Men in Black

A streetwise NYPD detective joins a secret organization that polices extraterrestrial affairs on Earth.

From the fully animated CG close-up of Tony Shalhoub’s head to the one-quarter scale model of the Midtown Tunnel, Men in Black required ILM to utilize every tool in their repertoire of special effects techniques. Men in Black was a unique project for ILM because of the comedic performances the CG characters had to deliver in conjunction with the technical aspects of their creation.

Through a combination of amazing models, replicas, sets, robots, and CG effects, ILM was able to successfully navigate between two eras of visual effects (physical and digital) and two genres of films (comedy and action).