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James Cameron Gives Avatar Update, Calls Film “Groundbreaking”
Published 2/20/2008 by orfilms@gmail.com (slashfilm.com) at /Film
Director James Cameron shot AICN an email today to dismiss recent promotional-like artwork as fake and gives a very upbeat update on all things Avatar, his hotly anticipated 3D space adventure due December of next year. “We’ve wrapped principal, and most of the live action portion of the movie is already cut. It’s starting to look and sound like a movie. I’m ecstatic with the performances and the look. The cast chemistry worked out perfectly.” ...

Cameron Comments on Avatar Image
Published 2/20/2008 at Movie Blog
... what keeps us going,” states Cameron) and there will be some additional motion capture work with the film’s two main actors come next month. “There’s a spirit on this film, an esprit de corps amongst the virtual team, that comes from knowing we’re doing something absolutely groundbreaking,” says the Titanic Academy Award-winning director. “It’s why people still have good morale after working on this thing for two years or more. And we still have more than a year and a half to go.” Read the full piece right now .

James Cameron's Updates on Avatar Status
Published 2/21/2008 by Alex Billington at FirstShowing.net
... who is currently working on his sci-fi 3D movie Avatar. Thankfully Harry from AICN got in touch with him just yesterday and he talked about all the latest with Avatar, including how technically complex and time consuming it is, and also how groundbreaking it just may be. This sounds like an animated Pixar project - they're already two years in and have a year and a half to go of actual work as they prepare for its release in December of 2009. With every new day and every new update on Avatar, I get that much more excited for what this ...

Words of the Day
Published 2/21/2008 by JA at my new plaid pants
... Not that I need to prove my geek-cred anymore - I'm doing that on a daily basis here - but true story: I actually had dreams all night long about James Cameron's letter to AICN on the status of ...

Sigourney Weaver Fights To Save An Alien World In Avatar [Avatar]
Published 2/21/2008 by Charlie Jane Anders at io9
... who can't see inside his head and understand his vision, Weaver insists. "He's operating the camera," she adds, possibly exaggerating, but maybe not. "Considering what he's taken on, he's quite angelic, actually." Weaver has turned down a lot of not-that-compelling parts in science fiction movies, and she doesn't think she has that much of a following among science fiction fans. But she loves the genre, because it involves "doing the impossible." Separately, Cameron wrote to Ain't It Cool News about the status of Avatar: I'm in New Zealand ...

The Dailies: February 21, 2008
Published 2/21/2008 by Shawn Adler at MTV Movies Blog
... - “I can say with absolute certainty that you will see stuff you’ve never imagined.” James Cameron checks in to give a status report on “Avatar.” (AICN) ...

Cameron talks Avatar
Published 2/21/2008 at Filmstalker
... developing new filming techniques as he works on the film. While he's talking online about the film and some of the stars he's been revealing the extent of the digital work on the film, and how even the first scenes they worked on are already looking dated as the process develops. Avatar is the epic story of a growing war between humans and the creatures of another planet and carries a huge cast list from Sigourney Weaver to Giovanni Ribisi . In an email to AICN Empire picked up a few interesting comments: "We still have a little performance ...