Movie Info
Genre :
Action, Sci-Fi, ThrillerRelease Date :
December 18, 2009Director :
James CameronStarring :
Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez, Giovanni Ribisi, Joel David Moore, Peter Mensah, Wes Studi, Laz Alonso, Matt Gerald, CCH Pounder, Stephen Lang
'Avatar' Makes 'Titanic' Look Like a Picnic
September 09, 2008 12:09:23Hypening up the excitement for his latest feature film project "Avatar", director James Cameron talked about what he thinks of the sci-fi thriller movie by comparing it to his previous prominent work, "Titanic". During an interview in Los Angeles, he revealed as quoted by Andrea Baillie of The Canadian Press, "It makes Titanic look like a picnic."
Working on the film using the blending of live-action photography and new virtual photorealistic production techniques, Cameron further confessed, "It's simultaneously the most vexing and the most rewarding type of production that I've done yet." On the new filming techniques, he commented, "It's this form of pure creation where...if you want to move a tree or a mountain or the sky or change the time of day, you have complete control over the elements and the production design."
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James Cameron's 'Avatar': Partly Animation, Partly Live-Action
August 07, 2008 03:08:41Having shot his forthcoming project in New Zealand since fall of 2007, James Cameron has finally completed the principal photography of "Avatar" and has moved onto the CG production. With that status being upheld, he comes out to discuss about his visionary on the highly anticipated 3-D sci-fi epic.
Confessing to the Hollywood Reporter that it is the most challenging movie he has ever made, the "Titanic" helmer stated that his goal with this project is to present a movie that is about CG animation and live action. During the filming in New Zealand, Cameron has taken the live-action part using the Fusion 3-D camera system. Now, he focuses on the CG part using a new performance capture production workflow.
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James Cameron's Avatar Release Date Shifted
December 12, 2007 04:12:47Making a change of plan on its big-budgeted project "Avatar", 20th Century Fox has announced that it has pushed back the release date of the movie from May 22, 2009 to December 19, 2009.
Being so, the James Cameron-directed flick will now open on the same weekend as his "Titanic" did in 1997. Moreover, the shifted date consequently also gives the filmmaker more time to work on the effects and much more time for additional theaters to install 3-D screens both in the U.S. and aboard.
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Pictures from James Cameron's Avatar Wellington Set
October 25, 2007 11:10:02The James Cameron ambitious project known as "Avatar" is on its way to fulfill the promise of boasting remarkable special effects you never imagine of, if looking from several pictures of outdoor set from the picture.
Courtesy of Flickr.com, the images, taken from the flick's set in Wellington, New Zealand, showcase huge green screen used for shooting the movie, which, as Cameron said, will be composed of sixty percent computer-generated elements.
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Giovanni Ribisi Secures Slot in James Cameron's Avatar
September 22, 2007 02:09:21Coming late into the lineup, Giovanni Ribisi has been confirmed to board "Avatar", the James Cameron-directed highly anticipated sci-fi action thriller.
The Los Angeles native reportedly is billed to play a passive-aggressive character named Selfridge, who is also the supervisor of Hell's Gate, the colony station on planet Pandora. Sam Worthington has already been cast as the lead character Jake Sully, a paralyzed former marine undergoing an experiment to exist as an avatar, another version of himself.
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Michelle Rodriguez and Stephen Lang Added to Avatar
August 03, 2007 02:08:48Landing feet as the latest additions in the cast lineup, Michelle Rodriguez and Stephen Lang have both been picked up to fill in the remaining roles in James Cameron's ambitious performance-capture flick "Avatar", Variety has revealed.
A $190 million hybrid of live action and animation produced under 20th Century Fox, pic centers on a wounded ex-marine assigned to settle and exploit an exotic planet rich in bio-diversity who eventually crosses over to lead the indigenous race in a battle for survival. Lang is informed to play a seasoned Marine Corps colonel who travels to the planet to take charge of its troops while Rodriguez will portray an ex-Marine pilot.
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"Avatar" Release Date Unveiled!
February 23, 2007 03:02:01Picking up perfect time to release its long-awaited project of "Avatar", the 20th Century Fox has announced that the sci-fi epic will come to the theaters on Memorial Day weekend in 2009 which means that it is not until late May of the year that moviegoers finally can see the flick on the silver screen.
Described to be a hybrid with a full live-action shoot in combination with computer-generated characters and live environments, the ambitious feature centers on a wounded ex-marine who gets involved in a battle for survival when he is assigned to exploit an exotic planet rich in bio-diversity.
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More to Protect the "Avatar"
February 15, 2007 04:02:38Good news has come from James Cameron regarding his ambitious project "Avatar." On his way back from filming three days of live action work in Kauai for the flick, the famed filmmaker eagerly gave Ain't It Cool News an update of the movie's cast.
The Oscar-winning director happily confirmed that Wes Studi, Sigourney Weaver, Peter Mensah, Joel David Moore, CCH Pounder, and Laz Alonso have all been included in the lineup with Weaver playing a character named Grace. Already submitted to the list were Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldana who portray Jake Sully and Neytiri, respectively.
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"Avatar" Gets on the Move in April 2007
January 09, 2007 02:01:16Although James Cameron previously stated that his next project of "Avatar" would not come up until summer 2009, it does not mean that he puts the film feature out of his priority at all.
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that the renowned filmmaker, who has spent a decade to develop the story, is set to get the project into production in April this year. Filming reportedly will take place in and around Los Angeles also in New Zealand with Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldana as the leadstars.
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"Avatar" Not Coming Until Summer 2009
December 23, 2006 12:12:10Wanting to do the best for his ambitious film project "Avatar", director James Cameron has boldly taken a conclusion to shift the release date of the movie to summer 2009 from the scheduled summer-2008 launch.
"I'll spend many months completing the special effects on Avatar, and it will not be released until the summer of 2009," so he confirmed in a recent interview with The Independent. "It's quite a challenge - and for that reason, I embrace it."
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Weta Digital Responsible for the Visual Effects of "Avatar"
August 03, 2006 04:08:15James Cameron's much-anticipated and innovative new motion picture "Avatar" will get a special treatment from Joe Letteri and Weta Digital as both parties have signed on to create visual effects, creatures and digital environments for the action sci-fi thriller flick.
"Weta has proven themselves a leader in visionary effects, especially in the area of performance capture based character animation, which is a big part of my new film," says Cameron who serves as either writer or director for the film. That's one of the reasons why Joe Letteri and Weta Digital being signed on.
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