https://shotonwhat.com/vfx-facilities/prime-focus-world-vfx-facility The Source for Motion Picture & Television Technical Information Sun, 14 Jul 2024 15:30:52 -0800 en-US hourly 1 https://shotonwhat.com/avatar-2009 Fri, 14 Mar 2025 15:34:39 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/avatar-2009
Director: James Cameron
Cinematographer: Mauro Fiore
A paraplegic Marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/beauty-and-the-beast-3-2017 Sun, 14 Jul 2024 15:30:52 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/beauty-and-the-beast-3-2017
Director: Bill Condon
Cinematographer: Tobias A. Schliessler
A selfish Prince is cursed to become a monster for the rest of his life, unless he learns to fall in love with a beautiful young woman he keeps prisoner. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/quantum-of-solace-2008 Sat, 06 Jul 2024 13:32:38 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/quantum-of-solace-2008
Director: Marc Forster
Cinematographer: Roberto Schaefer
James Bond descends into mystery as he tries to stop a mysterious organization from eliminating a country's most valuable resource. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/star-wars-episode-ii-attack-of-the-clones-2002 Sat, 29 Jun 2024 21:54:26 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/star-wars-episode-ii-attack-of-the-clones-2002
Director: George Lucas
Cinematographer: David Tattersall
Ten years after initially meeting, Anakin Skywalker shares a forbidden romance with Padmé Amidala, while Obi-Wan Kenobi investigates an assassination attempt on the senator and discovers a secret clone army crafted for the Jedi. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-legend-of-tarzan-2016 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 12:24:04 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-legend-of-tarzan-2016
Director: David Yates
Cinematographer: Henry Braham
Tarzan, having acclimated to life in London, is called back to his former home in the jungle to investigate the activities at a mining encampment. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-martian-2015 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 10:50:22 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-martian-2015
Director: Ridley Scott
Cinematographer: Dariusz Wolski
An astronaut becomes stranded on Mars after his team assume him dead, and must rely on his ingenuity to find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/pan-2015 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 10:23:49 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/pan-2015
Director: Joe Wright
Cinematographer: John Mathieson, Seamus McGarvey
Twelve-year-old orphan Peter is spirited away to the magical world of Neverland, where he finds both fun and danger, and ultimately discovers his destiny -- to become the hero who will be for ever known as Peter Pan. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-best-of-me-2014 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 09:46:48 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-best-of-me-2014
Director: Michael Hoffman
Cinematographer: Oliver Stapleton
A pair of former high school sweethearts reunite after many years when they return to visit their small hometown. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/avengers-age-of-ultron-2015 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 09:39:16 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/avengers-age-of-ultron-2015
Director: Joss Whedon
Cinematographer: Ben Davis
When Tony Stark and Bruce Banner try to jump-start a dormant peacekeeping program called Ultron, things go horribly wrong and it's up to Earth's mightiest heroes to stop the villainous Ultron from enacting his terrible plan. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/gippi-2013 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 09:23:05 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/gippi-2013
Director: Sonam Nair
Cinematographer: Anshuman Mahaley
Gippi is a 14-year-old girl who lives in Simla with her mother Pappi and little brother Booboo. She is overweight and awkward and doesn't know how to handle the physical, emotional and ... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/kingsman-the-secret-service-2014 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 08:50:34 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/kingsman-the-secret-service-2014
Director: Matthew Vaughn
Cinematographer: George Richmond
A spy organization recruits an unrefined, but promising street kid into the agency's ultra-competitive training program, just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-interview-2014 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 08:47:52 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-interview-2014
Director: Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen
Cinematographer: Brandon Trost
Dave Skylark and his producer Aaron Rapaport run the celebrity tabloid show "Skylark Tonight". When they land an interview with a surprise fan, North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, they are recruited by the CIA to assassinate him. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/guru-2007 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 08:06:39 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/guru-2007
Director: Mani Ratnam
Cinematographer: Rajiv Menon
A villager, Gurukant Desai, arrives in Bombay 1958, and rises from its streets to become the GURU, the biggest tycoon in Indian history. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/hercules-2014 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 07:46:35 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/hercules-2014
Director: Brett Ratner
Cinematographer: Dante Spinotti
Having endured his legendary twelve labors, Hercules, the Greek demigod, has his life as a sword-for-hire tested when the King of Thrace and his daughter seek his aid in defeating a tyrannical warlord. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/non-stop-2014 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 07:41:00 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/non-stop-2014
Director: Jaume Collet-Serra
Cinematographer: Flavio Martínez Labiano
An air marshal springs into action during a transatlantic flight after receiving a series of text messages demanding $150 million into an off-shore account, or someone will die every 20 minutes. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-2014 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 07:36:42 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-2014
Director: Jonathan Liebesman
Cinematographer: Lula Carvalho
When a kingpin threatens New York City, a group of mutated turtle warriors must emerge from the shadows to protect their home. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-two-faces-of-january-2014 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 07:22:50 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-two-faces-of-january-2014
Director: Hossein Amini
Cinematographer: Marcel Zyskind
A thriller centered on a con artist, his wife, and a stranger who flee Athens after one of them is caught up in the death of a private detective. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/vampire-academy-2014 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 06:25:25 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/vampire-academy-2014
