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The horse turntable was created to showcase how our creatures and animals are built from the inside out. A skeleton, muscle fibers, fascia, fatty tissue, skin and hair are all combined to create a ...

This summer, Weta Digital celebrated our relationship with Sustainable Coastlines with a BBQ and beach clean-up day for crew and their families.

We are very proud to be a Principal Sponsor of Sust...

Anyone who has seen Krampus knows the torment and chaos inflicted by the malicious little gingerbread men.

Find out what it takes to wrangle the unruly stars in this behind the scenes look at the ...

Our report from FMX in Stuttgart, featuring Weta Digital's Joe Letteri, and VR studios Felix & Paul and Nozon.

The adventures of Bilbo Baggins and the company of dwarves comes to a climatic conclusion when they are faced with the devastating consequences of having unleashed the dragon Smaug, and reclaiming ...

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is set in a post apocalyptic future where a nation of genetically evolved apes led by Caesar are battling for dominance with a band of human survivors. Emotive themes...

To help celebrate 20 years of creativity and innovation we’ve asked some of our artists to share a few of their favourite stories and insights about life at Weta Digital. Senior Animator Victor Hua...

To help celebrate 20 years of creativity and innovation we’ve asked some of our artists to share a few of their favourite stories and insights about life at Weta Digital. Compositor Helen Paul tell...

To help celebrate 20 years of creativity and innovation we’ve asked some of our artists to share a few of their favourite stories and insights about life at Weta Digital. Halloween is a big deal at...

To help celebrate 20 years of creativity and innovation we’ve asked some of our artists to share a few of their favourite stories and insights about life at Weta Digital.
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To help celebrate 20 years of creativity and innovation we’ve asked some of our artists to share a few of their favourite stories and insights about life at Weta Digital. Texture artist and LOTR fa...

To help celebrate 20 years of creativity and innovation we’ve asked some of our artists to share a few of their favourite stories and insights about life at Weta Digital. Lead Lighting Director Jas...

To help celebrate 20 years of creativity and innovation we’ve asked some of our artists to share a few of their favourite stories and insights about life at Weta Digital. VFX Supervisor Wayne Stabl...

Focusing on the science behind creature creation, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes continues to refine the humanization of the apes while retaining the realism. In this featurette, audiences will hea...

Weta Digital presents a peek inside the world of the animation team as they work out how to solve one of the most complicated shots in Peter Jackson's film, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. As ...

On their quest to reclaim the dwarvish kingdom of Erebor from the dragon Smaug, Bilbo and the company of dwarves travel through the wilds of Middle-earth, from the cold and mysterious Lake-town to ...

Travel through Middle-earth's city on the lake as it evolves from early pencil sketches to the bustling streets seen in the film. See all the elements come together to bring stunning scale and deta...

Middle-earth is a fantastical world of imagined landscapes and many incredible digital creatures. We completed almost 2000 VFX shots for the film, encompassing hero digital performance work, large ...

Smaug is a complex and enormous character, twice the size of a jumbo jet and covered in over a million unique scales. Featuring the voice of Benedict Cumberbatch (whose performances also inspired S...

Weta Digital worked on over 500 shots on Marvel's Iron Man 3, creating the epic final battle where 30 Iron Man suits take on an army of extremis mercenaries.

The sequence features a full digital e...