Another lovable monster for Letteri

Weta Digital head Joe Letteri is to be visual effects supervisor on the upcoming children’s feature, The Water Horse. Letteri was part of the Oscar-winning visual effects team for Peter Jackson’s King Kong. Based on the book by Dick King-Smith, The Water Horse tells the story of a lonely boy in Scotland who finds a mysterious egg on the shore of a loch. The film begins production in Scotland and NZ in May 2006.