If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! Didn’t think Avatar was long enough? Then check out Avatar: Special Edition when it comes out on August 27th. It will be exclusively in Digital 3D and Imax 3D, Variety reports, and James Cameron has tacked another eight minutes [...]
The 36th Annual Saturn Awards were presented on 24 June in Los Angeles by the Academy of Science Fiction Fantasy & Horror Films. James Cameron’s film Avatar was named Best Science Fiction Film. Avatar also garnered four acting awards as well as nods for Best Director and Best Writer for Cameron, Best Music for James [...]
Avatar, the film about the not-so-little blue folk from another planet, continues to smash records. Not content with sinking Titanic’s position as the biggest grossing film of all time, exceeding it by 50% in fact, it’s now setting new records on Blu-ray. 20th Century Fox claims that in just four days after release in the [...]
In some places the 3D Sci-Fi, film Avatar is still doing rounds and already there is talk of a sequel or prequel whatever the case may be. But making another Avatar based film may be a lot more difficult than it would first sound as the according to the Avatar producer Jon Landau as he [...]
Before Avatar, the idea of 3D TV was limited to the occasional film or event, but with the launch of the film, an industry is growing behind it and by the end of the year, 3D TV in the home will become a reality for many households. But it seems even by making an investment [...]
It may have doing the rounds since before Christmas, the most expensive film ever made Avatar is still giving the competition a run for its money, in fact this film is winning hands down and currently there is nothing around that can touch it. The UK box office top ten with takings: Avatar – £2,817,009 [...]
If there is a series of books that could do with the 3D film treatment then those written by Isaac Asimov has to be way up the list, his stories provoked debates around the world and could be about to do that once more. It seems that Roland Emmerich has plans for the epic space [...]
The 3D experience of Avatar has left some people with a void in their lives and the problem is that there is nothing around at the moment to fill that void; it is a classic sales takeaway. This happens when the consumer desires something more if it is taken away from them. But for Avatar [...]
It looks like there are talks going on between Transformers director Michael Bay and the special visual effects company Industrial Light and Magic over the possible deployment of 3D imagery for the next Transformers film. The question is should the film be made in 3D or converted to some other format once it has been [...]
Anyone being involved in the production of Avatar would be pleased to see the film break the box office records around the world, but some well known celebrities are walking around with giant smiles on their faces, but why? The reason for the celebrity celebrations is a company called Ingenious Media; this is an investment [...]
For the film industry there are certain gauges to determine how successful the project has been, first up is the box office takings and it is the award ceremonies that lead up to the Oscars. For James Cameron and his latest masterpiece Avatar, the first hurdle has been passed and they are now closing in [...]
Could the story behind the $1 billion film Avatar, be a copy of a Russian sci-fi writer’s novel written in the 1960’s? It seems that is what Boris Stugatsky thinks so; the seventy six year old writer claims that there are parallels between his books, The Noon Universe and Disquiet. The similarities are space travel, [...]
When it comes to obtaining the first TV rights to a major blockbuster film you would have thought that the competition would be vicious and leave plenty of casualties around the negotiation table. So when it comes to Avatar, most people could be forgiven for thinking that the broadcasters would be fighting over the TV [...]
The investment appears to have paid off and once again film director James Cameron is god, although there are some records that still have to be broken Avatar is fast becoming a record breaker. It looks as if the film is set to become the fastest film ever to reach the $1 billion mark, although [...]
For any actor being in a major role is significant especially for the career, but landing a top part in toe of the year’s most successful science fiction films is likely to get the actor typecast. Is this what lies ahead for Zoe Saldana is she about to become the next Sigourney Weaver? Having played [...]
When any film touches the $200 million box office takings mark it has to be reason to celebrate, but for Fox and Cameron reaching this target just about covers around half the costs if it is true what the rumours say. But Avatar is going to run and run, its ten day taking have past [...]
It could have fallen flat on its face, but in reality it was never going to happen and James Cameron’s 3D epic movie has got off to a flying start taking a massive £144.1 million on its global opening but as it happens that figure only places ninth for the year. Considering the costs associated [...]
It may be the most expensive film ever made, but Avatar has its uses in the commercial world too, therefore this is opportunity not to be missed for the likes of Sky TV. It seems that Sky TV will using the interest in Avatar to promote its planned 3D channel on the BSkyB platform. The [...]
While the rumours of the big budget movie Avatar having a bigger budget than first anticipated begin to fade, it would seem that there is the possibility that not one but two sequels are already being planned. The reason why these rumours are so strong is because the Australian actor Sam Worthington, has sort of [...]
The trouble with a film such as Avatar is that it can be a victim of its own PR and with around three weeks still to go before the film is released; the inevitable question of finance is continuing to emerge. According to recent reports, the cost of the film could be as high as [...]
Man of Steel teaser trailer released
If you’re sick of comic-book adaptations and film remakes, the last thing you might expect to get excited about is a new Superman film. That’s right: there’s a new Superman film scheduled for release in 2013. However, before you run off groaning at the idea of yet another mediocre cash-in, this one comes with caveats. [...]
Penguin owner buys ASI self-publishing company
According to the BBC, Pearson, which owns Penguin books among other things, has bought Author Solutions Inc in a £74 million deal. The deal means that Pearson now has control of a self-publishing interest. The news has raised concerns among some writers that intellectual property (IP) rights for new writers may be at risk, especially [...]
The Winner of our April 300 Word Writing Challenge is writer John J Brady, (known on these forums as alchemist). He wins a £10 voucher to spend at Amazon or The Book Depository, our quarterly prize. As usual, the challenge our members faced was to write a story of no more than 300 words, inspired [...]
Forum member Teresa Edgerton is the winner of our January 300 Word Writing Challenge. She wins a £10 voucher to spend at The Book Depository, our quarterly prize. As usual, the challenge our members faced was to write a story of no more than 300 words, inspired by an image selected by our moderators. For [...]
All Zombies Must Die hits the Xbox
At the weekend, All Zombies Must Die was unleashed on Xbox Live. As you can probably guess from the title, this is a rather tongue in cheek game developed by Doublesix with a focus on multiplayer zombie slaying. Set in the town of Deadhill, All Zombies Must Die offers a huge variety of weapons (such [...]
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