Weta FX, formerly known as Weta Digital, is a New Zealand digital visual effects company based in Miramar, Wellington.
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11 Facts About Weta Digital
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Weta Digital went on to produce some of the highest-grossing films ever made, such as the Lord of the Rings trilogy and Avatar.
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Weta Digital is named after the New Zealand weta, one of the world's largest insects, which was historically featured in the company logo.
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Weta Digital went on to produce some of the highest-grossing films ever made, such as the Lord of the Rings trilogy and Avatar.
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Weta Digital FX has developed several proprietary software packages to achieve groundbreaking visual effects.
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James Cameron's Avatar, Weta Digital modified MASSIVE to give life to the flora and fauna on Pandora, for which the company did most of the visual effects with the four-time Academy Award winner visual effects expert, Joe Letteri, under a team led by executive and producer Eileen Moran.
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Adventures of Tintin and Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Weta developed a new grooming system called Barbershop where users can interactively manipulate digital hair.
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On June 19,2020, Weta Digital announced that it would be producing original animation content under the name Weta Animated.
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Weta Digital announced a new chief executive Prem Akkaraju, who comes from Los Angeles.
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In September 2020, Weta Digital was able to secure a multi-year deal with Amazon Web Services to use the Amazon cloud to forward its VFX and animation production.
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