex-Marine who, as an avatar, inhabits the mind of an alien lifeform indigenous to a distant planet whose natural resources are being pillaged by man. Weta Digital is creating a host of creatures and an entire alien world, abetted by artists at Industrial Light & Magic, Framestore, Hydraulx, Weta Workshop, and Legacy Effects. Roland Emmerich sets his destructive sights on 2012, about a global cataclysm that brings about the end of the world. And, Cormac McCarthy's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Road is brought to the screen in an uncompromising film by director John Hillcoat."

"The premiere magazine of special effects in today's blockbuster films returns with profiles of two of this winter's biggest effects extravaganzas. Universal relaunches The Wolfman with director Joe Johnston and actor Benicio del Toro, and Terry Gilliam (Monty Python) unleashes his latest vision, The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus, on an unsuspecting world. And in recognition of Tippett Studio's 25th anniversary, Cinefex presents a career retrospective of its renowned founder, Phil Tippett."

"Cinefex, the premiere magazine of the special effects that power today's filmmaking, explores four of the most-anticipated films of 2010. The effects work on Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland comes under scrutiny, as does the remake of Clash of the Titans. Industrial Light & Magic's work on Iron Man 2 is explored, and the creature effects for Splice are revealed."

"Cinefex, the premiere magazine of the special effects that power today's filmmaking, explores four of the most-anticipated films of 2010. The effects of Prince of Persia are put under the microscope, the mind-bending realities of Christopher Nolan's Inception are explored, M. Night Shyamalan brings the world of The Last Airbender to life thanks to effects wizardry, and Joe Carnahan resurrects the classic 1980's series The A-Team."

"Cinefex, the premiere magazine of the special effects that power today's filmmaking, explores four of the most-anticipated films of the Christmas 2010 season. TRON: Legacy takes audiences back into the cyberspace world of the original Disney classic; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows: Part One sets the stage for the climactic battle between Harry Potter and his nemesis, Lord Voldemort; The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader returns audiences to the magical worlds of C.S. Lewis; and Gulliver's Travels is the latest take on the Jonathan Swift satire."

"Cinefex, the premiere magazine of the special effects that power today's filmmaking, explores four of the most-anticipated films of the coming months. Zack Synder presents a hallucinogenic journey in Sucker Punch; Darren Aronofsky charts a descent into madness by a young ballerina (Natalie Portman) in Black Swan, ILM makes its computer animated debut in Rango, and Gulliver's Travels is the latest take on the Jonathan Swift satire."

"Cinefex, the premiere magazine of the special effects that power today's filmmaking, explores four of the most-anticipated films of the coming months. Stardust director Matthew Vaughn 'reboots' Fox's X-Men franchise with X-Men: First Class, which explores the origins of the war between the X-Men and the Brotherhood of Mutants. Director Martin Campbell brings DC Comics's Green Lantern to life, assisted by visual effects supervisors Karen Goulekas, Kent Houston and John DesJardin. Set in an alternate world in which man and vampires have been warring for centuries, Priest stars Paul Bettany as a man of the cloth who tracks down and kills the vampires who have kidnapped his niece. Finally, filmmaker Duncan Jones returns with the techno-thriller Source Code, starring Jake Gyllenhaal as covert operative who uses immersive virtual reality to investigate a repeating time loop of events."

"Cinefex, the premiere magazine of the special effects that power today's filmmaking, explores four of the most-anticipated films of the coming months. Director Jon Favreau brings Cowboys & Aliens to the big screen in a production starring Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig. Director Roland Emmerich shuns cinematic pyrotechnics in favor of Elizabethan-era political intrigue and literary mystery in Anonymous. For the eighth and last film in the series, boy wizard Harry Potter makes a final stand against his lifelong nemesis, Lord Voldemort. Marvel Entertainment presents the action-packed origin story of Marvel Comics' 1941 superhero in Captain America: The First Avenger!"

"Inside Cinefex #128, you'll find Real Steel set in the near-future world of professional robot boxing, and Giant Studios motion-captured professional boxers to provide visual effects supervisor Erik Nash and his crew at Digital Domain with raw data for their animated CG robots. For Rise of the Planet of the Apes, the filmmakers generated digital apes based on performances captured on-location. Hugo, the film adaptation of Brian Selznick's illustrated children's novel, The Invention of Hugo Cabret, stars Ben Kingsley as filmmaking pioneer Georges Méliès in stereoscopic 3D."

