Lionsgate's second official Last Witch Hunter trailer properly introduces Kaulder's various allies in the film, who help him to battle a powerful witch coven in the modern-day world. A second and much more insightful, full-length, preview for the movie has now been released, and you can watch it above. The first Last Witch Hunter trailer released by Lionsgate introduced filmgoers to Kaulder - who, in the movie, is 'cursed' with immortality - while teasing the fantasy setting and larger mythos of the film, as was directed by Breck Eisner (The Crazies (2010)) and crafted by screenwriter Cory Goodman ( Priest), as well as the writing duo Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless ( Dracula Untold). The film revolves around Kaulder (Diesel), the member of an ancient order (the Axe & Cross) dedicated to protecting our world from witches and the forces of darkness. In addition, Cinesite developed the look of the immortality transfer that can be seen in a number of key moments in the film, as well as the Queen Witch tree which appears in the film as both “live” and “dead”, book-ending the Schlesinger storyline.Vin Diesel will be back on the big screen in Fall 2015 with The Last Witch Hunter, a supernatural fantasy/adventure that could give rise to yet another franchise headlined by the Fast & Furious actor. Ultimately, working with Breck Eisner (Director) and Nicholas Brooks (VFX Supervisor), we settled on a more calligraphic look, to show that the swarm was under the Witch Queen’s supernatural control.
The Queen Witch’s fly swarm used to attack Kaulder had multiple objectives, explains Stéphane Paris: “The challenge was to capture the energy and dynamic speed of the swarm (of up to 1.5 million flies), while giving shape to the swarm to allow the audience to follow the direction of the flies.” Various motion studies and versions were created, all exploring how a swarm might behave. The roots’ movements were then accentuated in certain shots with hero key frame animated roots and the addition of more fibers. The team created a procedural “root system”, which could grow and encase the character and surrounding tree. This included adding membranes, fibers, moving branches and insects to make the cocoon come alive, keeping it embedded into the actor’s face while taking care not to alter his performance,” says Holger Voss, VFX Supervisor. “Our team of artists had the challenging task of enhancing the live action set piece and prosthetics with a CG cocoon. In this supernatural world of witchery, one of the witches, Schlesinger (Isaach De Bankolé) finds himself entrapped in a cocoon. The last witch hunter is all that stands between humanity and the combined forces of the most horrifying witches in history.Ĭinesite’s VFX team, under the supervision of Holger Voss and Stéphane Paris, created the visual effects for some key sequences, including the Queen Witch’s resurrection and the epic battle that follows, between her and Kaulder (Vin Diesel).
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