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How Avatar Happened: Lightcycles And Giant Lizards On The Path To Innovation
1 hour ago | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
Since talk of Avatar first began, it has been touted as the kind of groundbreaking cinematic experience that will change the future of filmmaking forever. Whether that is truth or the product of an out of control James Cameron ego has yet to be determined (any psychics out there?), but anyone who has already seen the film or was present for the 15-minute screening on Avatar Day can tell you that it is a step forward. Avatar pushes computer graphics to the very edge of what's possible, particularly in IMAX 3D. Cameron's no stranger to game-changing special effects, with The Abyss he had a hand in creating first fully digital 3D water effect, in Terminator 2: Judgment Day he had the first CGI human character with realistic movement, and in Titanic he used the advanced the rendering of flowing water. Avatar may be another step, but before we take it, »
Music Video for Leona Lewis' 'Avatar' Theme Song Emerges
5 hours ago | Celebrity Mania | See recent Celebrity Mania news »
Music video to support Leona Lewis' single "I See You" has been debuted on Tuesday, December 15. In the video, the winner of "The X Factor" season 3 is seen sporting a sexy silver dress when serenading the ballad, which will be played over the end credits of James Cameron-directed movie "Avatar". Several scenes from the sci-fi film are also showcased in the more-than-three-minute video.
"I See You" music video is directed by Jake Lava. The track, in the meantime, was produced by James Horner and Simon Franglen, the team behind Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On" that served as the soundtrack of 1997 hit movie "Titanic". "I See You", which was debuted on December 4, was recently announced to be one of the nominees of 2010 Golden Globes in Best Original Song - Motion Picture category.
"Avatar" itself follows a paraplegic ex-marine as he is thrust unwillingly into an effort »
- celebrity-mania.com
Video Premiere: Leona Lewis' 'I See You' From 'Avatar'
5 hours ago | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »
A music video for "Avatar" soundtrack, "I See You", which is performed by Leona Lewis has been debuted. It mashes up scenes of the singer's live performance and the ones from James Cameron's movie. Sam Worthington's Jake Sully and Zoe Saldana's Neytiri are seen walking in the jungle where flowers, trees and the earth glow in the dark.
"I See You" will be played during the closing credit of the forthcoming big screen project. It comes from the production hands of James Horner and Simon Frangle, the masterminds behind Celine Dion's Grammy-winning single "My Heart Will Go On" from movie "Titanic". Its music video is directed by Jake Nava.
The rest of the materials in the film's soundtrack album are composed by James Horner. The compilation is plotted to be put out for U.S. purchase on December 15, while the film is due to open wide »
- AceShowbiz.com
Cameron's Lesson Learned From 'Titanic'
6 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
By Desson Thomson
What kind of artist do we, as a culture, really value? An artful genius of technology or a masterful story weaver who uses technology?
James Cameron helped us answer that question with the astounding success of 1997’s “Titanic.” Stunning for its special effects -- who can forget the spectacle of that doomed ocean liner slipping beneath the waves? -- it barely merited a D-grade for its human story. But even though the romance between working-class Jack Dawson (Leonardo DiCaprio) and upperclasswoman Rose DeWitt Bukater (Kate Winslet) was waterlogged with clichés, their ... »
- Lew Harris
2010 Golden Globe Nominations By The Numbers
12 hours ago | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
In case you missed all of the yapping that we and other media outlets have been doing today, the nominations for the 2010 Golden Globe Awards dropped this morning. As is the case every year, there are some obvious picks, a few surprises and plenty of discussion points to get the talking heads... uhhh... talking.
The best place to start is with a straight-up numbers breakdown. Of the 12 completely open movie categories -- Best Foreign and Best Animated don't really apply, as they're so specific -- there are some interesting trends to consider. The Golden Globe Awards are traditionally viewed as a barometer for what to expect at the Academy Awards later in the year. Reading it isn't foolproof of course, and the landscape could well be changed next year due to tweaked voting rules and an expanded Best Picture category, but it never hurts to ponder the possibilities.
