Growing up in the 80s, Scott and I are quite fond of the brilliant special effects of our youth. From “Jaws” to “E.T.” to “The Empire Strikes Back,” you just can beat some good ol’ practical Hollywood effects. Or can you? This week we’ll discuss James Cameron’s much ballyhooed attempt at making [...]
January 27, 2010 | Published in
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Sam Worthington, the inexplicable star of James Cameron’s giant worldwide success, “Avatar,” is in negotiations to anchor the cast in the title role of Alex Proyas’ period vampire project, “Dracula Year Zero,” for Universal.
Michael De Luca is set to produce.
THR reports that the spec script written by Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless, which centers on [...]
January 27, 2010 | Published in
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James Cameron is the winner. Who did he beat? Everyone, including himself. “Avatar” is the new worldwide box-office champion.
Distributor 20th Century Fox confirmed that “Avatar” had surpassed “Titanic’s” previous worldwide gross theatrical revenue record of $1.843 billion early Monday with a current total of $1.859 billion, and counting.
Keys to “Avatar’s” success are [...]
January 26, 2010 | Published in
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After the 20-minute clip screened at last year’s San Diego Comic-Con was met with lukewarm reception, James Cameron’s “Avatar” was bombarded with almost universal skepticism. Giant blue aliens? Motion capture CGI? Heavy-handed environmental message? It sounded like a recipe for disaster (and still does). And with a production budget rumored to [...]
January 7, 2010 | Published in
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There are big movies, and then there are BIG movies. James Cameron’s technical chef d’oeuvre and decade-long undertaking, “Avatar,” is neither. It occupies a category of colossal movie-making so unspeakably behemothic that taxonomy itself may take years to catch up. From the same director who gave us “Terminator 2: Judgment Day,” and “Titanic,” both the [...]
In Clash of the Titans, the ultimate struggle for power pits men against kings and kings against gods. But the war between the gods themselves could destroy the world. Born of a god but raised as a man, Perseus (Sam Worthington) is helpless to save his family from Hades (Ralph Fiennes), vengeful god of the [...]
November 11, 2009 | Published in
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Avatar takes us to a spectacular new world beyond our imagination, where a reluctant hero embarks on a journey of redemption and discovery, as he leads a heroic battle to save a civilization. The film was first conceived by Cameron 14 years ago, when the means to realize his vision did not yet exist. Now, [...]
November 4, 2009 | Published in
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Avatar takes us to a spectacular new world beyond our imagination, where a reluctant hero embarks on a journey of redemption and discovery, as he leads a heroic battle to save a civilization. The film was first conceived by Cameron 14 years ago, when the means to realize his vision did not yet exist. Now, [...]
August 22, 2009 | Published in
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Geeks rejoice. James Cameron’s long-awaited sci-fi epic is coming. Yes, it sounds too good to be true, but it will get released. In fact, Fox just released the first official still from the movie.
Sam Worthington stars as Jake Sully, a paraplegic war veteran, travels to the planet Pandora to seek employment in a mining operation. [...]
August 16, 2009 | Published in
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Sam Worthington will be replacing Tom Cruise on Spyglass Entertainment’s thriller remake, “The Tourist,” reports THR.
The in-demand Aussie who starred in McG’s “Terminator Salvation” will be joining Oscar-winning actress, Charlize Theron, on the remake of the 2005 French spy thriller the centers on an American tourist manipulated by a female Interpol agent in Europe.
Cruise had [...]
August 3, 2009 | Published in
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