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VFXWorld looks at the visual effects of season three of Heroes.

Digital Domain has a making of clip for Speed Racer on its website.

CafeFX vfx supe Jeff Goldman discusses his studio's work for John Adams, in an fxguide podcast.

Digital Arts interviews The Orphanage's Stu Maschwitz.

Fringe: Pushing Science Beyond Far-Fetched, at VFXWorld.

The Syndicate's Ben Grossmann discusses vfx for Shine a Light, the Scorsese 'Key to Reserva' commercial and the House of Cards clip for Radiohead, at fxguidetv.

The Syndicate has an entire befores and afters clip from 'Key to Reserva' on its site (under Portfolio).

Behind the Scenes of Doctor Who 'The Fires of Pompei', at The Mill Podcast.

fxguidetv interviews Matthew Gratzner and Ian Hunter from New Deal Studios, who discuss The Dark Knight.

The August 2008 issue of Computer Graphics World has articles on the visual effects in Hellboy II, The Dark Knight and The Mummy - Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.

Bangkok Dangerous: Visualizing the VFX Hits, at VFXWorld.

Tropic Thunder visual effects discussed at fxguide.

Cinefex #115 covers The Dark Knight, Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Hellboy II, Hancock and Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D.

Babylon A.D.: New Solutions for a Post Apocalyptic Journey, at VFXWorld.

Digital Domain has updated its website to include a making of reel for The Golden Compass, which you can find in the Behind the Scenes section.

MPC's breakdown reel for Reepicheep from Prince Caspian.

Updated: MPC has a bunch of breakdown reels from Sunshine, the Harry Potter films and other shows here.

Death Race: Killer VFX for a Killer Ride, at VFXWorld.

The Clone Wars: The Force Is with CG Animation, at Animation World Magazine.

Imageworks has updated its website with a company reel, befores and afters images from recent productions and shot-builds.

Pixel Liberation Front has Incredible Hulk, Iron Man and Speed Racer reels online.

AWNtv professional spotlight includes interviews with animation and vfx pros conducted at fmx/08 in Germany.

Tropic Thunder: Doing Funny VFX, at VFXWorld.

Digital Content Producer interview (mp3) with ILM's John Knoll conducted at SIGGRAPH 2008. The DCP SIGGRAPH blog is here.

Doctor Who Season Four: More VFX Razzle-Dazzle, at VFXWorld.

fxpodcast: DI on Journey to The Center of the Earth, at fxguide.

Hellboy II coverage at fxguide.

CGSociety's coverage of The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.

Starship Troopers 3: Marauder: The CG Bugs Are Back in Town, at VFXWorld.

Post magazine looks at the visual effects from this summer's big films.

The July 2008 issue of Millimeter magazine has articles on The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, vfx supes who take up directing and on Imagework's tornado for Hancock.

Behind the scenes of The Mill's persil 'Roboboy' spot, at the Mill Podcast.

CGSociety's Hellboy II coverage.

Tomb of the Dragon Emperor: Cracking the 'Under Mummy', at VFXWorld.

July 2008 issue of CGW covers The Incredible Hulk and Wall-E.

Step by Step: The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor at Millimeter magazine looks at Digital Domain's terra-cotta warrior fx.

The X-Files: I Want to Believe in Frosty, at VFXWorld.

Weta Digital has a new website with clips from the studio's features and commercials work and a bunch of reels.

Hellboy II: Putting More Creatures in the Feature, at Film & Video mag.

Latest fxguidetv episode includes an interview with Anifex's Richard Chataway and a look at their stop-motion work.

CGSociety talks to Double Negative's Paul Franklin about The Dark Knight.

Transitioning from VFX to Directing, at VFXWorld, features comments from Tom McLean, Eric Brevig, Dean Wright, Stefen Fangmeier, Colin Strause and Rpin Suwannath.

Delivering 8K VFX Shots for The Dark Knight, at Film & Video Magazine.

VFXWorld's Dark Knight coverage:

The Dark Knight: Grounding Batman -- Part 1

The Dark Knight: Grounding Batman -- Part 2

fxguide podcast with Double Negative's Paul Franklin about The Dark Knight.

Talks by vfx supes Mike Fink, John Knoll and Jeffrey Okun at CineGear 2008, care of StudioDaily.

Animator Davis Wrangles Golden Bots in Hellboy II, at VFXWorld.

Schedule for 'The Conversation', an event focussed on the convergence of film, games, visual effects, CG animation, and Internet video being held at the Pacific Film Archive Theater in the San Francisco Bay Area on 17 October 2008. A number of visual effects practitioners including Phil Tippett, Jonathan Rothbart and Cliff Plummer are contributing.

Generation Kill: Recreating Iraq in Photoreal CG, at VFXWorld.

The Visual Effects Society has released its white paper called The State of Visual Effects In the Entertainment Industry.

The making of Radiohead's "House of Cards", using only 3D data from Geometric Informatics and Velodyne LIDAR.

Interview at Creativity Online with Blip Boutique creative director and Zoo director James Frost about the video.

A Golden Opportunity for Hellboy II, at VFXWorld.