ILM VFX nab noms at the 2022 British Academy Film Awards

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The Mandalorian and Grogu, announced as The Mandalorian & Grogu, is a Star Wars movie that started production in 2024. Directed by Jon Favreau and produced by Favreau, Kathleen Kennedy, and Dave Filoni, it takes place between the events of Episode VI: Return of the Jedi and Episode VII: The Force Awakens, focuses on the adventures of Din Djarin and Din Grogu, and will be a spinoff to the TV series Star Wars: The Mandalorian. The film was announced on January 9 that year on StarWars.com with a conceptual sketch by veteran illustrator Ryan Church, along with an announcement of a second season of the television series Star Wars: Ahsoka. A fourth season of The Mandalorian is also still in development.

On May 7, 2019, Disney revealed their future movie release schedule, including a set of three untitled new Star Wars films, one of which had a scheduled release date of December 20, 2024. The Star Wars Show also reported on the news on May 15. On July 23, 2020, after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the film was delayed to December 19, 2025. After the start of the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike, Disney shifted their theatrical film release slate, with the film being pushed to its current release date of May 22, 2026. A film directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy occupied this release slot until The Mandalorian & Grogu was announced.

Star Wars Insider 224 revealed the initial film logo was the same as the one for The Mandalorian Season Three. In August 2024, during D23 2024, it was revealed that the film had entered production, and a new logo was revealed, in addition to a teaser that was shown to the audience. In August 2024, Sigourney Weaver revealed that she had joined the cast of The Mandalorian & Grogu.

Alongside the release of the movie, Millennium Falcon: Smuggler’s Run will be updated to include a new mission featuring Djarin, Grogu, Tatooine, Endor and Cloud City, which takes place off camera from the film.

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Congratulations go out to the ever-active teams at ILM VFX behind Free Guy and the 25th James Bond epic No Time To Die starring star of The Force Awakens Daniel Craig which featured some very special visual effects work by ILM.

Congratulations to @ILMVFX’s Mark Bakowski on being nominated for an EE @BAFTA “Special Visual Effects” Award for his work on #NoTimeToDie. #EEBAFTAs pic.twitter.com/hnMERVmf5m

— Industrial Light & Magic (@ILMVFX) February 4, 2022

Their other nod was for the outstandingly vivid and action-packed comedy adventure Free Guy, starring Ryan Reynolds and Jodie (Mother of Rey) Comer.

A big congratulations from @ILMVFX to Swen Gillberg, Brian Grill, Nikos Kalaitzidis, and Daniel Sudick on their EE @BAFTA “Special Visual Effects” Award nomination for @ShawnLevyDirect’s @FreeGuyMovie. #EEBAFTAs pic.twitter.com/BNo7pZHfV0

— Industrial Light & Magic (@ILMVFX) February 4, 2022

Best of luck to the ILM VFX teams – and indeed everyone else nominated for a BAFTA – and be sure to watch the ceremony on Sunday 13th March on the BBC.

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Mark Newbold

Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in 1981 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He currently contributes to ILM.com, SkywalkerSound.com and Star Wars Insider, having previously written for StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Starburst Magazine, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia and Model and Collectors Mart. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host, the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since it began in 2015, the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.

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