Image courtesy of Peacock. While known for creating raunchy, boundary-testing comedies, Seth MacFarlane is equally willing to push technological boundaries to realize his storytelling ambitions. Nowhere is that more apparent than in the Ted franchise, where the fully CG title teddy bear has headlined two feature films and two seasons of TV on Peacock. For [...]

Images courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures. Blending the inescapable dread of “Hotel California,” the sacrificial cultism of The Wicker Man and Tarantino-esque ultraviolence, They Will Kill You is an action horror-comedy directed and co-written by Kirill Sokolov. Asia Reaves, played by Zazie Beetz (Bullet Train), embarks on a mission to find her estranged sister Maria [...]

Images courtesy of Peacock. Taking the metaphor of one spouse making the other feel small to its literal extreme, the Peacock series The Miniature Wife, created by showrunners Jennifer Ames and Steve Turner, explores a marriage defined by unequal power. Based on the short story by Manuel Gonzalez, the Apple TV romantic comedy-drama series stars [...]

Images courtesy of Amazon MGM Studios. On a disused runway in Boddington, England, a section of highway was created for when Beast Man pursues Adam/He-Man (Nicholas Galitzine) and Teela (Camilia Mendes) in Oklahoma City. When it came to developing his second live-action feature, filmmaker Travis Knight had a particular tone in mind for Masters of [...]

Images courtesy of Prime Video. Season 2 of Fallout expands the scope of the post-apocalyptic world with new creatures, extensive virtual production, larger environments and a faithful recreation of New Vegas. One unique aspect of the production was shooting volume stage sequences on film. According to Jay Worth, Visual Effects Supervisor on Fallout – whose [...]