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WETA At Comic Con 2006

July 14, 2006 Paul Martin
Weta will be out in force (at San Diego Comic Con) showcasing it’s dynamic Superman Returns collectibles and unveiling the first of our new Hellgate: London statues, based on Flagship Studios’ hotly anticipated new video game. Comic Con will also be your very first chance to view the amazing new Weta Originals.

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ComingSoon.net Interviews The Chronicles of Narnia Effects Team

September 6, 2005 Paul Martin
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.

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WETA COLLECTIBLES Announces Narnia Statues Program

August 30, 2005 Paul Martin
Weta Collectibles, the consumer products division of New Zealand’s premier creative company, Weta Workshop, has released the first approved product photography of its initial series of limited-edition sculptures based on characters from Walt Disney Pictures’/Walden Media’s upcoming film version of C. S. Lewis’ classic work The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe from C. S. Lewis’ beloved Chronicles of Narnia series.

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Narnia World Unlike Lord of the Rings

July 30, 2005 Paul Martin
Richard Taylor, who supervised the designs of armor and weapons for the Lord of the Rings trilogy and the upcoming film adaptation of Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, said that although both stories were adapted from British novels of the same period, the styles of the films have significant differences.

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Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Panel at Comic-Con

July 17, 2005 Paul Martin
The amazing array of movie presentations at Comic-Con International in San Diego wrapped-up with some very special surprises and announcements during the panel for Walt Disney Pictures’ The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, based on the series of books from C.S. Lewis. Those who decided to skip out on the convention after Saturday’s full day certainly missed out on a great preview of what to expect from the film.

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Narnia Preview Clip: Behind the Magic of Weta

December 13, 2004 Paul Martin
Download the Preview now! I’m working on getting screencaps up. Would have had them up sooner, but I received “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Special Extended DVD Edition” a day early, and you know what that means. I spent most of the evening visiting Middle-earth!

Anyway, the preview of Narnia is available for download at some links below, and I’ve taken 1000 screenshots and cut it down to 100:
First 25 shots
75 More shots

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