"This issue features in-depth articles on Disney's John Carter, the first live-action collaboration between Pixar and Disney; Mission: Impossible-Ghost Protocol, Pixar's Brad Bird directs the fourth and most ambitious of the M:I films; The Adventures of Tintin - Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson present a animated take on the classic graphic novels of Belgian creator Georges Remi - aka Hergé - combining several Tintin tales into an origin story realized by performers on motion capture stages, and then brought to life in stereographic computer animation by Weta Digital and Giant Studios. Plus: Red Tails, producer and co-writer George Lucas' dream project dedicated to the Tuskegee Airmen of WW2, realized in convincing and dynamic visual effects shots by Industrial Light & Magic."

"Cinefex, the premiere magazine of the special effects that power today's filmmaking, explores four of the most-anticipated films of the coming months. Ridley Scott returns to the science-fiction genre in Prometheus. Joss Whedon directs the first-ever film adaptation of a classic Marvel comic in The Avengers. Peter Berg directs an ocean-going sci-fi war film in which a young naval lieutenant and a grizzled admiral confront malevolent extraterrestrial spacecraft In Battleship. - that rise from hiding places on the ocean floor to wreak widespread havoc. Finally, Charlize Theron, Kristen Stewart and Chris Hemsworth star in the newest cinematic take on the classic 'Snow White' fairy tale in Snow White and the Huntsman."

"Director Christopher Nolan completes his 'Dark Knight Trilogy' with The Dark Knight Rises. Special effects veteran Chris Corbould orchestrated a range of spectacular effects sequences for the film, while Double Negative contributed equally stunning visual effects to realize Batman's complex world. Sony reboots Marvel's Spider-Man franchise with director Marc Webb stepping in with an all-new cast. Sony Imageworks reprises its role as lead visual effects house, guided by senior visual effects supervisor Jerome Chen, on-set supervisor Jim Rygiel and animation supervisor Randall William Cook."

"Director Peter Jackson returns to the J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle Earth with The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, a prequel story of young hobbit Bilbo Baggins' quest to reclaim a lost dwarf kingdom and his fateful meeting with Gollum. As he did for the epic The Lord of the Rings trilogy, the New Zealand-based Jackson collaborated closely with the visual effects team at Weta Digital and the practical effects wizards at Weta Workshop to bring the beloved 1937 fantasy novel to the screen, the first of a planned trilogy of films devoted to Tolkien's dense and intricate narrative. Alsop covered in this issue: Cloud Atlas, The Life of Pi, and Beasts of the Southern Wild."

"Director Sam Mendes has James Bond hunting a sinister cyber-terrorist through Istanbul, Shanghai, Macau, London, and the Scottish highlands in Skyfall. Special effects supervisor Chris Corbould collaborated with visual effects supervisor Steven Begg to energize the film with a brawny blend of practical, miniature and digital effects. Plus coverage of Jack the Giant Slayer, Oz: The Great and Powerful, Carrie, and Les Misérables."

"Cinefex profiles the following: Star Trek Into Darkness - J.J. Abrams returns with cast and crew for a second tour of duty aboard the starship Enterprise, reprising characters from Gene Roddenberry's beloved television series, and this time tasking Captain Kirk (Chris Pine) with an intergalactic manhunt of an enigmatic villain (Benedict Cumberbatch); Iron Man 3 - director Shane Black deftly picks up the reins to deliver a third film in Marvel Studios' popular franchise; Oblivion - Tom Cruise stars as court-martialed soldier Jack Harper, sent to destroy an alien race on a distant planet; and After Earth - Astronaut Cypher Raige (Will Smith) and his son (Jaden Smith) crash-land their spaceship on Earth a millennia years after a cataclysmic event has transformed the planet into an exotic and savage world."

"Cinefex presents Man of Steel: producer Christopher Nolan and director Zack Snyder bring to the screen the first major retelling of the Superman origin tale since Richard Donner's classic 1978 Superman; Elysium: in his follow-up to District 9, filmmaker Neill Blomkamp presents another dystopian future, when Earth's cities have degenerated into giant slums patrolled by robot militia, and droid repairman Max De Costa (Matt Damon) attempts to escape to Elysium, a gleaming orbital space station; World War Z: Brad Pitt stars as a United Nations worker who combats a zombie invasion in this long-anticipated film from director Marc Forster; and Pacific Rim: giant monsters, known as Kaiju emerge from a subterranean crevice beneath the Pacific Ocean in director Guillermo del Toro's new sci-fi thriller."

