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First Look at Shrek Forever After !

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:36:40 +0000

USA Today has published a first look at DreamWorks Animation's Shrek Forever After , the final film in the series that will hit theaters and IMAX in 3D on May 21st. The first trailer will be released with James Cameron's Avatar , which opens on December 18.

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Fox Unveils Interactive 'Avatar' Trailer

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:27:28 +0000

By Wrap Staff It's more than a trailer -- it's an immersive experience. What Twentieth Century Fox is calling an interactive trailer debuted today at avatarmovie.com, and it is chock-full of information about the world of James Cameron's upcoming 3D sci-fi epic, which opens Dec. 18. Using Adobe AIR software, the interactive trailer, once downloaded, resides on the user's desktop. Fox says it will be continuously updating the trailer and its accompanying media libraries. Updates will be seamlessly distributed to those who have downloaded the Adobe AIR software. The trailer has interac...

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Zoe Saldana: More Than A Sex Tool

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:46:10 +0000

"Star Trek" hottie and "Avatar" base Zoe Saldana sat down with the December issue of Details . She talked about her new role as sci-fi leading lady and about gravitating toward action films, learning to kick-ass in combat training and playing a 10-foot-tall alien in James Cameron's "Avatar." On strong female roles: "I've always gravitated toward the Sigourney Weavers, the fucking Linda Hamiltons, the Angelina Jolies. I just love strong women that are in tune with their bodies - that don't just use their bodies as sex tools." On shooting Avatar: "Motion capture isn't like shooting Shrek. You're in a suit with all these dots on you, and whatever you do, they get it. Sam [Worthington] and I did all sorts of stupid shit. If you burp your character burps. I'd shake my booty, and you'd see my character shaking her booty." The online spread also has some photos of Zoe in bikinis . Get HuffPost Entertainment On Facebook and Twitter!

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Interactive Avatar Trailer Now Online

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:12:03 +0000

20th Century Fox has launched a new "Interactive Trailer" on the official website for James Cameron's Avatar that uses the Adobe Air technology and features new profiles on Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), Neytiri (Zoe Saldana), Trudy Chacon (Michelle Rodriguez), Selfridge (Giovanni Ribisi), Dr. Grace Augustine (Sigourney Weaver), and the designs for the Samson, Banshee, Scorpion, Thanator and AMP suit. You can download the "Interactive Trailer" here !

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Good Morning, Oscar: November 24

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:38:10 +0000

By Steve Pond In this morning’s roundup of Oscar news ‘n’ notes from around the web, more “Avatar” footage surfaces, and is the Academy really going to take “New Moon” seriously? Movieline proffers six reasons why we must take “New Moon” seriously as an Oscar contender. The reasons include: ten best-pic nominations, it made a lot of money, and maybe the older voters will let their grandkids vote. I say, what do you mean we must take “New Moon” seriously? I’m not going down that road, thank you very much. Do ...

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Extended Avatar Clip and CNN Interview

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:12:55 +0000

IGN has posted a new extended clip from James Cameron's Avatar that features the Thandor chasing Jake Sully's avatar. You can watch the clip using the player below and it is followed by two segments from CNN who interviewed Cameron and aired even more footage. The second CNN video shows the entire interview with Cameron.

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'Avatar' star Zoe Saldana says the movie will match the hype: 'This is big'

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:08:24 +0000

"All of the technology in this pioneering film is used in a story about the human heart."

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Fox says will make profit with sci-fi epic Avatar (Reuters)

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:22:28 +0000

Reuters - 20th Century Fox will make a profit with James Cameron's 3D sci-fi epic "Avatar," Fox Filmed Entertainment chairman Jim Gianopulos said in an interview, and dismissed reports the movie cost $500 million as "ridiculous."

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New Avatar Quaritch Featurette

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:28:18 +0000

The Colonel explains his mission

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Watch 60 Minutes' Avatar Profile!

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:48:06 +0000

CBS' 60 Minutes profiled director James Cameron and Avatar on Sunday night and you can now watch the segment using the player below!

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'Avatar' to Run 2.5 Hours

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:37:16 +0000

By the Hollywood Reporter How long is it? That is the question about James Cameron's "Avatar," the science-fiction epic opening Dec. 18 that has been hotly debated for months, with rampant speculation that it would run over three hours. In fact, it will be well under that, at least in part to meet limits imposed by Imax technology. The actual running time will be 150 minutes, which is two and a half hours, according to Bruce Snyder, president of domestic distribution for 20th Century Fox, which is handling the release of the movie. Read more at the Hollywood Reporter.

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'I fight robots, kill aliens and kiss beautiful women': Avatar's Sam Worthington hits the big time

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:00:45 +0000

What's it like to go from being a total unknown to the star of the most expensive film of all time? Sam Worthington says it has its moments.

