2016 Movie News Archives

April 3, 2016: Creating Zod's Body for "Batman v Superman"

Zod While many assumed that Michael Shannon had returned to the role of General Zod to film the brief scenes in which Lex Luthor acquires the dead Kryptonian's body, the fact is this was all achieved through the creation of a body cast and the magical work of Studio ADI.

    For the blockbuster BATMAN V SUPERMAN, ADI created two ultra-realistic replicas of the deceased General Zod that would withstand close scrutiny by a camera lense. Fitness trainer Greg Plitt came to ADI for us to lifecast his body from the neck down while our colleague Barney Burman loaned us a headcast of actor Michael Shannon. Once the Shannon headcast was copied both the head and body were run in silicone with a polyfoam fill to make them solid. Tony Matijevich, Brian Clawson, and Tim Leach created both Zod bodies; Denise Baer punched hair; Mike Larrabee painted both Zods. Before the release of the film, Body-Double Greg Plitt passed away. This video is dedicated to his memory.

Source: Amalgamated Dynamics (ADI)



2016 Movie News

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