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Marvel’s Next Avengers Film #6: Namor
25 May 2012 5:23 AM, PDT | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
With a sequel to The Avengers officially confirmed by Marvel/Disney, comic book fans the world over will be contemplating which of the publisher’s other heroes could be added to the line-up, potentially getting their own solo movie as soon as 2014 – filling the popularly acknowledged gap in the schedule alongside Captain America 2 that summer.
Of course, we have to bear in mind that Marvel Studios do not own the film rights to characters as key to their comic book universe as Daredevil, Spider-Man, Wolverine or the Fantastic Four – all of whom have allied with or become members of the Avengers at one time or another – but with that consideration in place, here is another suggestion for Marvel’s Next Avengers Film:
Namor the Sub-Mariner (Namor McKenzie)
Why?: Often depicted shouting his battle cry “imperious rex”, Namor the Sub-Mariner – and so-called “first mutant”* – is the son of an »
- Robert Beames
Competition: Win ‘The Divide’ on DVD
15 May 2012 9:18 AM, PDT | Blogomatic3000 | See recent Blogomatic3000 news »
To celebrate 14th May UK DVD release of The Divide (Momentum Pictures) we are offering one winner the chance to win an extremely limited edition money can’t buy exclusively designed t-shirt and a copy of The Divide on DVD. One runner-up will also win a limited edition The Divide t-shirt.
Strongly tipped as a filmmaker to watch on the strength of his astonishing debut feature “Frontier(s)” and hard-hitting follow up “Hitman”, director Xavier Gens fulfils all expectations with his latest offering, The Divide, an intense, post-apocalyptic shocker.
Starring Michael Biehn (The Abyss; Aliens; The Terminator), Lauren German (Hawaii Five-o; Hostel: Part II), Rosanna Arquette (Pulp Fiction), Milo Ventimiglia (Wolverine; Heroes), Courtney B. Vance (Final Destination 5; FlashForward) and Ashton Holmes (Nikita; The Pacific). The Divide is terrifying from it’s opening sequence to its breathtaking and totally unexpected finale, it grips like a vice throughout and sees the »
- Phil
James Cameron solely concentrating on Avatar sequels now?
8 May 2012 4:16 AM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
You know you've got a good thing going when your most recent movie shattered all box office records on its way to a global haul of almost $2.8 billion, and it's completely natural that you'll want to exploit this further. However, Avatar director James Cameron has decided to go one step further, telling the New York Times (via Collider) that he's ceased development on any non-Avatar projects as his feature filmmaking future now lies solely on the world of Pandora:
"Last year I basically completely disbanded my production company’s development arm. So I’m not interested in developing anything. I’m in the Avatar business. Period. That’s it. I’m making Avatar, Avatar 2, Avatar 3, maybe Avatar 4, and I’m not going to produce other people’s movies for them. I’m not interested in taking scripts. And that all sounds I suppose a little bit restricted, »
- flickeringmyth
Win a limited edition The Divide T-shirt and DVD copy of the film
4 May 2012 10:21 AM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
To celebrate UK DVD release of The Divide (Momentum Pictures) on May 14th, we are offering one winner the chance to win an extremely limited edition money can't buy exclusively designed t-shirt and a copy of the film on DVD. One runner-up will also win a limited edition The Divide t-shirt.
Strongly tipped as a filmmaker to watch on the strength of his astonishing debut feature Frontier(s) and hard-hitting follow up Hitman, director Xavier Gens fulfills all expectations with his latest offering, The Divide - an intense, post-apocalyptic shocker.
Starring Michael Biehn (The Abyss; Aliens; The Terminator), Lauren German (Hawaii Five-o; Hostel: Part II), Rosanna Arquette (Pulp Fiction), Milo Ventimiglia (X-Men Origins: Wolverine; Heroes), Courtney B. Vance (Final Destination 5; FlashForward) and Ashton Holmes (Nikita; The Pacific), The Divide is terrifying from it's opening sequence to its breathtaking and totally unexpected finale, it grips like a vice throughout and »
- flickeringmyth
Movie Review - The Divide (2011)
20 April 2012 10:53 AM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
The Divide, 2011.
Directed by Xavier Gens.
Starring Lauren German, Michael Biehn, Ashton Holmes, Milo Ventimiglia, Courtney B. Vance and Rosanna Arquette.
Synopsis:
Following a nuclear attack, a group of survivors find themselves grouped together in the basement of their apartment building.
