Avatar stays top of box office (Reuters via Yahoo!Xtra News)

Salı, Mart 2nd, 2010

LONDON (Reuters) – James Cameron’s 3D sci-fi epic “Avatar” held on to pole position at the box office this weekend, with only the zombie remake “The Crazies” threatening to spoil its run, Screen International said on Tuesday.

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‘Avatar’ lands six trophies at Visual Effects Society Awards (New Kerala)

Salı, Mart 2nd, 2010

London, Mar 2 : Canadian film director James Cameron’s sci-fi epic ‘Avatar’ has landed six trophies at the Visual Effects Society’s eighth annual VES Awards.

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Book optioned by ‘Avatar’ director is halted (12:39 a.m.) (Sun Star)

Salı, Mart 2nd, 2010

NEW YORK — Publication has been halted for a disputed book about the atomic bombing of Japan that “Avatar” director James Cameron had optioned for a possible film, The Associated Press has learned. read more

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Oscar nominees ‘Avatar,’ ‘District 9′ prove there’s more to sci-fi than action (The Springfield News-Leader)

Salı, Mart 2nd, 2010

Sigourney Weaver was well into the publicity tour for “Avatar” when the movie’s creator, James Cameron, said something that threw the unflappable actor for a loop.

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Book optioned by ‘Avatar’ director pulled (New York Post)

Pazartesi, Mart 1st, 2010

Publication has been halted for a disputed book about the atomic bombing of Japan that “Avatar” director James Cameron had optioned for a possible film, The Associated Press has learned. Publisher Henry Holt and Company, responding to questions from the AP, said Monday that author Charles Pellegrino “was not able…

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Book optioned by ‘Avatar’ director is halted (AP via Yahoo! News)

Pazartesi, Mart 1st, 2010

Publication has been halted for a disputed book about the atomic bombing of Japan that “Avatar” director James Cameron had optioned for a possible film, The Associated Press has learned.

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Which film had the single best visual effect of 2009? Avatar! (Sci Fi Wire)

Pazartesi, Mart 1st, 2010

3D cleaned up at the Visual Effects Society Awards last night, with James Cameron’s Avatar snapping up six top honors, including the big one for outstanding visual effects in a visual effects-driven motion picture, and Disney-Pixar’s Up taking three animation awards. Luckily for the VES Awards, Cameron was there to accept a VES lifetime achievement award and Pixar’s Ed Catmull was onhand to …

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Avatar Leads Visual Effects Awards (ContactMusic)

Pazartesi, Mart 1st, 2010

AVATAR landed another six trophies over the weekend (27-28Feb10) – dominating the Visual Effects Society’s eighth annual VES Awards.James Cameron’s…

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Avatar Makes (More) History; Kevin Smith Not Too Fat to Open (E! Online)

Pazar, Şubat 28th, 2010

First, Avatar sunk Titanic. Then it buried it. James Cameron’s epic came up with another $14 million, per estimates, and became the first film to gross $700 million-plus…

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`Shutter Island’ stays afloat at No. 1 with $22.2M; `Avatar’ tops $700 million (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

Pazar, Şubat 28th, 2010

Leonardo DiCaprio in “Shutter Island.” LOS ANGELES – Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese continue to lure movie-goers to “Shutter Island,” while James Cameron’s “Avatar” has surpassed $700 million domestically.

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Iraqi View of ‘Hurt Locker,’ ‘Avatar’ (consortiumnews.com)

Cuma, Şubat 26th, 2010

Editor’s Note: With the movie award season in full swing, a subplot is the showdown between director James Cameron and his ex-wife Kathryn Bigelow for their respective films, “Avatar” and “The Hurt Locker,” two very different Iraq War-themed movies that faced off at last Sunday’s British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards.

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Al Gore, ‘Avatar’ director to attend Brazil environment forum (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Cuma, Şubat 26th, 2010

Former US vice president Al Gore and “Avatar” director James Cameron will attend next month’s International Sustainability Forum in northern Manaus, Brazilian media said Thursday.

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