Planeta Junior to License and Distribute ‘Kiddets’ in Over 50 Countries
Preschool series, co-produced by Pukeko Pictures and Hengxin Shambala Kids, encourages kids to learn through play.
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‘Avatar 2’ Back in Production in New Zealand
Cameron stands by film’s December 2021 release schedule as live-action pickups for his ‘Avatar’ sequels have resumed in New Zealand.
In 3D, Business, CG, Films, People, Visual Effects | Headline News, VFXWorld | Geographic Region: Australia
Weta Digital Launches Weta Animated Original Content Business
Fulfilling Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh’s long-time dream, leading VFX studio will for the first begin producing original animated feature and episodic content.
The ‘Eyes’ Have It: Stuart Adcock Talks Will Smith at 23 and 50 in ‘Gemini Man’
Weta Digital’s facial modeling and performance capture animation expert discusses the difficulties and challenges of creating one of the most convincing digital humans ever seen on film.
Albert Mason Joins Alkemy X as Head of Production
VFX and post-production veteran will bring his feature film experience to the episodic space.
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Napster Co-Founder Sean Parker Makes ‘Significant’ Investment in Weta Digital
Billionaire philanthropist and entrepreneur, Facebook’s first president, partners with VFX pioneer to help fund studio’s growth.
Weta Digital Fells a Dragon and Slays a Giant in ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 8
Animation supervisor David Clayton shares how his team brought down the fire-breathing Rhaegal with a giant bolt, and Crum the giant wight with a small knife, in HBO’s hit action-adventure series.
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Rebecca Manning Joins Alkemy X as Compositing Supervisor
Veteran compositing supervisor brings with her more than 40 movie and TV credits including ‘Ghostbusters,’ ‘The Jungle Book,’ ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’ and ‘Avatar.’
Weta and Thanos Come Full Circle in ‘Avengers: Endgame’
With a 'snap,' Weta Digital helps brings closure to both Josh Brolin’s seemingly unstoppable villain and the foundational storyline from the MCU’s first 10 years.
Rising Sun Pictures Springs into Action for Fox’s ‘Alita: Battle Angel’
RSP teams with Weta Digital for new film’s lunar battle and zero-gravity training sequences.
In 3D, CG, Films, People, Visual Effects | Headline News, VFXWorld | Geographic Region: Australia, North America
Framestore Gets Into the Action for ‘Alita: Battle Angel’
From the floating city of Zalem and the vast Iron City to the massive crowd-filled Motorball stadium, Framestore delivers a broad range of visual effects for Robert Rodriguez’s action-packed dystopian feature.
Driving ‘Mortal Engines’: Weta Crafts a Dystopian World for Universal’s YA Adaptation
VFX supervisor Ken McGaugh and animation supervisor Dennis Yoo face the challenges of creating a steampunk-inflected dystopian world inhabited by giant, predator cities on wheels for Oscar-winning VFX artist-turned-director Christian Rivers’ feature adaptation.
Capturing Thanos: How the Ultimate ‘Avengers’ Adversary Was Brought to Life
VFX supervisors Dan DeLeeuw and Kelly Port discuss the challenges of capturing the nuanced performance of Josh Brolin as the philosophical antagonist in ‘Avengers: Infinity War.’
In 3D, Acting, Awards, CG, Films, People, Technology, Visual Effects | VFXWorld | Special Events: Academy Awards | Geographic Region: All, North America
Building A Better Colossus: How They Raised the VFX Stakes for ‘Deadpool 2’
Production VFX supervisor Dan Glass doubles down on the creation of a more unified Colossus with simultaneous facial capture and voice performance, and geometry-based character animation.
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Defining Thanos: Weta Brings Motion Capture to New Heights for ‘Avengers: Infinity War’
Weta Digital and Digital Domain transform Josh Brolin’s motion capture performance into a believable and imposing CG adversary.
Previs Plays a Major Role in ‘Avengers: Infinity War’
Senior previs/postvis supervisor Gerardo Ramirez discusses the highlights and challenges of the fourteenth collaboration between The Third Floor and Marvel Studios.
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Sympathy for the Devil: How Digital Domain Helped Create Thanos for ‘Avengers: Infinity War’
Complementing the 12-foot tall purple villain created by Weta Digital for action-packed fight sequences, Digital Domain employs proprietary tool Masquerade using new machine-learning algorithms to deliver emotive performances from the CG character.
Image Gallery: Weta Brings Emotion & Drama to CG for ‘War for the Planet of the Apes’
As the sole visual effects vendor on the final instalment of the prequel trilogy based on the 1968 science fiction classic ‘Planet of the Apes,’ Weta Digital is in the midst of a creative and technological renaissance.
In 3D, Acting, Awards, CG, Films, People, Technology, Visual Effects | VFXWorld | Special Events: Academy Awards | Geographic Region: All, Australia
Weta Digital Returns for ‘Maze Runner: The Death Cure’
Weta artists apply their craft to move a static car, light a city at night, and create other effects for the final film in the Maze Runner franchise.
Weta Digital Delivers Mystical Pearls and More for ‘Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets’
Weta VFX supervisor Martin Hill details the challenges of crafting a species of benevolent creatures and their world for the first eight minutes of director Luc Besson’s Academy-shortlisted sci-fi fantasy adventure.
Andy Serkis and Joe Letteri to Speak at RTX Austin 2017
Both the actor and the Academy Award-winning VFX supervisor for WETA Digital, respectively, will sit on the keynote panel and host an exclusive Q&A following an early screening of ‘War for the Planet of the Apes,’ their recent collaboration.
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Joe Letteri to Present ‘War for the Planet of the Apes’ at VIEW 2017
Renowned Weta Digital senior visual effects supervisor to present the evolution of visual effects technology and artistry behind the final film in the trilogy at VIEW 2017 running October 23-27, 2017 in Torino, Italy.
In 3D, CG, Event, Films, People, Places, Technology, Visual Effects | Headline News, VFXWorld | Blogs: Animated Travels, VIEW Conference Spotlight | Geographic Region: Europe
MPC Delivers Futuristic Spectacle for ‘Ghost in the Shell’
VFX supervisor Axel Bonami details MPC’s development of new shooting techniques and software tools to create the stunning visuals for the live-action adaptation of the popular Manga series.
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John Cho and Leslie Mann Hosting Academy’s Sci-Tech Awards
Actors John Cho and Leslie Mann will host the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Scientific and Technical Awards Presentation on Saturday, February 11, at the Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills.
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Academy Announces 18 Sci-Tech Awards
Blue Sky, Chaos Group, ILM, ImageMovers, Solid Angle, Sony Pictures Imageworks, Walt Disney Animation Studios, and more to be recognized at the Academy’s annual Scientific and Technical Awards Presentation on Saturday, February 11.
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