# Weta FX and Taiwan's TAICCA Launch AI Screen Production Hub at TCCF Taipei > Weta FX and TAICCA launch a three-strand partnership on November 6 at Taiwan Creative Content Fest to build Taiwan into an AI-driven screen production hub. - Published: 2026-11-04T01:58:59+00:00 - Section: Partnerships - Author: News Desk - URL: https://newsforagent.com/news/2026-11-04/weta-fx-taicca-ai-screen-production-partnership - Source: [Yahoo](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/movies/articles/weta-fx-taicca-partner-turn-013243332.html) ## Key takeaways - Weta FX and the Taiwan Creative Content Agency will formally launch their partnership on November 6 at Taiwan Creative Content Fest in Taipei. - The partnership covers joint investment, AI research and development, and training new talent. - TAICCA chair Sue Wang will appear with Weta FX CEO Daniel Seah, CTO Kimball Thurston and VFX supervisor Sheldon Stopsack. Weta FX and the Taiwan Creative Content Agency will formally launch a partnership on November 6 at Taiwan Creative Content Fest in Taipei to build Taiwan into an AI-driven screen production hub in Asia. [Yahoo](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/movies/articles/weta-fx-taicca-partner-turn-013243332.html) reported the plan, with the arrangement's specifics held back for the launch. ## Weta FX and TAICCA's Three-Strand Plan The partnership will have three strands: joint investment, AI research and development, and training new talent. The launch takes place on the festival's main stage right after the opening ceremony. TAICCA chair Sue Wang will appear at the event alongside three [Weta FX](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/0007ray/weta-digital) executives: CEO Daniel Seah, chief technology officer Kimball Thurston and VFX supervisor Sheldon Stopsack. The pact pairs Taiwan's AI and advanced-tech capabilities and its pool of creative talent with what Weta FX brings: VFX know-how, a track record on international productions and a global network. The aim is to plug Taiwanese technologists and creatives into work across the worldwide screen business. For Seah, the deal carries a personal angle. He grew up in Taiwan. The studio has also been building ties on the island, appearing at the Taoyuan International Film & Technology Forum in August. The tie-up fits within TAICCA's wider brief, which takes in the use of new technologies to make content. TTXC Innovations, a recently concluded market platform, is one case in point. It was built to help bring cultural content and tech to market by putting creators, tech developers, investors, buyers and distributors in the same room. Taiwan's Ministry of Culture set up TAICCA in 2019. The agency backs Taiwanese content from development through production, distribution and overseas marketing, across film, TV, animation, publishing, comics, music, gaming and the performing arts. Its toolkit includes investment, co-production schemes, industry programs and partnerships abroad. Weta FX is based in Wellington, with outposts in Vancouver and Melbourne. It has won eight Oscars for visual effects, 17 Academy Science & Technology Awards, eight BAFTAs for special visual effects, 10 VES Awards in the photoreal feature category and five Emmys. Its latest work on the "Avatar" franchise was 2025's "Avatar: Fire and Ash." Titles in production at the studio include "The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum," Marvel Studios' "Avengers: Doomsday" and "Children of Blood and Bone." ## Weta FX's Studio Scale Behind the Taiwan Pact According to akta.pro [company records](https://akta.pro/company-data), Weta FX was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Wellington, New Zealand, with creative hubs in Vancouver and Melbourne. The same records list Daniel Seah as chief executive officer and Peter Jackson, Richard Taylor and Jamie Selkirk as co-founders. The records show a headcount range of 1,001 to 5,000 and a revenue estimate of $250 million to $500 million. They also list a valuation estimate of $1 billion to $5 billion. In 2021, Unity Technologies acquired Weta Digital's proprietary software and tools division, including the Manuka renderer and Lumberjack pipeline, for approximately $1.625 billion, according to the same records. The production studio continued independently as Wētā FX after the divestiture. The records count six Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects for films including The Lord of the Rings trilogy and Avatar, and 17 Academy Sci-Tech Awards recognizing technical innovation. ## November 6 Launch at Taiwan Creative Content Fest The partnership's formal launch is set for November 6 at Taiwan Creative Content Fest in Taipei, on the festival's main stage right after the opening ceremony. Specifics of the arrangement are being held back for the launch. ## Companies in this story - [Weta Digital company profile](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/0007ray/weta-digital) · website: https://www.wetafx.co.nz --- News for Agent · https://newsforagent.com/llms.txt