Why Hollywood needs computer games tech more than ever

Kim Libreri, an award-winning visual effects artist based in Northern California, has worked on movies including Artificial Intelligence and War of the Planet of the Apes. For nine years he has been working with a piece of technology better known for computer games, in particular the smash-hit Fortnite. The Unreal Engine, owned by Epic Games, provides the building blocks and tools that a computer game developer needs, but is increasingly an attractive technology for TV and film producers. The latest version of technology, Unreal Engine 5, is coming out next year, and Epic has been heavily trailing its features. It should allow visual effects artists like Mr Libreri to slot graphics and images straight into a scene, with little fuss.