"Cinefex #136 Presents: Gravity - Astronauts Matt Kowalsky (George Clooney) and Dr. Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) struggle to survive when a debris strike sends them careening into space. Visual effects supervisor Timothy Webber and artists at Framestore worked with director Alfonso Cuarón for three years to bring the space-bound scenes to life with frightening realism. Also in this issue: Thor: The Dark World, Ron Howard's '70s racing film Rush, and the 2013 remake of Carrie."

"The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: Filmmaker Peter Jackson continues his epic trilogy, following plucky hobbit Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) to his fateful encounter with Smaug the Terrible (Voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch), an ancient dragon that resides in the fallen dwarf kingdom of Erebor. Special effects supervisor Steve Ingram, WETA Workshop creature designer Richard Taylor, senior visual effects supervisor Joe Letteri and crews at Weta Digital return to the Middle-earth of J.R.R. Tolkien, creating skin-shifter Beorn, giant arachnid denizens of Mirkwood, elven woodland realms, the Lake-town of Esgaroth and the subterranean terrors of the Lonely Mountain! Also in this issue: HBO's Game of Thrones, RoboCop (2014), and Ben Stiller's remake of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty."

"Captain America: The Winter Soldier: Marvel Studios revisits its all-American superhero with the story of World War II-era Steve Rogers - a.k.a. Captain America (Chris Evans) - acclimating to the 21st century as he battles against the threat of a Mysterious Soviet agent known as 'The Winter Soldier.' Directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, the sequel features hundreds of spectacular visual effects delivered by Industrial Light & Magic, Luma Pictures and Scanline VFX, with practical, on-set contributions by Legacy Effects, Quantum Creation FX and special effects supervisor Daniel Sudick. Other films examined in this issue include: Disney's Maleficent (starring Angelina Jolie), The Amazing Spider-Man 2, and Gareth Edward's Godzilla."

"This issue's cover feature is Edge of Tomorrow, director Doug Liman's futuristic war film, based on the novel by Hiroshi Sakurazaka, and starring Tom Cruise as a slick public relations spokesman for the military, who is suddenly thrown onto the frontlines of an existential battle with alien creatures, and finds himself re-living the same day over and over again, and always ending with his death! Other films profiled in this issue include: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Jupiter Ascending, and Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy."

"This issue of Cinefex features detailed SFX coverage of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, the final chapter in Director Peter Jackson's Hobbit Trilogy. Plus: Christopher Nolan's Interstellar featuring Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway, Terry Gilliam's The Zero Theorem featuring Christoph Waltz, and Ridley Scott's Exodus: Gods and Kings, starring Christian Bale, Sigourney Weaver and Aaron Paul."

"Cinefex, the premiere magazine of the special effects that power today's filmmaking, explores four of the most-anticipated films of the coming months. Based on a true story that inspired Herman Melville's Moby-Dick, Ron Howard directs In the Heart of the Sea, starring Chris Hemsworth. In The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) arrives at the climax of his adventure, leading a company of dwarves to the Lonely Mountain, where the dragon Smaug unleashes his wrath on the citizens of Lake-town and dark forces gather for an epic battle that threatens the future of Middle-earth. In the exotic science fiction fantasy Jupiter Ascending, a genetically engineered superman (Channing Tatum) arrives on Earth to help an unsuspecting young cleaning lady (Mila Kunis) meet her destiny as the leader of an intergalactic super race. District 9 director Neill Blomkamp offers Chappie, an action/thriller story about a robot child prodigy kidnapped by criminals and raised within their dysfunctional family."

"Jurassic World: Twenty-two years after Steven Spielberg joined with Industrial Light & Magic, Phil Tippett and Stan Winston Studio to bring Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park and its array of genetically engineered dinosaurs to the screen, director Colin Trevorrow helms Jurassic World. Avengers: Age of Ultron: Marvel Studios continues its box-office winning streak with this second Avengers offering, directed by Joss Whedon and starring Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Chris Hemsworth and Mark Ruffalo as the team. Mad Max: Fury Road: Director George Miller and Warner Bros. Pictures present the fourth film in the saga of Max Rockatansky (Tom Hardy), federal police officer turned post-apocalyptic road warrior, who this time battles the Imperator Furiosa (Charlize Theron) in the wastelands of irradiated Australia."

