Here is something we don’t see often. A vfx company finally getting a star billing. And you’ll probably be delighted to know that James Franco doesn’t even get mentioned. There was a little mini controversy when he disrespected the vfx community as co-host of this year’s Oscars.
Kudos to Weta, let’s see more of this:
mr. franco isn’t mentioned as is none of the other stars. also, he doesn’t need to be named…but weta does. what’s the point of this non-post!?
I thought I’d say something nice in preparation for monday’s post about New Zealand.
Probably because there isn’t much else you can advertise this movie on. No major stars (James Franco aside), unknown director… what, should they have gone with “From the co-producer of The Day After Tomorrow”?
Agreed, giving a trailer credit to the vfx really is scrapping the barrel.
[...] in April I was really encouraged by Fox’s marketing campaign for the film as Weta received top billing in the film’s trailer. Unfortunately that all [...]