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Is James Cameron's $500m 3D blockbuster Avatar set to revolutionise cinema?

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:00:36 +0000

It's been 12 years since his Titanic rewrote the movie record books - and now James Cameron's back with the first 3D blockbuster, Avatar. Rob Waugh begins Live magazine's special by asking: will the most expensive film of all time really revolutionise cinema?

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New Colonel Quaritch Featurette for Avatar !

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:38:41 +0000

Coke Zero has debuted this new featurette on Stephen Lang's character, Colonel Quaritch, in James Cameron's Avatar , opening in conventional 3D theaters and IMAX 3D on December 18. The clip, which you can watch below, includes never-before-seen footage!

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10 Things I Learned This Week

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:12:45 +0000

By Michael Adams 1. Sam's Boots Were Made for Walking With just a month to go until “Avatar” makes him one of the biggest -- and bluest -- stars in the movie world, Sam Worthington's having himself a fun victory tour of his native Australia. This week he was named “Man of the Year” by the Down Under version of GQ magazine and lauded at the Inside Film Awards. Showing he's keeping it real, Sam wore his “lucky” old workboots -- the ones he kept o...

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Sigourney Weaver: Cameron Spent Responsibly on 'Avatar'

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:23:56 +0000

By New York Sigourney Weaver says she loved her "surly character" in James Cameron's upcoming "Avatar," reportedly one of the most expensive movies ever made. Asked whether she could "see and feel" where the money was going, Weaver said, "No, actually. I think they counted every penny. It was a very responsible production, and I think the money is all in what will, frankly, be the most seamless 3-D experience anyone's ever had, because the story is actually a wonderful, old-fashioned, epic adventure." Read more in New York magazine. ...

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'Avatar' Launches Augmented Reality

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:27:45 +0000

By Variety If you haven't heard of augmented reality, you will soon, thanks to "Avatar." The technology launches movable 3D images or games on computer screens when an item is held up to a webcam. James Cameron's sci-fi flick will likely be the property that makes augmented reality a household phrase. Fox has lined up McDonald's and the Coca-Cola Co. as promotional partners, and Mattel as the pic's official toymaker. All are integrating augmented reality in their products and through high-profile campaigns that tie in with the film. Read more at Variety.

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'Avatar' running time set at 2.5 hours

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:36:00 +0000

The running time for "Avatar" has been revealed after months of speculation.

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New Featurette on James Cameron's Avatar

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:55:32 +0000

IGN UK has premiered this new international featurette on James Cameron's Avatar titled "Human Hardware." It's definitely a must see featuring a lot of new footage!

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'Avatar' toys with augmented reality

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000

Technology News: Partners plan to integrate tech for promotion -- If you haven't heard of augmented reality, you will soon, thanks to "Avatar."

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Sam Worthington to Star in American Crime

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:54:50 +0000

Sam Worthington (upcoming Avatar and Clash of the Titans ) will star in an adaptation of Radical Publishing's "The Last Days of American Crime," reports Mania .

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The French Poster for Avatar

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:38:49 +0000

Fox France has released the final French poster for James Cameron's Avatar , which you can view below. The French get a bit of a jump on North American moviegoers, as the movie opens there on December 16th, two days before it does here. The 3D 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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Leona Lewis set for number one, and to record film soundtrack

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:01:00 +0000

The singing sensation is set to take the number one spot in the album chart this week, and will also sing the theme track to new blockbuster film, Avatar

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New Avatar Picture Online

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:45:02 +0000

Zoe Saldana joins the Na'vi > >

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Leona Lewis to sing theme tune for new James Cameron 3D film Avatar

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:26:10 +0000

Chart-topping X Factor winner Lewis will sing the track I See You during the closing credits of James Cameron's upcoming 3D movie.

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Zoe Saldana on Avatar , The Losers & Star Trek

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:51:43 +0000

Zoe Saldana is having quite a year. This summer, Star Trek blew up the box office and on December 18, the much anticipated Avatar hits theaters.

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New Photo of Neytiri in Avatar

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:15:49 +0000

USA Today has published this new photo of Neytiri in James Cameron's Avatar , opening in theaters December 18. The character is played by Zoe Saldana in the anticipated film. For more info, images, trailers, TV spots, featurettes and clips, go here .

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Hollywood producers discuss firings, finances (Reuters)

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:40:18 +0000

Reuters - What does a movie producer actually do? To find out, The Hollywood Reporter gathered the men behind six of the season's most buzz-worthy films -- Lawrence Bender ("Inglourious Basterds"), Jon Landau ("Avatar"), Laurence Mark ("Julie & Julia"), Bill Mechanic ("Coraline"), Mace Neufeld ("Invictus") and Ivan Reitman ("Up in the Air").

