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Ugh, Vin Diesel and Tom Arnold Promise Two Unnecessary Sequels
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(HUGE TIRESOME SIGH)….Really? While both of these potential sequels are, in my opinion, unnecessary, one of them could be tolerable and the other is just ludicrous. I’ll start with the former. Vin Diesel has brought us a hefty share of mindless action movies over the years. Fast & The Furious, XXX and the Riddick movies. Riddick is, of course, Diesel’s badass character from the 2000 sci-fi thriller Pitch Black; then reprising the role for the sequel spin-off in 2004′s The Chronicles of Riddick. And while you may snicker at Vin Diesel, whether it be because of his acting ability or resume, there is no denying that Riddick is a badass sci-fi character. It now appears that he, and writer/director David Twohy have a 3rd Riddick movie in the works as you read.
Hilarious! Peter Jackson & James Cameron Get Attacked By Crazy Nerd At Comic-Con
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This is why I love Comic-Con. It’s the only massive event where fans get to interact with the filmmakers and actors that they love and admire. Some take this definition of interaction and admiration to whole new levels. At the “Visionaries” panel over the weekend, iconic directors Peter Jackson and James Cameron got together in front of nearly 7,000 fans to discuss and debate the future of film. It started off quite nice. Both directors cited their inspirations. Jackson mentioned that when he’s “creatively blocked,” he watches Martin Scrosese’s Good Fellas and Casino for ambition re-fueling and guidance. Then, suddenly, things went terribly wrong.
James Cameron’s Avatar Footage Screened, Minds Are Blown
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As it has been predicted and speculated upon for months, even years now, it looks as though James Cameron’s upcoming Sci-Fi epic Avatar, will indeed revolutionize movies. One of the first articles that I wrote for The Movie Mash, discussed Avatar‘s game-changing potential as it is using revolutionary cinema technology, cost nearly $300 million and has taken almost a decade to make. But after a recent screening in Europe, potential is now fact. Cameron revealed 24 minutes of footage at Cinema Expo International on Tuesday for over 1,000 European industry attendees and the consensus is…”Mind-blowing.”
2 Sense: James Cameron’s “Avatar” Will Revolutionize The Way Hollywood Makes Movies
Posted by: | CommentsHe’s the genius who brought us Terminator 1 & 2. He’s the sci-fi master behind Aliens, The Abyss & Total Recall…And he directed, wrote and produced the biggest film in Hollywood history…you know, that one about the ship and the ice berg. His visions are so grand and ambitious in scale that he only makes 1 or 2 films a decade. In 2009 Mr. Cameron is going to unleash Avatar upon the world. It’s a futuristic, sci-fi epic about a band of humans pitted in a battle against a distant planet’s indigenous population Sounds pretty cool huh? But it’s the cutting-edge, revolutionary technology that Cameron used to make this film that is going to be an industry game-changer.
(Cameron on the set of Avatar with star Sam Worthington)
Over the past couple of years, we’ve seen America’s rejuvenated kinship with 3-D movies. There was Beowulf a couple years ago, then this year we had My Bloody Valentine 3-D and Coraline. With original story ideas becoming more and more scarce and with the ever-increasing number of sequels and remakes, 3-D is a technology that filmmakers are utilizing to re-engage movie-going audiences.
Digital 3-D is blowing up and Hollywood’s directors and studios are jumping on the band-wagon. As Time Magazine reports, a dozen 3-D movies are slated to arrive this year, with dozens more in the works for 2010 and beyond. Not only is it affecting how movies are made, but it is inevitably going to affect how they are shown. Slowly, but surely, movie theaters are attempting to convert to digital projection, and Avatar could be the last push that theater owners need to completely convert to digital. Digital 3-D is crystal clear, engaging technology that’s going to become a serious Hollywood trend. But it’s the cutting-edge, futuristic, government-type shit that Cameron used for Avatar that’s truly going to be mind blowing. The movie fuses two unrelated technologies–e-motion capture, which uses images from tiny cameras rigged to actors’ heads to replicate their expressions, and digital 3-D. From reporters and insiders that have seen bits and pieces of footage have said that they couldn’t tell what was real and what was not.
The release date for Avatar is December 18, 2009, only 8 months away. It’s not that much longer to wait, considering the film has been in the works for nearly a decade, has a budget of over $300 million and has over a thousand people working on it. All I can say is bring it on James!
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