September 17, 2020
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Dave Filoni, Greig Frazer and Baz Idoine on the set of THE MANDALORIAN, eclusively on Disney+

"The Mandalorian" Nabs 5 Creative Arts Emmys

...Program, Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series, and Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series. As for Fraser, he told us that “the technology didn’t drive the...

October 20, 2020
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An image from writer/director Matt Reeves 'The Batman.' Courtesy Reeves/Warner Bros.

"The Batman" is Using Technology From "The Mandalorian" For Select Scenes

...that allowed The Mandalorian to film real-time visual effects using an LED wall and the Unreal real-time game engine (made by Epic Games). What this means in layman’s terms is that they...

December 24, 2020
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On the set of THE MANDALORIAN, exclusively on Disney+

Best of 2020: DP Greig Fraser on Harnessing Cutting-Edge Tech in "The Mandalorian"

...part because of his already storied work in helping series creator Jon Favreau set up the LED-based “volume,” as certain 21st century sound stages have come to be known, where around half...

February 17, 2021
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"The Investigation." Photograph by Henrik Ohsten/HBO

"The Investigation" Writer/Director Tobias Lindholm on Rethinking the Police Procedural

...name is never mentioned. “I just turned it around and said, ‘What if we just use the perpetrator as an engine that I can throw into the story as a sort of...

June 14, 2021
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Emma Stone as Cruella in Disney's live-action "Cruella." Photo by Laurie Sparham. Courtesy Walt Disney Studios.

"Cruella" Sound Editor Mark Stoeckinger on Getting 1970s England Right

...a big player in the movie, but you need the sound of it. They don’t sound like an American bus. They sound sort of simple and a little bit old-fashioned, because of...

September 21, 2021
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Dark, episode 3. Courtesy of Netflix.

The Future of Immersive VFX Arrives With Dark Bay at Studio Babelsberg

...109-year-old studio complex’s new Dark Bay Visual Production Studio is an LED-enabled stage that allows VFX to become part of production while shooting is still underway. And details are mostly under wraps...

December 8, 2021
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Woody Norman, Joaquin Phoenix (L-R). Photo by: Julieta Cervantes

"C'mon C'mon" Writer/Director Mike Mills on Creating a Space For Intimacy

...they sustain and they keep giving you good stuff and you keep them while some of them don’t. So sound, the activity of listening and the consciousness of sound as part of...

January 6, 2022
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Boba Fett (Temura Morrison) in Lucasfilm's THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT, exclusively on Disney+. © 2021 Lucasfilm Ltd. & ™. All Rights Reserved.

"The Book of Boba Fett" Episode 2's Major New Villains, Easter Eggs, & Coolest New Character

...While this accounting isn’t even close to comprehensive, we do want to call out our favorite reveals from the episode. After setting up the return of the legendary bounty hunter (Temura Morrison)...

February 3, 2022
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Caption: (L-r) ROBERT PATTINSON as Batman and ZOË KRAVITZ as Selina Kyle in Warner Bros. Pictures’ action adventure “THE BATMAN,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo Credit: Jonathan Olley/™ & © DC Comics

Robert Pattinson & Zoë Kravitz on Why "The Batman" Will Shock People

...writer/director Matt Reeves has crafted a noir detective story. We know that this story will revolve, at least in large part, around a young Batman (Robert Pattinson) during only his second year...

February 11, 2022
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Gal Gadot as Linnet Ridgeway Doyle in 20th Century Studios' DEATH ON THE NILE. Photo courtesy of 20th Century Studios. © 2022 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.

“Death on the Nile” Costume Designer Paco Delgado on Killer Cruise Wear

...as Belgian detective Hercule Poirot takes place on luxury cruiser S.S. Karnak, where impeccably dressed passengers come under suspicion for having murdered one of their own. The cast, headed by Gal Gadot...