Cameron And Weaver Talk Avatar A little update on the sci-fi behemoth Source: AICN, Premiere
There aren't really words to describe our level of excitement about James Cameron's Avatar, but the nearest we can get to it is 'Squeeee!' And that's not, strictly speaking, a word. But, suffice to say, we're really quite looking forward to it.
Both AICN and Premiere caught up with members of the Avatar team yesterday, the former talking to Cameron himself and the latter gabbing with Sigourney Weaver.
AICN's email from Cameron was mainly an update on the current status of production. Cameron told them:
"We've wrapped principal, and most of the live action portion of the movie is already cut. It's starting to look and sound like a movie. I'm ecstatic with the performances and the look...We still have a little performance capture work to do with Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldana in March, when we get her back from Star Trek...And we have a couple of days with Stephen Lang in April or May, to shoot his character's last scene, which is so technically difficult it will take us until then to figure out how to do it".
Lang plays a high-ranking member of the human military in the movie, which is, in basic terms, the story of a battle between humans and the native race of a planet that mankind wants to exploit for its own benefit. We won't tell you anything about the sequence Cameron is referring to, because it's a bit spoilerish, but if it delivers on what he's described to us, it should be AH-mazing.
Cameron also said that, based on what he's currently working on, "I don't know if this will be a good film, great film, awful film, but I can say with absolute certainty that you will see stuff you've never imagined, and that the process of making this film will generate a lot of interest within the technical side of the biz"
Talking to Premiere, Weaver described her character Grace as "beautiful, with bright red hair and big eyelashes. No make-up. She's a scientist, and she's an attractive woman who has given up a normal life to devote herself to this planet and fight this fight. She learns a lot over the course of the story."
She also spoke of the movie's themes, saying, "I can't think of anything, frankly [that compares to it]...It's gonna be an experience for people. I don't think they're going to want to come out of the theater. I think kids will want to stay in the theater with their sleeping bags so they don't have to go out into the real world. It's about something. It's about ecology in a lot of ways. About greed...About love. About becoming a man. You know, a lot of [Cameron's] favorite themes. It's a very dense piece of work. I've only seen the motion-capture 40 percent done, but it's pretty awesome. The live action I've seen almost all of, and it's a very affecting story. When you see scenes that are very affecting in 3D, you can't keep them out".
Can't believe we have to wait over a year for this. OK, what's one level of excitement above squeeee?
Yeah the article says "Cameron also said that, based on what he's currently working on, "I don't know if this will be a good film, great film, awful film, but I can say with absolute certainty that you will see stuff you've never imagined, and that the process of making this film will generate a lot of interest within the technical side of the biz"
What a maverick and still he hires a unknown able bodied actor to portray the paraplegic character who becomes an "Avatar"... Read More
Yeah the article says "Cameron also said that, based on what he's currently working on, "I don't know if this will be a good film, great film, awful film, but I can say with absolute certainty that you will see stuff you've never imagined, and that the process of making this film will generate a lot of interest within the technical side of the biz"
What a maverick and still he hires a unknown able bodied actor to portray the paraplegic character who becomes an "Avatar"... Read More
About time James Cameron got back to the business of giving us thought provoking material with state of the art visuals. Titanic was nice to look at and the sound design was brilliant but the actual film itself... Well, lets just say that it wasnt Aliens. So the prospect of his first film in 11 years being a sci-fi behemoth is making my mouth salivate more than a packet of juicy fruit pastilles. All hail the "real" James Cameron! You've been gone far too long ... Read More
L: Bluehawk
I hope he takes the time with the Special Effects. Most computer effects are brilliant, but if you just take that extra rendering time, you can make something absolutely believable.
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I think asking him to take time with special effects is an understatement. The reason he has waited so long to make the film was because he wanted to wait until the technology was ready to produce the SFX for the film. ... Read More
I hope he takes the time with the Special Effects. Most computer effects are brilliant, but if you just take that extra rendering time, you can make something absolutely believable. ... Read More
I'm really hoping Cameron has made some changes to his 90s treatment, not because it's bad but because I still wanna be surprised in the cinema.
Not spoiling anything but the ending of the treatment has still stuck with me after all these years, and I read that damn thing in 2001.
The descriptions of the alien world was also so vivid and believable. I don't care what people say Cameron is a fantastic writer.
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Oh great, already there's negativity and the talk back. In any case, my blood has yet to be stirred by Cameron's vision, but that's because I've yet to see anything of it! Rest assured, I believe when I see photos and footage of his 21st century John Carter, I will be counting off the days to see it. How does one top the highest grossing film of all time? We'll see. ... Read More
