You probably had no idea that some of your favourite movies were not made in Hollywood – but in fact in Wellington, New Zealand. Metro.co.uk spoke to Weta Workshop, the genius company behind special effects and props of so many popular films.

We mostly associate the world of movie making with Hollywood.
It’s a historic place. It’s bad ass, and the big bad city that manages to turn imagination into reality – well, mostly.
But what if we told you that some of your favourite movies and epic televisions shows were created in a city you may never have heard of? And if you have? Kudos to you!
Metro.co.uk visited Wellington, a city in the Island nation of New Zealand to see for ourselves – and in doing so we met the people behind Weta Workshop and the New… Read the full story