"Cinefex, the premiere magazine of the special effects that power today's filmmaking, explores four of the most-anticipated films of the coming months. Marvel Studios' Ant-Man introduces the latest hero to the Marvel Comics Universe with biochemist Dr. Hank Pym, a former crimefighter who recruits cat burglar Scott Lang to battle a rival weapons manufacturer. 20th Century Fox brings Marvel Comics' superhero quartet back to the big screen in a reboot of Fantastic Four. Alan Taylor directs Terminator: Genisys, the fifth entry in the Terminator franchise launched by James Cameron in 1984. Finally, Tom Cruise returns as IMF agent Ethan Hunt in Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation, the fifth entry in the phenomenally successful run films."

"Films profiled in this issue include: In the Heart of the Sea, director Ron Howard's retelling of the true events that inspired Herman Melville's 19th century classic Moby Dick, starring Chris Hemsworth, detailing the attack of the whaling ship Essex by a monstrously large and aggressive sperm whale that resulted in the loss of the ship and most of her crew. Also profiled in this issue: Ridley Scott's The Martian, Baltasar Kormákur's Everest, and Hellboy creator Guillermo del Toro's highly anticipated gothic horror film, Crimson Peak."

"In this issue: Star Wars: The Force Awakens! Walt Disney Pictures and Lucasfilm, Ltd. present the beginning of a new trilogy set in a distant galaxy, 30 years after the fall of the evil Emperor Palpatine, in which regional governors jockey for power, and survivors of the Rebel Alliance and the last order of Jedi Knights confront new Imperial threats. Director J.J. Abrams conjures exotic worlds and bizarre creatures, working with visual effects supervisor Roger Guyett, special effects supervisor Chris Corbould, special makeup effects supervisor Neal Scanlan and artists at ILM, Base FX, Kelvin Optical, Blind Ltd., Propshop and Imaginarium Studios. Also profiled in this issue: Spectre, The Finest Hours, and The Revenant."

"Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice: D.C. Entertainment and Warner Bros. Pictures present an epic clash of superheroes, with bat-masked vigilante Bruce Wayne (Ben Affleck) confronting the Kryptonian crime-fighter (Henry Cavill) and other members of the D.C. Comics universe. Deadpool: In his feature directing debut, Tim Miller helms Deadpool, starring Ryan Reynolds as Marvel's outrageous antihero, who gains accelerated healing powers following an unauthorized military experiment. Hail, Caesar!: Directors Joel and Ethan Coen transport audiences to the Technicolor world of the 1950s with the quirky Hail, Caesar!, in which Hollywood fixer Eddie Mannix tries everything in his power to keep a movie studio's wayward stars in line. The 5th Wave: Sony Pictures Entertainment and director J Blakeson bring author Rick Yancey's popular novel series to the screen."

"Cinefex is the journal of Hollywood special effects. For The Jungle Book, visual effects supervisor Rob Legato brainstormed the realization of creatures and environments with MPC and Weta Digital, with the assistance of Digital Domain, Legacy Effects and Magnopus. In Captain America: Civil War, special effects supervisor Daniel Sudick oversaw in-camera effects, with additional practical effects provided by special makeup effects artist Bart Mixon and artisans from Ironhead Studio, Legacy Effects and Quantum Creation. For X-Men: Apocalypse visual effects supervisor John Dykstra and visual effects producer Blondel Aidoo marshal the creative forces of Digital Domain, MPC, Hydraulx, and Rising Sun Pictures. Finally, in Alice Through the Looking Glass, Tim Burton and screenwriter Linda Woolverton began in their previous exploration of Lewis Carroll's fantasy classic, assisted by visual effects supervisor Ken Ralston and artisans at Sony Pictures Imageworks and Double Negative."

"Legendary Pictures and Universal Pictures present Warcraft, in which opposing armies of humans and orcs battle to save their respective worlds from annihilation. Duncan Jones directs the epic fantasy based on Blizzard Entertainment's popular online game, World of Warcraft. Captain James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) leads the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise on a brand new mission in Star Trek Beyond, directed by Justin Lin, and also starring Zachary Quinto as Mr. Spock, Karl Urban as Dr. McCoy, and Zoe Saldana as Lt. Uhura. Twenty years after the release of the mega-hit Independence Day, director Roland Emmerich returns with a sequel in which Earth is once again threatened by a lethal alien force. Starring Liam Hemsworth, Independence Day: Resurgence features state-of-the-art visual effects spectacle created by Emmerich's longtime collaborators at Uncharted Territory."

