FEATURED PROJECTS
- THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE
- THE LOSERS
- LAW ABIDING CITIZEN
- DISTRICT 9
Image Engine Joins the Saga
It all started when Visual Effects Supervisor Kevin Tod Haug introduced Image Engine to David Slade, Director of the third installment in the Twilight feature film franchise.
Image Engine had worked with Haug previously, on projects including A Wrinkle in Time (2003) and Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium (2007). Having been impressed by the studio’s Oscar® nominated work on District 9, Slade initially briefed Image Engine to bring naturalism and a raw feel to specific Werewolf shots dubbed “The Historical Wolves” – creatures that appear as flashbacks to explain the origin story in the Twilight Werewolf lore.
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The Losers Pick a Winning Team: Image Engine Work with Dark Castle on Their Latest Movie Franchise
Vancouver, BC, CANADA April 26, 2010 --- Image Engine has provided visual effects for the highly anticipated DC Entertainment comic book property The Losers. The team worked closely with Dark Castle Entertainment, director Sylvain White and the production’s Visual Effects Supervisor, Richard Yuricich, to produce all the major visual effects sequences for the highly charged action tale of betrayal and revenge. In all, Image Engine supplied 147 shots.
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Image Engine Fuels Explosive Action For Law Abiding Citizen
Image Engine completed over 70 shots for the revenge thriller Law Abiding Citizen, starring Gerard Butler and Jamie Foxx. The Image Engine team, led by Visual Effects Supervisor Simon Hughes, worked with production Visual Effects Supervisor Raymond Gieringer and director Gary Gray to develop a range of visual effects to complement the explosive action. The scope of challenges involved the film’s key sequences and ranged from CG augmentation to 2D artistry.
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Blomkamp Selects Image Engine as Lead Visual Effects Vendor on “District 9"
Image Engine has completed 311 visual effects shots for “District 9”, the feature film debut from director Neill Blomkamp. Image Engine’s workload focused the studio’s efforts on creating 100% digital aliens that populate an area of Soweto, South Africa known as “District 9”. In addition, Image Engine developed the alien mother ship, digital helicopters and digital Casspir troop carriers, as well as delivering miscellaneous shots with computer-generated gore and compositing tasks.
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IMAGE ENGINE | JULY 26, 2010
'Christopher Johnson and Son - Prawns' Ltd Edition Sculpture are available for pre-order, sculpted in 1/6 scale by Weta Workshop sculptor David Meng.
Weta says: " We'd like to thank our friends at Image Engine for their awesome work bringing the prawns to digital life in the District 9 movie. Produced in a strictly limited edition of 600 world wide, the prawns are sure to become a very collectible item and we recommend pre-ordering to avoid disappointment."
BY BILL DESOWITZ | AWN | JULY 8, 2010 | Original Article
Tippett and Image Engine talk fur and crystals for the third Twilight entry.
Tippett utilized a new node-based fur tool that works like compositing. All images courtesy of Summit Ent.
In Twilight Saga: Eclipse, the third in the phenomenal franchise from Summit, the warring vampires and werewolves under Edward (Robert Pattinson) and Jacob (Taylor Lautner) negotiate a truce to protect Bella (Kristen Stewart). Under new director, David Slade (30 Days of Night, Hard Candy), the bar has been raised dramatically and aesthetically, which extends to the vfx as well.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | IMAGE ENGINE | JULY 08, 2010
Image Engine Staff Receive Nomination for a 2010 Primetime Emmy® Award.
Outstanding Special Visual Effects For A Series
Stargate Universe • Space • Syfy • Produced by MGM
Read more: Image Engine Staff Receive Nomination for a 2010 Primetime Emmy® Award.
BY BILL DESOWITZ | AWN | APRIL 28, 2010 | Original Article
Read how District 9 and Stargate Universe are connected.
There's not only District 9 in this alien but also a little Alien. All images courtesy of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.
District 9 came in very handy to Image Engine on Stargate Universe, which resumed the second-half of its first season this month on Syfy (Fridays at 9:00 pm). The 15th of 20 episodes, "Lost," airs on Friday and the season finale concludes June 11 with "Incursion (Part 2)." The second season resumes in the fall for the MGM-produced military sci-fi franchise, which is both grittier and younger in tone under the guidance of exec producers Robert Cooper and Brad Wright.
