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  • NewsTom Butler

    R2-D2 Creator Tony Dyson Dies Aged 68

    Tony Dyson, the British special effects artist and robotics professor responsible for bringing R2-D2 to life in ‘Star Wars’, has died aged 68. Dyson was found by police at his home in Malta after friends contacted them concerned about his wellbeing. The Emmy-nominated SFX supervisor worked on ‘Superman 2′, ‘Moonraker’, and ‘Dragonslayer’, but he’ll best be remembered for his pioneering work on bringing R2-D2 to life in the ‘Star Wars’ films.

  • NewsYahoo Movies UK

    How Exactly Did ‘Ant-Man’ Make Michael Douglas Look So Young?

    By Nate Jones/Vulture In Ant-Man’s opening scene, Michael Douglas’s Hank Pym strides into S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters to tender his resignation. Well, that’s not 100 percent right — it’s definitely Hank Pym, and it’s definitely S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters, but it’s not quite Michael Douglas, at least as we know him in 2015. The scene takes place in 1989, and the Douglas that walks into the room is the spitting image of the actor during his Wall Street and Fatal Attraction days. We were lucky enou