Wēta FX gets two Emmy Award nominations

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6 days ago

The nods for Outstanding Special Visual Effects are for its work on the second seasons of TV shows 'House of the Dragon' and 'The Last of Us'.
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Special effects company Wētā FX has secured two Emmy Award nominations.
The nods for Outstanding Special Visual Effects are for its work on the second seasons of TV shows
House of the Dragon
(VFX supervisor Wayne Stables and VFX Producer Marcus Goodwin) and
The Last of Us
(VFX supervisor Nick Epstein and animation supervisor Dennis Yoo).
Stables said he and Goodwin were honoured to represent the crew who worked on
House of the Dragon
.
"This Emmy Award nomination is for all of us," he said.
"It's a proud moment when we can share everyone's creativity and talent with fans around the world, and even more so when that work is celebrated in such prestigious company."
Wētā FX said its work on the series centred on the dragons Seasmoke and Vermithor, as well as the digital environments of Harrenhal and inside Dragonmont cave.
The cave featured in a complicated tracking shot comprising 5400 frames "meticulously stitched together", the company said.
Epstein and Yoo said they were ecstatic about their nomination for
The Last of Us,
which they described as a "uniquely challenging" show.
The company said its work featured primarily in the second episode where a giant horde of zombies - called the 'Infected' - emerges from the snow to wreak havoc on the township of Jackson, Wyoming.
Wētā FX has previously won four Emmys for the first season of
The Last of Us
, seasons 7 and 8 of
Game of Thrones
, and most recently for thriller
Ripley
, last year.
The Emmy awards ceremony will be held in Los Angeles in September.
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