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Earlier today we had a chance to talk to Oscar-winning producer Jon Landau when he came to town to present some footage from the 3D version of Titanic. We’ll be posting details of that footage later in the week but Landau also spoke about 3D and the future of film. During the presentation he gave [...]
Pretty much everyone knows by now that when James Cameron’s Avatar came out at the end of 2009, it quickly rose to become the world’s highest-grossing film at the box office – taking the top spot from another Cameron film, Titanic – turning its budget of just under $250m. into almost $2.8bn. When you have [...]
I’m been pretty unenthusiastic about Disney’s John Carter. Let’s just get that straight. From the first trailer to the almost 10 minutes of footage screened at D23 this past year, I remain unconvinced. While the work of fiction by Edgar Rice Burroughs are universally adored, and borrowed from, I have never been compelled into his world. In [...]
A top ten list of the most pirated films in Hollywood history has been complied by TorrentFreak, and it comes as no surprise to see that Avatar sits at number one, having been downloaded an incredible 21 million times since it was released in 2009 (wasn’t one of Jim Cameron’s many arguments for 3D the [...]
James Cameron’s Avatar became an unprecedented global success when it was released at the end of 2009, going on to earn more than two and a half billion dollars from its $250m. budget. To be able to take ten times your budget when you’re starting off with that kind of money is utterly insane by [...]
Everyone’s favourite alien-bashing action heroine Sigourney Weaver has spoken out about two forthcoming blockbuster sequels she’s attached to. Depending on how cynical you’re feeling, the news that she’ll be returning to the verdant CGI jungles of Pandora for the two Avatar sequels should come as no surprise, despite the fact that her character Dr. Grace [...]
Making a movie about a cave diving expedition sounds like a treacherous, expensive, and most likely exhausting feat. Yet, the risk factor is, paradoxically, what attracts filmmakers – the more adventurous they are, the more they’ll get the difficult shots and complex sets and equipment as means to shine. Perhaps this is just what drew [...]
As soon as Avatar finished its super successful cinema run rumours emerged that the world hadn’t seen the end of the story, and that we were to expect a second chapter to Jake and Neytiri’s adventures in Pandora. The Hollywood Reporter has now announced that director James Cameron is getting ready to film not one, [...]
In an interview with the Associated Press earlier today, Michelle Rodriguez said that she’d heard that the sequel to the biggest movie of all time (that would be James Cameron’s Avatar) with the working title, Avatar 2, would take place underwater and would be ‘extraordinary beautiful’. She went on to say that she had no [...]
This project has been in the pipeline for quite some time, and when James Cameron pulls on his producing trousers and grabs his 3D cameras you can bet that he will want to secure the best help he can to bring his version of Fantastic Voyage to the big screen. Enter Shawn Levy, not literally [...]
US cinemas experienced a quiet time indeed over the weekend. In fact (according to Box Office Mojo), it was the worst viewing figures for this February date in 15 years. It’s almost as if there was some significant cultural event over the pond which managed to get the attention of the normal cinemagoing crowd. By [...]
The guys over at Sofas and Sectionals got in contact with us today to give us a heads up on their ‘Directors Budgets and Rate of Return’ post. They’ve created these rather stat-packed tables detailing just how much money 6 of the biggest name directors in the world have both spent and made on their [...]
A slow weekend saw the Anthony Hopkins exorcism-based horror thriller The Rite head to the top of the charts with a very average $15m. The story of a priest who becomes involved in the darker side of his faith while studying at an exorcism school in Italy has made back nearly half of its budget, [...]
20th Century Fox announced in October that James Cameron would be directing not one, but two sequels to the groundbreaking 3D sci-fi film Avatar. Now, Cameron, in an interview with EW conducted over the weekend, has confirmed the tentative release plan for Avatar 2 and 3. He was quoted as saying: “I am in the [...]
Film piracy continues to be a significant problem for the industry. High speed internet connections, good quality camera phones and ever-escalating ticket prices all contribute to the issue. The scale of film piracy and its impact in cold, hard money is difficult to quantify, especially given that not everyone who illegally downloads a film or buys [...]
Well I have just read my first ever 3D book, and this one has interactive cards, stickers, pictures to boot! Donning the 3D glasses made me feel a bit like a geek, but one on a mission! The book expounds the story of Avatar in four clear chapters, introducing us to the heroes, ‘Friends and [...]
Last week we were invited to an event at visual effects and computer animation studio Framestore, which showcased the new cinema advert for LG Electronics 3D TV. Richard Ayoade (best known for his role in The IT Crowd and the director behind the highly-anticipated, upcoming rites of passage comedy feature, Submarine) joined forces with Framestore’s [...]
Today sees the release of the biggest and best selling movie of all time in the form of the Avatar Extended Collector’s Edition. This edition is seen to be the definitive and after you see everything that’s included on the three Blu-rays (scroll to the bottom of this post), you’ll see why! 6 weeks ago, [...]
