Weta Workshop at New York Comic Con 2015
Weta Workshop returned for the second time to New York Comic Con, and I may be a little biased, but they easily had the most beautiful booth there! Not only did attendees get to see […]
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Joe Letteri’s Reddit AMA
Joe Letteri, the senior visual effects supervisor and Director of the Weta Digital studio, has recently done a Reddit AMA. We’ve gathered the Q&A about The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, but you […]
A Sculptor’s Perspective of Smaug
In case you didn’t already know, Weta Workshop recently released an amazing Smaug the Terrible statue that is available to pre-order on their site; you can find more information about it here. Creating this statue was a team […]
‘The Hobbit’ Nominated for Hollywood Post Alliance Award
Congratulations to The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and the visual effects team at WETA Digital on the nomination for Outstanding Visual Effects in a Feature Film in the Hollywood Post Alliance Awards. The HPA […]
Empire Visits the Weta Digital Team
Empire magazine has recently visited the hi-tech workshop of Weta Digital, sharing a whole feature of The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies. Empire talked with the special effects supervisor, Chris White, concerning his […]
Peter Jackson to Receive Blake Medal for Leadership
Sir Peter Jackson has been named as the 2014 recipient of the Blake Medal, an award that recognizes outstanding contributions to the culture or economic success of New Zealand. The Sir Peter Blake leadership awards, started […]
An Eagle’s View of Middle-earth – June 10, 2014
DeviantArtist ChipsEss0r originally started this bit of Lord of the Rings fan art as a school project. We don’t know what grade she ended up getting for this triptych combining Gimli, Aragorn, and Legolas, but […]
New ANIMATORS IN ACTION Sheds Light on Bombur Barrel Bounce
If there’s one scene that had some of the strongest reactions in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, it’s the barrel sequence after the dwarves’ escape from Thranduil’s dungeons. Fans were agog! Detractors were aghast! […]
Interview with Dave Clayton, Animation Supervisor at Weta Digital
Nic Healey of CNET Australia recently sat down with Dave Clayton, Animation Supervisor at Weta Digital. In the video interview, Clayton shared a number of fascinating tidbits about some of the Oscar-nominated visual effects in […]
Weta Digital on Virtual Cinematography
Weta Digital has just released this brand new video providing new information about how virtual cinematography helped shape The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. They provided the following description to the video: On their quest […]