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'Avatar' scorer's brave new music world

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:21:09 +0000

Eye on the Oscars: Music: Horner matches visuals with audible vocabulary -- James Horner put in 15-hour days, six days a week, from March into November scoring James Cameron's "Avatar." "Draining" was his one-word explanation of a process that has required him to score scenes multiple times, invent instrumentation for a civilization that does not exist and create music that will fall with familiarity on the audience's ears.

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Second Avatar Featurette and New Clip

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:17:05 +0000

A second featurette on James Cameron's Avatar is now online and can be watched in Windows Media Player format here . Meanwhile, the first clip has also been posted here in QuickTime.

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Details on James Horner's Avatar Score

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:34:17 +0000

Atlantic Records has announced the upcoming release of "Avatar: Music From the Motion Picture," the official score album companion to James Cameron's upcoming epic adventure Avatar . The album -- which features music composed and conducted by Academy Award-winner James Horner ( Titanic ) -- will be released digitally and physically December 15th (internationally available December 14th) with pre-orders beginning at AtlanticRecords.com on November 16th.

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Leona Lewis To Sing Theme From Avatar

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:45:44 +0000

X-Factor diva and... James Cameron?!? > >

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Stephen Lang to become a drinker

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:02:00 +0000

Stephen Lang, who will next be seen in "Avatar," is joining the cast of John Gray's indie drama "White Irish Drinkers"

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Lewis to sing Avatar theme song

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:00:47 +0000

Leona Lewis will sing the theme to the much-anticipated James Cameron sci-fi movie Avatar, it is announced.

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'Avatar' faces foes from space, apocalypse

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:30:00 +0000

Film News: Cameron film is the 800-pound gorilla in visual effects race -- The 800-pound gorilla of the visual effects race is "Avatar," which combines motion-capture animation, virtual environments, robot and machine effects, and creatures -- and does all of it in stereoscopic 3D.

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Hoping 'Avatar' is the new face of filmmaking

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:59:00 +0000

James Cameron's futuristic thriller, opening next month, may be the most expensive movie ever from a Hollywood in sore need of a game changer. > Inside a dark mixing stage at 20th Century Fox a few weeks ago, writer-director James Cameron, surrounded by nearly a dozen colleagues, stared at a clip from his upcoming movie "Avatar," unhappy with the look of the precipitous peaks on the horizon.

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'2012' trailer has earth-shattering week

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:23:06 +0000

Film News: Disaster pic's online views increase by 167% -- Sony's "2012" online trailer took on a tidal wave of viewer growth this week, while Summit's "New Moon" and 20th Century Fox's "Avatar" were brought back down to earth.

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Patti Millett: No Doubt Sues Activision, Avatar Sings to a Different Song

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:33:47 +0000

On November 4, 2009, the Grammy award winning rock band No Doubt filed a lawsuit against Activision Publishing, the makers of the hugely successful video game Guitar Hero . No Doubt's lawsuit arises out of the Band Hero video game, which allows players to conduct virtual concert performances using the likenesses of famous musicians such as Kurt Cobain and the members of No Doubt. No Doubt's lawsuit colorfully calls these performances "virtual karaoke circus act[s]." No Doubt admittedly granted Activision a license to use the names and likenesses of its members in the Band Hero game and on certain advertising. No Doubt claims, however, that it was never told that the virtual likenesses of its members, so called "avatars," could be manipulated by gamers so that they perform songs by other artists and sing in voices other than their own. No Doubt's lawsuit specifically complains about the fact that the Gwen Stefani avatar can be made to perform the Rolling Stone's hit "Honky Tonk ...

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Santa Barbara fest to honor Cameron

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:10:01 +0000

Film News: 'Avatar' director to receive modern master award -- Helmer James Cameron will receive Santa Barbara Film Festival's modern master award at the historic Arlington Theater in February.

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James Cameron to be Honored at Santa Barbara Film Fest

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:24:07 +0000

By Steve Pond "Avatar" may still be a big question mark in the Oscar race, but its director, James Cameron, is a winner in the eyes of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. The SBIFF, which annual gives out a variety of awards to actors and filmmakers during the thick of awards season, has named Cameron the recipient of its top honor, the Lucky Brand Modern Master Award. The tribute will take place on February 6, 2010, four days after the announcement of Oscar nominations. In making the announcement, festival executive director Roger Durling called Camer...

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New Extended TV Spot for Avatar !

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:49:13 +0000

Fox aired a new extended TV spot for James Cameron's Avatar during "Glee" and you can now watch the video using the player below! The spot may look like the trailer at first, but if you stick with it, you'll see new footage from the anticipated film.

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James Cameron scooping up awards

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:55:00 +0000

Once James Cameron launches "Avatar" on Dec. 18, he'll be embarking on the kudos circuit.

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