The Expendables 4 VFX Breakdown by WorldWide FX

We’re thrilled to share a behind-the-scenes look at our extensive VFX work on The Expendables 4. This project was more than a year in the making, and we had the privilege of collaborating with the exceptionally talented director, Scott Waugh, whose expertise was invaluable throughout. The project involved a whopping 1,500 VFX shots, with WWFX handling 897. We also partnered with other renowned VFX studios such as NBFX in Portugal, FX3X, AXIS, and Peerless. Our team at WWFX was led by the VFX supervisor Vesselina Hary Georgieva and was responsible for two major sequences: the Libyan desert factory and the Mercenaries ship Jintara. In the Libyan desert factory, we had to create both the factory itself and the surrounding environment. The most challenging shots featured a massive plane colliding with the factory, requiring intricate pyro simulations. Crafting the desert environment alone took six months, incorporating elements like sand dunes, rocky mountains, greenery, ruins, and various vehic