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Weta Digital’s Guy Williams on The Avengers

Guy Williams was the visual effects supervisor at Weta Digital for The Avengers. We spoke to him last May upon the release of the film, and caught up with him again to talk about his Oscar and BAFTA nominations for … more »

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Weta Digital’s Joe Letteri on The Hobbit

Weta Digital’s Joe Letteri has won four visual effects Oscars (for the second and third Lord of the Rings films, King Kong, and Avatar), and has received seven Oscar nominations—including this year’s nomination for Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected … more »

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An Unexpected Briefing

This safety PSA for Air New Zealand got a little extra help from Peter Jackson and Weta Workshop, Weta's physical effects and props design-build team. The airline is also running a promo for a chance to win a trip to … more »

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VFX Supervisor Richard Stammers on Prometheus

There are no outright spoilers in this story about the visual effects work in director Ridley Scott’s Prometheus, although there are hints — even one about the scene that Glenn Kenny, chief film critic for MSN Movies, describes this way: … more »

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How Weta Digital Made Gods Grapple in The Avengers

“It’s gods fighting each other,” says Weta Digital visual effects supervisor Guy Williams, describing a fight between Iron Man and Thor in The Avengers, one of many for which the studio supplied digital doubles and a CG Iron Man. For … more »