The Mill gathers a massive multi-national VFX team to conjure multiple levels of evil and darkness in this ominous launch trailer for Diablo IV, the latest installment of Blizzard’s blockbuster action RPG arriving June 6.

Helmed by Academy Award winner Chloé Zhao (Best Director, 2021, Nomadland) and Australian director Kiku Ohe, the film marks the first live-action trailer for the franchise and was produced by Superprime thru agency 72andSunny.

Chris Bedrosian, VFX/shoot supervisor & 3D Lead at The Mill in LA: “Our team traveled to Budapest in the cold of December to film on location over four days. We meticulously captured loads of data including detailed LiDAR scans and on-location head scans for digital doubles to bring the world of Diablo to life.

“With a wealth of Diablo lore and art at our fingertips and liberties to bring the hellish underworld of Diablo into a world of real flesh and bone, we were ecstatic to get involved! No detail was spared.”
 
 

 
Client: Blizzard Entertainment

Agency: 72andSunny
Executive Producer: Jennifer Cursio
Producer: Carina Reiners
Group Creative Director: Tim Wolfe
Creative Director: Ryan Dols
Senior Copywriter: Cory Conrad
Senior Art Director: Gideon Gillard

Production: Superprime
Director: Chloé Zhao
Co-director: Kiku Ohe
Sr EP: Kate Leahy
Producer: Suza Horvat
Managing Director (Sales): Michelle Ross
Managing Director (EP): Rebecca Skinner
Head of Production: Matt Sanders

Production: Division Films
Owner/ EP: Rok Bukovec
Production Manager: Urska Vardijan
Line Producer: Rok Luneznik

VFX Production: The Mill
EP: Anastasia von Rahl
Senior Producer: Dave Wein
Producers: Tennyson Turner, Spencer Ruehl
BLR Producer Manager: Agrata Sharma
BLR Associate Production Manager: Utkarsha Santosh Shinde
RPM Producer: Neelam Ulhas Terdalkar
Production Coordinators: Ali Aslam, Devin Rojas, P.T. Clement
BLR Production Coordinators: Vinita Panwar, Devashish Malakar

VFX: The Mill
Creative Director: James Allen
VFX Supervisors: Chris Bedrosian, James Allen
Shoot Supervisors: Chris Bedrosian
2D Lead Artist: James Allen
3D Lead Artist: Chris Bedrosian
DFX Supervisor: Vivekananthan R
BGLR Project Lead: Redin Kumar
Character Supervisor: Sandeep VS
Animation Supervisor: Sukanta Chakraborty
FX Supervisor: Biswajit Tarafder
Lighting Supervisor: Aritra Kumar Sarkar
Animation Supervisor: Mahesh MS’s Designation
Assets Lead: Shravan Srikanth
Groomer: Kapil Rana
Asset Artists: Akash Deodhum Humne, Guntur Kamal Kepha, Joydip Sarkar, Karthikeyan M, Ravishankar N, Sandeep Kumar Yadav, Tarun Nishad, Thirumoorthi Sivakumar, Utkarsha Singh, Yogesh Subhash Zend, Jayan Munusamy, Tushar Sethi, Tanmay Mayra
DMP Lead: Bakiyayaj P
DMP Artists: Shanmugavel V, Srivarman
Animation Lead: Srinivas Rao Rella
Animator Team: Amit Ramkrishna Nandgaonkar, Badireddy Sri Charan, Chinnaiya M, Dhruba Sinha, Raman Bhatia, Ravi Panwar, Sandeep Kumar Goje, Vinod Kumar Darapu
Rigging Lead: Garlapati Yeswanth
Rigging Artists: Akash Benny Thomas, Megha Minish Mehta, Pradeep Katta
FX Artists: Ashutosh Shivdas, Polam Tirumala Reddy, Akshay Kishor Asarkar, Kamaljeet Singh, Madivadanatamilparidy Ramamoorthy, Manik Suvedi, Rohit Kumar, Nandhakumar S
Lighting Lead: Sujith Sasankan
Lighters: Mohit Swaroop Hembram, Trinath Sarkar, Deepa Thapa
Comp Lead: Saravanan D
Comp Artists: Gangadharam Raja, Ragesh Ramachandran, Udaykiran Chowdary
BLR Roto Supervisor: Kunal Bendke
BLR Roto Team: Ahamadulla Khan, Jagadeesan Velayutham, Kamlesh Chauhan, Laxman Janardhan Pawar, Nilesh Kale, Sagar Eknath Gangurde, Sarita Chauhan, Sriram Parameshwaran, Tribhuwan Kumar, Umesh Shivade, Vishvajeet Kocharekar
BLR Prep Lead: Sachin Ranaware
BLR Prep Team: Praneet vivek Borkar, Abhishek Deswal, Akshay Patil, Avinash Sangate, Baljinder Singh, Chetan Shelar, Dilip Balu, Jagadeesh Dasari, Jijo Joseph, Kanak Kumar, Khandu Baliram Bidkar, Kumar Ranvir Sinha, Mohammad Rabban, Mukesh Dasgaonkar, Nilesh Patil, Praneet Vivek Borkar, Prashant Mohite, Prem Rajay Vankudre, Ritesh Patil, Sagar Paswan, Sangram Londhe, Sarika Jadhav, Shailesh Madhav, Sikandar Shaikh, Utkarsh Indis
BLR Matchmove Leads: Manoj Ravi and Elangovan Ganeshan
BLR Matchmove Team: Anirudh Krishna Kurve, Asif Mohammad, Chetan Balasaheb Kadam, Dongili Varaprasad, Gorla Rakesh, Kishor Shivaji Apune, Nallur Suhas Bhat, Pratik Vilas Pawar, Rais Pinjari, Sovan Tarafdar, Sushant Lavhande, Tirupati Bhavani Shankar Derangula, Typhan Rai, Vivek Yogesh Kamble
Roto Supervisor: Kunal Bendke
Roto Artists: Ahamadulla Khan, Jegadeesan Velayutham, Kamlesh Chauhan, Laxman Janardhan Pawar, Nilesh Kale, Sagar Eknath Gangurde, Sarita Chauhan, Sriram Parameshwaran, Tribhuwan Kumar, Umesh Shivade

Edit: Work Editorial

Color: Company 3
Colorist: Sofie Borup
Producer: Shannen Troup

Music: Walker

Sound design: LIME
Mix: LIME