"Director Steven Spielberg and the late screenwriter Melissa Mathison reteamed to adapt Roald Dahl's children's book about a vegetarian 'Big Friendly Giant' (Mark Rylance) who seeks the help of an orphan (Ruby Barnhill) to prevent an invasion of his man-eating brethren in The BFG. Warner Bros. Pictures presents a cavalcade of DC Comics' characters - including Deadshot (Will Smith), Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie), and Joker (Jared Leto) - on a covert government mission to combat an even deadlier foe in dDirector David Ayer's Suicide Squad. In Ancient Rome, nobleman Judah Ben-Hur (Jack Huston) seeks revenge on Messala (Toby Kebbell), the friend who condemned him to slavery in Timur Bekmambetov's new adaptation of Ben-Hur."

"Cinefex, the magazine devoted to the special effects of the motion picture industry, goes behind the scenes of five projects - Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the eagerly-awaited eighth chapter in the Star Wars saga; Game of Thrones Season 7, the just-completed penultimate season of HBO's hit series; Alpha, a Columbia Pictures film set during the Ice Age migration from Siberia into North America; Matt Damon and Kristen Wiig's Downsizing; and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, the sequel to the original Jumanji, starring The Rock, Jack Black, and Karen Gillen."

"Cinefex looks at the effects work on some of the most-anticipated films of 2017. In Kong: Skull Island the super-sized simian lives again in Warner Bros. Pictures' 1970s-era reimagining of Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack's 1933 fable, King Kong. Director Gore Verbinski weaves a sinister tale in A Cure for Wellness, about a young executive who travels to a remote location in the Swiss Alps seeking his employer who is interned at a mysterious sanitarium. Matt Damon stars in The Great Wall, a story about ancient mysteries surrounding the building of the Great Wall of China, in the most expensive film ever produced in China. Finally, Wolverine returns in James Mangold's Logan, pitting the aging mutant character against an evil organization."

"Cinefex is the journal of Hollywood special effects. The issue looks at Marvel Studios' Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Universal Studios' The Fate of the Furious, 20th Century Fox' Alien: Covenant, Paramount's Ghost in the Shell, and Life."

"Cinefex is the journal of Hollywood special effects. The issue looks at Sony Pictures' Spider-Man Homecoming, Walt Disney Pictures' Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, Luc Besson's Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, Universal Pictures' The Mummy, and 20th Century Fox's War for the Planet of the Apes."

"Cinefex celebrates Marvel Studios' 10-year anniversary in a very special tribute issue! "

"This issue features comprehensive visual effects coverage on the top films of the season, including Steven Spielberg's journey into a dystopian near-future, Ready Player One; director Alex Garland's Annihilation; Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War; director Steven S. DeKnight's Pacific Rim: Uprising; and director Duncan Jones' Netflix Original sci-fi thriller, Mute."

"Film FX coverage in this issue: Ron Howard's Solo: A Star Wars Story; Ryan Reynolds hams it up in the epic sequel, Deadpool 2; Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard return for Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom; and Ant-Man and The Wasp let's Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lily make their mark on the Marvel Cinematic Universe!"

"The Predator: Twentieth Century Fox and director Shane Black revive the alien uber-hunter introduced in John McTiernan's 1987 hit starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. Alpha: In the last Ice Age, a lost hunter befriends an injured wolf and embarks on an epic journey to find his way home. Albert Hughes directs this meticulously researched fable, which stars Kodi Smit-McPhee as Keda. Venom: When investigative journalist Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy) tangles with experimental scientist Dr. Carlton Drake (Riz Ahmed), he finds himself infected with an alien Symbiote that gives him sinister superpowers. The Meg: Warner Bros. Pictures and director Jon Turtletaub bring novelist Steven Alten's giant prehistoric monster, Charadon megaladon, up from the depths of the Mariana Trench to menace summer bathers and submariner Jonas Taylor (Jason Statham)."

"Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald: Warner Bros. and J.K. Rowling continue their journey into the history of the Harry Potter universe following the adventures of 'magizoologist' Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne), who attempts to bring to justice the dastardly Gellert Grindelwald (Johnny Depp) with the help of the wizard Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law). Aquaman: When Arthur Curry (Jason Momoa) discovers his true destiny as heir to the underwater throne of Atlantis, he must confront his brother Orm (Patrick Wilson) in a battle to decide who will rule. Alita: Battle Angel: After decades in development, 20th Century Fox and producers James Cameron and Jon Landau present their adaptation of Yukito Kishiro's manga classic."

"Cinefex takes a look behind-the-scenes of four movies coming to theaters this winter. After decades in development, producers James Cameron and Jon Landau present their adaptation of Yukito Kishiro's manga classic Alita: Battle Angel. Brad Pitt, Donald Sutherland, and Tommy Lee Jones star in Ad Astra, a sci-fi space thriller about an astronaut traveling to the boundaries of our solar system in search of his father. The Transformers saga reaches back to the year 1987, when an encounter in a junkyard leads to a relationship between Bumblebee and a troubled teenager. And Emily Blunt shines in the role of no-nonsense but magical English nanny Mary Poppins, who returns to Depression-era London in Mary Poppins Returns, this time to aid the next generation of Banks children."

"The magazine of the special effects industry looks at four upcoming films! In Captain Marvel, Marvel Studios and Walt Disney Studios wind back the clock to 1995, when a freak accident propels U.S. Air Force officer Carol Danvers into the ranks of an intergalactic Starforce. Director Neil Marshall takes the reins of Hellboy with this new outing for the comic book character created by writer/artist Mike Mignola. A remake of the 1941 animated feature, Tim Burton's Dumbo features some of the most evocative computer animation ever put to film. In Warner's SHAZAM! when teenage foster child Billy Batson utters a mysterious magic word he transforms into the adult superhero Shazam in this action comedy!"

"Go behind the scenes of the creation of four of this year's biggest movies. In Avengers: Endgame, Marvel Studios presents Part Two of the storyline launched with Avengers: Infinity War, with Captain Marvel joining the Avengers and the Guardians of the Galaxy to fight the Mad Titan, Thanos. Warner Bros. and director Michael Dougherty deliver a mythological-style take on the Godzilla franchise in Godzilla: King of the Monsters. Brad Pitt and Tommy Lee Jones headline Twentieth Century Fox's Ad Astra, directed by James Gray, in a story involving an astronaut that goes in search of his father at the far boundaries of the solar system. X-Woman Jean Grey takes center stage in X-Men: Dark Phoenix, a Twentieth Century Fox film directed by Simon Kinberg. "

"The magazine on movies, television, and special effects returns with profiles of some of 2019's top properties! Director Jon Favreau and the team at MPC elevate the craft of computer animation to astonishing heights in the remake of Walt Disney Pictures' The Lion King. Peter Parker accompanies his friends on vacation in Europe where, in the guise of his alter ego Spider-Man, he battles sinister forces unleashed by the supervillain Mysterio (Jake Gyllenhaal) in Sony's Spider-Man: Far From Home. In Columbia Pictures' and Amblin Entertainment's science fiction comedy Men in Black: International, dapper-dressing extraterrestrial peacekeepers, Agent H (Chris Hemsworth), Agent M (Tessa Thompson) and High T (Liam Neeson), pursue their foe in New York, Morocco, Italy, and London. The epic effects in the much-anticipated final season of HBO's Game of Thrones are revealed and explained. Finally, in the small town of Mill Valley, teenagers investigate a series of macabre deaths conjured from the pages of a mysterious book in Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark."

"Go behind the scenes of the special effects wizardry of six new films and television series from the coming months: Ad Astra, the sci-fi epic starring Brad Pitt and Tommy Lee Jones; Gemini Man, the Will Smith vehicle about a hitman hunting his clone; Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood; Netflix's The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance; Fast and Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, the franchise spin-off starring Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Vanessa Kirby, and Idris Elba; and Joker, the gritty take on the DC Comics vllain starring Joaquin Phoenix."

"Cinefex is celebrating its 40th anniversary with this issue, and we mark the occasion with a number of very special features! The issue will include one-on-one interviews with the most prominent directors of the past 40 years, as well as an exhaustive round-table discussion about the future of visual effects with a slew of Oscar-winning visual effects supervisors. The original Star Wars saga helped to catapult Cinefex into existence 40 years ago, and so it is fitting that this issue also includes extensive coverage of The Mandalorian and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker! Cinefex and Star Wars - a marriage made in A Galaxy Far, Far Away!"

