SAN FRANCISCO--When he started making his new film "Rango," director Gore Verbinski knew he wanted it to look and feel much like many of the Westerns it evokes: gritty, dirty, and sweaty. "He wanted ...

Toon town just got more crowded. Industrial Light & Magic, George Lucas’ legendary visual effects shop, is jumping into the feature animation business for the first time with Paramount’s “Rango.” ILM ...

Almost lost in last week’s announcement that Paramount would make the Gore Verbinski–Johnny Depp animated feature “Rango” was the news that Industrial Light & Magic is entering the feature animation ...

It’s hard not to love K-2SO, the sassy security droid in Rogue One. He’s easily the biggest scene stealer in the film, much like C-3PO, R2-D2, and BB-8 in the other Star Wars movies. Which makes the ...

Industrial Light & Magic’s Hal Hickel will take part in a free online discussion about the making of Disney Plus hit series “The Mandalorian” for the VIEW Conference on Saturday, June 27, at 2:30 p.m.

Fans of Lucasfilm’s animated shows got a scare this week with the reports that the studio would be shutting down ILM Singapore, its hub for animation and visual effects. It’s one of many extensions of ...

Since the introduction of the first fully computer animated character in a feature film in Young Sherlock Holmes (1985), the wizards at visual effects powerhouse Industrial Light & Magic have pushed ...

For 35 years ILM has been creating creatures for almost every live action film. They worked with director Gore Verbinski on the "Pirates" franchise, which is why he picked ILM for his first animated ...