Aliens, Bigfoot, Apes, Wolves & More Honor FX Wizard Rick Baker In Tribute Art Show
Hero Complex Gallery and Trailers from Hell have put together a Rick Baker art show, paying tribute to the legendary make-up and creature effects wizard.
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Best Stories Of The Week: Point Break, Doctor Strange, Jonny Quest, Andy Serkis In 'Star Wars' & More
Once again, seven days have passed and it's time for the Best Stories of the Week. Check out updates for Doctor Strange, Gambit, Jonny Quest and more.
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Visual Effects Legend Rick Baker Is Retiring From Filmmaking
Rick Baker retiring: after four decades in the film business, one of the most powerful talents in visual effects is walking away.
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Cool Stuff: A Rick Baker Auction Featuring One Of A Kind Props And Effects
A Rick Baker auction goes down in Hollywood on May 29 and here you can see a bunch of awesome original pieces from the Oscar-winner's collection.
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See Rick Baker's Alien Designs For Steven Spielberg's Abandoned Film 'Night Skies'
Steven Spielberg once developed Night Skies, a Close Encounters sequel that was never made. Now you can see the Rick Baker Night Skies aliens here.
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Star Wars Bits: Critic Calls 'Revenge Of The Sith' The Greatest Work Of Art Of The Past 30 Years, Plus: Keeping 'Episode VII' Secret, New Trilogy Fan Art, Rick Baker
Is Revenge of the Sith the greatest work of our generation? One art critic thinks so. Also after the jump: Disney chief Alan Horn promises to reveal Episode VII director "soon" Special effects artist Rick Baker hopes to return for more Star Wars Episode VII fan art speculates on what we'll see in the new trilogy Many…
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More Highlights From Mondo's Universal Monsters Gallery Show Featuring Rick Baker, Martin Ansin, Kevin Tong And Others
Over the weekend, Mondo opened their fourth gallery show in Austin, Texas and it was without a doubt their biggest yet. The theme was Universal Monsters and it featured not only brand new work by the legendary Drew Struzan, but all new screenprints and art from the likes of Martin Ansin, Kevin Tong, Scott Campbell,…
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Sequel Bits: Tekken, Finding Nemo 2, Pixar Sequels, MIB3, Red 2, Iron Man 3, Mad Max: Fury Road
Sequels in all stages of production - from hypothetical, to development, greenlit, filming and finished - are all featured in today's Sequel Bits. After the jump read about the following: A prequel to the video game Tekken might be on the way from the director of Ong Bak. Or not according to the creator. Not…
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Sequel Bits: 'Blade Runner 2', 'Prometheus 2', 'Iron Man 3', 'Catching Fire', 'Grown Ups 2', 'Piranha 3DD', 'Men In Black 3'
After years away from sci-fi, director Ridley Scott is returning to the genre in a big way this summer with Prometheus, and he aims to stick around for a while. Scott already has hopes of working on Prometheus 2 sooner rather than later, and is currently in the middle of developing some kind of sequel to Blade Runner.…
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Sci-Fi Sequels: 'Men In Black 3' Chase Scene And Rick Baker's Great Alien Designs; 'Star Trek' Sequel Films At Government Lab
With Men in Black 3 screening this week for early press, and the film opening on May 25, there are a few items related to the movie showing up now. So after the break, we've got two MIB clips, a bunch of great photos of the alien designs created by Rick Baker, and a pretty…
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Sequel Bits: 'Men In Black 3', 'Mad Max: Fury Road', 'Star Trek 2', 'Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2', 'Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Sea Of Monsters', 'Friday 4'
We've got a lot of odds and ends to cover in today's Sequel Bits, so let's get right to it. After the jump: MIB3 helmer says shooting with an incomplete script was either "genius" or "really stupid" Vehicles from Mad Max: Fury Road revealed Benedict Cumberbatch says lovely things about his Star Trek 2 colleauges…
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Sequel Bits: Rick Baker Teases 'Men In Black 4', Read A Rejected, R-Rated Treatment For 'Ghost Rider 2,' 'Terminator 3000' Still In Development
In today's Sequel Bits, you'll learn about a fourth film maybe in the making, a sequel that'll never be and an animated spin-off that might still be in the works. After the jump read about: Special effects legend Rick Baker possibly revealing details of a fourth Men in Black film. Todd Farmer and Patrick Lussier…
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Fantastic Fest Interview & Gallery: Oscar-Winning Makeup Artist Rick Baker
In the world of creature and makeup effects, there's one name to rule them all: Rick Baker. In addition to films like King Kong, Star Wars, Michael Jackson's Thriller, Planet of the Apes, Hellboy and The Ring Baker has won seven Best Makeup Oscars for the films Harry and the Hendersons, Ed Wood, The Nutty…
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VOTD: Movie Magic TV Specials
When I was a kid, I use to love watching the "Movie Magic" television specials. It was like finding out how a magician created all his wonderful tricks. And this was in the good ol' days when the tricks were accomplished using mostly practical means, not like today when computer generated imagery is employed to…
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Cool Stuff: Rick Baker's Real Life Popeye
What would Popeye look like if he were a real life human? Probably nothing like Robin Williams... Six time Academy Award-winning special effects makeup artist Rick Baker (An American Werewolf in London, Men in Black) apparently decided to sculpt a real-life version of the famous cartoon sailor man. However, I am unable to find the…
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Wolfman Reshoots Say "Four Legs Good, Two Legs Bad"
I reported back in May that a new action scene was being filmed for Joe Johnston's The Wolfman. According to new information from Baz Bamigboye at The Daily Mail, there have been six weeks of reshoots in total, and part of the purpose in the fix-up was the present a new design of Wolfman. Bamigboye…
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Rick Baker's The Wolf Man Concept Art
Academy Award-winning special effects makeup artist Rick Baker has posted some concept art of Benicio Del Toro's transformation in Joe Johnson's The Wolf Man on zbrushcentral.com (found via Shock).
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First Look: Benecio Del Toro As The Wolfman
If you see Rick Baker, given him a high five! The genius of movie make-up behind American Werewolf in London has once again created one helluva Wolfman! Yes, that is Benecio Del Toro fully transformed into the full moon-friendly title beast in director Joe Johnston's The Wolfman. EW got first dibbs on these two images…
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