“At this year Siggraph 2001, WETA Digital will showcase some of the work they are doing on the “Lord of the Rings” movies at the Side Effects Software (http://www.sidefx.com) booth, during their special Houdini meeting. To present the visual effects shots, Michael Perry, VFX animator at WETA Digital, will be there, and he will comment on the role Houdini software had in the post-production of LotR. [More]
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From TORN Staffer Amyd
I haven’t noticed if you already posted this info about the event, but if you haven’t already, perhaps you can help spread the word to the more VFX-oriented TORN fans, maybe one of them will wanna send a review back.
“At this year Siggraph 2001 (http://www.siggraph.org/s2001), WETA Digital will showcase some of the work they are doing on the “Lord of the Rings” movies at the Side Effects Software (http://www.sidefx.com) booth, during their special Houdini meeting. To present the visual effects shots, Michael Perry, VFX animator at WETA Digital, will be there, and he will comment on the role Houdini software had in the post-production of LotR.
The event will be held on Sunday, August 12, beginning at 2 p.m. in the Westin-Bonaventure Hotel’s San Jose Room. Besides the WETA presentation, there will be other companies demonstrating their most recent work, a reception afterwards, plus a sneak preview of the new Houdini 5 software. Unfortunately, there are no more open seats, due to the overwhelming demand, but if one of the torn fans happens to be going there, maybe he or she can send a report back to us.
For more on this and other SFX tom-foolery, check out our our SFX section!
Ringer Spy Mark sends alond this great *new* pic of Hugo Weaving as Elrond! Check it out!
From Richard:
UK magazine ‘Total DVD’ has been including a movie trailer disc for the last couple of months, which prompted me to ask whether they were attempting to get the FOTR trailer any time soon. Whilst their response wasn’t conclusive, they did indicate that they are seeking to obtain permission for several blockbusters (including FOTR) and they were keeping ‘mum’ about this month’s disc!
All UK ringers keep an eye out on your shelves this month to see if New Line gave them the go-ahead.
Rodia mailed us to say that the Teaser Posters in Poland give the Fellowship’s release date as February 2002. Looks like Polish fans will have to wait a couple of months to see the film.
Lord of the Rings movie site Imladris managed to find some great scans of the new Tolkien Yearplanner, which you can buy in our Shop section. There are some fantastic images in this….anyone want to buy me one? SPOILERS!! [More]