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xwolverine2 said:
Michael Beihn > you
James Cameron Talks Avatar
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Michael Beihn > you
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he looks like a bum
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I think the character of Jake is supposed to be a young man,maybe Biehn could play the older Sergeant character
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Isildur´s Heir said:In the words of the legendary Alfred Pennyworth.....NEVAH!
The WC is over (or almost), so there is no reason for both of us to act like morons anymore.
You´re cool
Backatcha buddy
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hunter rider said:
Whatever, as long as he's in it. Beihn and Cameron have awlays equalled gold.
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'Titanic's' Cameron plans sci-fi trilogies
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060707-115338-9802r
HOLLYWOOD, July 7 (UPI) -- Filmmaker James Cameron, whose last major Hollywood production was "Titanic," has two films in preproduction, "Project 880/Avatar" and "Battle Angel."
"I have two franchises, if you will, or films that play out over an arc of a number of films that I am going to be making," Cameron told the IGN FilmForce Web site.
Cameron wants each film to stand on its own, even if he decides to make two trilogies.
The first film in the making is "Project 880" or "Avatar," as Cameron has begun to call it. Although it is in preproduction, no casting has been done yet. It is the first feature he'll shoot in digital 3-D.
"Avatar" is a love story that takes place in the distant future as humans have begun to colonize other planets and meet alien races.
Cameron has a track record in science fiction, having made the first two "Terminator" films and "Aliens."
"Titanic" grossed $600.8 million at the U.S. box office and won 11 Oscars, including best picture in 1997.
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060707-115338-9802r
HOLLYWOOD, July 7 (UPI) -- Filmmaker James Cameron, whose last major Hollywood production was "Titanic," has two films in preproduction, "Project 880/Avatar" and "Battle Angel."
"I have two franchises, if you will, or films that play out over an arc of a number of films that I am going to be making," Cameron told the IGN FilmForce Web site.
Cameron wants each film to stand on its own, even if he decides to make two trilogies.
The first film in the making is "Project 880" or "Avatar," as Cameron has begun to call it. Although it is in preproduction, no casting has been done yet. It is the first feature he'll shoot in digital 3-D.
"Avatar" is a love story that takes place in the distant future as humans have begun to colonize other planets and meet alien races.
Cameron has a track record in science fiction, having made the first two "Terminator" films and "Aliens."
"Titanic" grossed $600.8 million at the U.S. box office and won 11 Oscars, including best picture in 1997.
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'Titanic's' Cameron plans sci-fi trilogies
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060707-115338-9802r
HOLLYWOOD, July 7 (UPI) -- Filmmaker James Cameron, whose last major Hollywood production was "Titanic," has two films in preproduction, "Project 880/Avatar" and "Battle Angel."
"I have two franchises, if you will, or films that play out over an arc of a number of films that I am going to be making," Cameron told the IGN FilmForce Web site.
Cameron wants each film to stand on its own, even if he decides to make two trilogies.
The first film in the making is "Project 880" or "Avatar," as Cameron has begun to call it. Although it is in preproduction, no casting has been done yet. It is the first feature he'll shoot in digital 3-D.
"Avatar" is a love story that takes place in the distant future as humans have begun to colonize other planets and meet alien races.
Cameron has a track record in science fiction, having made the first two "Terminator" films and "Aliens."
"Titanic" grossed $600.8 million at the U.S. box office and won 11 Oscars, including best picture in 1997.
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060707-115338-9802r
HOLLYWOOD, July 7 (UPI) -- Filmmaker James Cameron, whose last major Hollywood production was "Titanic," has two films in preproduction, "Project 880/Avatar" and "Battle Angel."
"I have two franchises, if you will, or films that play out over an arc of a number of films that I am going to be making," Cameron told the IGN FilmForce Web site.
Cameron wants each film to stand on its own, even if he decides to make two trilogies.
The first film in the making is "Project 880" or "Avatar," as Cameron has begun to call it. Although it is in preproduction, no casting has been done yet. It is the first feature he'll shoot in digital 3-D.
"Avatar" is a love story that takes place in the distant future as humans have begun to colonize other planets and meet alien races.
Cameron has a track record in science fiction, having made the first two "Terminator" films and "Aliens."
"Titanic" grossed $600.8 million at the U.S. box office and won 11 Oscars, including best picture in 1997.
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If this is what Cameron is currently doing, what the hell happened to Battle Angel Alita?
I'd rather see a hot cyborg fighting crime in the future than this "Stargate SG-1 meets One Tree Hill" sap.
