Peter Jackson sells visual effects firm for $1.6bn to Unity

[AGTDenton]

A division of Weta Digital, which has worked on films including Lord of the Rings and Avatar, is being bought by video games software company Unity.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-59229995


I had to do a double take, it is the game engine Unity that powered games such as Rust & Kerbal Space Program. I never imagined Unity to have that sort of buying power.

[Output]

I never imagined Unity to have that sort of buying power.

That exact thing surprised me too.

I guess that means they've got a lot more customers (and thus income) than we expected.

[AGTDenton]

That exact thing surprised me too.

I guess that means they've got a lot more customers (and thus income) than we expected.

Makes you wonder just how profitable Steam is. But we'll never know unless they go public.

[dannyboy75]

I'm still disappointed that Peter Jackson never went ahead with making the Dam Busters remake that he's teased on and off over the years (more off than on, to be fair - but including mocked-up life-size Lancaster models, and a supposedly a screenplay written by Stephen Fry). Several times he's mentioned that other films have had to take priority but that DB is next in line. But so many years have passed now that it's pretty clear it'll never see the light of day. Shame (IMO) - I think it would've been great to see a modern remake, providing it wasn't too CGI-heavy.