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	Sneaking The Last Airbender Tara Bennett reports back from the set of M. Night Shyamalan's The Last Airbender in Philadelphia, offering a glimpse of the director's first vfx-intensive adventure, courtesy of ILM...

Escalating VFX for New Transformers
The bots are back in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, and ILM tells Bill Desowitz how it rose to the challenge of animating and getting superior performances...

TD-College: Preparing Students for VFX Production
Vfx vet Kevin Mannens tells us what distinguishes his new production-based online school for TDs from its competitors...

Plenty of New Skin & Muscle in Land of the Lost
Bill Westenhofer talks about raising the dino bar for Rhythm & Hues in this new take on the old Sid & Marty Krofft series with Will Ferrell on the loose...

Drag Me to Hell: Tippett Enjoys the Ride
Matt Jacobs of Tippett Studio divulges what it was like opening up hell for the new Sam Raimi shocker. Includes major spoiler images...

Maya Plugin Power: The Wakes of Loch Ness
In the latest excerpt from Maya Plugin Power, author Mark Jennings Smith explains liquid simulations using Next Limit's RealFlow plug-in...

Terminator Salvation: Battle of the Machines
ILM has moved beyond making great photoreal robots and on Terminator Salvation a more efficient and accurate toolset was created for shading, lighting and redering...

Night Turns to Battle of the Smithsonian
Rhythm & Hues adds some new CG characters, including a giant octopus and the Lincoln Memorial, to Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian....

Ice Age 3 Cools Transformers 2
Fox's ICE AGE: DAWN OF THE DINOSAURS outperformed TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN on its opening day at the U.S...

Predators Finds a Director
Ain't It Cool News reports that Nimrod Antal (ARMORED) will direct the Robert Rodriguez produced PREDATORS...

Atari Asteroids Flying to the Screen
Four studios bid for the rights to the Atari videogame ASTEROIDS and THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER says Universal has won the...

The A-Team Has The Game as B.A.?
BlackFilm.com reports that 20th Century Fox is in talks with rapper The Game for THE A-TEAM feature...

Nexus Prods. Appoints Cedric Gairard As Exec Producer
Nexus has announced that Cedric Gairard is joining as exec producer...

THQ Takes Jakks Pacific to Court Over WWE Again
THQ is taking toy firm Jakks Pacific to court over their joint venture on the World Wrestling Entertainment games, reports...

Digital Domain on Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
While ILM handled the lion's share of VFX, Digital Domain created new supporting characters including Wheelie, who provides comic relief;...

Sci Fi Brings Alien Cops Remake to the Air
Sci Fi is in development on a TV adaptation of 1988 feature ALIEN NATION, per VARIETY...

ABC Adds Some Gravity to Summertime Viewing
ABC has picked up 13 episodes of Fox TV Studios' adventure drama GRAVITY, starring Ron Livingston, per THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER...

S. Darko, Planet 51 and Jonas Brothers 3-D Film to Premiere at Giffoni
Chris Fisher's S. DARKO, the sequel to cult hit DONNIE DARKO, animated sci-fi adventure PLANET 51 will premiere at Milan's...