The big »
- Adam Rosenberg
2010 Golden Globe Nominations Announced
15 hours ago | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
The folks over at Cinematical were good enough to be up early this December morning to update folks in real-time with the 67th Annual Golden Globe nominations. Things are officially gearing up to the Awards season early next year, all leading up to the “big ones” – the Oscars. The Golden Globes are arguably the second-biggest awards out there, and we have this year’s nominations right here.
I’d say for the most part that the nominations are quite predictable. Not that that’s a bad thing – if it’s clear to all what the best movies, performances, scores etc are, then it should result in them getting nominated (that’s the way it Should work, anyway – hey-oh! ). Before I get to some of my thoughts on who’s been nominated, check out the nominations list yourself, again thanks to Cinematical (as well as GoldenGlobes.org):
Best Motion Picture »
- Ross Miller
Avatar Movie Review
17 hours ago | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »
The hype has been out of this world (pun intended), the underground reviews have been nothing short of amazing, and the response from the critics has been astounding. And I must agree wholeheartedly! Cameron has topped his greatest works to make something that is beyond imagination. Avatar is the movie I have waited for, for a very long time.
I do want to say that I am fan of Cameron and his work but not the average Titanic fanboy that some might think. While Titanic, a great accomplishment in its own right, is still sitting atop the highest-grossing-film-of-all-time charts, it will be a memory at best after Avatar hits.
The world created by Cameron, Pandora, is a vast universe in which one can only get lost. This is a good thing! Sitting here thinking about the film only makes me want to view it again for a second and third »
- Matthew
James Cameron and Sam Worthington Talk Avatar
18 hours ago | ShockYa | See recent ShockYa news »
James Cameron and stars Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldana talk about the upcoming film “Avatar” aka James Cameron’s Avatar by director James Cameron (Terminator 5, Battle Angel, Titanic) and starring Sam Worthington (Clash of the Titans, Terminator Salvation), Sigourney Weaver (Ghostbusters III, Aliens), Michelle Rodriguez (Fast & Furious) and Zoe Saldana (Star Trek). Click Here for more photos, news and videos from James Cameron’s Avatar. Synopsis: In a distant future, humanity discovers the planet ‘Alpha Centauri B-4′, and for those scientists and astronauts who’ve traversed the gulf between neighboring suns and arrived on its alien soil know it as ‘Pandora’. A world filled with an incredible diversity of beautiful and deadly ammonia-breathing [...] »
- Brian Corder
Avatar: Would it change the manner in which business of cinema has been done so far - Feature
21 hours ago | GlamSham | See recent GlamSham news »
The budget of Avatar can help in making at least 25 Hindi films at current costs. It is the costliest film that has been produced ever, having a budget in excess of Rs.1200 crores. After all, James Cameron the director of Avatar has a reputation to contend with in the form of Titanic which had broken all the previous box office records.... »
The Cameron Inside: How Avatar Echoes Everything He's Ever Done
23 hours ago | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
For months we've been hearing snarky fan rants about how unoriginal Avatar is, how it looks like Fern Gully in space, Dances with Wolves with blue people-- really, just pick your comparison. But the truth about Avatar isn't that James Cameron is ripping off other people, he's ripping off himself. In the same way you know Titanic is on cable the moment you hear that pan flute coming from the other room, a James Cameron movie is unmistakable, and fear not-- Avatar is through and through a James Cameron movie. So how do you know if you want to watch Avatar? Just figure out how much it's like your favorite Cameron movie and decide from there! To help you out, we've gone back through Cameron's greatest hits (sorry, Piranha II fans, you'll have to draw your own comparisons) and figured out exactly how much Avatar resembles each of them. Call »
What.s Next For Cameron - Shooting in Outer Space, Maybe?
14 December 2009 9:05 PM, PST | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »
It’s got all the suspense and drama of a James Cameron film: The story of Cameron’s real-life quest to go into outer space.
Apparently, the Avatar and Terminator director has been interested in visiting space for a while, and got about halfway there back in the late '90s/early '00s. Speaking to MTV, Cameron said he had been working with Nasa on a joint mission to the International Space Station; unfortunately, that got sidetracked by a number of delays, including a certain terrorist attack.
