James Cameron's Sequel to "AVATAR"

[dark_b]

Cameron was problematic when they were making Aliens and The Abyss. both movies were very hard to do. but i think a lot other directors would stay calm.

every director who would make Titanic and go 100 million over the budget would act like Cameron in 1996. i understand Kate and Leo that it was hard for them. but they could admit that they also understand how hard it was for Cameron.

 

[hitmanyr2k]

That is true. However, none of those actors did Titanic (Paxton only had that small role as Brock), and that movie was Cameron's biggest and most problem-plagued production to date. I don't remember any of the major actors from Titanic wanting to work with Cameron again when he began work on Avatar.

I watched the Aliens bluray with the commentary on and it sounds like Cameron had big time problems with the British film crew and he was under a lot of pressure because that was really his first big break after The Terminator. I don't think his temperament with the crew affected the actors/actresses though since Bill Paxton, Michael Biehn, Sigourney Weaver, and Jenette Goldstein would all eventually work with him again.

 

[mclay18]

every director who would make Titanic and go 100 million over the budget would act like Cameron in 1996. i understand Kate and Leo that it was hard for them. but they could admit that they also understand how hard it was for Cameron.

Yeah. I think Cameron's mellowed out since Titanic, and after Avatar made so much money at the box-office. Plus, the way he shot Avatar enabled him a lot more flexibility over the environments and such than what Titanic afforded him.

I don't blame Cameron for acting the way he did -- Titanic was his pet project, he fought for it, and he wanted it to be a certain way. But he didn't have be a beast to your crew members if you can help it... a lot of s**t happens and sometimes it's not the cast or crew members' faults.

 

[Midnyte_Sun]

Does anybody notice that in all his big budget Action movies Sam Worthington always plays a hybrid? Avatar: Part man, part alien; Terminator: part man, part machine; Clash of the Titans: Part man, part God. Hmph.

 

[Lord]

Sam Worthington= Part sucks/ Part studios want

I feel like this joke could have been funier

 

[mclay18]

Sam Worthington= Part sucks/ Part studios want

I feel like this joke could have been funier

Worthington's actually quite decent in The Debt. Jessica Chastain and Martin Csokas are the better actors, but he holds his own in that pic. Nothing cringe-worthy.

 

[JakeSully]

Sigourney Weaver Avatar 2 role confirmed

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-14964191

"Don't worry, I will be back,"

James Cameron Eyeing 60 Frames Per Second for 'Avatar' Sequels (Exclusive)

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/avatar-james-cameron-eyeing-60-frames-237522

 

[Soapy]

Not sure how I feel about that.

People like to give Sam Worthington **** about his acting, in Avatar in particular, but I thought Weaver was so much worse in many spots.

Plus she's dead. Are we going to see force ghost Sigourney or something?

 

[TheDreamMaster]

Maybe they'll find a way to reanimate her avatar body or something.

 

[BrollySupersj]

Sigourney Weaver Avatar 2 role confirmed

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-14964191


James Cameron Eyeing 60 Frames Per Second for 'Avatar' Sequels (Exclusive)

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/avatar-james-cameron-eyeing-60-frames-237522

Aw come on man! Her death in the movie was great, a really touching scene. Why can't they just let it be?

 

[Bruce Malone]

Any one get the feeling that the 1st avatar was maybe a one time phenomena? It seems the timing of it and the freshness of 3d in 2009 created the perfect storm of success. I don't feel people are looking back on avatar the way they did/do the LOTR or other epic films.

 

[Kane52630]

eh, I don't know. I feel it's got a built in audience after the first Avatar came out. I do think however it wont make as much as the first one but I'm sure it's gonna make a ton of money and remember there are more people who like...maybe loved Avatar who are your average joes and not people sitting on the internet complaining about it's a rip off from some obscure animated film.

 

[TheDragonator]

obscure animated film.

Are you on drugs? Everyone in my generation knows what Pocahontas is. And I'm probably the youngest person on here.

 

[JAK®]

I think he meant FernGully, which Avatar is a lot more similar to.

 

[dark_b]

Any one get the feeling that the 1st avatar was maybe a one time phenomena? It seems the timing of it and the freshness of 3d in 2009 created the perfect storm of success. I don't feel people are looking back on avatar the way they did/do the LOTR or other epic films.

you mean LOTR fans or people who just watch movies?

Avatar has a lot avatar fanatics. with internet sites,blogs,forums and a lot of bodypaint vidoes.

 

[Lord]

I'm sincerelly more looking forward for the sequel because i knew that the first would be a rip off but that James Cameron's sequels are allways great.
As for Sigourne Weaver, does she really think people want to see her character again? I'm already imagining her appearance being in Sully's mind when he's conected to the tree, that the most possible thing to happen

 

[Carnotaur3]

I think Cameron needs his first Failure to come back to reality filmmaking.

 

[:eek:]

Any one get the feeling that the 1st avatar was maybe a one time phenomena? It seems the timing of it and the freshness of 3d in 2009 created the perfect storm of success. I don't feel people are looking back on avatar the way they did/do the LOTR or other epic films.

It's possible something similar to what happened with the Jurassic Park-franchise could happen with Avatar. It's safe to say that both JP and Avatar was successful not because of the story, but because of groundbreaking visuals. Cameron will definitely have to deliver something that's better than the JP-sequels if he wants another really huge hit. On one hand he's delivered good sequels in the past. On the other hand it's been a long time since then...

 

[JakeSully]

Disney Plans ‘Avatar’ Theme Park Attractions

Disney has licensed the rights from Fox, and the movie’s director, James Cameron, will help to develop the attractions, CEO Bob Iger says. The first will be at Animal Kingdom in Orlando. The goal, he says, is to enable visitors to “enter the Avatar universe and explore it first hand.” Cameron adds that “to bring that to life at Animal Kingdom is fantastic because it’s so thematically aligned….We want to do things that maybe they haven’t even thought of.” Tom Staggs, who runs Disney’s theme parks, says the company is “just beginning the development phase” for a complex that will begin construction in 2013 and include Avatar-themed shops and food destinations to “bring that world to life.” Although he wouldn’t say how much the company has budgeted, he compared the scope to the 12-acre Cars Land site at Disney California Adventure Park.

 

[mclay18]

I'm almost willing to bet money Disney saw the success Universal Orlando got when WB and JKR licensed the rights for the Harry Potter theme park. What better way to follow than with licensing the theme park rights to the biggest movie of all time?

Interesting. I'm surprised Disney isn't gunning for the park to be completed when Avatar 2 or Avatar 3 comes out. But I suppose Cameron wants to be involved every step of the way...

 

[DocHoliday]

Disney Plans ‘Avatar’ Theme Park Attractions

This is good news. I'll have a reason to stay in Animal Kingdom a bit longer after riding Dinosaur and Kali River Rapids.

 

[TheDragonator]

I think he meant FernGully, which is a lot more similar to.

Ferngully was closer in the fact it had fairies and a magical theme to it. Pocahontas is wayyyy closer.

 

[Lord]

Lol, it's the exact same thing

 

[Boom]

Going back to the 60 fps thing.

How many theaters are actually capable of projecting films at 48/60 fps?

 

[L.A.]

Any news on Battle Angel Alita?