Stardust

The fanciful tale of a young man who ventures into a magical land in order to retrieve a fallen star. The original idea for 'Stardust' was conceived by Neil Gaiman as he watched a falling star in the middle of the Tucson desert in 1991, almost 15 years later the graphic novel was adapted for the screen by Vaughn and Jane Goldman.

DNEG was delighted to work with Matthew Vaughn on this special movie, led by VFX Supervisor Peter Chiang, and tasked with creating the magical visual effects required to help tell the tale. DNEG’s involvement in the film began early on when Digital Supervisor, Mattias Lindahl headed up a pre-visualisation team at Pinewood Studios.

The main areas of work for DNEG included the extensive photo realistic environments, the Sky Vessel flown by Captain Shakespeare, sky replacements, green-screens and the magic effects used to differentiate between the different witches.