Growing up, the scariest alien of them all on our television was the Daleks from Doctor Who.  Daleks are organisms from the planet Skaro, integrated within a tank-like mechanical casing. The resulting creatures are a powerful race bent on universal conquest and domination, utterly without pity, compassion or remorse. Their ruthless conquest was the constant [...]

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As we have previously talked about, Weta Workshop has a new childrens TV series called Wot Wots. You can now see a full episode right here.

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Richard Taylor, founder of Weta Workshop talks about the Dr Who work they have been working on with the BBC.

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Kiwi company Weta Workshop, the multiple Academy Award-winning leader in motion capture, special makeup, creature and visual effects (The Lord of the Rings trilogy, King Kong and Chronicles of Narina etc), will design and provide the practical alien creature effects for the movie Skyrunners on Disney’s XD channel.

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Richard Taylor the the Weta Workshop team were honored this week at World Class New Zealand Awards.

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Magnus and Daniel interview Martin Baynton about Weta’s and Pukeko Pictures’ brand new children’s TV series The WotWots. It turns out to be one of our best interviews yet – pre-school television is truly the mother of all creativity! Ironically.
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Blizzard Software, the creators of World of Warcraft recently completed their new Irvine CA offices with a 12 foot statue created by Weta Workshop. The statue was modeled in New Zealand at Weta Workshop in Miramar, then shipped to China where it was worked on for the bronze molding, and then obviously shipped to the [...]

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There is a new WetaCast available today (Click on link to get to subscription). Magnus and Daniel are back, with New Website, report with Matt Appleton and Emily-Jane Sturrock from RingCon 2008 in Bonn and more!
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Matt Appleton – Senior Costuming Supervisor
Emily-Jane Sturrock – PA to Workshop Supervisor
Tim Launder – General Manager Weta Limited

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Peter Jackson owning,  Academy Award winning, King Kong making Weta Workshop brings to life  WotWots, a new television series for preschoolers. Filmed at Wellington and Auckland Zoos, this homegrown series follows the adventures of two adorable siblings from outer space, SpottyWot and DottyWot. These delightful creatures come to explore planet earth in their steam-powered spaceship [...]

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