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Article Search Advanced Search Wanted: Bending VFX for a Killing Machine By Alain Bielik Jul 7, 2008, 14:39 In 2006, the Russian movie Night Watch made a strong impression on American producers. Director Timur Bekmambetov's innovative use of visual effects created a definitely unique movie experience, enough so to land him his first American directorial gig with Wanted (which opened June 27 from Universal). In this adaptation of a comic book created by Mark Millar, a young "nobody" (James McAvoy) finds out that he is the son of a legendary assassin. He enters a mysterious fraternity where he is trained to become a perfect killing machine, a human being able to bend the laws of physics and gravity to his own advantage. The movie required more than 800 visual effects shots, a massive effort initially supervised and produced by Jon Farhat. However, during post-production, Farhat fell very ill and had to be replaced by Visual Effects Supervisor Stefen Fangmeier. "I had directed Eragon, and, at that time, I was exploring new directing opportunities," Fangmeier says. "I didn't want to get into a vfx assignment that would tie me up for too long. This project was perfect in the sense that they only needed somebody for four months to come in and finish up." Click vfxworld.com for the whole story. Email this article  Printer friendly page