Age of Ultron: How Industrial Light & Magic built a robotic killing machine
Joss Whedon’s Avengers: Age of Ultron cleaned up at the box office this weekend, scoring the second-highest opening weekend of all time (the original Avengers is number one). While audiences certainly want to keep up with the ongoing saga of Iron Man, Black Widow, Captain America, and friends, a large part of the appeal this time around is the titular villain himself: a wise-cracking robot who’s got humanity’s extinction on his mind.
Industrial Light & Magic’s digital models supervisor for the film was Bruce Holcomb, a visual effects veteran who’s been part of every Marvel film the company has worked on going back to 2003’s Hulk. Heading up the digital model shop, Holcomb and his team were responsible for creating everything from the…
Source:: The Verge
