When Wetas Erik Winquist heard Fox wasmaking another Planet of the Apes movie, he was initally skeptical.
It was presented as Hey, theres another Apes film, are you interested in working on that?
And I was like, Oh.
The apes of Kingdom don’t exist without Weta.Image: Fox
Part of it was… where is this going to go?
Because if its just going to be And then… [I wasnt interested.
Wheres this gonna go?
Image: Fox
You start imagining all these visuals in your head and the possibilities of that were fascinating.
It was a really nice, fresh, new beginning to the next chapter of the franchise.
[This is a minor spoiler so heres a warning just in case.]
Image: Fox
The big thing there was just the environment side of it.
I want this environment to be based on a real place, he said.
Its got these amazing granite rocky structures in this almost alpine tundra landscape.
Image: Fox
So, to clarify, no one involved in the actual filming was involved in capturing that scene?
That was literally two VFX guys with gear on their backs, Winquist said.
It was really fun.
This was probably the most enjoyable experience Ive had on a [movie] to date, Winquist said.
The thing thats beautiful about Wes is he brings so much exuberance to everything about the post process.
And thats because he comes from a 3D animation background…
So hes our people.
We speak the same language… And then, we would come up with something and present it and hed be like, Thats great.
So yeah, Id love to sign on board [with] whatever Wes is doing next.
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is now in theaters.
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