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| Caesar, the CGI star of Rise of the Planet of the Apes, was created by the folks at Weta Workshop. |
The first trailer for this summer's reimagining of the
Planet of the Apes story, entitled
Rise of the Planet of the Apes, hit the web early this morning. I was looking forward to this trailer. I think this film is the summer's real wild card. It's hard to say how well this film is going to do. That being said, there was a lot in the trailer that I enjoyed. Visually, it looks stunning. The special effects are being done by Weta Workshop. That's the special effects house that worked on
The Lord of the Rings trilogy,
King Kong, and
Avatar. Using the same motion capture technology used on
Avatar, Weta created the film's apes differently than past iterations in the franchise. The performance capture technology applies a real physical performance completely to a digital creation. Although the makeup work in these films has always been topnotch, even in Tim Burton's remake, I feel like this digital work looks fantastic. It will be the first time the apes look photo-realistic. It's no wonder that the name Weta is featured so prominently in the trailer.
