TIME Magazine's Josh Quittner saw brand new footage from James Cameron's highly-anticipated Avatar, which 20th Century Fox plans to release on December 18. Here are some excepts from the article:
More than a thousand people have worked on it, at a cost in excess of $300 million, and it represents digital filmmaking's bleeding edge. Cameron wrote the treatment for it in 1995 as a way to push his digital-production company to its limits. The movie pioneers two unrelated technologies--e-motion capture, which uses images from tiny cameras rigged to actors' heads to replicate their expressions, and digital 3-D.
The film is set in the future, and most of the action takes place on a mythical planet, Pandora. The actors work in an empty studio; Pandora's lush jungle-aquatic environment is computer-generated in New Zealand by Jackson's special-effects company, Weta Digital, and added later.
I couldn't tell what was real and what was animated--even knowing that the 9-ft.-tall blue, dappled dude couldn't possibly be real. The scenes were so startling and absorbing that the following morning, I had the peculiar sensation of wanting to return there, as if Pandora were real.
The sci-fi action-adventure stars Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez, Giovanni Ribisi, Joel David Moore, CCH Pounder, Peter Mensah, Laz Alonso, Wes Studi, Stephen Lang and Matt Gerald.
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The Opening Day Luncheon for ShoWest was sponsored by IMAX, who showed a sizzle reel of recent and upcoming IMAX movies. They didn't show any footage from James Cameron's highly-anticipated Avatar, which will be opening in IMAX 3D on December 18, but they did reveal a new tagline for the film which hints on what to expect:
"An All New World Awaits"
One can probably expect the first trailer with X-Men Origins: Wolverine and maybe a teaser poster.
Cameron's sci-fi action-adventure stars Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez, Giovanni Ribisi, Joel David Moore, CCH Pounder, Peter Mensah, Laz Alonso, Wes Studi, Stephen Lang and Matt Gerald.
Avatar tells the story of an ex-Marine, thrust unwillingly into an effort 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.
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It's been long overdued for a cameron movie. I hope it doesn't lend it too much as a technological showcase which he has spent much time on over ample story developement.
20th Century Fox has unveiled a brand new poster from the highly-anticipated film Avatar, which will be released nationwide on December 18. This brand new poster offers a new look at the unique starry face of Zoe Saldana as Navi.
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Yucks!!! Our 1st peek and its a poster which kinda is a let-down!
1st thought that comes into my head ... Species. Definitely does not represent $300million production.
gotta agree with you that the poster isn't too appealling ... but then, the poster of UP isn't that fantastic either, but it got rave reviews, so let's keep our fingers crossed
tomorrow night at 10pm the trailer will debut on apple.com/trailers
ITS GONNA BE EPIC!!!! and its james cameron people!!! remember TITANIC? its still the highest grossing movie ever in the whole wide world! also does anyone remember terminator 2?? its james cameron man!! he always put the story first!!!
heres an old pic!
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