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Avengers: Endgame tops Avatar to become the biggest movie of all time

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While it found itself some $7 million short last weekend and looking likely to have to settle for second place, updates to the movie’s final international grosses has seen Marvel’s superhero epic Avengers: Endgame edge past James Cameron’s Avatar to become the highest-grossing movie of all time. Avengers: Endgame shattered all records when it opened […]

Avengers: Endgame is now just $7 million short of Avatar’s record box office

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While it may have seemed like a foregone conclusion when the film smashed all records with unprecedented $1.2 billion global opening weekend, Avengers: Endgame hasn’t quite managed to topple James Cameron’s Avatar as the highest-grossing movie of all time – although it now finds itself in touching distance of the 2009 blockbuster. By close of […]

Exclusive Interview – Visual Effects Producer Rachel Wheeler on Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them, Happy Feet, Avatar and Gravity

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Flickering Myth chats with Visual Effects Producer Rachel Wheeler… Rachel Wheeler is an independent Visual Effects Producer whose extensive career spans across the film, TV, advertising and theme park industries. She has produced on multiple feature films over the past thirteen years, including Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Gravity, Avatar and the Academy […]

Avengers: Endgame director doesn’t mind if the film fails to catch Avatar

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Anthony Russo, the co-director of Avengers: Endgame, says that he doesn’t mind if his film doesn’t surpass Avatar at the global box office. Avengers: Endgame has been pulling in truly enormous numbers at the box office, breaking numerous records in the process. Many MCU fans had been hoping it would be able to catch Avatar […]

Jemaine Clement joins Avatar sequels

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The official Twitter account for the Avatar franchise has revealed that Flight of the Conchords and What We Do In the Shadows’ Jemaine Clement has become the latest addition to the cast of the sequels, with the New Zealand actor and comedian set to play Dr. Garvin, a marine biologist on Pandora. 📣 Casting announcement! […]

Michelle Yeoh joins James Cameron’s Avatar sequels

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Star Trek: Discovery and Crazy Rich Asians star Michelle Yeoh has become the latest addition to the cast of James Cameron’s Avatar sequels, where she will portray a scientist called Dr. Karina Mogue. “Throughout her career, Michelle has always created unique and memorable characters,” said Cameron. “I look forward to working with Michelle to do […]

Why Blockbusters Shouldn’t Be Nominated for Best Picture

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Anghus Houvouras on blockbusters and Best Picture… Before I opine on blockbusters as Best Picture nominees, allow me to vent: Award season is the absolute worst, especially if you consider yourself a true lover of cinema. It’s an absolutely ridiculous time when studios, artists and film fans gets a little too invested in the concept […]

Live-action filming on Avatar sequels to begin in the spring, Edie Falco joins cast

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Back in November, James Cameron revealed that the cast of Avatar 2 and Avatar 3 had wrapped filming, but it seems that the filmmaker was only referring to the performance capture aspects of the sci-fi sequels, as producer Jon Landau has revealed that live-action shooting is set to get underway in the spring. “We have […]

Back to the Future tops audience poll of most-wanted sequels

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Back to the Future has topped an audience survey asking moviegoers which franchise they’d most like to see another instalment from, with 71% of people polled by THR stating that they’re keen to see another adventure from Marty McFly and Doc Brown. The Back to the Future series, which starred Michael J. Fox and Christopher […]

The titles for James Cameron’s four Avatar sequels may have leaked

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Despite being in production for over a year, we’ve seen and heard very little about James Cameron’s four Avatar sequels, with not so much as a single spy photo emerging from the New Zealand set of the sci-fi blockbusters. Avatar 2 (which is being shot back-to-back with Avatar 3) isn’t slated to arrive until December […]