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‘Remarkably Bright Creatures’: How the CG Design and Movements Were Inspired by a Real-Life Octopus at Vancouver Aquarium

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‘Remarkably Bright Creatures’: How the CG Design and Movements Were Inspired by a Real-Life Octopus at Vancouver Aquarium
Jun 8, 2026 11:46am PT ‘Remarkably Bright Creatures’: How the CG Design and Movements Were Inspired by a Real-Life Octopus at Vancouver Aquarium

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@jazzt See All REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES. (L to R) Sally Field as Tova, Marcellus and Lewis Pullman as Cameron in Remarkably Bright Creatures. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2026. Courtesy of Netflix

VFX supervisor Chris Ritvo knows a thing or two about creating animals in CG. He had worked with director Olivia Newman on “Where the Crawdads Sing,” for which he created CG birds. Ritvo was faced with an even greater challenge when Newman tasked him with creating a CG octopus for “Remarkably Bright Creatures.”

The Netflix movie, based on the bestselling book by Shelby Van Pelt, stars Sally Field as a Tova, a widow who works at a local aquarium and finds joy again when she forms an unlikely bond with a giant Pacific octopus named Marcellus.

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