Celebriel forwards news that Andy Serkis has teamed up with UK production company Screen East to assess feasibility for a motion capture studio in the UK. He said in the announcement, “We believe that currently in Britain there is no centre of excellence that matches the capacity developed by Weta Digital in New Zealand, which has been a key resource in delivery of productions such as The Lord of the Rings, King Kong, James Cameron’s forthcoming Avatar and Jackson and Spielberg’s highly anticipated Tintin.” More..
Day: May 26, 2009
The director of The Hobbit, Guillermo del Toro, settles down at his favourite Wellington cafe to talk to Tom Cardy about bringing his debut novel to life. When Guillermo del Toro was 13, he wrote a short story about a girl who lives near a graveyard. Lightning wakes her one night. She looks out of her bedroom window and sees an animated corpse on the street staring back at her. The girl goes missing and is later found inside a coffin in the cemetery, the corpse’s arms wrapped around her. Inside the mind of a vampire lover
The folks at WETA gave us the heads up: John Howe has kindly signed a stack of his Fantasy Art Workshop for us. He was in town for a book signing at the WETA Cave. More..
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On the “Nine To Noon” radio program this morning they interviewed hollywood director Guillermo del Toro is in Wellington to direct “The Hobbit”. and talked about his life and career. Direct Link
Weta boss Richard Taylor is the featured guest on RNZ’s “Nine to Noon” this morning. If you don’t catch it on streaming audio, it’ll be posted up on the RNZ website shortly.