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Peter Jackson’s Visual Effects Company Weta Digital Launches Animation Division

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Peter Jackson is getting into the business of animation. The filmmaker’s special effects company Weta Digital is launching an an animation division. Industry veteran Prem Akkaraju will serve …

will serve as its chief executive officer. The New Zealand-based company said Thursday that creating animation has been a long-held dream of majority owners Jackson and Fran Walsh, who will write, produce and direct several animated projects for the company. Details of those projects were not disclosed.

The company began operations to produce the digital special effects for Jackson’s 1994 thriller “Heavenly Creatures.” Comprised of 1,550 artists and engineers, Weta Digital has won six visual effects Academy Awards, 10 Academy Sci-Tech Awards and six visual effects BAFTA Awards. Notable projects include “Avatar,” The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, “Avengers: Infinity Wars,” “Avengers: End Game,” “Game of Thrones,” “Ad Astra” and the upcoming projects “Mulan” and “Black Widow.

The announcement comes nine months after Parker — the co-founder of Napster and the founding president of Facebook —in Weta Digital. The company announced Thursday that Parker has joined the company’s board as vice chairman.

 

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