I'd rather see a hot cyborg fighting crime in the future than this "Stargate SG-1 meets One Tree Hill" sap.
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'Titanic' Mastermind James Cameron's King-Size Comeback: Two Sci-Fi Trilogies
Futuristic love story, thriller about 26th-century cyborg in the works.
http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1535402/06292006/story.jhtml
ANAHEIM, California — Nearly 10 years ago, he appointed himself the King of the World. Now, after a decade of unrealistic expectations, false starts and geek-fueled rumors, James Cameron is finally ready to reclaim his crown.
"My summer vacation is over," a determined Cameron said this week, signaling an end to his nine-year absence from directing major motion pictures. "It's time to go back to work."
The first of these films is a long-rumored love story to be set against the backdrop of a planet-hopping future — and has been known by several names. " 'Project 880,' we'll probably release it as 'Avatar,' " he said, mentioning two such aliases. "We haven't locked in on the title yet, but this is what we are calling it. [There will be] possible sequels if it does well; if it tanks, no."
"We're going to do 'Avatar' first, and we're in active pre-production on it right now," he added. "I'm directing it; I'm directing all these films.
"And with 'Battle Angel,' also, we'll do the same thing," Cameron said of his second project, a sci-fi thriller about a female cyborg in the 26th century. " 'Battle Angel' is actually designed as a three-film cycle. So the logic there is to make one and, if it hits, boom-boom on the other two."
"If you want to know more about 'Battle Angel,' you can get the graphic novels," the director said of his source material. "There's a series of 10 graphic novels, the original 10, by a Japanese artist named [Yukito] Kishiro."
The tech-minded Cameron added that although he watched with great interest as "Sin City" filmmaker Robert Rodriguez reinvented the graphic-novel movie with his green-screen breakthroughs, "Angel" won't be such a slave to the colored page. "It'll be a cinematic style; it won't be a moving graphic novel," he revealed. "I think what Robert did with 'Sin City' was a spectacular visual experiment; I think it worked brilliantly, but that's not what I'm going for. It's more of a cinematic, photo-real feel."
Both the "Avatar" and "Battle Angel" series, he added, will begin with self-contained debut movies along the lines of the original "Star Wars" trilogy. "The films have to play as individual films, but they have a greater story arc that goes over the three-film cycle," he insisted, saying he isn't a big fan of "The Matrix Reloaded"-like cliffhangers between chapters. "I think that's how it works the best. I don't think you want to just run people off the cliff after the second film."
Adding that "we haven't cast anyone yet" for either movie, Cameron said both projects are proceeding full-steam-ahead, and that his self-imposed sabbatical has yielded technological breakthroughs that will pay off soon on the big screen. "We did seven deep-ocean expeditions in the last five years. We developed a lot of new technology that we'll use on the movies, and I think it will make the movies better." The filmmaker added that he can't wait to climb back into the director's chair — whether it be twice or six times.
Futuristic love story, thriller about 26th-century cyborg in the works.
http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1535402/06292006/story.jhtml
ANAHEIM, California — Nearly 10 years ago, he appointed himself the King of the World. Now, after a decade of unrealistic expectations, false starts and geek-fueled rumors, James Cameron is finally ready to reclaim his crown.
"My summer vacation is over," a determined Cameron said this week, signaling an end to his nine-year absence from directing major motion pictures. "It's time to go back to work."
The first of these films is a long-rumored love story to be set against the backdrop of a planet-hopping future — and has been known by several names. " 'Project 880,' we'll probably release it as 'Avatar,' " he said, mentioning two such aliases. "We haven't locked in on the title yet, but this is what we are calling it. [There will be] possible sequels if it does well; if it tanks, no."
"We're going to do 'Avatar' first, and we're in active pre-production on it right now," he added. "I'm directing it; I'm directing all these films.
"And with 'Battle Angel,' also, we'll do the same thing," Cameron said of his second project, a sci-fi thriller about a female cyborg in the 26th century. " 'Battle Angel' is actually designed as a three-film cycle. So the logic there is to make one and, if it hits, boom-boom on the other two."
"If you want to know more about 'Battle Angel,' you can get the graphic novels," the director said of his source material. "There's a series of 10 graphic novels, the original 10, by a Japanese artist named [Yukito] Kishiro."
