Ray Harryhausen’s family reports that the legendary artist has died today of causes yet to be cleared. Here is the family’s statement, as reported by ComicBookMovie: Raymond Frederick Harryhausen Born: Los Angeles 29th June 1920 Died: London 7th May 2013. The Harryhausen family regret to announce the death of Ray Harryhausen, Visual Effects pioneer and… Read More Goodbye to Ray Harryhausen (1920-2013)
Main Article: The Rhedosaurus Also visit the Photobucket folder with screenshots from the film.
In 1951, Ray Harryhausen was approached by Jack Dietz for what would eventually become his first solo effort of creating special effects for a theatrical motion picture — The Beast from 20.000 Fathoms. In reality, Harryhausen had already made the majority of the effects sequences whilst working on Mighty Joe Young, with his mentor, Willis… Read More The Rhedosaurus
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Despite all the issues the crew met with the full-size models, the biggest challenge for Dragonslayer would be animation. “We knew the dragon had a lot more importance to this film than some of the incidental things that appeared in only a few shots in Star Wars or The Empire Strikes Back,” Johnson said. “The dragon… Read More Vermithrax Pejorative – Part 3
Paramount struck a co-production deal with Walt Disney Productions; as such, full-scale models of the dragon were commissioned to Disney’s special effects company — headed by Danny Lee. Tippett’s final dragon maquette was shipped to the Disney shop — where construction of the full-size models began. “They have a fantastic facility there, with a mill,… Read More Vermithrax Pejorative – Part 2
By the early 80s, spanning from The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad to The Brothers Lionheart, there was an ostensible lack of iconic dragon villains in motion pictures. Audiences had yet to see a fire-breathing beast that would terrify them — and this was the objective Hal Barwood and Matthew Robbins set for themselves: they wanted… Read More Vermithrax Pejorative – Part 1
The Host 2, sequel to Joon-ho Bong’s The Host, is set for a summer 2014 release. The director passes the torch to Park Myeong-Chan, and the new digital effects are provided by Macrograph. This image was first seen: Following is the widely-known teaser sequence… You can also see very interesting footage in Macrograph’s VFX showreel;… Read More The Host 2: what we have so far
Main Article: Spawn from Outer Space Most of the pictures are credited to John Dods.
A meteor falls in the woods near an unspecified town of America. In the tradition of The Blob, the meteor actually houses a visitor from outer space: the Deadly Spawn. Devoid of any eyes, the fleshy creature hunts by sound, using its more than toothy mouth to mince its preys to death. Ted A. Bohus,… Read More Spawn from Outer Space
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