Who else but Wētā FX could pull off turning English rock star Robbie Williams into a chimp for Michael Gracey’s “Better Man” musical biopic? After all, Peter Jackson’s New Zealand VFX studio is the ...

Opening in theaters on December 25th, ‘Better Man’ is a distinctly unconventional music biopic (at least in one respect), since it portrays British singer and pop star Robbie Williams as a CG simian ...

Not many people wanted to see the Robbie Williams monkey movie, Better Man, in theaters, but perhaps more folks will be ...

During the years-long height of the British superstar Robbie Williams’s fame, I’d often wonder why he struggled to cross over to true global recognition. Williams, for those who are unfamiliar, ...

The Gist: In voiceover, Williams describes himself as “cheeky,” as in, of course, “cheeky monkey.” But don’t read into that too heavily, because chimpanzees are apes, not monkeys. (I guess “cheeky ape ...

Most male music icons would prefer to be portrayed on screen by stars. Most male music icons would prefer to be portrayed on screen by the starry, swaggering likes of Timothee Chalamet (Bob Dylan in ...

Wētā FX VFX supervisor Luke Millar describes finding the right balance to represent Williams as a CG chimp and how it all came together for the spectacular "Rock DJ" musical sequence. But the animated ...