Category Archives: Weta

Tintin Poster

The first Tintin posters were released today! Related news and commentary.

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ROTPOTA Trailer

Busy night. The Rise of the Planet of the Apes (pronounced: rotpota) trailer just went online at apple.com, and it looks pretty good! Weta gets a title card, and there’s plenty of ape shots to look at.

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Hobbit Production Vlog #1

Oooh, watching this made me giddy. Peter Jackson shows off some of the sets, props, costumes and pre-production from The Hobbit. Middle Earth is back! Hobbit Production Blog on Facebook UPDATE: Here’s the Youtube version: Aagghhh! I’m excited.

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Rise of the Apes Clip

Sorry, that should be Rise of the Planet of the Apes. Anyway, fox released this frustratingly short and poor quality clip as a preview of the preview, I guess: Hopefully this means a proper trailer isn’t too far behind, the … Continue reading

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Tintin Revealed!

I know this is right on the heels of the last post, I didn’t know when they were going to release the full pictures, but here you go! Empire Magazine has an article and a couple pictures. The comments are … Continue reading

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Tintin Sneak Peek

Empire Magazine has a very sneak peek of Tintin, or at least parts of him. It’s kind of a funny reveal, or partial reveal, of the project. But it’s enough to get some fans excited, which is cool.

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The Hobbit Will Stay

This is the full page ad that everyone contributed to, which appeared in yesterday’s paper.

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Thoughts on the Actors’ Hobbit Boycott

Richard Taylor called a meeting tonight  to talk with film technicians about the actors’ unions boycott of The Hobbit production. I walked down the hill with a bunch of other animators to attend. He and a group of speakers urged … Continue reading

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Here’s Joe Letteri on Kong 360 3D

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King Kong, The Ride

My first finished project at Weta! Most of the animation department jumped on this project for it’s last couple weeks to help get it finished. The format was so big that they could cram a ton of animation into every … Continue reading

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