Australian VFX companies have worked on seven of the 15 feature films in consideration for this year's Academy Award for Achievement in Visual Effects
VFX house Rising Sun Pictures (RSP), known for work on films such as 'Thor: Ragnarok', 'Gravity' and 'X-Men: Days of Future Past', is about to embark on new projects for Disney and 20th Century Fox, including 'X-Men: Dark Phoenix'.
Rising Sun Pictures has denied that is involved in the recent leak of X-Men Origins: Wolverine, just weeks before its official release.
Rising Sun Pictures and Flinders University have completed their inaugural ten-week training program
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part One will be released later this month
Rising Sun Pictures closed its Sydney office over the Christmas break after the expected influx of big offshore productions failed to materialise
The digital nature of visual effects means it is less likely to resist the influence of AI technology, but could increased efficiency come at the cost of traditional pathways into the industry? IF find outs how the Australian sector is approaching the tools available.
The fantasy flick is now the fifth biggest film ever at the local box office