Discover the greatest CG movie monsters and the studios behind them!

1. THE 8 BEST CG
MOVIE MONSTERS
CINEMA’S GREATEST VFX MONSTROSITIES
PRESENTS:

2. KRAKEN8• Featured in: Clash of the Titans
• Created by: MPC
• VFX lead: Gary Brozenich
• Director: Louis Leterrier
• Fear factor: 8

3. “It was meant to be like a
roller coaster ride, really.
We wanted to have these
corkscrewing tentacles
that Pegasus and Perseus
were flying through.”
Gary Brozenich, MPC VFX supervisor

4. GWOEMUL7• Featured in: The Host
• Created by: WETA Digital/Orphanage
• VFX lead: Sung-jin Jung
• Director: Joon-ho Bong
• Fear factor: 9
TO WATCH
THE GWOEMUL
TRAILER
CLICK HERE

5. “We're so glad to be
the ones who breathe
life into this creature
and to have a chance
to show great visuals.”
The Orphanage, creators of the Gwoemul VFX

6. BALROG6• Featured in: Lord of the Rings
• Created by: WETA Digital
• VFX lead: John Nugent
• Director: Peter Jackson
• Fear factor: 7
WATCH THE
BALROG FIGHT
SCENE HERE

7. “The Balrog was a
challenging creature.
Right up until the bitter
end, we were struggling
to get it correct.”
John Nugent, VFX supervisor

8. SMAUG5• Featured in: The Hobbit
• Created by: WETA Digital
• VFX lead: Joe Letteri/Eric Saindon
• Director: Peter Jackson
• Fear factor: 8
TO WATCH
THE SMAUG
BREAKDOWN
CLICK HERE

9. “Smaug has 300
individual bones,
upwards of a million
hand-drawn scales and
100 simulated muscles.”
Eric Saindon, VFX supervisor

10. T-REX
• Featured in: King Kong
• Created by: WETA Digital
• VFX lead: Joe Letteri
• Director: Peter Jackson
• Fear factor: 8
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TO WATCH
KONG TAKE ON
THE T-REX
CLICK HERE

11. “I’ve got three or four of
the original stop-motion
dinosaurs as well, but
I couldn’t think of a way
of getting them into
the film.”
Peter Jackson, director

12. SULLEY3• Featured in: Monsters University
• Created by: Pixar AS
• VFX Supervisor: Jon Reische
• Director: Dan Scanlon
• Fear factor: 0
THE MAKING
OF MONSTERS
UNIVERSITY
WATCH NOW

13. “I had personally never
done fur. So I was
surprised when I was on
Monsters University and
they said, OK now
do fur!”
Christophe Hery, Pixar

14. KING KONG2• Featured in: King Kong
• Created by: WETA Digital
• VFX lead: Joe Letteri
• Director: Peter Jackson
• Fear factor: 9
CLICK HERE
TO WATCH
THE VFX
BREAKDOWN

15. “I realised what
benefits there would be
to an actor playing Kong.
Andy [Serkis] was
responsible for defining
who Kong is.”
Peter Jackson, director

16. GODZILLA
• Featured in: GODZILLA
• Created by: MPC
• MPC VFX lead: Guillaume Rocheron
• Director: Gareth Edwards
• Fear factor: 8
1
GARETH
EDWARDS ON
GODZILLA
CLICK HERE

17. “They [MPC] hit play. It
was Godzilla, moving,
animated. This is the
star of the show. This
is why we’re here!”
Gareth Edwards, director

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