Cinefex (1980-2021) comic books 2007-2009

In this issue: Marvel Comics' webslinging superhero reunites with director Sam Raimi for a third time to combat super villains including the shape-shifting Sandman and the fearsome alien symbiote, Venom, in Spider-Man 3. Plus, the saga of pirate captain Jack Sparrow reaches a tumultuous conclusion, wrapping up a trilogy of films from Walt Disney Pictures and director Gore Verbinski in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. Also: Children of Men, and Overview articles on Next (based on a 1954 Philip K. Dick short story) and The Last Mimzy. Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., 122 pages, full color. Cover price $12.50.

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This issue takes a look at director Michael Bay's summer blockbuster Transformers and how F/X studios Industrial Light & Magic and Digital Domain took the classic cartoon characters and rendered them in a live-action spectacular. Also, this summer's two fantasy films -- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Neil Gaiman's Stardust -- receive attention with articles that look at how effects artists put the magic into the big-screen adaptations of these best-selling fantasy novels. Plus: Overview articles on director Danny Boyle's apocalyptic science fiction drama, Sunshine, and Resident Evil: Extinction. Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., 122 pages, full color. Cover price $12.50.

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In this issue: Cinefex goes behind the scenes of three of this winter's biggest genre films! For Will Smith's adaptation of Richard Matheson's classic novel, I Am Legend, discover how artists at Sony Pictures Imageworks created vast expanses of New York City, devoid of life and activity, as well as the mutant creatures designed by Patrick Tatopoulos. Veteran visual effects supervisor Mike Fink oversaw the massive effects effort for New Line's adaptation of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass, handled principally by Framestore CFC, Cinesite and Rhythm & Hues. Oscar-winning director Robert Zemeckis envisioned the Old English epic poem Beowulf as an opportunity to expand upon the motion capture animation technology developed for The Polar Express and Monster House -- this time applied to near-photoreal characters in a story with adult themes. Plus: Overview articles on Enchanted and The Mist. Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., 122 pages, full color. Cover price $12.50.

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In this issue: Cinefex takes readers behind-the-scenes on the productions of major genre films! Learn from visual effects supervisor Phil Tippett how the effects were created for The Spiderwick Chronicles. Then, director Roland Emmerich transports audiences to 10,000 B.C. for an epic tale of a young hunter on a perilous quest through mammoth and cat infested lands. And director Mike Nichols' film Charlie Wilson's War -- starring Tom Hanks -- and its special effects by 4Ward Productions is covered. Plus: Cloverfield, and Overview articles on Jumper and Sweeney Todd. Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., 122 pages, full color. Cover price $12.50.

July 2008. Features on The Incredible Hulk, Get Smart, Speed Racer, Iron Man, and Prince Caspian. Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., 126 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $12.50.

In this issue: After a 20-year hiatus, Indiana Jones returns in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull for another action-packed archaeological quest set in the 1950's. Steven Spielberg mans the helm of his fourth Indy adventure, with visual effects provided by Industrial Light & Magic. Then, director Christopher Nolan continues the Batman saga in The Dark Knight with the Caped Crusader battling the nefarious Joker. Double Negative, BUF and Framestore are among the effects vendors. Director Guillermo del Toro resurrects Mike Mignola's demon-spawned superhero in Hellboy II: The Golden Army for an epic conflict with an evil elfin prince and his fantasy minions, featuring makeup from Spectral Motion and DDT, and visual effects by Double Negative. Finally, in Hancock, Will Smith plays a superhero with character flaws and an alcohol problem in the comedy adventure directed by Peter Berg, with visual effects designed by visual effects supervisor John Dykstra and executed by Sony Pictures Imageworks. Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., 122 pages, full color. Cover price $12.50.

In this issue: David Fincher adapts F. Scott Fitzgerald in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, starring Brad Pitt. Born an old man, Benjamin ages in reverse, becoming younger with each passing year, requiring state-of-the-art visual effects. Daniel Craig returns as James Bond, seeking revenge for the death of a former lover while on the trail of intrigue and corruption in Italy, Austria and South America in Quantum of Solace. Also, coverage of The Day the Earth Stood Still, an updated remake of the 1951 classic, starring Keanu Reeves as an intergalactic emissary with a warning for Earth's leaders, and City of Ember round out the issue. Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., 122 pages, full color. Cover price $12.50.

The premier magazine of special effects in today's films returns with features on Watchmen, Coraline, The Spirit and more. Widely acclaimed as the greatest graphic novel of all time, Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' Watchmen comes to theaters in March in Zack Snyder's highly-anticipated adaptation. Visual effects supervisor John DesJardin explains how he and the visual effects team at Sony Pictures Imageworks brought the alternate 1985 to the screen. Director Henry Selick returns to stop-motion animation with Coraline, based on Neil Gaiman's best-selling fantasy novel, the story of a young girl who steps through a door in her new home and discovers an alternate version of her life. Frank Miller brings Will Eisner's The Spirit to film, and The Orphanage, Digital Dimension and Rising Sun Pictures are among the nine visual effects studios that designed the city. Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., 122 pages, full color. Cover price $12.50.

Take a look at the secrets behind the special effects of today's films with Cinefex. J.J. Abrams' reboot of Star Trek this summer takes center stage with an article that looks at how Industrial Light & Magic recreated the 23rd century. ILM also provided the effects work for Terminator Salvation, and that is profiled here. Plus, learn how the effects of X-Men Origins: Wolverine and Angels & Demons were created. Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., 122 pages, full color. Cover price $12.50.

The premiere magazine of special effects in today's blockbuster films returns with profiles of four of this summer and fall's biggest effects extravaganzas. The effects work for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, District 9 (the new film from producer Peter Jackson), and G-Force are profiled. Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., 122 pages, full color. Cover price $12.50.

In this issue: After a 10-year absence from feature filmmaking, James Cameron returns with Avatar, an epic science-fiction adventure in 3D, about an ex-Marine who, as an avatar, inhabits the mind of an alien lifeform indigenous to a distant planet whose natural resources are being pillaged by man. Weta Digital is creating a host of creatures and an entire alien world, abetted by artists at Industrial Light & Magic, Framestore, Hydraulx, Weta Workshop and Legacy Effects. Roland Emmerich sets his destructive sights on 2012, about a global cataclysm that brings about the end of the world. And Cormac McCarthy's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Road, is brought to the screen in an uncompromising film by director John Hillcoat. Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., 122 pages, full color. Cover price $12.50.