Peter Jackson's Weta has launched an animation studio. The 'Lord of the Rings' helmer and writer/producer Fran Walsh plan to direct, write and produced animated features as the growing studio hires ...

Progress is being made on an expansion plan for public broadcaster WETA’s Shirlington offices. The current NewsHour studios, on 27th Street S. near the Weenie Beanie, are set to be sold to Arlington ...

The Book Studio is a local pilot project of WETA that aims to provide recommendations for "what to read." The project started with a realization that connections between books and public broadcasting ...

We talked to the pioneering visual effects studio Weta Digital about why realistic talking animals are so difficult to create for movies and TV, and how Weta has tackled this challenge. Speaking to ...

Unity, the video game engine company, has acquired Peter Jackson's Oscar-winning Lord of the Rings effects studio Weta Digital in a $1.625 billion deal. Under the terms of the proposed deal, which is ...

Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh’s Wellington-based Weta FX, home of the largest single-site vfx studio in the world, has opened new facilities in Vancouver, the company’s first “dedicated visual effects ...

A proposal to expand public television station WETA’s Shirlington headquarters has been approved by the Arlington County Board. The station is planning to construct a four-story addition between the ...

Founded by Peter Jackson, Richard Taylor, and Jamie Selkirk in 1993 to create the digital effects for Heavenly Creatures, Weta Digital is perhaps best known for its work on Jackson's Lord of the Rings ...

The studio responsible for the effects and props in the Lord of the Rings, Avatar and Shang-Chi films – Weta Workshop – has revealed that its gaming division is working on a new project in a "major ...