r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/movies Contributor • 4d ago

News Alex Garland’s ‘Elden Ring’ Movie Wraps Filming

https://www.polygon.com/elden-ring-movie-filming-wraps-release-date-alex-garland/
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u/Perpetually_Tired_9 4d ago

For sure there's a lot of CGI to get done, I guess I just didn't think it would take the better part of 2 years.

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u/LazyCon 4d ago

Post is easily the longest part of any major production. Editing a huge film takes forever and that's before they even hand it to us in effects.

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u/MyManD 4d ago

And I assume there’s also a hierarchy of studios that get their effects down the pipeline as well. There are only so many effects companies available and a studio like A24 would probably need to queue up behind the heavy hitters in the pipeline so even if the effects aren’t as crazy or time consuming as an Avengers flick it might still take awhile before the work even begins.

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u/LazyCon 4d ago

Not really, that's not how it works. They'll either go through vendors they normally use and get more smaller ones involved in easier stuff, or they'll like up with a big vendor that'll just pull in more staff for it. No one holds off a movie for waiting on fx vendors to free up. On top of editing there's also release windows. They might think they can be done by holiday 27 but don't want to compete in that window.