fxpodcast: Mickey 17 DNEG VFX @fxguide

Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

DNEG’s Chris McLaughlin and Robyn Luckham join Mike Seymour for this episode of the fxpodcast and discuss their work on Bong Joon Ho’s Mickey 17.

00:00 Intro
05:01 The Creature
09:03 Creature Animation
13:27 Animation Pipeline
19:03 Sand and Snow
21:35 Getting Feedback from the Director
24:03 Designing the Creeper
26:05 The Charging Sequence
29:40 Working with Framestore
31:17 If You Were to Do It Again

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