ProVideo Coalition

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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Pirates of the Caribbean Director Blames Unreal Engine and Video Game Aesthetics for the Decline of CGI in Movies

Director Gore Verbinski believes that CGI effects in movies have gotten worse in recent years because of Unreal Engine.
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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.

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 ...
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 ...
FandomWire

Secrets Behind Pirates of the Caribbean’s VFX and What Hollywood is Doing Wrong Now

With modern movies looking unreal, Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski revealed the industry secret on why modern movies suck!

Frostpunk: 1886 will let you see how much your people are suffering

The Frostpunk: 1886 team and the Frostpunk 2 teams are working closely together, sharing ideas to decide what concepts should ...
Video Games Chronicle

Epic Games VFX head says Pirates of the Caribbean artists would have loved using UE: ‘And I should know, I was one of them’

Epic’s VFX supervisor has challenged director Gore Verbinski’s claim that Unreal Engine makes movies look like video ...
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Epic Games fires back at Pirates of the Caribbean director for blaming Unreal Engine for "bad CGI"

Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski blames Unreal Engine for bad modern CGI; Epic Games fires back, defending the tool used in virtual production.
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This solo dev is using Unreal Engine 5 to make a voodoo-led horror game

A new take on spirit investigations.

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 ...