After years of development and pushed back release dates, cameras have now officially started rolling on James Cameron’s four Avatar sequels, with production getting underway today in Manhattan beach. The four follow-ups to the highest-grossing movie of all time have a reported budget in excess of $1 billion, and will be shot together in succession […]
James Cameron isn’t concerned about the long gap between Avatar movies
Although James Cameron first announced his intention to extend the Avatar franchise back in 2010, his plans have been pushed back several times as the sequels expanded from two, to three, and then finally four. At present, the first sequel is slated to arrive in December 2020, meaning we’ll have an eleven year gap between […]
Avatar 2 pushed back from December 2017 release
In a move that will surprise no one, James Cameron’s Avatar 2 is being pushed back to an unknown date in the aftermath of Star Wars: Episode VIII’s move to December 15, 2017. Via The Wrap, the sequel to the highest grossing film of all time will not be ready for a holiday 2017 release. […]
James Cameron talks Avatar sequels, targeting Christmas 2017 for Avatar 2
The first of James Cameron’s three planned sequels to his box office behemoth Avatar has already been pushed back a couple of times, and speaking to Collider the filmmaker has revealed that he’s still aiming for a Christmas 2017 release date for Avatar 2, as well as providing a brief update on the current status […]
James Cameron says Avatar sequels have to prove the original wasn’t “some big fluke”
It took James Cameron over fifteen years to bring Avatar to the big screen, so it’s not really much of a surprise that six years after the release of the film, he’s still hammering away at development on his planned sequels. Initially planning to shoot two movies back-to-back for release in 2014 and 2015, the […]
Ten Stock Female Characters Hollywood Needs to Stop Writing
Kirsty Capes with ten stock female characters Hollywood needs to stop writing… From Mary Sues to Disposable Women, Hollywood seems to have a problem with writing interesting and original female characters. It’s not a problem, I would argue, that seems to happen with male characters, and I for one find it interesting, if not a […]
Does This List Really Reveal The Best Films Of The Century?
This week, Neil Calloway takes a look at a list claiming to reveal the best films of the 21st Century… Earlier this week, casual film fans were sent running first to IMDB and then to Netflix or Amazon at the news that David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive was named in a poll of 177 film critics […]
Kate Winslet will reunite with James Cameron for Avatar sequels
James Cameron has begun production on his ambitious sequels for Avatar, but that apparently hasn’t stopped him from adding cast members to the films. Now, according to Deadline, Cameron is set to reunite with an actress from his second-highest grossing movie, with Kate Winslet joining Avatar 2 and its sequels – marking the the first time she and […]
James Cameron says the Avatar sequels are “a family saga”
Earlier this year James Cameron revealed that he’s expanded his plans for the Avatar franchise to four sequels, and while production was initially slated to begin in April, it seems the filmmaker is not quite ready to pull the trigger on the massively ambitious project. Nevertheless, speaking to Variety about the sequels and the and the new Cirque du […]
Why Only James Cameron Can Save The Terminator Movies
Neil Calloway argues that only the series creator can breathe life back into the franchise… This week we got the inevitable news that The Terminator franchise is being lowered into the molten steel one final time, and all but the most ardent member of the resistance against the machines breathed a sigh of relief at […]
