Magnus interviews Matt Aitken of Weta Digital. We catch up with a deliriously happy Nadine Jaggi who’s just won the Supreme Award at the World of Wearable Arts Awards in Wellington. And then we meet some of Daniel’s friends from the hobby costuming community and talk to them about Armageddon Auckland.
A reminder for Champ the Chopper fans - the second book in the series about the little rescue helicopter is being launched this Saturday October 11 at 2pm-4pm. Come and get your very own copy of Kids to the Rescue signed by the author Rebekah Palmer and illustrator Weta artist Daniel Falconer.
Dr Grordbort's Creator and Weta Senior Designer Greg Broadmore is being jetted over to Sunnyvale, California, at the end of this month as the Featured Speaker at the first ever Steampunk Convention in the San Francisco Bay area!
The much anticipated co-production from multi Academy Award winning company Weta Workshop and internationally renowned children’s entertainment company Chapman Entertainment will be unveiled at MIPCOM Junior in Cannes this weekend 11-12 October 2008.
Trooper Tom (working title) is a state of the art animated action adventure series aimed at 6-9 year old boys.
To New Zealand pop-culture fans, Armageddon is the mother load. Earlier in the year the show visited Wellington and Christchurch and now it's Auckland 's turn. On October 25-27, the south pacific pop culture glitterati descend on the Aotea Centre.
Among celebrity guests, this year including Doug Jones (Hellboy's Abe Sapien) and Margot Kidder (Lois Lane in the Superman films of he 1980's), there will of course as usual be a cosplay contest on the Monday.
And Weta's stand will feature quite a few new items!
Every year in Wellington, the New Zealand Montana World of WearableArt™ Awards Show is held, bringing together the most creative costume artists from New Zealand and the world.
This year, the people here at Weta have followed the goings-on with particular anticipation. One of our colleagues, whose day job is as a costume technician here in the Workshop, was selected to enter one of her creations in the contest.
And it was no half-hearted effort...
Entries have Closed, and the Winners of our two "Zealand Halo 3® experience of a lifetime" prize packs will be announced shortly!.
Our friends at Doctor Who Online in the UK have posted a review of our Dalek statue on their site. It almost made us blush.
A friend of Weta Workshop, Wojciech Wawrzyniak and Totem Decks are currently having a board culture exhibition here in Wellington.
That's right! Dr Grordbort's much-awaited Unnatural Selector is now available for order.
A small steam powered spaceship lands in a local zoo. Inside are two young and very energetic aliens. They wonder who they are and what they will look like when they are fully grown adults. Will they look like one of the zoo animals outside?
Weta sculptor Max Patte has created one of Wellington's best loved public sculptures. It was installed on the waterfront near Te Papa in February and has recently claimed two public choice awards.
Pre-order your Master Chief and Flood!
Every bit as dangerous as the Covenant zealots, the seemingly mindless Flood infection threatens to over run the galaxy. While protecting Earth from its would be Covenant conquerors, the Master Chief must also fend off the relentless advance of these biological monstrosities
We've had an incredible journey creating collectibles for Prince Caspian. The buzz around the lead-up to the film filled us with confidence and with pride in the work that Weta's artists put into the movie. The designs, the props, the swords and the armour. The Crafting Of Narnia. The workshop has been a-buzz.
Members of the New Zealand national pride, The All Blacks rugby team, visited the Weta Cave recently during a day of relaxation in preparation for a game.
Usually the biggest guys in any room, even these giants of the pitch appeared smallish next to our brute Lurtz, but when you consider that Lurtz is held aloft by a 12-inch plinth… you realize exactly the scale of visitors we're talking about here.
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