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‘We were hearing whispers’: How Weta Digital knew about Covid 19 before the headlines

by NZ Herald — May 14 2020

Weta Digital completed its work on Disney’s Mulan last Friday having moved 1500 crew to work from home. Photo: ODT / Stephen Jaquiery

By RNZ

Even before Covid-19 hit the headlines, Weta Digital in Wellington was preparing for a possible pandemic.

Executive producer David Conley said the company was trying to buy equipment from Wuhan.

“We were hearing whispers from concerned crew about family members in China, there was this mysterious illness, that’s all we knew.

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