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It’s 2026 and my Unreal Engine 5 learning continues.

Now I did say that Unreal Engine 5 will be our application of choice. Keep in mind a few things. First, it’s completely free.
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Why Gore Verbinski thinks Unreal Engine is to blame for bad movie CGI

The Pirates of the Caribbean director isn't a fan.
GameSpot

Unreal Engine Makes Films Look Too Much Like Games, Pirates Of The Caribbean Director Says

As Verbinski explained, Unreal Engine 5's approach to light and its application in scenes doesn't work with films aiming for a photorealistic presentation. The filmmaker says that this tends to create ...

As Amazon embraces Unreal Engine for Fallout, one legendary director says it's filmmaking's "greatest slip backwards"

Unreal Engine has infiltrated the world of film over the past few years, including Amazon's Fallout, but Gore Verbinski isn't ...
Rock Paper Shotgun

Pirates director Gore Verbinski is iffy on Unreal Engine in movies: "I think it doesn’t work from a strictly photo-real standpoint"

The director of Pirates of the Caribbean and Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die has spoken at length about the presence of a ...

Epic responds to director Gore Verbinski's claims that Unreal Engine is making movie CGI worse: 'aesthetic and craft comes from artists, not software'

"It’s inaccurate for anyone in the industry to claim that one tool is to blame," said Patrick Tubach, VFX supervisor at Epic ...

Pirates of the Caribbean director knows exactly why movie CGI is getting worse – Unreal Engine: "You have this sort of gaming aesthetic entering the world of cinema"

It's no secret that CGI has seemingly gotten worse over the years, and no one knows this more than Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski, who says that the decline in effects quality comes ...

Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 still uses Unreal Engine 4 because "it's more beneficial to have something we're already familiar with," director Naoki Hamaguchi says

Following what seems to now be Square Enix tradition, the upcoming Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 will not use the notoriously ...