Recently, someone took a deep dive into the creation of the “Hunter-Gratzner,” the spaceship created for my movie PITCH BLACK.  Ian Hunter and Matt Gratzner of New Deal Studios were the designer/builders of the 1:36 scale model, and they filmed all the elements for the VFX shots as well.  Years later, Ian would use a similar approach for the movie INTERSTELLAR, and he came away with an Oscar for his efforts. I recall seeing the H-G model in the New Deal studio 10 or 12 years ago, but beyond [...]