Weta Digital

Weta Digital Ltd.
legal form	Privately held company
founding	1993
Seat	Wellington , New Zealand
management	Peter Jackson , Richard Taylor , Joe Letteri , Eileen Moran
Branch	Visual effects , CGI - Animation
Website	www.wetafx.co.nz

Weta Cave sells books and collectibles next to the Weta Digital buildings

Weta Digital Ltd. is a visual effects company based in Wellington , New Zealand . It originated in 1993 as a branch of Weta Workshop and deals with digital special effects.

In addition to Industrial Light and Magic , the effects company of George Lucas , and Sony Pictures Imageworks, Weta Digital is one of the most important companies in the world for special effects.

Projects

1994: Heavenly Creatures (30 CGI shots) 1996: The Frighteners (497 CGI shots) 1997: Contact (48 CGI shots) 2001: The Lord of the Rings: The Companions (450 CGI-Shots) 2002: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (760 CGI-Shots) 2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (1,496 CGI shots) 2004: Van Helsing (38 CGI shots) 2004: I, Robot (290 CGI shots) 2005: King Kong (2,200–3,000 CGI shots) 2006: X-Men: The Last Stand 2006: Eragon - Legacy of the Dragon Riders 2007: Black Sheep 2007: Bridge to Terabithia 2007: Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer 2007: My friend, the water dragon 2007: Cursed 2007: 30 Days of Night 2007: Jackass: The Game ( Motion Capture ) 2008: Jumper 2008: The day the earth stood still 2009: Halo 2009: District 9 2009: In my heaven 2009: Avatar - Departure for Pandora

2010: Gulliver's Travels - Something big is coming up 2010: The A-Team - The Film 2010: Knight and Day 2011: X-Men: First decision 2011: Planet of the Apes: Prevolution 2011: The adventures of Tintin 2012: The Avengers 2012: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter 2012: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 2012: Prometheus - Dark Signs 2013: Iron Man 3 2013: Man of Steel 2013: Wolverine: Way of the Warrior 2013: The Hunger Games - Catching Fire 2013: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug 2014: Planet of the Apes: Revolution 2014: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies 2015: Maze Runner - The chosen ones in the fire desert 2016: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice 2016: Deadpool 2016: The Jungle Book 2016: Independence Day: return 2016: BFG - Big Friendly Giant 2016: Elliot, the dragon 2017: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 2017: Game of Thrones (Season 7) 2017: Justice League 2018: Avengers: Infinity War 2018: Deadpool 2 2018: Aquaman 2019: Game of Thrones (Season 8) 2019: Avengers: Endgame

Products

• The 3D computer program Massive for generating large crowds, war scenarios and battles with the help of artificial intelligence was developed by Stephen Regelous on behalf of Weta Digital.

Web links

• www.wetadigital.com
• Weta Digital in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Information and photos

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 35,000 processor cores, 18 GByte per minute: Avatar production under Ubuntu
2. ↑ The Avengers in the Internet Movie Database (IMDB)