The director is collaborating with Weta Digital to develop an underwater motion capture system.

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The Public Broadcasting Service and its Washington flagship station, WETA, refused to air this film.

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Only this time, Weta Workshop will have something to say about the casting.

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The analog classical station WETA at 90.9 FM crackles with static and dropouts caused by trees, hills and highway overpasses.

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Charles took a tour of Weta Workshop, which is currently in the throes of post-production for the upcoming movie, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (December 14).

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Interestingly, PBS and WETA were untroubled by the manifest lack of fairness in a film on much the same subject entitled "The Muslim Americans, " produced by Crossroads series host Robert MacNeil.

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With the project finally due to come to an end this year, Letteri is looking to the future at Weta, which since Lord Of The Rings has unsurprisingly attracted attention from Hollywood.

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Switch to a digital radio and, after a lag of less than two seconds as the digital signal takes over, WETA's music wafts through so clearly that when the DJ stops speaking, one suspects the radio has been turned off.

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New Zealand's Industrial Research looks to be attracting quite a bit of interest in its prototype handheld 3D scanner, snagging fellow New Zealanders Weta Digital to help put the technology through its paces and now hoping the police will hop on board to put the scanner to more grisly uses.

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