After his Hollywood directorial debut Hitman, Xavier Gens’ follow up movie wasn’t exactly going to cause cinema goers to get giddy with excitement. That film, as with most video game/movie crossovers, was woeful and stylistically did little else but blot the copybook of all involved, particularly the man at the helm. Saying that, in this film's favour, it is a stripped back survival mystery horror with an intriguing cast, most notably a certain Michael Biehn. There’s no marketing agendas, no fanboys to wind up and none of the stigma that attaches itself to any video game-based movie.
The Divide opens with a nuclear attack from an un-named opposing element. »
- flickeringmyth
'The Walking Dead' Ep Inks Pod Deal With Universal Cable Productions
16 April 2012 2:51 PM, PDT | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
The Walking Dead executive producer Gale Anne Hurd's Valhalla Entertainment has inked an exclusive pod deal with Universal Cable Productions. Under the pact, Hurd -- whose big-screen credits also include Terminator 2 and The Abyss -- will develop and produce new television projects for cable and broadcast networks including the studio's NBCUniversal siblings USA Network and Syfy. "Gale's vision, expertise and superb taste make her and the Valhalla team a trifecta win for Ucp," Ucp senior vps Richard Rothstein, Chris Sanagustin and Maira Suro said in a joint statement announcing the news Monday. "We are ecstatic that Valhalla is joining
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- Lesley Goldberg
'Titanic' is a great film. It's also the movie that gave rise to hater culture
9 April 2012 6:50 AM, PDT | EW - Inside Movies | See recent EW.com - Inside Movies news »
James Cameron’s Titanic is one of the most successful movies of all time, and I have no problem saying that it’s also one of the most beloved movies ever made. (We’re now in the era when success doesn’t always hinge on deep fan love; witness The Phantom Menace, the Transformers films, or Khloe Kardashian.) Where Titanic may well be unique in the history of cinema is that it is also, arguably, the most hated beloved movie ever made. Any number of celebrated films, of course, have provoked backlashes. Just think of the strain of carping snootiness that has always gathered, »
- Owen Gleiberman
Ilm's 'Black Friday': the 'Return Of The Jedi' footage you'll never see
5 April 2012 11:29 AM, PDT | Shadowlocked | See recent Shadowlocked news »
During our latest podcast, in which we chat to George Lucas's official Star Wars chronicler Jon Rinzler about 2013's 'The Making Of Return Of The Jedi' book release (among many other things), the subject of 'Black Friday at Ilm' came up - and I can't say I had ever heard anything about this before.
Return Of The Jedi represented the absolute apex of achievement in photochemical visual effects technology - even for years after its release. Early CGI outings in 1982 such as Disney's Tron, and Ilm's own 'Genesis Effect' footage in Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan were to lead on to interesting CGI curiosities such as The Last Starfighter (1984) and Flight Of The Navigator (1986); but the digital revolution that was to clear its throat in James Cameron's The Abyss (1989) and Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991) and then roar to an astounded world in Jurassic Park (1993)...all that was years away. »
Cameron Admits He’s A Tough Guy On Set
4 April 2012 11:42 AM, PDT | Studio Briefing - Film News | See recent Studio Briefing - Film News news »
James Cameron has responded to complaints by some of the film stars he has worked with over the years that he is a tough and often cruel taskmaster, who has driven some of them to tears. “I think anybody that signs on to work with me on a film knows that they’re going to be asked to step up to world-class work. It doesn’t have to be an unpleasant situation,” he told the New York Times. When the Times reporter remarked that Cameron’s “on-set tantrums are legend,” the director shot back, “I don’t recall any temper tantrums. Show me the video proof of that. What do you say after you come back from a white-water rafting trip? That it was all handled so beautifully? No! You come back and say, ‘Yeah, the raft flipped over, and I almost got killed.’ The fact is, you didn’t get killed. People who work on my films come back and say, ‘Man, I almost died,’ because it makes a better story. It doesn’t mean they actually got hurt or were actually emotionally brutalized.” Asked about actor Ed Harris remark that he wept on his way home from the set of Cameron’s The Abyss, Cameron simply replied, “It was a tough show for everybody.” »
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King Of The World: The Films Of James Cameron
4 April 2012 8:35 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
James Cameron is, in case it has escaped your attention, the most successful filmmaker in history. The Canadian director hadn't exactly been starved for box-office smashes early in his career, but his last two films, "Titanic" and "Avatar," have hauled in nearly $5 billion between them, and are currently the number one and number two hits of all time. He's also the man behind the "Terminator" franchise, helmed one of the best-liked of the "Alien" series, has become a deep-sea explorer, and, uh, gave the world flying piranhas.
