If you have a spare couple of weeks to take a tour of New Zealand next October, Red Carpet Tours has setup a wonderful tour that includes Daniel Reeve. He will be leading sketching workshops and traveling with the group to a variety of locations where the Lord of the Rings movies were filmed. I haven’t had the pleasure of taking one of these tours, but according to the people who have, they are fantastic. [More]
Category: Production
Rachel, Web Content Manager at Weta Workshop & Weta Limited, writes: Hope you have had a great week. It’s a beautiful sunny day here in Wellington, New Zealand! Here are this week’s highlights from the Weta camp….
Meet the man behind the Halo Warthog
New Prince Caspian artwork revealed!
Tahi The Kiwi gets a new leg
We open Limited Edition prints to public
Weta Digital animation guru to speak at Visual Expo
VFX master talks about motion capturing Jane and The Dragon
Christopher Coleman from tracksounds.com: In addition to the new contest I emailed you about earlier re: the RETURN OF THE KING: COMPLETE RECORDINGS. We also just posted our review of said title here, suffice it to say, it received our highest rating 10/10 and it includes three soundclips. Hope you all find it news-worthy.
Or Talking About Somebody ELSE’S Work for a Change: Occasionally I am given the opportunity to write a preface for a book of another artist’s work. It’s an exercise I thoroughly enjoy, an opportunity to pry up the cowling and peek in at the inner workings of another image-maker’s mind. (You just have to keep ypur hands clear of the gears.) When Paul Bonner asked if I’d be willing to do a few words for a volume of his collected work that was in preparation, I immediately agreed quicker than you can say “And about bloody time too!”. Paul’s work is simply amazing, and just knowing folks like him are out there in the wildwood of the mind in which all fantasy illustrators wander is a comfort and an encouragement. Continue reading “John Howe’s Journal: PICTURA AND GNARUS”
Washington, Nov 2 (ANI): Peter Jackson is gearing up to produce live-action sci-fi drama ‘District 9’. The movie will be helmed by Neill Blomkamp, and will mark his feature directing debut. Blomkamp also penned the script for the movie along with Terri Tatchell, reports Variety. Jackson will produce through his WingNut Films production banner. QED Intl. will be financing the pic through its credit facility with Comerica Bank and Aramid Entertainment Fund, and will handle worldwide sales. Jackson’s WETA Workshop facility will be providing the visual effects. Continue reading “Peter Jackson to produce ‘District 9’”
Auditions are under way in Los Angeles for some of the key supporting roles in three Tintin movies to be directed by Peter Jackson and Steven Spielberg. Movie website IGN.com reported that auditions were taking place for 16 characters, included identical police officers Thomson and Thompson. Jackson and Spielberg will direct at least one movie each, with Spielberg filming his in Los Angeles and Jackson in Wellington – but the two have been tight- lipped about casting or which of the 23 Tintin books they will film. Auditions start for Peter Jackson’s Tintin