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Moonraker VFX Urges Bristol Industry to Join Inclusive Mentorship Program
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Present Tense: The VFX of ‘Terminator: Dark Fate’
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Artifex Scares Up 200 Shots (and 10K Scorpions) for Nick’s ‘Are You Afraid of the Dark’
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Framestore Conjures VFX for ‘His Dark Materials’
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‘Maleficent 2’: No Rest for the Wicked
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The VFX of ‘Ad Astra’: Envisioning the Retro Future of Space Travel
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Technicolor’s Mill Film Adelaide Up and Running
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Epic Games Unveils the Future of Production with Unreal Engine 4.23
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The Top 10 VFX Supervisors of 2019
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Ben Lock, Patric Roos Lead Formation of Outpost VFX APAC
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The Mane Event: ‘The Lion King’ Takes Pride in Virtual Production
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Creating a Super Uber Elemental for ‘Spider-Man: Far from Home’
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The VFX Evolution of ‘Dark Phoenix’
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‘Godzilla: King of the Monsters’: The Modern Rebirth of the Kaiju
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