This week sees "Titanic" back on screens in post-converted 3D form, and given that we're still at least two years away from seeing the filmmaker's next work ("Avatar 2" and "Avatar 3" are currently targeted for around 2014/2015), it seemed like a good opportunity to look back on his career and see how he went from a visual effects whiz on "Escape From New York »
- Oliver Lyttelton
Peter Berg interview: directing Battleship, filming at sea, Kevin Costner, Ilm effects and more
2 April 2012 7:53 AM, PDT | Den of Geek | See recent Den of Geek news »
Ahead of Battleship’s UK release, we met director Peter Berg to talk effects, aliens, and the perils of shooting movies at sea…
You might think that director Peter Berg’s surname alone would have made him a little nervous about shooting a film at sea, particularly when history proves that movies filmed on the ocean are fraught with problems: see Waterworld, The Abyss and Titanic for a few examples.
Nevertheless, Berg managed to make Battleship – a sprawling tentpole sci-fi epic, with aliens, massive boats, explosions and barnacles – without the nightmarish situations that plagued the films mentioned above - though Mr Berg did throw into the conversation almost casually, "We had sharks show up."
As we found out in our lively, entertaining chat with Berg, which took place a few months ago while Battleship's special effects were still being completed, the shoot went well, even though the potential pitfalls were ever-present. »
DVD Review: The Revenant
1 April 2012 4:14 PM, PDT | Blogomatic3000 | See recent Blogomatic3000 news »
Stars: David Anders, Chris Wylde, Louise Griffiths, Jacy King | Written and Directed by Kerry Prior
Bart (Anders), a soldier serving in Iraq, wakes up the morning after his own funeral, to find he’s not only still alive but has been resurrected as a revenant, or one who has returned from the dead… Unable to ignore his new-found thirst for blood, Bart knows that there is one person in his life whom he can rely on for help: his slacker best friend Joey (Wylde). Although Joey seems to have painlessly moved on in life, friends are friends and Bart is enthusiastically welcomed back, even as a zombie that needs to drink blood to stop the decomposition of his body. The best friend duo quickly realise Bart’s zombie-fied state is a perfect opportunity for them to become vigilante crime fighters, and they soon begin killing the city’s »
- Phil
The James Cameron X-Men movie that never was
29 March 2012 5:39 AM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
It's fairly common knowledge that filmmaker James Cameron spent many a year attached to a movie adaptation of Marvel's Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, but now acclaimed comic book writer Chris Claremont has revealed how close Cameron's Lightstorm Entertainment were to developing an X-Men feature film, which would have been produced by Cameron and directed by his then-wife Kathryn Bigelow.
"Just think about this for a minute: James Cameron's X-Men. Directed by Kathryn Bigelow. That's what we were playing," stated Claremont, who is best known for his popular 17-year run on The Uncanny X-Men, which brought forth classic tales such as the 'Dark Phoenix' saga. "So we're chatting. And at one point Stan Lee looks at Cameron and says, 'I hear you like Spider-Man.' Cameron's eyes lit up. And they start talking. And talking. And talking. About 20 minutes later all the Lightstorm guys and I are looking at each other, »
- flickeringmyth
James Cameron to release 3D film of pioneering deep-sea dive
29 March 2012 2:42 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
The Titanic director had to develop a special camera to withstand the 11km descent into the Pacific Ocean
Film director James Cameron is planning to release a 3D film of his pioneering Marianas Trench dive in the Pacific Ocean, it was announced last night.
Shortly after completing the 11km descent into Challenger Deep, the lowest known point on the Earth's surface, Cameron travelled to London to attend the premiere of the 3D version of his 1997 blockbuster Titanic. After the event, he told reporters that a 3D documentary of the dive, currently titled Deepsea Challenge, is being readied for a prospective cinema release later this year.
