Last week, James Cameron added an extra instalment to its Avatar franchise, announcing that four sequels to the 2009 mega-blockbuster will hit cinemas between 2018 and 2023. Avatar 2 had originally been slated for release in December 2017, only to be pushed back a year to give Cameron more time to prep, as well as avoiding […]
James Cameron says Avatar 2, 3, 4 and 5 scripts are now complete
We’ve been waiting upon these Avatar sequels for a while now. James Cameron’s original sci-fi blockbuster was a big deal, the biggest deal in fact, and now the legendary director has announced that he’s finished writing the scripts… all four of them. It sounds like a lot to take on board; it’s pretty bullish to […]
James Cameron hoping for glasses-free 3D on Avatar sequels
James Cameron is renowned for pushing the envelope when it comes to technology, and he’s hoping to continue that with his Avatar sequels, revealing to the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers that he’s pushing for glasses-free 3D. “I’m going to push.,” said Cameron, who was accepting an honorary membership to the Society. “Not only […]
Avatar: The Franchise That Keeps on Spawning
Tony Black on James Cameron’s ever-expanding Avatar series… James Cameron just won’t let this go, will he? Having spent the last decade almost in development and finally pre-production on a sequel to Avatar, his 2009 3D science-fiction epic which remains the most lucrative film ever made (only second even to Gone With the Wind, adjusted for […]
James Cameron critiques Star Wars: The Force Awakens, felt it lacked “visual imagination”
He may have shifted Avatar 2 to avoid Star Wars: Episode VIII, but it seems that James Cameron wasn’t overly impressed by Disney’s take on Star Wars, with the filmmaker suggesting that Star Wars: The Force Awakens lacked “visual imagination” and that “the jury’s out” on the Sequel Trilogy. “I don’t want to say too much about the […]
Twitter Reacts to James Cameron’s “Four More Avatar Movies” Announcement
It was the announcement nobody expected and nobody asked for: on Thursday James Cameron turned up in a surprise appearance at CinemaCon during the 20th Century Fox presentation and announced that a whopping four more Avatar movies were in the pipeline, with the first one, or Avatar 2, due out in 2018. This isn’t the first time Cameron […]
AMC orders documentary series James Cameron’s Story of Science Fiction
AMC is teaming up with filmmaker James Cameron to explore the evolution of sci-fi in a six-part documentary series, tentatively titled James Cameron’s Story of Science Fiction, which THR reports will “delve into sci-fi’s origins as a small genre with a cult and developing to the blockbuster pop-culture phenomenon it is today.” “When I was […]
Robert Rodriguez to direct James Cameron’s Battle Angel Alita
With James Cameron seemingly deciding to spend the rest of his career exploring the world of Pandora with his trio of Avatar sequels, it has been announced that Robert Rodriguez (Spy Kids, Machete) has signed on to direct Cameron’s long-gestating manga adaptation Battle Angel Alita. “Robert and I have been looking for a film to […]
Movie Review – The Terminator (1984)
The Terminator, 1984. Directed by James Cameron. Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton and Michael Biehn. SYNOPSIS: A human-looking indestructible cyborg is sent from 2029 to 1984 to assassinate a waitress, whose unborn son will lead humanity in a war against the machines, while a soldier from that war is sent to protect her at all […]
James Cameron to “godfather” Terminator reboot from Deadpool director Tim Miller
James Cameron may have spent the last few years of his career holed up developing those Avatar sequels he keeps promising are happening, but it looks like he’ll soon be going back to his roots. According to Deadline, Cameron will help shepherd in a reboot of The Terminator in 2019, with the help of Deadpool director Tim Miller. The project is being called […]
