#animatronics

#animatronics

For the past few months, a group of engineering students from San Jose State University has been working on a project that's sure to land them at the top of Santa's nice list. Instead of building the next AI platform, they've been trying to bring smiles to the faces of kids and adults by making penguins fly for Christmas in the Park.

Netflix seems to agree, because ahead of its next big movie franchise launching next year, the streamer has sourced a practical effects icon to help create the many creatures involved. According to , Greta Gerwig's upcoming Chronicles of Narniamovie has recruited creature effects artist Neal Scanlan to help with "animatronics, puppetry, and prosthetics." Scalan is a longtime SFX industry veteran, but he's perhaps best known for his work within the Star Wars franchise.

Inside its multi-story building, visitors encounter Max Siedentopf's More Is More, a surreal landscape of swelling plastic bags animated by a hyperreal elderly man; Sunshine, a monumental dachshund who drifts between fairytale scenes and futuristic transformations; and Nudake Teahouse, a kinetic, color-saturated lounge that transforms the ritual of tea into a sensory performance. Together with immersive brand spaces, from Gentle Monster's monumental mechanical forms to Tamburins' interactive perfume narratives, Haus Nowhere Seoul establishes a platform for exploration and discovery.

Babe not only triumphed at the sheep trials. The film also got excellent reviews, earned the equivalent of $550 million and received seven Oscar nominations, including best picture, and best special effects. We had an animatronic sheep in the middle of real sheep which doesn't stick out. The crew used to bet on which one of the flock was fake, actor James Cromwell recently said in The Guardian for the 30th anniversary of the movie.

Who knew a Kate Bush song would generate the highlight moment in "M3GAN 2.0"? This unexpected somber moment adds depth to the horror narrative.