"We're shooting the whole expedition as a 3D film," Cameron said, explaining that the development of a new lightweight 3D camera, able to withstand the massive pressures at extreme depth, was crucial. "We spent a fair bit of the development budget of the sub figuring »
- Andrew Pulver
Watch: Footage from James Cameron's Challenger Deep Dive as Director Reveals Plans for a 3D Movie
28 March 2012 1:57 PM, PDT | Fandango | See recent Fandango news »
You knew James Cameron couldn’t venture to the deepest parts of our planet’s oceans without a camera. Unless you are living … well, under the sea, you probably know that Titanic Oscar winner Cameron recently piloted a custom-made submarine to the floor of the Challenger Deep, a section of the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific that has been designated as the deepest known point on Earth. The subs were fit with 3D cameras, which Cameron revealed during a press conference, will help him assemble a television special for National Geographic as well as a 3D theatrical release documenting the seven-mile voyage to the ocean’s mighty depths. Why not just remake The Abyss while you’re at it, Mr. Cameron? “I see this as the...
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What We Can Learn From The Curious Boy Who Just Went Deeper Than Any Person on Earth Has Before
28 March 2012 6:30 AM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
In 1989, James Cameron explored the fictional deep in The Abyss, and when he dove nearly 7 miles into the Mariana Trench, he unfortunately didn’t meet any gooey alien-like beings, but he did beat a solo dive record and figuratively witnessed a different world inside our own. But hasn’t that always been the job of a good storyteller? To witness and share other worlds within our own? Cameron is a visionary storyteller, and we have a lot to learn from him even as we enjoy his movies. Here is his Ted Talk from 2010 where he discusses his unreal worlds and his limitless curiosity – something that seems incredibly relevant right now. »
- Cole Abaius
James Cameron and Sean Penn prove it's not easy being a celebrity | Hadley Freeman
27 March 2012 4:05 PM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Here is my handy guide for celebrities intent on Doing Serious Things. Cameron and Penn, please take note
It's not easy being a celebrity. Oh sure, there's the money, the cheap self-validation, the sycophants, the freebies, the lackeys ... Sorry, where was I? Oh yes, it really isn't easy being a celebrity. For a start, there is the increased chance that you will end up dating a celebrity, and celebrities, as a rule, are narcissistic, immature, attention-seeking weirdos. If you are a female of the species, a photograph of you in your swimwear will at some point appear on the Daily Mail website's sidebar of shame and, depending on whether or not you are over 25, show you either "flaunting your curves" or "not looking as good as you used to. Oh dear!"
Finally, it is very difficult for celebrities to do other things – Serious Things – and be taken seriously. It may not be fair, »
- Hadley Freeman
James Cameron makes history and descends to the deepest part of the ocean
26 March 2012 10:45 AM, PDT | JoBlo.com | See recent JoBlo news »
James Cameron is officially the most badass person working in movies today. The director of The Abyss travelled to the real world equivalent when he successfully reached the bottom of the Mariana Trench yesterday, becoming the first human to do so in over 50 years and the only one to ever do it solo. Cameron, who has long held a love of deep sea exploration, travelled to the deepest place on Earth in his custom submarine, the DeepSea Challenger. Equipped with cameras, naturally, Cameron »
- Alex Maidy
James Cameron Reached Earth's Deepest Point
26 March 2012 5:21 AM, PDT | Moviefone | See recent Moviefone news »
Washington — In James Cameron's fantasy films, like "Avatar" and "The Abyss," the unexplored is splashed in color and fraught with alien danger. But on his dive to the deepest place on Earth, reality proved far different: white, barren and bland. Yet otherworldly – and amazing. "I felt like I literally, in the space of one day, had gone to another planet and come back," Cameron said Monday after returning from the cold, dark place in the western Pacific Ocean, seven miles below the surface. "It was a very surreal day." Cameron is the first person to explore the deepest valley in the ocean since two men made a 20-minute foray there more than half a century ago. He spent about three hours gliding through the icy darkness, illuminated only by special lights on the one-man sub he helped design. That was only about half as long as planned because his battery ran low. »
- Jessie Heyman
Image Conscious: A conversation with visual effects supervisor John Knoll
23 March 2012 5:05 PM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
Trevor Hogg chats with Academy Award-winning visual effects supervisor John Knoll...
“That was a good long time ago,” recalls veteran Industrial Light & Magic Visual Effects Supervisor John Knoll who was part of the team which created the landmark alien pseudo pod for filmmaker James Cameron. “It was something that was very different, new, and exciting for us. I had worked for Dennis Muren [Jurassic Park] on a number of his shows as a motion-control camera operator in the effects animation department. I moved over to the computer graphics department on a television commercial right before The Abyss [1989] happened. It’s funny to have this history with Dennis; he asked if I would supervise the work in the computer graphics department on The Abyss to help keep everybody on track and to come in with a production mindset that we have real deadlines. We have to get this done and let’s figure »
- Trevor
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