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Dino-sized effects in Terra Nova

Steven Spielberg’s big-budget dinosaur television series Terra Nova tells the story of a dilapidated Earth in the year 2149, causing humans to look for a new place to inhabit. They discover a portal to a prehistoric dimension and begin carving out an existence in this dangerous new world. fxguide visited the Terra Nova set in Queensland, Australia, a four-acre compound set amongst the rainforest, and also sat down with the key visual effects artists involved to talk about bringing the dinosaurs and environments to life.