James Cameron’s “Avatar” to be Released in IMAX 3D
IMAX Corporation and Twentieth Century Fox today announced that they have reached agreement on material terms to release the highly anticipated 3D motion picture Avatar in IMAX(R)3D simultaneously with the motion picture’s premiere in conventional 3D theatres on December 18, 2009. Avatar is directed and written by Academy Award Winner James Cameron and stars Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez and Sigourney Weaver. Cameron will also produce with his Lightstorm Entertainment partner, Jon Landau. Avatar will be digitally re-mastered into the unparalleled image and sound quality of The IMAX Experience(R).
“Our goal with Avatar is to revolutionize live-action 3D moviemaking, and I have no doubt that it will look and sound incredible in IMAX 3D,” said director James Cameron. “The larger field of view and powerful surround sound of an IMAX(R) theatre will completely immerse the audience in a way that cannot be experienced anywhere else.”
“We are delighted to be releasing Avatar in all available theatrical formats, and by including the premium IMAX 3D format, we can give consumers the entire spectrum of choice at the box office,” said Bruce Snyder, President, Domestic Distribution, Twentieth Century Fox. “The IMAX theatre network is increasingly becoming an important part of our distribution strategy, as it continues to expand with its new digital projection system.”
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Sigourney Weaver - Alien (again) in ‘Wall - E’
Disney/Pixar showed some new footage from their upcoming movie “Wall-E” during the New York Comic-Con.
Some of the footage also introduced a new character, M-O, which is an anal-retentive cleaning droid. In the clip, Wall - E, a cube-shaped robot, sneaks aboard the Axiom, one of the luxury liners that has transported the human race off the planet Earth. Wall - E takes offense at M-O’s attempts to clean him.
The news is that Sigourney Weaver has a role in “Wall-E”. Weaver will voice a character, the computer of the starship Axiom.
“We kind of geeked out at the thought of having a little wink to Alien, instead of fighting Mother, Sigourney has become Mother,” said producer Jim Morris.
Other voices in Wall - E: John Ratzenberger, Fred Willard, Kathy Najimy, Paul Eiding, Ben Burtt, Kim Kopf, Garrett Palmer
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‘Vantage Point’ On February 22
In Columbia Pictures’ “Vantage Point,” Thomas Barnes (Dennis Quaid) and Kent Taylor (Matthew Fox), are two Secret Service agents assigned to protect President Ashton (William Hurt) at a landmark summit on the global war on terror.
When President Ashton is shot moments after his arrival in Spain, chaos ensues and disparate lives collide. In the crowd is Howard Lewis (Forest Whitaker) an American tourist video taping the historic event to show his kids when he returns home.
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Also there is Rex (Sigourney Weaver) an American TV news producer who is reporting on the conference. It’s only as we follow each person’s perspective of the same 15 minutes prior to and immediately after the shooting that the terrifying truth behind the assassination attempt is revealed.
see the movie stills from ‘Vantage Point’
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