"From Cinefex. Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) - Warner Bros. Studio, director Cathy Yan and star Margot Robbie present the DC Comics story of Gotham super-villain Harley Quinn, a one-time colleague of fellow psychotic, The Joker. Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Ewan McGregor also star. Special effects supervisor Mark Hawker provided on-set pyrotechnics, augmented with spectacular visual effects by Weta Digital, Outback Post, Luma Pictures, Method Studios, Image Engine and Crafty Apes. Greg Steele wrangled all the visual effects mayhem as production visual effects supervisor. Mulan - The beloved 1998 Walt Disney Pictures animated tale of a Chinese maiden-turned-warrior is reconceived as a live-action feature starring Yifei Liu and Jet Li, and directed by Niki Caro. Translating the animated film to live-action called for deft visual effects wizardry from Weta Digital, Image Engine, Sony Pictures Imageworks, Framestore and other leading visual effects houses, as well as practical effects by Mark Byers and the artists at Weta Workshop. A Quiet Place: Part II - The sequel to the surprise 2018 horror hit A Quiet Place, directed by John Krasinski and starring Emily Blunt as wife, mother and kickass alien fighter Evelyn Abbott. Special makeup designs are by Joel Harlow. Industrial Light & Magic re-ups to contribute alien and other stunning visual effects shots, all supervised by Scott Farrar."

"Wonder Woman 1984 - Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment reunite with filmmaker Patty Jenkins and Diana of Themyscira (Gal Godot) for a return to DC Comics' mythical warrior princess. The ageless daughter of Zeus this time partners with her old flame Steve Trevor (Chris Pine) in 1980s America to combat the human-feline Cheetah (Kristen Wiig) and villainous businessman Max Lord (Pedro Pascal). Visual effects supervisor John Moffatt and special effects supervisor Mark Holt provide superhero spectacle with DNEG, Framestore, Method, Host VFX and The Third Floor. Black Widow - Set in the time period between Captain America: Civil War and Avengers: Infinity War, Black Widow follows Natasha Romanoff's personal story, as portrayed by Scarlett Johansson. Director Cate Shortland collaborated with visual effects supervisor Gerard Diefenthal and special effects supervisor Chris Corbould to bring the travails and triumphs of the Marvel Studios' heroine to vivid life. Visual effects by Digital Domain, Industrial Light & Magic, Weta Digital, SSVFX and Scanline. No Time to Die - Daniel Craig's last turn as James Bond has the retired 007 agent being drawn into active service at the behest of a former friend in the CIA. As always, practical effects - orchestrated by Chris Corbould - and visual effects join forces to provide all the high-octane action expected in a James Bond film. Director Cary Joji Fukunaga worked with visual effects supervisor Charlie Noble and teams from Industrial Light & Magic, Cinesite, DNEG, Framestore and others to give Craig as Bond a spectacular send-off. Fast and Furious 9 - Former street racer Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel) seeks a peaceful family life with Letty Ortiz (Michelle Rodriguez) and his son, but the past returns to haunt him when his brother Jakob (John Cena) arrives from nowhere. Director Justin Lin returns to the world of high-speed cars and audacious heists with the ninth film in the popular action franchise. Special effects supervisor Alistair Williams delivers teeth-rattling racing antics on set. Visual effects supervisor Peter Chiang leads the team at DNEG to augment the action and craft suitably outrageous set pieces. Artemis Fowl - Seeking to restore his family fortune, young criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl II (Ferdia Shaw) gets embroiled in a kidnap plot in a magical fairy kingdom. Directed by Kenneth Branagh, the film is adapted from the best-selling fantasy novels by Eoin Colfer. Visual effects supervisor Charley Henley conjures illusions with artists from MPC, Framestore, Industrial Light & Magic, RISE and BUF. The Third Floor and Argon Effects handle previs, and KM Effects delivers prosthetic makeup effects."

Cinefex, the magazine of special effects, looks at the work on Disney+'s Star Wars: The Mandalorian Season 2, CBS All Access' The Stand and Star Trek: Discovery Season 3, Neflix's Mank, and HBO Max's Raised by Wolves.