The Avengers, directed by Joss Whedon, finished shooting early this month. Now, the film is in big post-production stages where companies are working on visual effects. It was previosly reported that Industrial Light & Magic will be doing VFX, but now it seems that WETA Digital has joined ILM to make the film's effects even better. Below is a list of the special effects companies, some of the movies they've worked on, including who've worked on practical effects and previsualization. Also, I heard that WETA may work on visual effects for The Hulk or the mysterious aliens that'll appear in the movie. So, if it's true, it will look amazing.
VFX:
WETA DIGITAL:
- X-Men: First Class
- Avatar
- District 9
- King Kong
- Lord of the Rings - Trilogy
INDUSTRIAL LIGHT & MAGIC:
- Transformers - Trilogy
- Iron Man
- Star Trek (2009)
- Pirates of the Caribbean - Trilogy
- Super 8
LUMA PICTURES:
- Captain America: The First Avenger
- X-Men: First Class
- Thor
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- The Green Hornet
LIVE ACTION SUIT & PRACTICAL EFFECTS:
LEGACY EFFECTS:
- Thor
- Iron Man
- Iron Man 2
- Cowboys & Aliens
- Avatar
PREVISUALIZATION:
THE THIRD FLOOR:
- X-Men: First Class
- Thor
- Let Me In
- Star Trek (2009)
- War of the Worlds
There you go. There could be more companies working on, but for now this is it. Seeing all that above, I think we can expect some cool stuff in the film.
Starring Robert Downey, Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner and Cobie Smulders,
The Avengers is set to hit theatres on May 4, 2012!
Continuing the epic big-screen adventures started in "Iron Man," "The Incredible Hulk," "Iron Man 2," "Thor," and "Captain America: The First Avenger," "Marvel’s The Avengers" is the super hero team up of a lifetime. When an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster.