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Storyboarding The Apes

In a world full of CG and unlimited budgets, one man clings tight to his hand-crafted illustrations. As a storyboard artist for 25 years, Tim Burgard has painstakingly sketched the first images of "Thor," "Green Lantern," and now "Rise of the Planet of the Apes." READ»

Most Innovative Companies - Film & TV

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Big Blue Meets Big Green With Its Supercomputers

Big Blue has morphed into Big Green. In the Green 500 list of super-powerful computing machines, IBM has snapped up 57 of the top 100 places. The Green list is a re-ordering of the famous annual Top 500 list of supercomputers in ...READ»

Inside Weta Digital's Spaceship

For this winter's blockbuster The Day the Earth Stood Still, two dozen Weta Digital designers spent six months sculpting the film's real star (sorry, Keanu): the spaceship. Joe Letteri, senior visual effects supervisor for the four-time Academy Award-winning digital shop, walked us through the process.READ»

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The Most Innovative Companies in Entertainment

You have seen our Fast Company 50. But what are the companies within specific categories doing creative and ground-breaking work? Who is leading an industry into the future? Here we present the top ten firms in Entertainment.READ»