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Read MoreAvatar international teaser trailer
I don’t really know what it’s about, but dammit if I’m not going to watch this teaser trailer for Avatar another 10 times tonight. If nothing else, James Cameron is the first director to use motion capture technology and not freak me out. Are you paying attention, Mr. Zemeckis? Avatar, starring Sam Worthington and directed by James Cameron, opens on Dec....
Read More‘Avatar’ website crashes – TFC Morning Report
Top Story: I hope you were able to get your Avatar preview tickets. Yesterday the official Avatar movie website crashed as fans clamored to get tickets to a special IMAX 3D preview. Apparently the servers weren’t as technologically advanced as James Cameron’s film is supposed to be. (THR) In Other News: James McAvoy will star in an adaptation of Will Reiser’s I’m With Cancer. Director Nicole Holofcener will helm the comedy project for Mandate Pictures. (Variety) While Spielberg moves ahead on other projects, Robert Redford is ready to make his own Lincoln picture. Redford will direct The Conspirator, the story of Mary Surratt, Confederate sympathizer and convicted conspirator in the assassination of Abe Lincoln. (THR’s Risky Biz)...
Read MoreGet your Avatar Day tickets on Monday – TFC Morning Report
Top Story: The mad rush for free tickets to Avatar’s 16-minute IMAX trailer will begin Monday at noon. You can get your tickets by visiting AvatarMovie.com. Again. Noon. Monday. The Aug. 21 Avatar Day celebration will include two special screenings of the extended trailer, one at 6 p.m. and another at 6:30 p.m. On the same day, 2D and 3D theaters will also see the debut of the conventional trailer. (THR) In Other News: Kim Basinger is in negotiations to play Zac Efron’s grieving mom in The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud. (Variety) Heath Ledger’s final film, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, may have a domestic distributor. Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisition Group is in advanced talks to pick up Terry Gilliam’s fantasy film for distribution under the Sony Picture Classics banner. (Variety) Fin....
Read MoreAvatar readies free 15-minute IMAX and 3D teaser – TFC Morning Report
Top Story: When you talk about buzz, it doesn’t get much bigger than that of James Cameron’s Avatar. The film is already being heralded as a film that will change Hollywood cinema. And in a show of confidence, 20th Century Fox announced that it will screen a free 15-minute teaser for the sci-fi epic on Aug. 21 in IMAX and 3D theaters nationwide. (THR’s Risky Biz) In Other News: Pirates of the Caribbean 4 will star shooting next spring for a 2011 release. The picture will be shot as a single film that can lead into another Pirates trilogy. (ComingSoon.net) Can’t wait to see Peter Jackson’s The Lovely Bones? Well, you’ll get your first look at the film when the trailer hits Apple on Aug. 6 and plays in front of Julie and Julia on Aug. 7. (Empire) Opening...
Read More10 Nominees to Compete for Best Picture!
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that there will be 10 nominees vying for Best Picture at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards ceremony. Not since 1944, when Casablanca was named the Best Picture of 1943, has the Academy nominated 10 films for its top prize. From the release: “After more than six decades, the Academy is returning to some of its earlier roots, when a wider field competed for the top award of the year,” said (AMPAS President Sid) Ganis. “The final outcome, of course, will be the same – one Best Picture winner – but the race to the finish line will feature 10, not just five, great movies from 2009.” I just feel bad for the guys who have to build the stage for the press conference. Ten TV screens instead of five...
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