Watch the Star-Studded Trailer for the Ultimate Making-Of Documentary

The trailer that follows would be the most epic, star-studded factor you see at present. I don’t care if Marvel broadcasts Avengers 5 and useless characters come again from the grave, cross over with Star Wars, they usually all combat the DC Universe. This trailer has it beat.

Lucas. Spielberg. Cameron. Howard. Zemeckis. These are simply among the people who find themselves in a brand new documentary referred to as Light and Magic, directed by Star Wars and Indiana Jones author Lawrence Kasdan. The six-part sequence involves Disney+ on July 27 and it dives into movies by all these folks and plenty of, many extra, to not point out the story of how this one firm actually modified the world. So we’re not simply speaking huge filmmakers, well-known actors, and blockbuster films. We’re speaking groundbreaking know-how a lot of you’re most likely going to make use of at present. Check out the trailer.

So sure, Industrial Light and Magic was first created to make Star Wars. But it made so, so many films after it. Won so, so many awards alongside the way in which. And the ensuing know-how modified the way in which the world works. All of that and extra will likely be lined within the documentary, which sounds each thrilling and impressive. It’s a making-of documentary about most likely a very powerful making-of firm ever.

And whereas that is all very cool, one of many few issues I’m a bit of skeptical about is how sincere and balanced a portrayal this will likely be. Certainly, it’s aiming to be a celebration of ILM’s legacy and that’s nice, however will anybody say something unhealthy in any respect in regards to the firm? Surely it hasn’t all been good through the years. If there’s a few of that in there to make the doc extra rounded, that will likely be most welcome.

We’ll discover out very quickly. Light and Magic, directed by Lawrence Kasdan, and govt produced by Kasdan, Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Justin Wilkes, Kathleen Kennedy, and Michelle Rejwan, hits Disney+ in its entirety July 27.

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