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Hasuwandil
Lorien
Feb 10 2020, 7:02am
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Weta Workshop created the puppets for The Meg (see here, under 2018). Warner Bros. was the big Hollywood "film studio" that backed the film. Kumeu Film Studio is just a physical studio facility where sets were built and scenes were filmed. All three entities may be referred to as "studios", but they may serve different functions in the production and distribution of a film.
Other examples:
Star Wars
Lucasflm Ltd.
Industrial Light & Magic
Elstree Studios
20th Century Fox
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Wingnut Films
Weta Workshop / Weta Digital
Stone Street Studios
New Line Cinema
The role of Kumeu Film Studio in The Meg would correspond to the roles of Elstree Studios and Stone Street Studios in Star Wars and The Fellowship of the Ring.
Hêlâ Auriwandil, angilô berhtost,
oƀar Middangard mannum gisandid!
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Eruonen
Valinor
Feb 10 2020, 5:06pm
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From the other article this studio is being used by Amazon for LOTR Prime series
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.....I just wonder if people who have worked at WETA follow the work and move to where the action is. Barrie Osborne of course was not bound to WETA and can work wherever. It seems Amazon wants a clean stamp on the production.
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Furcorn
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Feb 16 2020, 4:21am
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The Meg was so unbelievably crap in all respects. Please do not use it in any way to promote LotR series.
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Eruonen
Valinor
Feb 16 2020, 4:26am
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See the thread and article about Production Starting
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https://redanianintelligence.com/...tion-in-new-zealand/
I don't know anything about The Meg.....just that the studio facilities are being used by Amazon for LOTR series.
"A Facebook post by a horse-owner suggests filming will begin this coming Monday, February 10. The poster is the owner of a horse named Ruby, which will be filming in Riverhead (near Auckland) next week, and this is where the Kumeu Film Studios are located. Our investigations suggest that this will be the production headquarters of Lord of the Rings in New Zealand. This also marks the second time we’ve heard of filming beginning in February."
(This post was edited by Eruonen on Feb 16 2020, 4:28am)
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Eruonen
Valinor
Feb 20 2020, 5:22pm
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Kumeu Film Studio....there, I said it again.
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https://www.nzherald.co.nz/...mp;objectid=12308646
"Elissa Cadwell, an experienced Brisbane-based stunt woman, actor and dancer, who recently doubled for Nicole Kidman in Aquaman, is understood to have been injured during rehearsals at the sprawling Kumeu Film Studio."
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Otaku-sempai
Immortal
Feb 21 2020, 2:19am
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Just so you know, the injured stuntwoman has been discussed in a previous thread.
#FidelityToTolkien
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Eruonen
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Feb 21 2020, 2:55am
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I know, that is where I got the link.
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My purpose was to confirm the studio and LOTR.
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Hasuwandil
Lorien
Feb 24 2020, 7:36am
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The poster is the owner of a horse named Ruby, which will be filming in Riverhead (near Auckland) next week
The first spy report was from Riverhead. It would make sense to begin location filming there, since it's just northeast of Kumeu.
Regarding Weta and Amazon, I've heard nothing to indicate that Weta is involved, but it would make a lot of sense if Weta Workshop at least was involved in props and miniatures, given their history, proven expertise, and proximity. Just a reminder, according to the New Zealand Herald, pre-production had been going on for over a year before New Zealand was announced as the base of production:
Production for the Lord of the Rings-based series is expected to take place at a range of sites around the Auckland region. The exact sites are still in development.
However, a senior Auckland film industry insider revealed to the Herald on Sunday in June, that Kumeu Film Studios (KFS) and Auckland Film Studios (AFS) have been working on pre-production for more than a year now, preparing and building studio locations.
American crews had already been in Auckland for some time at that stage.
For anyone who is interested, here's a page with details on Kumeu Film Studios, which is apparently where production of Amazon's series is based:
Kumeu Film Studios
Also check out the PDF prospectus:
Prospectus
Hêlâ Auriwandil, angilô berhtost,
oƀar Middangard mannum gisandid!
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Lissuin
Valinor
Feb 24 2020, 8:54am
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Re: Kumeu studio,that was interesting, thanks. /
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