Unity, the video game engine company, has acquired Peter Jackson's Oscar-winning Lord of the Rings effects studio Weta Digital in a $1.625 billion deal. Under the terms of the proposed deal, which is ...
Back in the early 2000s, Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy put Weta on the map, as they crafted the astonishing mix of both practical and digital effects for that trilogy. Following their ...
Weta Digital’s Oscar-winning visual effects teams will remain under majority ownership of the Lord of the Rings director. Weta Digital, the visual effects company that has worked on blockbuster films ...
The Dominion Post has confirmed that Weta Workshop will design the costumes for Happy Feet director George Miller’s Justice League adaptation. The film’s Wellington-based American producer, Barrie ...
The deal means democratizing Weta Digital's industry-leading toolset, more real-time virtual production, and Weta having the financing to make its own animated movies and series. With Tuesday’s ...