Sci-fi opus Avatar from director James Cameron is the second biggest grossing movie worldwide — and it’s still playing in theatres. Earning over $US1.8 billion, his historical epic Titanic is the biggest grossing film worldwide.
According to the New York Times, someone out there thinks that James Cameron’s Avatar is big budget mental poison, because of its on-screen tobacco usage. Let’s start there, as we walk the winding path toward Avatar‘s video game association.
Director James Cameron and the developers behind the video game adaptation of Avatar discuss the world of Pandora — paradise for the Navi, and something much darker for the invading humans.
If you’re curious to know what James Cameron’s Avatar looks like on the Wii, watch these videos for a quick rundown of both the ground combat and the flying.
According to the latest issue of PlayStation the Official Magazine, owners of the PlayStation 3 version of James Cameron’s Avatar game will be able to augment their characters using the PSP version.
After passing on Ghostbusters: The Video Game and an unspecified Aliens game, Sigourney Weaver will finally get an opportunity to flex her video game voiceover skills in James Cameron’s Avatar game, Ubisoft announced today.
Ubisoft’s special guest star at their press event turned out to be James Cameron — action flick director extraordinaire.
For those unfamiliar with James Cameron’s upcoming Avatar, the very gamey flick follows an ex-Marine’s struggle for survival on an alien planet. The title refers to the main character’s status as an avatar — a human mind in an alien body. Besides creating oodles (yes, oodles) of CG alien characters to inhabit the flick, Cameron is also planning to show the movie (and the movie based games!) in stereoscopic 3D. The avatar game is apparently already running in stereoscopic 3D! Cameron has been shooting the film in New Zealand, and it’s about 60 percent done. Cameron’s gunning to have it finished it time for its December 2009 release. Above is a picture of the set, which looks more like they’re making a game and less like a movie in the traditional sense.
Avatar Set Picture And James Cameron Interview [Latino Review]