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Fox Hires RINGS' Weta for SURFER

By: News Editor
 Date: Monday, September 25, 2006
Source: Hollywood Reporter

20th Century Fox has hired Weta Digital, the special effects company behind THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy, to create a state-of-the-art version of the Marvel Comics character Silver Surfer.

Character actor Doug Jones will provide performance and movement references for Weta.

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gustavus • Sep 25, 2006, 03:48am •
Fucking A!!!

Weta also did the trippy hyperspace sequence in Jodie Foster's Contact, so a combination of that and a CG Surfer of Gollum's sophistication should be pretty sweet.

browbeat • Sep 25, 2006, 03:57am •
Agreed. Weta's hyperspace sequence and the alien worlds were a delight.

majorbludd • Sep 25, 2006, 04:00am •
These guys are on a roll!!!...sometimes I feel they do a better job than Skywalker Ranch or is it just me? oh and of course, Andy Serkis would have been a good choice also.........

madmanic999 • Sep 25, 2006, 04:37am •
Well, now we are guaranteed one thing for sure..... the special effects for the Surfer will be amazing. The one really cool thing about Weta, is that they are always trying to compete with only one team, themselves. They are always trying to top what they have done before, so we are in for something awesome. Now let's just pray the story and acting match up.

klaatu1701 • Sep 25, 2006, 05:06am •
I honestly didnt know that Weta existed in 1997, effects have certainly moved on since then though Contact still stands up remarkably well (Carl Sagan was and is a legend). Ultimatly its the story that FF2 will be judged by not the effects. Great story + great effects = success. So why didnt Superman Returns become 'the' film of the year?!

jamesdalton • Sep 25, 2006, 05:40am •
Cowetadigitalbunga!!!!

nimerod • Sep 25, 2006, 07:04am •
riiight..

wessmith1966 • Sep 25, 2006, 07:41am •
Great news for FF2. i agree with klaatu1701 on thwo points...#1-Carl Sagan was an amazing man and #2-the story must be what drives FF2, not the effects. I'm glad to see that Tim Story did get Weta for the Surfer's effects.

rt • Sep 25, 2006, 08:52am •
Sorry, just needed to correct. Sony Pictures Imageworks did the CG effects for Contact, not Weta. Credit where credit's due..Sony do most of the CG work for Robert Zemeckis.

mbeckham1 • Sep 25, 2006, 09:23am •
Well now we know the FX will kick ass. Now if they can just Peter Jackson to direct it.

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