Wētā FX

Behind the scenes look at the Weta Workshop - if you love LOTR or you're just a nerd for film or finely made props then you'll have fun. The tour walks you through their production process not only showing you the props but letting you hold some of them as well!

Famous VFX studio, around 4-5 thousand VFX companies exist providing VFX services, but around 40 tender for many of the lead VFX projects on wide release cinema projects. Weta is one of them; famous decades ago for the Lord of the Rings adaptations, and for developing images for Avatar, among a huge number of other projects. The downside to the company is the huge tax subsidies they request for, essentially, US senior staff and foreign content. Poor workplace conduct issues have appeared in the press and of course Jackson has produced consistently disappointing feature film work for eighteen years at this point (2021), although the original Tolkien trilogy continues to draw tourist interest. The Weta founder offered money and support to Wellington's current conservative mayor also, during a phase of consistent infrastructure and planning issues to the detriment of people that actually live here.

Blending boundaries.... between the real world and the virtual digital world 🌎

Weta digital is my Favourite VFX INDUSTRY and I'd love to visit Wellington once in my life

Definitely a place to visit if you are in Wellington. It is a part of New Zealand history now 🙂