Weta created the Oscar-winning VFX on 'The Lord of the Rings' and 'Avatar.' By Carolyn Giardina Tech Editor Publicly traded tech firm Unity has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Peter ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Weta Digital, one of the world’s premier visual effects companies founded by Peter Jackson, has sold its visual effects tech ...

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Unity, the video game engine company, has acquired Peter Jackson's Oscar-winning Lord of the Rings effects studio Weta Digital in a $1.625 billion deal. Under the terms of the proposed deal, which is ...

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Unity is set to acquire Weta, the visual effects company co-founded by Sir Peter Jackson, for $1.625bn. The companies have entered a "definitive agreement", which will place Weta's renowned VFX tools ...

Unity Software on Wednesday announced that it will acquire the technology division of New Zealand-based Weta Digital, which was founded by Peter Jackson and is known for its visual effects work. The ...

Update at 8:25 a.m. PST Feb. 2: "Avatar" has snagged nine Oscar nominations: visual effects, best picture, art direction, cinematography, directing, film editing, sound editing, sound mixing, and ...

An initial 75 artists will fill the Vancouver facility as Weta FX expands beyond New Zealand for the first time after a $1.6 billion technology deal with Unity. By Etan Vlessing Canada Bureau Chief An ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The deal promises to make the tools used to create Gollum for Jackson’s “The Lord of the Rings,” Caesar from “The Planet of the ...