Wētā FX has developed an entirely new face pipeline. The team first developed this breakthrough new approach in 2019, but the company has only just revealed the new approach at SIGGRAPH ASIA in Korea, to coincide with the release of Avatar: The Way of Water. In this in-depth discussion, FXGuide talks directly with Wētā FX Snr. VFX Supervisor Joe Letteri about why he made the decision to develop the new approach and with Karan Singh one of the other authors on the technical paper.