Tag: Avatar
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Vin Diesel Is “Dying” To Make A Musical & Reveals He Almost Reunited With Steven Spielberg For A ‘Guys & Dolls’ Remake
As “F9: The Fast Saga” is about to break a pandemic era box office record this weekend, Vin Diesel might already attempt to push Universal Pictures to new and strange places with the “
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James Cameron Refused to Let Studio Trim ‘Avatar’ Set Piece Because It Had No Plot Value
James Cameron is the latest addition to the Masterclass family, and /Film has a great rundown of highlights from the “Avatar” and “Titanic” director’s three-hour-and-20-minute filmmaking course (there are 15 videos total in Cameron’s Masterclass program). During a course on crafting the perfect movie set piece, Cameron reveals there was some studio pushback against the…
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Vin Diesel Teases Potential Dom Toretto ‘Furious’ Solo Films & Role In James Cameron’s ‘Avatar’ Sequels
As Universal Pictures releases “F9” later this month, there has been speculation from “
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‘Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora’ Trailer: James Cameron’s Sci-Fi Hit is Getting a Huge Open-World Video Game
It’s been over a decade since Avatar hit theaters, and we’re still waiting for James Cameron to deliver the sequels that he promised so long ago. But when Avatar 2 arrives next year, we’ll be getting double the dose of Pandora thanks to a new video game. Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora is a new open-world…
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James Cameron Threatened To Fire ‘Avatar’ Sequel Writers For “Creating New Stories” Instead Of Analyzing What Worked In The Original
James Cameron has never been someone to lack confidence. You could argue that his confidence as a filmmaker is warranted considering his filmography is legendary, including iconic sci-fi action films and two of the biggest films of all time. So, while it may seem a bit…strange to hear his fascinating process for breaking the stories…
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James Cameron Almost Fired His ‘Avatar’ Sequel Writers’ Room
Now that she’s no longer running for president, Marianne Williamson is spending her free time interviewing James Cameron. Williamson is a reported big fan of Avatar, and she recently spoke to Avatar grandaddy Cameron on The Marianne Williamson Podcast. There, the filmmaker dropped the surprising reveal that he came close to firing his Avatar sequel…
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‘Avatar’ Re-Release Has Outgrossed ‘Mulan’ in China
Since its re-release in China earlier this month, Avatar has already seen sky-high success — winning back its title as highest-grossing movie of all time, and adding tens of millions to is already absurd $2.83 billion total haul. One more achievement to add to the 10-year-old movie’s list: surpassing Disney’s live-action remake of Mulan, which…
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China Box Office: ‘Avatar’ Leads With a Further $14 Million
James Cameron’s “Avatar” once again led the China box office this weekend, with sales of $14 million over the three-day period.The 2009 film has held its own as the top title every day since its March 12 re-release in China. It has grossed a total of $44 million so far, ten days into its re-run.…
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‘Raya And The Last Dragon’ Repeats At No. 1 With $5.5 Million As Los Angeles Theaters Get Green Light To Re-Open; ‘Avatar’ Retakes All-Time Box-Office Champ Title
It was a very good weekend for the Mouse House. On the domestic front, Disney’s computer-animated adventure Raya and the Last Dragon repeated as the No. 1 movie in North America for the second straight week, pulling in $5.5 million in its sophomore frame. Meanwhile, overseas, the studio re-released a film from the other major…
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‘Avatar’ is Now the Highest Grossing Movie of All Time Again, Surpassing ‘Avengers: Endgame’
When Avengers: Endgame arrived in theaters in 2019, it surpassed James Cameron‘s 2009 sci-fi hit Avatar as the highest grossing movie of all time. But now the tables have turned, because Avatar was given a re-release in China this weekend, and it’s already grossed enough to take back the title from Marvel’s box office juggernaut.…