Wētā FX Win BAFTA Film Award For Avatar: Fire And Ash

Wētā FX won a BAFTA Film Award for their work on Avatar: Fire and Ash at the ceremony in London this morning (NZDT). The New Zealand VFX house was represented by Wellington’s Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon ...
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Peter Jackson Selling Weta Digital’s VFX Tech Division to Unity for $1.625 Billion

Unity Software, a 3D game-development platform, is expanding its VFX footprint in a big way with the $1.625 billion acquisition of the technology division of Peter Jackson‘s New Zealand-based Weta ...
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LOTR SFX Company Weta Workshop Enters The Game Industry With Tales of the Shire

It remains to be seen if Weta is as good a games company as it has been at making SFX for TV shows and movies for decades. Weta Workshop is entering the video games industry with a new video game ...
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WETA cuts 5% of workforce, cancels three local television programs

WETA in Washington, D.C., has eliminated 21 staff positions and canceled three TV shows as it looks to cut $4.4 million in spending for this fiscal year. CEO Sharon Rockefeller announced the ...