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Wētā Workshop's video games division was founded in 2014 [7] and has produced multiple games including the augmented reality project Dr. Grordbort's Invaders for Magic Leap, which was apparently was never released, [8] and the upcoming video game Tales of the Shire: A "The Lord of the Rings" Game.
Wētā FX, formerly known as Weta Digital, is a New Zealand–based digital visual effects and animation company based in Miramar, Wellington. It was founded by Peter Jackson , Richard Taylor , and Jamie Selkirk in 1993 to produce the digital special effects for Heavenly Creatures .
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Greg Broadmore (born 1972) is a New Zealand concept designer, artist, writer and sculptor based in Wellington. [1] He is the creator of Dr Grordbort's, [2] and has worked as a designer, artist and writer at The Lord of the Rings film franchise director Peter Jackson's award-winning special effects and prop company, Weta Workshop since 2002.
The first prototypes of Kaynemaile were created within Weta Workshop's Creatures, Armor and Weapons department for The Lord of The Rings movie trilogy. Real metal chainmail was identified as too heavy for the actors to wear or do stunts. [4]
Weta Workshop released a number of collectables through their online store, including statues (Krampus, The Cherub, The Dark Elf), a life-sized prop reproduction of the Krampus Bell and a collectable pin. [18] Trick or Treat Studios released three Halloween Masks directly out of the screen used masters.
In May of 2020, due to economic fallout resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, the relationship between Taylor's Weta Workshop and Magic Leap came to an end, when the latter company laid off about 1,000 staff members worldwide. All of the Magic Leap employees in New Zealand were laid off, and the partnership with Weta Workshop was dissolved. [14 ...
In August 2019, Giertz traveled to New Zealand to work on a mantis shrimp costume with Weta Workshop. [23] In June 2020, Giertz voiced a cartoon robot named CGO in Adventure Time: Distant Lands. [24] [25] In May 2022 she started a product design company Yetch with an online shop. [26]