Weta’s Beginnings

The jumpers, hairstyles and PCs of the early 1990s were incredible: this short documentary shows how it all began at Weta Digital.

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A very young Peter Jackson explains in “The Birth of Weta Digital” by
IAMAG how the studio’s first film, “Heavenly Creatures”, was made:

The studio from Wellington, New Zealand, is now one of the world’s largest VFX studios. Most recently, the team provided effects for the “Hobbit” trilogy, “Maze Runner” and “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice”.

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