Speaking at the NAB Technology Summit on Cinema, producer Jon Landau revealed that for the Avatar sequel, director James Cameron will experiment with using performance-capture technology underwater.
With the big-budget adaptation of Ender’s Game on the horizon, Spinoff’s Anna Pinkert looks back at cinema’s often cringe-inducing depictions of video games, and gamers, on screen.
Although James Cameron has announced he’s in the Avatar business for the next four or five years, shooting two sequels back and to back before perhaps moving on to a prequel, he still wants to adapt Battle Angel Alita.
Congratulations to Marvel’s The Avengers, which has now become only the third movie of all time to cross $600 million in US box office take alone, with its worldwide take now in the region of $1,438.3 million. Unsurprisingly, with the prospect of the movie potentially becoming the most successful movie in history suddenly coming on the horizon, the question is now raised: Can Marvel and Disney ensure there’s enough gas left in the tank to ensure the movie topples Avatar?
Actress Sigourney Weaver revealed that director James Cameron will film her in in the three sequels to Avatar at the same time.
While in China, director James Cameron discussed a desire to focus his creative energies to making documentaries and Avatar sequels. “I’m in the Avatar business,” he said. “Period. That’s it.”
Director James Cameron still wants to adapt the cyberpunk manga Battle Angel Alita, but only after he completes Avatar 2 and 3, which should be about 2017.
A new deal will bring attractions based on James Cameron’s 2009 blockbuster to Disney theme parks worldwide, beginning with the Animal Kingdom Park in Orlando.
Ron Howard’s ambitious plan to adapt Stephen King’s The Dark Tower seems to be dead for now, one question remains: Who will manage to pull off the TV/movie crossover trick first?
The 17-minute film, written and directed Preacher co-creator Garth Ennis, will have its premiere at Comic-Con International on Thursday, July 22.
James Cameron suggests that the three Avatar films, taken together, will paint an “overall character arc” rather than exist as a proper trilogy.
The world’s first 3D porn movie, 3D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy, beat out first-day ticket sales for Avatar in its Hong Kong debut.
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