Motion capture

Idris Elba in talks to join the cast of Wes Ball’s Mouse Guard

Posted 6 years ago

THE MAZE RUNNER's Wes Ball is developing an adaptation of David Peterson's "Mouse Guard" comic series and the cast for the film is beginning to come together. It was revealed several weeks ago that Andy Serkis (MOWGLI) and Thomas Brodie-Sangster...

Andy Serkis & Thomas Brodie-Sangster to star in Wes Ball’s Mouse Guard

Posted 6 years ago

It's been well over a year since it was first announced that THE MAZE RUNNER's Wes Ball was developing an adaptation of David Peterson's "Mouse Guard" series, and now we finally have word on who will be starring in the...

Set Visit: Andy Serkis & Terry Notary Talk War for the Planet of the Apes

Posted 9 years ago

Above my head and all around us, the grey, cloud-choked sky began to darken. Then, in what precious light was left in the evening sky, I saw what looked like two humanoid robots making their way toward the sanctuary of...

Set Visit: Dylan Clarke & Karen Konoval Talk War For the Planet of the Apes

Posted 9 years ago

It’s a still and gray afternoon in Vancouver, British Columbia. As I exhale, I see spiraling ghosts of precipitation escape my lips with every breath. All around me the air smells like a combination of drenched pavement, freshly baked bread,...

Set Visit: Everything You Need To Know About War For the Planet of the Apes

Posted 9 years ago

Rebooting a franchise can often be a tall order, particularly when launching your project in a time when anything that evokes nostalgia will be scrutinized harshly by the very audience you’re hoping to entertain. Most days, all it takes is...

Ink & Pixel: The Adventures of TinTin

Posted 12 years ago

Ink & Pixel is a source of pride and joy for me as a writer and as such, I’m always striving to take this column further for those who read and enjoy it. If you yourself, or anyone you know,...

Robert Zemeckis has abandoned plans to remake The Beatles’ Yellow Submarine

Posted 12 years ago

Robert Zemeckis may be finally be coming to the end of his motion capture obsession. The director of BEOWULF and THE POLAR EXPRESS has been trying to remake The Beatles’ animated classic YELLOW SUBMARINE using the motion capture format. Back...

Andy Serkis to direct motion capture adaptation of George Orwell’s Animal Farm

Posted 13 years ago

Andy Serkis was already a brilliantly skilled and insightful craftsman in the world of motion capture acting, and has recently added to that very particular set of skills by being Second-Unit Director on THE HOBBIT Trilogy for about 200 days...

Check out the international teaser for Tarzan 3D featuring a motion-captured Kellen Lutz

Posted 13 years ago

I came across this German teaser for the new TARZAN 3D starring Kellen Lutz and I thought, huh, wouldn’t this be bigger news? Apparently not seeing as there is not a single blip on any radar about this film even...