Video: Marvel's The Avengers Anatomy of a Shot

Behind the Magic: "Marvel's The Avengers" - Anatomy of a Shot

While "The Avengers" posed many visual efffects challenges, one of the larger challenges was pulling together the "tie-in" shot during the third act of the film. Rather than frames, this single shot is measured in minutes on screen and is one of the longest effects shots in the film. It incorporates both practical special effects and extensive digital visual effects by ILM. The New York City environment that serves as the setting for this shot (and virtaully the entire alien invasion) is computer generated by the visual effects team at ILM.

Featurette: Halo 4 Warthog Chase Scene

Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn Behind the Scenes - "Shooting the Warthog Chase"

Step behind the scenes and get behind the wheel of WETA's Warthog as Machinima gives you the first look at the iconic Halo vehicle in night time action!

Video: Jurassic Park Set Footage

Here's an almost eight minutes of behind the scenes footage from the set of Jurassic Park. Most of the footage is taken outside of the Jurassic Park Visitor’s Center and the first moments when the characters arrive on the island.

Featurette: Blade Runner Convention Reel

This Blade Runner Convention Reel features interviews with Ridley Scott, Syd Mead and Douglas Trumbull about making Blade Runner universe. This 16 mm featurette, made by M. K. Productions in 1982, is specifically designed to circulate through the country's various horror, fantasy and science fiction conventions.

Via: AICN

Documentary: Raiding the Lost Ark

Raiding the Lost Ark: A Filmumentary from jambe davdar

A “filmumentary” offering an in-depth look at the making of the 1981 collaboration between Spielberg and Lucas through behind-the-scenes footage, rare interviews with cast and crew, reconstructed deleted scenes and subtitled facts.

Stills: Hobbiton

After the filming of the Lord of the Rings, the owners of the farm upon which Hobbiton was created asked if some of the hobbit homes could remain to serve as an additional tourist attraction to the area, but soon the set was overrun by sheep.

Thanks to Sir Peter Jackson and his crew returning to film The Hobbit, though, the set has been rebuilt in all its glory! In a new joint venture, the set will be open again to the public, allowing movie fans to tour the newly reconstructed film set.

Video: Thor and Captain America Fight

Video: New Batmobile

Foot of Batman's new vehicle in The Dark Knight Rises, the alleged "Bat-Wing" in action has leaked. Check out the behind-the-scenes video below, courtesy of YouTube accounts Miclarko and Pittsburghmovies. This video was taken during the filming of The Dark Knight Rises in downtown Pittsburgh on 8/12/2011. Batman can be seen flying the plane.

Written by David Goyer and Jonathan Nolan, the Christopher Nolan film stars Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Juno Temple, Josh Pence, Daniel Sunjata, Nestor Carbonell, Matthew Modine, Tom Conti, Joey King, Brett Cullen, Chris Ellis and Josh Stewart. It should hit theaters on July 20, 2012.

Video: The Avengers Set

Despite some filming reportedly being moved indoors today because of rain, shooting is now underway on the set of The Avengers in Cleveland, and we have the first footage from the set! Our first set video from the Cleveland filming location features dozens of extras running in fear from an unknown while the NYPD pull up, as well as images of Chris Evans shooting his first scenes and tons of details about what's going on...

Video: Batman and Bane Fighting

WPXI in Pittsburgh got their hands on some great footage of Batman and Bane fighting on the steps of Gotham City Hall (aka The Mellon Institute) during the filming of "The Dark Knight Rises" in Oakland.