Movies & TV
Richard Taylor could be named ‘World Entrepreneur of the Year’
Special effects king Richard Taylor will fly the Kiwi flag in Monaco this week amid the world’s leading entrepreneurs, a prospect he finds daunting.
Weta Workshop
Interviews
Weta Holics Interviews “General Otmin”
Weta Holics has just posted an “interview” with one of our favorite characters from the new LWW film: General Otmin! It’s a fun interview, and I hope that you all enjoy it!
Movies & TV
Richard Taylor’s Christmas Message, Worked on Prince Caspian
WETA e-mailed us to share a Christmas Greeting with you, from Richard Taylor. In it, he reveals that he did, in fact, get the chance to work on Prince Caspian. The extent is not yet known, but we’re glad that they were able to be involved once again!
Movies & TV
Narnia LWW Designer Daniel Falconer on WETA Forums
WETA has e-mailed us to invite you to a forum blitz. Daniel Falconer, a member of the Narnia design team will be appearing on WETA’s Forums next Monday, 18 December 2006, to answer your questions and reply to your comments.
Walden Media
Walden Media to produce Narnia-scaled film “The Water Horse”
Walden Media, Beacon Pictures and Revolution Studios are teaming to produce a “Narnia”-scale film based on children’s fantasy novel The Water Horse, by British author Dick King-Smith.
Movies & TV
A Lion-sized challenge for Weta
Weta’s Richard Taylor gives Maggie Wicks an exclusive sneak peak at the armoury and tools of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
Movies & TV
The Lion, the Witch and Weta: Richard Taylor talks Narnia
Weta, named after an insect that is found primarily in New Zealand, was established by Richard and his partner Tania Rodger 16 years ago. They had been active in the business for a number of years, but it was their work on the “Lord of the Rings†trilogy that did more than just put the spotlight on them. It also earned them an Oscar.
Interviews
Richard Taylor Interviewed by IGN FilmForce
IGN FilmForce spent some time on the sets of Narnia towards the end of 2004. Besides touring the sets, meeting members of the cast and crew and even hanging with some wolves, FilmForce was taken on a very extensive tour of the WETA studios led by Taylor himself.
Interviews
ComingSoon.net Interviews The Chronicles of Narnia Effects Team
ComingSoon.net has spoken with the people behind the effects in Narnia, the crack team of Richard Taylor and Dean Wright of Weta FX (“The Lord of the Rings” trilogy) working with make-up effects specialist Howard Berger of KNB FX. Essentially, the three men supervised a huge crew of people to combine make-up and practical on-set effects with groundbreaking computer-generated digital effects.
KNB EFX
Another Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Comic-Con Summary
The panel featured Howard Berger (the B of KNB EFX), Dean Wright (visual effects designer), Richard Taylor and Ben Wootten (Weta peeps) live and in person and later featured director Andrew Adamson and all four of the kids from the movie via satellite. They were in London doing ADR (Addition Dialog Recording) for the film, but took the time to sit in on the panel discussion.