Posts with tag "Avatar"

Amazon Rainforest Inhabitants Loved 'Avatar'

Posted Jul 19th 2010 at 01:00 PM by Jo Piazza

You think you loved Avatar? Well there's no way your ardor could have matched the near-obsession of the few movie watchers who live the film every day of their lives. The Peruvian Amazon is about as close to Pandora as can possibly exist on this planet and in June, the 3-D phenomenon finally made it to the Amazon port city, Iquitos -- a metropolis of about 700,000 reachable only by plane and ...

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James Cameron Says Amazon Facing 'Real-Life Avatar'

Posted Apr 13th 2010 at 02:45 PM by Dino Sossi

You can fight city hall, even if the battle is deep in the rain forests of Brazil. Hollywood mega-director James Cameron believes Brazil's Amazon rain forest is the climactic setting for an 'Avatar'-like battle between indigenous people and a giant hydroelectric project, reports the Telegraph. "I'm drawn into a situation where a real-life 'Avatar' confrontation is in progress," said Cameron, ...

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Glenn Beck Rips James Cameron and His 'Smurf-Murdering Movie'

Posted Mar 25th 2010 at 03:06 PM by Zach Dionne

No one watches 'Titanic' expecting the ship to stay afloat, and no one insults Glenn Beck without anticipating a retort. "I did call James Cameron the Antichrist, and I contend that he may be, but only because of the Celine Dion song [in 'Titanic']. Horrific," Beck said on FOX News, his usual sardonic air intact. "But the best part is, this guy has carried this joke around with him for three ...

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Katy Perry Not Feeling Blue About New Smurf Role

Posted Mar 5th 2010 at 11:32 AM by Dino Sossi

Singer Katy Perry will be featured in a film based on the 'Smurfs.' Perry is in negotiations to voice the role of Smurfette, one of those huggably blue creatures created by Belgian cartoonist Pierre Culliford in 1958, reports Variety. Others attached to the project include Neil Patrick Harris from 'How I Met Your Mother' and British actor Alan Cumming. The movie will combine live-action footage ...

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James Cameron's 'OK' With Sacha's Oscar 'Avatar' Bash

Posted Mar 4th 2010 at 06:55 AM by PopEater Staff

Who knew that James Cameron was such a good sport? The 'Avatar' director says that he has no problem with skits poking fun at his kinda-sorta-successful movie this year at the Oscars, despite a story yesterday claiming Oscar producers yanked a Sacha Baron Cohen skit out of fear of upsetting Mr. Cameron. "If they want to poke fun at 'Avatar' Sunday, that's OK by me," Cameron told E! Online. ...

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Sacha Baron Cohen's Oscar Skit Yanked

Posted Mar 3rd 2010 at 07:24 AM by PopEater Staff

If there was anyone who could fall into the "too racy for the Oscars" category when it came to writing a skit, Sacha Baron Cohen sits at the top of the list. So it's no surprise that the man behind raunchy-yet-hysterical alter egos like 'Borat' and 'Bruno' had his skit vetoed from this weekend's Oscars telecast. Why? Because it apparently contained some jokes directed at 'Avatar' director James ...

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Jake Gyllenhaal, Matt Damon Turned Down 'Avatar'

Posted Feb 23rd 2010 at 03:20 PM by PopEater Staff

At this point, 'Avatar' wouldn't be the same without Sam Worthington playing the lead. But director James Cameron recently revealed to the L.A. Times that he initially wanted to cast Matt Damon or Jake Gyllenhaal -- who both turned down the role. Wonder if they're regretting that right now? ...

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Linda Hamilton Spills About James Cameron's 'Titanic'-Sized Ego

Posted Feb 6th 2010 at 03:34 PM by Dino Sossi

His heart will go on. And on. And on. And on. Actress Linda Hamilton, one of James Cameron's four ex-wives (!), reveals some of the many challenges in being married to the hard-charging director of 'Avatar', reports the Daily Mail. "'Titanic' was the mistress he left me for," said Hamilton. Hamilton starred as Sarah Connor in the first two 'Terminator' films and started dating Cameron ...

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James Cameron Hints There's an 'Avatar' Sequel

Posted Feb 4th 2010 at 06:27 AM by PopEater Staff

With 'Avatar' having already racked up over 2.05 billion dollars worldwide, it comes as no surprise that director James Cameron sees a sequel coming soon. "I haven't started thinking about the story yet, although I have a general story arc for it," Cameron said during 'Larry King Live' on Wednesday night. "But we have had some technical discussion of how we would do it." During the interview, ...

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Best Picture at Oscars 2010: The World Tweets

Posted Feb 3rd 2010 at 01:53 AM by Sam Brand

OK, this is random. Totally random. We've put together a little collection of tweets about this year's ten Academy Award nominees for Best Picture: totally random people, from totally random countries, tweeting possibly random things about the best flicks of 2010. Stereotyping generally isn't cool. Matthew McConaughey isn't into trucks just 'cuz he's from Texas. And Hungarians don't hate 'Avatar' ...