Interview With Joe Letteri
“For me, it’s keeping the focus on the character.” – Joe Letteri Joe Letteri is Weta Digital’s senior visual effects supervisor and studio director. Among a long list of awards bestowed upon him, he is a winner […]
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Academy Awards for Weta Digital
Congratulations to Martin Hill, Jon Allitt, Nick McKenzie, Dr Peter Hillman and Areito Echevarria of Weta Digital on winning Oscars at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Scientific and Technical Awards, 2014. Martin Hill, Jon […]
Cate Blanchett: Jackson has a ‘Refined Sense of Ugly’
Cate Blanchett, who plays Galadriel in The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies says Peter Jackson has, ‘… a refined sense of ugly. He’s so feral and childlike as a filmmaker and up on […]
The Challenges of Visual Effects for The Desolation of Smaug
Last week, the Academy Award nominations have been revealed with three nominations for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug in the categories Visual Effects, Sound Mixing, and Sound Editing. With the ever increasing technological advances, […]
‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug’ Wins 3 Oscar Nominations!
Congratulations to The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug! Just moments ago, it was announced that the film received three nominations for the 2014 Academy Awards. At the 86th Academy Awards on Sunday, March 2, 2014, The Hobbit: The […]
An Eagle’s View of Middle-earth
Nathan Shields uses his unique talent of pancake portraiture to raise money for his children’s college funds. His amazing Hobbit pancakes look too good to eat! Except the Great Goblin. I can think of other reasons not to […]
Production Design on The Hobbit
With just a week to go to the Oscars, Deadline talks to Dan Hennah who, along with Ra Vincent and Simon Bright, has been nominated for an Academy Award in production design for his work […]
The Hobbit Lands Technical Oscar
During the pre-Oscars ceremony, The Scientific and Technical Achievement Awards held in Los Angeles, California this year, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey won an Oscar! It was awarded to Simon Clutterbuck, James Jacobs and Dr. Richard Dorling. The Scientific […]
The Makeup and Hair Magic Behind ‘The Hobbit’
After winning the Oscar for Best Makeup in 2004 for The Return of the King, hair and makeup stylist, Peter Swords King, is nominated again! This time around for An Unexpected Journey. A lot of […]
An Eagle’s View of Middle-earth
Sir Ian McKellen received an honorary doctorate from the University of Ulster today! I wonder if this has anything to do with the fact that James Nesbitt, who played Bofur alongside McKellen’s Gandalf, is the Chancellor […]
