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District 9 [2009]

Weta's design team, including concept designers Greg Broadmore , David Meng and Leri Greer , created a fantastical world for director Neill Blomkamp's movie District 9. Weta also contributed the actual props (including the weapons and the Toyota Hi-Luxes) and specialty costumes for the film.

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King Kong [2005]

 
Kong sculpt

For Peter Jackson's remake of King Kong, Weta Workshop conceptualised the environments, fauna and flora of Skull Island, the dinosaurs, creatures and natives of this inhospitable land, and of

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The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The...

 
The Fellowship Of The Ring

Few projects have ever presented a special effects company with the kind of creative opportunities that could match those of The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. With Weta

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The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers [2002]

 
The Two Towers

As the characters in the trilogy pushed deeper in to Middle-earth, so Weta explored the world's cultures and creatures in greater depth. These shared the screen with those familiar

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The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King...

 
The Return Of The King

The Return of the King was the climax of the trilogy, in which the experiences and skills of all the players were brought to bear in the most extreme

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The Hobbit [2012]

 
The Hobbit

The Hobbit and its companion movie will be shot on location in NZ utilizing the expertise of Weta Workshop and Weta Digital.

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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch...

 
Aslan Sculpt

Weta spent three years working on Andrew Adamson's hugely successful feature film, 'The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe'.

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The Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian [200...

 
Prince Caspian

Weta Workshop have created costuming, weapons, armor and miniatures for Prince Caspian, the second film in the Walt Disney and Walden Media trilogy, The Chronicles of Narnia.

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The Lovely Bones [2009]

 
In Production

Weta Digital has been heavily involved in Peter Jackson's adaptation of the Alice Sebold novel.

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Avatar [2009]

 
Avatar

James Cameron's Avatar was released on December 18, 2009.

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