"I was going to go up and work on the International Space Station with our 3-D cameras," Cameron said. "I was pushing for something in the 30 day range and they were pushing for something in the 10 to 15 day range. We got partway down the road on that and, it was interesting, we were testing our 3-D cameras at the Titanic wreck site and September 11 happened. »
James Cameron On Past And Future Plans To Shoot In Outer Space
14 December 2009 2:00 PM, PST | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
James Cameron, director of "Avatar" doesn't ever do things halfway. The time it took the boat in "Titanic" sunk mirrored the time the actual boat took to sink. The shoot for "The Abyss" lasted roughly half a year, with the cast clocking insane numbers of hours each week, much of that time spent underwater. And then there's the so-called "game-changer" that is "Avatar," a thoroughly gripping deep space adventure shot in extremely impressive 3-D.
The next stop for Cameron could be outer space, assuming he gets his way. Not "Avatar"'s beautifully rendered digital landscapes, mind you. Actual outer space. Like 6+ miles over the surface of the Earth. As Cameron exclusively told MTV's Josh Horowitz, he was at one point deep into the process of planning a trip into the stratosphere.
"I had it worked out with the Russians, with the Energia Corporation," he explained. "I had a contract and I'd begun training, »
- Adam Rosenberg
'Avatar' Director James Cameron Confesses To His 'God Complex'
14 December 2009 9:45 AM, PST | MTV Movie News | See recent MTV Movie News news »
'Every director has a God complex,' said the director who proclaimed himself 'King of the World' when his 'Titanic' won the best-picture Oscar.
By Eric Ditzian, with reporting by Josh Horowitz
Photo: MTV News
He is writer and director. He is cinematographer and camera operator. He is the creator of an entirely new language and the leader of a team of artists inventing creatures and forests and a race of aliens who are all left-handed simply because he, too, is left-handed. Possibly the only job James Cameron didn't slip into during the years-long production of "Avatar" was working the grill station at the craft-service tent.
Might Cameron have just a smidgen of a God complex? Or, at the very least, a lofty, if more terrestrially based, opinion of his own talents? This is the guy, after all, who infamously declared himself King of the World at the 1998 "Titanic"-dominated Oscars. »
cinemadaily | “Avatar” Buzz, Madcap Manhattan, More
14 December 2009 9:07 AM, PST | IndieWIRE | See recent indieWIRE news »
Catching up with news from this weekend: 1. Buzz is mounting for James Cameron’s 3D blockbuster, “Avatar,” which opens Friday, and it’s largely positive so far. “Watching ‘Avatar,’ I felt sort of the same as when I saw ‘Star Wars’ in 1977,” writes Roger Ebert. “That was another movie I walked into with uncertain expectations. James Cameron’s film has been the subject of relentlessly dubious advance buzz, just as his ‘Titanic’ … »
'Avatar' Prepares To Dominate In This Week's Box Office Poll
14 December 2009 9:00 AM, PST | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
The results of our Box Office Poll are a forgone conclusion this week, but let's do one anyway, if only for laughs. James Cameron's sci-fi epic "Avatar" is going to crush it, no question. Box office dominance for Cameron's long-in-development film -- and his long-awaited return to directing, the first feature-length effort since "Titanic," in 1997 -- is as certain as it was for "New Moon" during its opening week.
People want to see this movie. Even if "Avatar" is an unholy mess, it's going to sell tickets. Fortunately for Cameron and his partners at 20th Century Fox, the movie is not an unholy mess. Far from it, in fact. We'll delve into that later today; for now, let us consider the other options available to moviegoers for the coming weekend.
The couples-friendly counterpoint to "Avatar" is the Hugh Grant and Sarah Jessica Parker-starring rom-com "Did You Hear About the Morgans? »
- Adam Rosenberg
question of the day: What is the secret of James Cameron’s success?
