Wellington’s Weta Digital computer graphics workshop is launching a working group aimed at bringing advanced research together with movie production. The new group, Transfx, is headed by Sebastian Sylwan, who has joined Weta as head of research and development, Variety Magazine reported today. Sylwan was most recently senior industry manager for film and television at United States software developer Autodesk, where he led work on stereoscopic 3-D. Weta is already working on an innovative 3-D movie, James Cameron’s Avatar, as well as Steven Spielberg’s Tintin. Weta seeks advanced research for movie graphics
Month: May 2009
Kristin writes: The Independent has posted a story about a problem of racial sensitivity that the makers of The Dam Busters are trying to solve. It involves the name of squadron’s canine mascot. The Name Dilemma
Our pals at WETA sent us an update: Daniel and Magnus drive off to see Gino Acevedo in his den of cool. They also enlist the help of Weta Designer Matty Rodgers to put some insightful questions to Hellboy creator and comic book artist Mike Mignola who’s visited Weta for a couple of weeks. Listen to the podcast here! Continue reading “WETA Podcast: Acevedo & Mignola Plus a Dick Smith Tribute”
Trueogre sends along these scans from the latest issue of Empire Magazine, take look! Continue reading “Empire Magazine Talks Viggo, PJ & LOTR!”
Several savvy readers caught Parker and Hart’s Gandalf reference on today’s ‘The Wizard of Id’ cartoon, take a look!
From gamespot.com: It’s been a rough year for the industry, but few companies have taken it on the chin like Electronic Arts. Today the publisher released its financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended March 31, showing that the company limped to the finish line in a year that saw it lose more than a billion dollars. EA’s financial results were almost as grisly as a good round of Left 4 Dead….
…For the fourth quarter on its own, EA posted sales of $860 million, down nearly 24 percent from the previous fourth quarter’s $1.13 billion haul. Those sales were led by Skate 2, Rock Band 2, The Lord of the Rings: Conquest, Left 4 Dead, and Need for Speed: Undercover. The good news for the publisher was that it has a net loss of only $42 million during the three-month stretch, compared with $94 million during the same period last year. EA posts $1 billion annual loss