Evolutionary thinking: How Weta Digital conquered ‘Planet of the Apes’ again

Joe Letteri can’t help but laugh at the little bit of New Zealand that can be found in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes if you look hard enough.

Yes, the work of his Weta Digital is all the way through the movie. The company have created a post-apocalyptic ape society headed by

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies – Official Teaser Trailer [HD]

 

From Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson comes “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies,” the third in a trilogy of films adapting the enduringly

Man of Steel 2 Now Batman v Superman: Watch the First Trailer From Comic-Con 2014

Batman v Superman director Zack Snyder, along with Ben Affleck (Batman), Henry Cavill (Superman) and Gal Gadot (Wonder Woman) unveiled

Hunger Games teases Mockingjay in new trailer

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1has debuted its first teaser trailer at Comic-Con, seeing

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: Transforming Human Motion-Capture Performances Into Realistic Apes

Joe Letteri On The Visual Effects of ‘Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes’

WETA Digital Animation Supervisor Says Smaug Is A ‘Killing Machine’ In THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES

Weta Digital’s Sr. Visual Effects Supervisor Joe Letteri Talks THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG, MAN OF STEEL, DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES

Watch the interview here

About a year ago I landed an extended video interview with Weta Digital’s Sr. Visual Effects Supervisor Joe Letteri for Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.  During our wide ranging conversation we talked about everything from how

Fast & Furious 7 brings Weta to complete the film

When actor Paul Walker died during the filming of Fast & Furious 7, there was no shortage of questions surrounding the future of both the film and the franchise. While

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes – A Quantum Leap in Special FX