14 December 2009 8:07 AM, PST | www.flickfilosopher.com | See recent FlickFilosopher news »
James Cameron is the 12th highest-grossing director in film history, having earned $1.117 billion (and that’s just domestically) from just seven films. With Avatar, he is likely to surpass Chris Columbus, currently at No. 5... and if Avatar does Titanic business, he could catapult to the No. 3 spot, behind Robert Zemeckis and the king, Steven Spielberg. And unlike many of the directors currently ahead of him, none of his movies are based on world-famous comic-book characters, beloved works of literature, popular novels, theme-park rides, or toy lines, and only one is a sequel: Aliens. To say that there’s been a lot of hype around Avatar is putting it mildly, but when you look at Cameron’s work, it suddenly doesn’t seem quite so unjustified... and the presumed achilles heel that might cut into its box office -- that it’s not based on a franchise or characters that have a ready-made, »
- MaryAnn Johanson
'The Princess And The Frog' Leaps Over The Competition At The Box Office
14 December 2009 7:10 AM, PST | MTV Movie News | See recent MTV Movie News news »
Disney's latest animated film takes the top prize, while 'The Blind Side' remains strong in second place.
By Josh Wigler
Photo: Disney
Box-Office Top Five
#1 "The Princess and the Frog" ($25 million)
#2 "The Blind Side" ($15.5 million)
#3 "Invictus" ($9.1 million)
#4 "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" ($8 million)
#5 "A Christmas Carol" ($6.9 million)
Disney's return to hand-drawn animation proved a royal success as "The Princess and the Frog," the House of Mouse's latest feature-length cartoon, easily won first place at this weekend's box office.
"The Princess and the Frog" earned $25 million in its first weekend in wide release, combining with two earlier weeks of limited-run engagements for a cumulative domestic take of $27.9 million. The film — which features the vocal talents of Terrence Howard, John Goodman and Oprah Winfrey, among others — cost Disney $105 million to produce, so the less-than-$30-million total isn't quite as lucrative as the studio may have hoped for. »
AFI Honors Hangover, Mad Men and Hurt Locker
14 December 2009 4:30 AM, PST | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »
The American Film Institute has announced its list of Top 10 movies and TV shows of 2009, offering up some surprises in the process. Then again, few are disputing that The Hangover may be one of the funniest movies ever made. With that in mind, AFI honors on the big screen went to Coraline, The Hangover, The Hurt Locker, The Messenger, Precious, A Serious Man, A Single Man, Sugar, Up and Up in the Air. Conspicuously absent from the list was Titanic director James Cameron's long-awaited Avatar - the most expensive movie ever made, though its studio denies the $500-million price »
- Stephen M. Silverman
Biggest movie ever made
14 December 2009 1:57 AM, PST | Hindustan Times - Cinema | See recent Hindustan Times - Cinema news »
With a budget of Rs 2000 crore, this is the costliest movie the world’s ever seen. It has been made at a budget that is 20 times the cost of Blue, the most expensive Indian movie. It took 14 years for filmmaker James Cameron to get the special effects right. Titanic director James Cameron’s 3D magnum opus, Avatar, the film that claims ‘cinema will not be the same anymore’, hits theatres worldwide, including India, on Friday. There’s an obvious — and palpable — buzz surrounding the release. The highlight of the Sci-Fi flick is the use of “jaw-dropping” state-of-the-art computer ... »
Another Very Cool Avatar Featurette
13 December 2009 11:07 PM, PST | ShockYa | See recent ShockYa news »
Here’s a very cool featurette for the upcoming film “Avatar” aka James Cameron’s Avatar by director James Cameron (Terminator 5, Battle Angel, Titanic) and starring Sam Worthington (Clash of the Titans, Terminator Salvation), Sigourney Weaver (Ghostbusters III, Aliens), Michelle Rodriguez (Fast & Furious) and Zoe Saldana (Star Trek). Click Here for more photos, news and videos from James Cameron’s Avatar. Synopsis: In a distant future, humanity discovers the planet ‘Alpha Centauri B-4′, and for those scientists and astronauts who’ve traversed the gulf between neighboring suns and arrived on its alien soil know it as ‘Pandora’. A world filled with an incredible diversity of beautiful and deadly ammonia-breathing lifeforms. Its also a world [...] »
- Brian Corder
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