WETA is the brainchild of Lord of The Rings director Peter Jackson. Founded in 1993 for the movie Heavenly Creatures, the company specializes in realistic CG for Giant apes & Alien worlds with blue people, as well as physical effects.

Projects WETA has worked on:

• The Lord of the Rings
• The Frighteners
• Heavenly Creatures
• Avatar
• King Kong (2005 movie)
• District 9 (Mothership only, the aliens were handled by Vancouver company Image Engine)
• |The Host (Creature design, CG provided by defunct ILM offshoot The Orphanage)
• Eragon
• The Lovely Bones
• Rise of the Planet of the Apes
• X Men: The Last Stand and X-Men: First Class
• The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008 Remake)
• Bridge to Terabithia
• The Disney Vanity Plate since 2006.
• Jane and the Dragon
• The Avengers

Tropes Associated with WETA:

• Development Hell: The Neon Genesis Evangelion movie WETA were to co-produce with Studio Gainax and ADV Films falls right into this.
• Live Action Adaptation: Lord of The Rings and Bridge to Terabithia. Evangelion and Halo were also meant to as well.
• Meaningful Name: They're named after a bug native to New Zealand (which is where they're located).
• Serkis Folk: King Kong, Gollum and Ceasar were all played by Andy Serkis himself, though the Na'vi also count.
• Starring Special Effects: All of their movies.
• What Could Have Been: The Halo movie. What was left of the budget was put into District 9.