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James Cameron: “If Avatar 2 and 3 don’t make enough money, there’s not going to be a 4 and 5”

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After close to a decade in development, production is now finally underway on James Cameron’s Avatar sequels, with the filmmaker embarking on his hugely ambitious plan to shoot four films consecutively. The production will however be taking a break between the first two sequels and the latter two, and it seems that Avatar 4 and […]

James Cameron on the technical challenges of shooting underwater on the Avatar sequels

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Although plot details on James Cameron’s four Avatar sequels are being kept tightly under wraps, we do know that the movies will explore the oceans of Pandora, with Avatar 2 and Avatar 3 in particular set to feature a number of underwater sequences. Given that the Avatar movies rely heavily on performance capture, this change […]

Review: James Horner A Life In Music at the Royal Albert Hall

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Sean Wilson reviews the tribute concert in memory of the late Titanic composer… It takes a special composer to stamp a singular and enduring personality over the films they score, but James Horner was that person. Tragically killed in a plane crash in 2015 Horner’s death was  massive blow for the soundtrack industry, the loss […]

Giovanni Ribisi returning for all four Avatar sequels

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With production underway on James Cameron’s Avatar sequels, Deadline is reporting that Giovanni Ribisi has become the latest cast member from the original movie to sign on for all four of the new films. Ribisi reprises his role of Parker Selfridge, head administrator of the RDA responsible for the mining operations on Pandora. He joins fellow […]

Kate Winslet will reunite with James Cameron for Avatar sequels

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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 […]

Avatar 2 casts Sully family and Na’vi clans, James Cameron reveals shooting details for sequels

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As James Cameron begins production on Avatar 2 and its sequels, the official Facebook page has announced the casting of several young actors in the series. They will portray children the children of Sam Worthington’s Jake Sully and Zoe Saldana’s Neytiri as well as children of the Metkayina Clan, led by Cliff Curtis. Only one of them […]

Avatar sequels begin production with budget in excess of $1 billion

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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 begins shooting Avatar 2 on Monday

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After years of development, numerous delays, and months of pre-production, director James Cameron is finally set to return to the world of Pandora, with Borys Kit of The Hollywood Reporter revealing that cameras will start rolling on the first of four Avatar sequels this coming Monday. Also…James Cameron finally begins shooting AVATAR 2 Monday. — […]

Hellboy whitewashing controversy, first look at Evangeline Lilly in Ant-Man and The Wasp, Justice League reshoot details and more – Daily News Roundup

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ED SKREIN EXITS HELLBOY Last week it was announced that Ed Skrein had joined the Hellboy reboot in the role of Major Ben Daimio, a member of the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense. But more importantly, Ben Daimio is an Asian character, which caused a stir among comic book fans particularly in the light […]

James Cameron says he’s in “full-tilt production” on the Avatar sequels

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Some eight years after the release of Avatar, which took the global box office by storm on its way to becoming the highest-grossing movie of all time, James Cameron has now revealed to EW that he’s in “full-tilt production” on the four sequels to the sci-fi blockbuster. “Oh, we’re in production,” states Cameron. “We’re in […]