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May 14, 2007 —

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Industrial Light + Magic will be the principal visual effects house on Marvel Studios' "Iron Man."

It also was confirmed Friday that ILM sister company Skywalker Sound will handle sound design and mixing on the film and that Deluxe's DI business Efilm, which opened a DI suite at Skywalker Ranch last year, will do the film's color timing and mastering.

"Iron Man" is helmed by Jon Favreau with John Nelson as visual effects supervisor; a May 2008 release is planned.

Visual effects supervisor Ben Snow is heading up the ILM team with animation supervisor Hal Hickel. Wayne Billheimer is producing for ILM, with Gretchen Libby as ILM's executive producer on the project. Chris Boyes will be the film's sound design and lead re-recording mixer.

"We are thrilled to partner with Industrial Light + Magic on 'Iron Man,' " said Kevin Feige, president of production at Marvel. "The visual effects expertise they bring to this project fit perfectly with the high-tech look and feel of this film."

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