{"id":28108,"date":"2007-12-02T13:29:51","date_gmt":"2007-12-02T18:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2007\/12\/02\/28108-the-water-horse-interview-with-wetas-joe-letteri\/"},"modified":"2007-12-02T13:29:51","modified_gmt":"2007-12-02T18:29:51","slug":"the-water-horse-interview-with-wetas-joe-letteri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2007\/12\/02\/28108-the-water-horse-interview-with-wetas-joe-letteri\/","title":{"rendered":"The Water Horse – Interview with Weta’s Joe Letteri"},"content":{"rendered":"

When you first see him, the idea was he is kinda ugly…As a cineaste, I respond to all elements of a motion picture. I enjoy quality writing, rich performances, gripping music and sublime photography. I also like to watch sh*t blow up, Orcs fight Elves and monsters to rise from the oceans. That’s where good special effects come in. There are few places in the business right now as exciting as Weta Digital and Weta Workshop, the New Zealand-based houses behind the Lord of the Rings series and the upcoming film The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep. We had the good fortune recently to speak to Oscar winning digital effects guru Joe Letteri about The Water Horse and his fascinating career. Dig this interview then be sure to check out this gallery<\/a> of images from behind the scenes. The Water Horse – Interview with Weta’s Joe Letteri<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When you first see him, the idea was he is kinda ugly…As a cineaste, I respond to all…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[103,104],"tags":[2862,306],"class_list":["post-28108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-production-weta-digital","category-production-weta-workshop","tag-joe-letteri","tag-the-water-horse"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t