Director: Mark Waters
Cinematographer: Tony Pierce-Roberts
Rose Hathaway is a Dhampir, half human-half vampire, a guardian of the Moroi, peaceful, mortal vampires living discreetly within our world. Her calling is to protect the Moroi from bloodthirsty, immortal Vampires, the Strigoi. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-legend-of-hercules-2014 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 06:23:40 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-legend-of-hercules-2014
Director: Renny Harlin
Cinematographer: Sam McCurdy
The origin story of the mythical Greek hero. Betrayed by his stepfather, the King, and exiled and sold into slavery because of a forbidden love, Hercules must use his formidable powers to fight his way back to his rightful kingdom. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/2-guns-2013 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 05:07:57 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/2-guns-2013
Director: Baltasar Kormákur
Cinematographer: Oliver Wood
Two hardened criminals get into trouble with the US border patrol after meeting with a Mexican drug lord, and then revelations start to unfold. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/out-of-the-furnace-2013 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 05:06:09 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/out-of-the-furnace-2013
Director: Scott Cooper
Cinematographer: Masanobu Takayanagi
When Rodney Baze mysteriously disappears and law enforcement doesn't follow through fast enough, his older brother, Russell, takes matters into his own hands to find justice. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/edge-of-tomorrow-2014 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 04:45:55 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/edge-of-tomorrow-2014
Director: Doug Liman
Cinematographer: Dion Beebe
A soldier fighting aliens gets to relive the same day over and over again, the day restarting every time he dies. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/sin-city-a-dame-to-kill-for-2014 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 04:43:08 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/sin-city-a-dame-to-kill-for-2014
Director: Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez
Cinematographer: Robert Rodriguez
Some of Sin City's most hard-boiled citizens cross paths with a few of its more reviled inhabitants. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/white-house-down-2013 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 01:52:09 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/white-house-down-2013
Director: Roland Emmerich
Cinematographer: Anna Foerster
While on a tour of the White House with his young daughter, a Capitol policeman springs into action to save his child and protect the president from a heavily armed group of paramilitary invaders. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/into-the-storm-2014 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 01:32:04 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/into-the-storm-2014
Director: Steven Quale
Cinematographer: Brian Pearson
Storm trackers, thrill-seekers, and everyday townspeople document an unprecedented onslaught of tornadoes touching down in the town of Silverton. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/movie-43-2013 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 00:45:09 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/movie-43-2013
Director: Elizabeth Banks, Steven Brill, Steve Carr, Rusty Cundieff, James Duffy, Griffin Dunne, Peter Farrelly, Patrik Forsberg, Will Graham, James Gunn, Brett Ratner, Jonathan van Tulleken, Bob Odenkirk
Cinematographer: Mattian Anderssonn Rudh, Frank G. DeMarco, Steve Gainer, Matthew F. Leonetti, Daryn Okada, William Rexer, Eric Scherbarth, Newton Thomas Sigel, Tim Suhrstedt
A series of interconnected short films follows a washed-up producer as he pitches insane story lines featuring some of the biggest stars in Hollywood. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-last-stand-2013 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 00:44:40 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-last-stand-2013
Director: Jee-woon Kim
Cinematographer: Ji-yong Kim
The leader of a drug cartel busts out of a courthouse and speeds to the Mexican border, where the only thing in his path is a sheriff and his inexperienced staff. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/sucker-punch-2011 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 17:39:40 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/sucker-punch-2011
Director: Zack Snyder
Cinematographer: Larry Fong
A young girl is institutionalized by her abusive stepfather, retreating to an alternative reality as a coping strategy, envisioning a plan to help her escape. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/agent-crush-2008 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 14:46:13 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/agent-crush-2008
Director: Sean Robinson
Cinematographer: Peter Field
To fight crime, a new hero is created, but there are a few small glitches to iron out. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-eagle-2011 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 03:39:39 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-eagle-2011
Director: Kevin Macdonald
Cinematographer: Anthony Dod Mantle
In Roman-ruled Britain, a young Roman soldier endeavors to honor his father's memory by finding his lost legion's golden emblem. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/12-rounds-2009 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 00:42:33 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/12-rounds-2009
Director: Renny Harlin
Cinematographer: David Boyd
Detective Danny Fisher discovers his girlfriend has been kidnapped by an ex-con tied to Fisher's past, and he'll have to successfully complete 12 challenges in order to secure her safe release. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-ruins-2008 Fri, 14 Jun 2019 20:58:01 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-ruins-2008
Director: Carter Smith
Cinematographer: Darius Khondji
A group of friends whose leisurely Mexican holiday takes a turn for the worse when they, along with a fellow tourist, embark on a remote archaeological dig in the jungle where something evil lives among the ruins. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/dredd-2012 Fri, 14 Jun 2019 16:13:41 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/dredd-2012
Director: Pete Travis
Cinematographer: Anthony Dod Mantle
In a violent, futuristic city where the police have the authority to act as judge, jury and executioner, a cop teams with a trainee to take down a gang that deals the reality-altering drug, SLO-MO. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/scream-4-2011 Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:37:07 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/scream-4-2011
Director: Wes Craven
Cinematographer: Peter Deming
Ten years have passed, and Sidney Prescott, who has put herself back together thanks in part to her writing, is visited by the Ghostface Killer. ]]>