‘Inhumans’ Director Gives More Details on How Lockjaw’s Teleportation Works

For all of the criticism and scrutiny early looks at Marvel’s The Inhumans has received, one consistently bright spot has been Lockjaw, the royal family’s gigantic telepathig dog. The gifted pooch has been featured regularly in Inhumans trailers and footage, drawing plenty of positive reactions from audiences.

In addition to being telepathic, Lockjaw also has the ability to teleport. Inhumans director Roel Reine spoke with ComicBook.com last month and explained that Lockjaw, who is a creation done fully in CGI, dissolves into a sandburst type thing when he teleports. Now with the IMAX premiere of the show just days away, Reine is sharing more details of Lockjaw’s trick with the Independent.

The director explained that when it came to putting together how he wanted Lockjaw and his skills to look and feel, Marvel gave him free reign.

“They give me a lot of freedom to design the visual effects like I want them. For instance, with Lockjaw, in the comics it was never explained how the teleportation works. So, instead of a Star Trek, beam them up effect that doesn’t work. I wanted it to feel very organic. If there’s a dog doing it, there’s no special computers. So, you have to touch the dog and you turn into sand dust. Then, you arrive at the next place and the dust disappears,” Reine explained.

Audiences will get a better look at Lockjaw and his teleportation skills when Marvel’s The Inhumans premieres in IMAX theaters on September 1, followed by its debut on ABC on September 29.

Marvel’s Inhumans explores the never-before-told epic adventure of the royal family, including “Black Bolt,” the enigmatic, commanding King of the Inhumans, with a voice so powerful that the slightest whisper can destroy a city. After the Royal Family of Inhumans is splintered by a military coup, they barely escape to Hawaii where their surprising interactions with the lush world and humanity around them may prove to not only save them, but Earth itself.