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
New Delhi: 'The Avengers,' the smash hit movie about Marvel superheroes who team up to save the Earth, crushed competitors for a second weekend with a record $103.2 million in U.S. and Canadian ticket sales and was poised to top $1 billion worldwide. After posting the highest domestic box office debut in history, 'Avengers' set another record by easily topping the $75.6 million 'Avatar' pulled in during its second weekend...
02:53 PM, May 16, 2012
Mumbai: Bollywood is no longer scared of cricket. Five years after the inaugural Indian Premier League (IPL) tournament, the world's largest film industry is confident enough to release big-ticket movies during the much hyped domestic cricket season, citing cricket fatigue and India's dismal performance overseas. Bollywood has traditionally avoided movie releases in the March to April period when students are busy with school examinations and families stay away from cinemas....
01:05 PM, Apr 24, 2012
San Francisco: Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt and billionaire co-founder Larry Page have teamed up with Avatar director James Cameron and other investors to back an ambitious space exploration and natural resources venture, details of which will be unveiled next week. The fledgling company, called Planetary Resources, will be unveiled at a Tuesday news conference at the Museum of Flight in Seattle, according to a press release issued this week....
01:03 PM, Apr 21, 2012
Beijing: The 3D version of the famed romance 'Titanic' is expected to set a new first-week box office record on the Chinese mainland, as it already fetched USD 67 million in the first six days after its release. Ticket sales accounted for USD 11.3 million on the first day, while another USD 28.5 million was earned in the following three days. The film's 10-day box office in North America, in...
01:06 PM, Apr 18, 2012
The remarkable story behind one of the world's best-known songs that featured in James Cameron's epic 1997 film 'Titanic'. ...
09:35 AM, Apr 15, 2012
New Delhi: Titanic, in its watery grave, is a great museum of human history and is at risk of being lost forever because of curious voyagers and treasure hunters, fears Bob Ballard, who first discovered the remains of the iconic ship in 1985. Famous for discovering the great ship, Ballard is a former US Navy officer and a professor of oceanography. Ballard says Titanic is a 'museum of human history...
03:39 PM, Apr 10, 2012
Mumbai: Looks like Bengali actress Paoli Dam is mighty impressed by that infamous scene in James Cameron's Titanic where Leonardo DiCaprio paints Kate Winslet in the buff. In fact, she even wishes the late maverick artist M F Husain were around to actually do the job. Apparently, the actress, who's making her Hindi debut under the aegis of Vivek Agnihotiri in a Vikram Bhatt scripted film, expressed her wish list...
11:56 AM, Apr 10, 2012
New Delhi: The 3D version of James Cameron's epic love story 'Titanic' has garnered Rs 6.1 crore in the opening weekend and is said to be the highest grosser of the genre in he country. Trade experts are expecting more footfalls during the week. Released Thursday, the 3D version of the movie garnered Rs 6.1 crore from 213 screens in opening weekend. It also enjoyed a good opening in the...
08:08 PM, Apr 09, 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
Bollywood takes on IPL 5 with the multi-starrer 'Housefull 2' and James Cameron's Oscar winning 'Titanic' is back on the big screen in 3D. ...
09:08 AM, Apr 06, 2012
Los Angeles: There was a time when James Cameron's career looked as though it might join the Titanic, down in the depths. Before he became king of the modern blockbuster with 'Titanic' and 'Avatar,' Cameron teetered on an abyss as his romance set aboard the doomed ocean liner ran into production delays, cost overruns and smug talk in Hollywood that the director was out of control with his $200 million...
07:40 PM, Apr 05, 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
London: Hollywood superstar Leonardo DiCaprio cringed in embarrassment when he recently watched his blockbuster film Titanic in 3D. Director James Cameron and DiCaprio's co-star Kate Winslet stepped out in London for the premiere of the new 3D version of the film. DiCaprio never made it to the red carpet, but Cameron said his former leading man was left red-faced when he recently re-watched the film, reported Contactmusic. "I wish Leo...
04:54 PM, Mar 28, 2012
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