London: Home viewing of movies in three dimensions will be slow to catch on until technology improvements deliver high-quality viewing without special 3D glasses, according to James Cameron, director of films including 'The Terminator', 'Titanic' and 'Avatar'. Cameron, a fervent believer in 3D, said a lack of high-quality content was also a barrier to wider adoption, but a poor technology to accommodate groups of people watching from different angles without...
04:55 PM, Jun 01, 2012
Los Angeles: Pandora is not returning to theatres until 2015 as James Cameron's highly anticipated sequel to Avatar has been delayed. Earlier, the makers had planned to bring 'Avatar 2' in December 2014 followed by 'Avatar 3' next year but producer Jon Landau has confirmed that bringing back-to-back sequels would not be possible, the Empire online reported. "We're not naming dates, but I think 2014 will be a tough date...
06:45 PM, Apr 06, 2012
Los Angeles: As Hollywood directors increasingly make their films in 3D, the biggest financial winner is turning out to be one of their own: director James Cameron. Cameron has emerged as one of Hollywood's hottest entrepreneurs by cashing in on the 3D technology he created for "Avatar", which ranks as the highest-grossing film with a worldwide box office take of $2.8 billion. Cameron also directed the second-highest grossing film of...
04:17 PM, Apr 02, 2012
Los Angeles: James Cameron will be one of the stars of his next big-screen adventure, a chronicle of the expedition on which he has made record-setting ocean dives. Cameron said he plans a TV special for National Geographic and a 3D theatrical release on the Deepsea Challenger missions, which included his seven-mile descent to the ocean's deepest point in the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific. It was the deepest...
01:28 PM, Mar 29, 2012
Mumbai: Oscar-winning producer Jon Landau has rejected rumours about delay of 'Avatar 2', saying there is no question of delay as a date for its release was never set. In India to oversee the 3D release of 'Titanic', Jon told IANS, " 'Avatar 2' has not been delayed. We never set a date for it to delay it. We are in very early stages of pre-production and we want to...
02:16 PM, Mar 26, 2012
Mumbai: Hollywood Producer Jon Landau, who is all set to re-release 'Titanic' in 3D next month, feels his three-dimensional experience of 'Avatar' helped a lot in re-engineering the iconic love story for a new audience. "'Avatar' did help us in some way. Your next project always relies on the experience of the previous one. You try and take what you learnt in the past," Jon told reporters here after the...
02:05 PM, Mar 23, 2012
Govinda may be far from being Hero No.1, but now he is attempting another comeback in an action drama 'Avatar'. ...
06:42 PM, Mar 15, 2012
Los Angeles: Movie lovers will not see James Cameron's 'Avatar 2' in the coming years as the ambitious project has reportedly been delayed. While the awaited film was originally expected to make its way out in 2014, producer Jon Landau revealed that the 'Avatar' sequel may be pushed back until 2016. Nonetheless, he promised that the forthcoming movie will showcase advanced technology that includes a higher rate of 3D camera...
05:57 PM, Jan 15, 2012
London: Director Steven Spielberg says he has changed the direction of his moviemaking after the 9/11 terror attacks in America. The 65-year-old - who is well-known for family friendly projects such as 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial', 'Indiana Jones' franchise and 'Jurassic Park' - said he felt compelled to create "darker" films after the tragedy, Daily Express reported. "9/11 changed a lot for me. It changed a lot for everybody in the...
07:29 PM, Jan 12, 2012
New Delhi: An Indian origin man and his English wife have been murdered in Birmingham, weeks after an Indian student was killed in an apparent hate crime in Manchester. The local police named the victim as Avatar Singh Kolar, 62, and Carole Kolar, 58. The police added that their son is a police officer, who found the bodies. The case comes at a sensitive time when less than a month...
06:22 AM, Jan 12, 2012
Los Angeles: James Cameron's 3-D blockbuster 'Avatar' is the most pirated movie in Hollywood history, according to a study released by TorrentFreak. The film has been downloaded some 21 million times since it was released in 2009. Cameron once touted 3D filmmaking as the entertainment industry's best hope for combating piracy, but the 3D spectacle doesn't seem to have helped his film escape the wrath of torrent sites, said The...
07:18 PM, Oct 13, 2011
London: Actor Sam Worthington believes that the sequel of James Cameron's 'Avatar' will be 'monumental'. The epic science fiction film, released in 2009, starred Worthington and Zoe Saldana in the lead roles. "I spoke to James recently and he told me the story and it's monumental, where he's thinking of taking it. It's just a matter of him writing the script, piecing it together and figuring out how to push...
06:07 PM, Oct 05, 2011
Mumbai: Superstar Shah Rukh Khan today launched the digital avatar of G.One, a character that he plays in his much-awaited film 'Ra.One'. Shah Rukh had roped in UTV Indiagames to design a social game based on the film, which would serve the dual purpose of marketing the film as well as entertaining the users in the digital space. "We are bringing in the country the first superhero social game. It...
03:56 PM, Oct 04, 2011
London: Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Worldwide is joining forces with acclaimed filmmaker James Cameron to bring the world of 'Avatar' to life at Disney parks. The 2009 movie 'Avatar' become the highest-grossing film of all time and fans will soon be able to experience Cameron's fictional planet Pandora for themselves at Walt Disney World in Florida. Disney plans to build the first Avatar themed land at Walt Disney World...
11:14 AM, Sep 22, 2011
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