Nine Things You Need to Know Before Seeing ‘X-Men’
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Was Dr. 90210 an On-Set Adviser? The scene employs a revolutionary new computer technique from Lola Visual Effects that painted over the veteran actors’ faces making them appear 20 years younger. With a “Magneto” prequel in the works, McKellan has said he’d like to play a young Eric Lensherr himself and have his entire performance similarly painted over. How long, one muse wonder, until every actor is negotiating a touch-up into their contracts?
VH1
May 30, 2006
CNN – X-Men Stars Get Digital Facelifts
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What a pair those dashing young mutants Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart make in “X-Men: The Last Stand.”
CNN
May 24, 2006
Comingsoon.com X-Men: The Last Stand Review
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A scene where he and Magneto are digitally made younger is stunning and one of the most impressive uses of CG effects that I’ve seen in quite some time.
comingsoon.com
May 24, 2006
Pitt, Blanchett star in Cannes favorite “Babel”
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Lola recently completed work for Cannes favorite “Babel”
Reuters
May 23, 2006
SFX talks to X-Men VFX Supervisor John Bruno
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We had to make both Xavier and Dr Lensure (Magneto) look 20 to 30 years younger. For me the entire success of the film was based on the believability of this scene for the audience.
SFX Magazine
May 22, 2006
Moriarty Takes A Stand On X-MEN 3! — Ain’t It Cool News
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For instance, the first scene in the movie shocked me. Set twenty years ago, it’s the moment where Magneto (Ian McKellen) and Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart) go to meet a young Jean Grey for the first time. Whatever bit of digital trickery they used to de-age both Stewart and McKellen, it’s fascinating. It doesn’t look like an effect at all… they’re just younger, the clock somehow rolled back.
Ain’t It Cool
May 21, 2006
Total Film – X3 The Last Stand Exclusive!
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It’s not just the showpiece moments that use state-of-the-art effects in “The Last Stand”, either. One flashback scene finds Magneto and Xavier visiting a young Jean Grey. “Patrick and I are very pleased with that scene”, says a relaxed Sir Ian McKellen. “It takes place 20 years ago and we both appear 20 years younger on screen. Being a couple of vain old timers, we’re very happy with that! They put our faces through a process which has an effect like airbrusing. It’s cutting-edge technology that’s never been used in a film before. It’s wrinkle-lifting film magic!”
Total Film Magazine
May 19, 2006
‘X-Men’ no last stand for Shuler Donner
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The rejuvenation effect Lola. “X-Men” introduces a nifty piece of new FX software that could be much in demand in the future: the rejuvenation effect Lola, which FX master John Bruno helped to perfect, makes actors look younger. It was used for a subplot involving the youthful incarnations of Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellan, making them 20 years younger. “They loved it,” Shuler Donner says.
The Hollywood Reporter
May 19, 2006
Lola VFX Partners in Wall Street Journal
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Growing up in the Chicago suburbs in the early 1990s, Greg and Colin Strause were the ultimate computer geeks.
Link
May 12, 2006