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
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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
Trueogre sends along these scans from the latest issue of Empire Magazine, take look! Continue reading “Empire Magazine Talks Viggo, PJ & LOTR!”
Ataahua writes: At an aerodrome in Masterton, Peter Jackson tested new camera technology with the help of a life-size replica British bomber. “We are not shooting any scenes that are project specific; this is about just keeping up with technology and trying new things,” he said.
From screenrant.com: District 9 is the upcoming and highly-secretive Neill Blomkamp-directed sci-fi film, produced by Peter Jackson. While we haven’t seen much news on the upcoming film, Screen Rant reported at the beginning of April what the movie is all about and it sounded very interesting to say the least. Now, we finally have the official trailer for District 9 and it’s really damn cool. Official ‘District 9′ Trailer Looks Amazing
The word is out that the trailer for Neill Blomkamp’s ‘District 9′ will debut on Apple’s trailer site on April 30th. Fans can then see the PJ produced alien thriller on the big screen the next day during screenings of ‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine’.