Design FX - The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Crowd-Simulation On a Behemoth Scale

Weta Digital was behind the striking special effects in two of this year’s Oscar nominees: “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” and “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies.” And while the latter was actually nominated for best sound editing as opposed to visual effects, that doesn’t diminish the impressive, large-scale battle sequences that Weta designed for the film.