Movie Magic

We got a look behind the scenes of "Us" thanks to visual effects supervisor Grady Cofer. He explained how his team at Industrial Light & Magic brought Jordan Peele's vision to life, with cutting-edge VFX that allowed stars like Lupita Nyong'o to appear twice in the same scene.

The 2019 remake of Stephen King's "Pet Sematary" stars two different rescue cats that play the character of Church. These cats had never acted before, and it took a lot of work to get them to do what the director wanted on set. We spoke with the animal trainer and animal coordinator for the film, Melissa Millett and Kirk Jarrett, to find out what it takes to train a cat for TV and film.

Taran Butler is a world champion competition shooter and the owner of Taran Tactical, which is responsible for training some of Hollywood's top action stars to operate firearms for film and TV. We visited the range to see what goes into one of their training sessions.

What do "Ocean's 8," "Orange Is The New Black," and "Daredevil" all have in common? Well if you look closely, you'll notice that all three have filmed their prison scenes at the exact same location. The Arthur Kill Correctional Facility in Staten Island is a former prison that is now been turned into a large production facility. We got a look inside.

"Missing Link" is the latest feature from Laika Studios, which makes some of today's biggest stop motion animated movies. Their latest stars Hugh Jackman, Zach Galifianakis, and Zoe Saldana. Director Chris Butler talked to us about all the work that went into bringing this movie to life. It involved years of work and over 100 handcrafted sets.

One of the stand-out animated sequences of the summer was the illusion battle in Marvel and Sony's "Spider-Man: Far From Home." This sequence took 120 animators at London-based Framestore up to nine months to make. Visual Effects Supervisor Alexis Wajsbrot, who previously worked on "Thor: Ragnarok" and "Dr Strange" explained to us how it was created.

Motion capture uses an actor's body movements to help create incredibly realistic computer-generated characters. It's been used in everything from "Avengers: Infinity War" to "Lord of the Rings" to the most recent "Planet of the Apes" movies. We met up with Richard Dorton, a motion capture actor who also teaches at The Mocap Vaults, to learn the tricks of the trade.