Lord Of The Rings, Avengers VFX Studio Will Make Original Movies For The First Time
Weta Digital, the effects studio owned by Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson and screenwriter Fran Walsh, is expanding. The New Zealand-based company has launched a new animation studio, and it will make original content for the first time in the outfit's quarter-century history.Prem Akkaraju has been named the CEO of Weta Animated. He is the co-founder of SR Labs with entrepreneur Sean Parker, who himself is a member of Weta Digital's board of directors and an investor in the company.Weta Animated will make original animated content for cinema