I really like _Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,_ but it's funny to think about how here's a whole different version of that movie out there somewhere that we will just never see.

As the legend goes, Gareth Edwards made a version of the movie that Kathleen Kennedy and other Disney execs in the Star Wars world didn't like.

So they hired writer-director Tony Gilroy to oversee extensive…

This week, ILM released a VFX breakdown reel for Gareth Edwards' Jurassic World: Rebirth , narrated by VFX supervisor David Vickery, which makes a case that runs counter to much conventional filmmaking wisdom.

Sometimes, going fully digital might be the smarter creative decision, the team says. Here’s why.

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The entire opening scene…