The tech-minded Cameron added that although he watched with great interest as "Sin City" filmmaker Robert Rodriguez reinvented the graphic-novel movie with his green-screen breakthroughs, "Angel" won't be such a slave to the colored page. "It'll be a cinematic style; it won't be a moving graphic novel," he revealed. "I think what Robert did with 'Sin City' was a spectacular visual experiment; I think it worked brilliantly, but that's not what I'm going for. It's more of a cinematic, photo-real feel."
Both the "Avatar" and "Battle Angel" series, he added, will begin with self-contained debut movies along the lines of the original "Star Wars" trilogy. "The films have to play as individual films, but they have a greater story arc that goes over the three-film cycle," he insisted, saying he isn't a big fan of "The Matrix Reloaded"-like cliffhangers between chapters. "I think that's how it works the best. I don't think you want to just run people off the cliff after the second film."
Adding that "we haven't cast anyone yet" for either movie, Cameron said both projects are proceeding full-steam-ahead, and that his self-imposed sabbatical has yielded technological breakthroughs that will pay off soon on the big screen. "We did seven deep-ocean expeditions in the last five years. We developed a lot of new technology that we'll use on the movies, and I think it will make the movies better." The filmmaker added that he can't wait to climb back into the director's chair — whether it be twice or six times.
hunter rider said:
Wouldn't he be kind of repeating his character in The Abyss? Then again, he ruled ass on that one.
And on the Cameron comeback issue; I just hope he doesn't fall in self-indulgence like Peter Jackson and Bryan Singer did (Well, Kong was good, but just 15-30 min too long and i haven't seen SR yet, so i'm basing that on other people's judgement).
Does anyone know when their gonna start filming Avatar? Some say this November, while others say early as Feb. 2007. Wouldn't the 2008 summer release date be hard to make if they start later then Feb 2007? But it's still gonna be a huge film.
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Cameron Taps Weta Digital for Avatar
Source: Weta Digital August 3, 2006
Academy Award® winner Joe Letteri and Weta Digital have signed on to create visual effects, creatures and digital environments for James Cameron's much-anticipated and innovative new motion picture, Avatar.
"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 writer/director James Cameron. Cameron continues "Along with their world-class capability comes a genuine passion to blaze new trails and to entertain a global audience with groundbreaking techniques. I'm really looking forward to the collaboration with Joe and his team."
Academy Award® winning producer Jon Landau adds "Weta has an incredible depth of creative talent that has continually proven their ability to create technological innovations that allow filmmakers to tell stories which could not otherwise be told. They have the unique ability to seamlessly integrate these technologies into the movie in ways that the audience never questions the reality of the cinematic presentation. We look forward to pushing Joe and his team even further down the road of photorealistic visual effects."
"'Avatar' tells a new kind of story in a world we've never seen before," says Weta Digital's Senior Visual Effects Supervisor, Joe Letteri. "It demands a whole new set of film-making techniques. Jim is known for that kind of originality, and we're excited to be doing this film with him." Weta will draw on the expertise it developed for such ground-breaking films as Peter Jackson's King Kong and "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy to bring Avatar to the screen.
Weta has previously collaborated with Fox on X-Men: The Last Stand and I, Robot. A full-service visual effects studio, Weta Digital Ltd. is located in Wellington, New Zealand
Source: Weta Digital August 3, 2006
Academy Award® winner Joe Letteri and Weta Digital have signed on to create visual effects, creatures and digital environments for James Cameron's much-anticipated and innovative new motion picture, Avatar.
"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 writer/director James Cameron. Cameron continues "Along with their world-class capability comes a genuine passion to blaze new trails and to entertain a global audience with groundbreaking techniques. I'm really looking forward to the collaboration with Joe and his team."
Academy Award® winning producer Jon Landau adds "Weta has an incredible depth of creative talent that has continually proven their ability to create technological innovations that allow filmmakers to tell stories which could not otherwise be told. They have the unique ability to seamlessly integrate these technologies into the movie in ways that the audience never questions the reality of the cinematic presentation. We look forward to pushing Joe and his team even further down the road of photorealistic visual effects."
"'Avatar' tells a new kind of story in a world we've never seen before," says Weta Digital's Senior Visual Effects Supervisor, Joe Letteri. "It demands a whole new set of film-making techniques. Jim is known for that kind of originality, and we're excited to be doing this film with him." Weta will draw on the expertise it developed for such ground-breaking films as Peter Jackson's King Kong and "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy to bring Avatar to the screen.
Weta has previously collaborated with Fox on X-Men: The Last Stand and I, Robot. A full-service visual effects studio, Weta Digital Ltd. is located in Wellington, New Zealand
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