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To get a feel of the top notch artistic talent that James Cameron has gathered for Avatar, explore AMZ's showcase of the incredible artists who have contributed to the science-fiction epic.
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A listing of 3D Theaters worldwide distributed by Dolby, RealD, and IMAX. An interactive map is available displaying all world regions.
The Golden Age of 3D
From the world's first 3D feature film, The Power of Love, to Andy Warhol's Frankenstein 3D, AMZ looks at vintage 3D films from the 20's to the 70's.
Articles on other sci-fi films, books, and news.
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Avatar Banner From Comic Con Face of the Na'vi Revealed
Source: ComingSoon.net
July 2009 - From ComingSoon.net: Comic-Con has revealed this new banner for James Cameron's Avatar that is already up in San Diego. Comic-Con is taking place July 22-26 and the full programming schedule will be revealed starting next week.
Opening December 18 in conventional 3D theaters and IMAX 3D, Avatar stars Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez, Giovanni Ribisi, Joel David Moore, CCH Pounder, Peter Mensah, Laz Alonso, Wes Studi, Stephen Lang and Matt Gerald.
The film tells the story of an ex-Marine . . . . .
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More Sci Fi:
The Greatest Hand Weapons of Sci-Fi Film
By AMZ Guest Writer BobLava
July 2009 - We've asked AMZ forum member BobLava to put together a list of the greatest sci-fi movie hand weapons.
The firepower he listed would easily dispatch the biggest and baddest villains or creatures on film.
You can also vote in our poll for The Best Hand Weapon of Sci-Fi Film, which includes additional weapons besides the ones featured in BobLava's list.
You can click on some of the images for replica information and ordering details. . . . .
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AMZ Editorials:
Exploring Sci-Fi Themes:
Will Cameron deliver a thought provoking message of the future with Avatar?
By AMZ Guest Writer Askur
I like all kinds of movies that have no other intention than to entertain. But that doesn't mean they can't make good films containing some kind of message.
In the 50's, we had sci-fi movies about nuclear war, radiation, and such. Later, about pollution and post-apocalyptic worlds. . . with cyberspace, we got movies like Hackers and The Net. When Dolly the Sheep was cloned, films about cloning were made. . . or about giant asteroids and comets that threaten Earth. There are at least two themes I wouldn't mind seeing explored in a movie. . . . .
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The Science of Avatar:
The Possibility of Pandora
Is there an Earth-like planet in the Alpha Centauri System?
Articles on the study of this elusive question
Those who have read James Cameron's old scriptment were treated to the wonders of the Planet Pandora residing in the Alpha Centauri system.
While no one but the Avatar filmmakers know for sure what type of world will unfold on the theater screen, there's a good chance it will maintain it's original rainforest-like theme where the atmosphere makes it impossible for humans to breath. Hence, the neccessity of an Avatar.
There are articles that discuss the composition of alien worlds such as another AMZ featured article from . . . . .
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Avatar News:
Selling 'Avatar'
James Cameron's Avatar opens this December, yet the marketing blitz hasn't even begun. Will the film succeed?
By Gary Gentile | Excerpt: boxoffice.com
Less than six months from now, one of the most highly-anticipated films in years will hit theaters - the 3D movie Avatar, from Aliens director James Cameron.
But you’d hardly know it from the complete lack of marketing in theaters, on television or in print.
Twentieth Century Fox and Cameron have been oddly silent in a world where hype is the main currency. The director recently showed 24 minutes of footage to a trade show crowd in Amsterdam, the first glimpse of the film . . . . .
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3D Tech:
How special effects transformed the movies
From Westworld to WALL-E, CGI has revolutionised cinema
By Tom Dennis | Source: techradar.com
To create movies of the quality we now expect, special effects houses have to use every trick in the book, from classic green-screen technologies to the creation of full artificial intelligence systems. It's no wonder that names like Industrial Light and Magic are as important in Hollywood as any producer's or director's.
While there's no question that you need advanced software techniques on your side to produce Hollywood effects, most of what's needed comes down to raw processing power. Many of the day-to-day tools used in the industry are mainstream applications available to enthusiasts . . . . .
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Peter Mensah has been doing martial arts since he was 6 years old, growing up in St. Albans, England, just north of London. Mensah, who is in his early 30s, has only been acting for seven years.
A former engineer, Mensah came to Canada 11 years ago. He'd worked for British Gas developing gas fields at Morecomb Bay and had done theatre in school. He comes from an academic family.
His father, an architect, relocated with his mother to their native Ghana. He only has two younger sisters. Mensah emigrated from Britain to see the world and . . . . .
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Avatar Interviews:
Reuben Langdon, motion capture artist for Avatar
By Devin Coldewey | Source:
crunchgear.com
June 2009 - Reuben Langdon is a motion capture artist in motion pictures and games — you’ve probably directed his actions without knowing it in such games as Resident Evil 5 and Dead Rising. Most recently he’s been working on James Cameron’s epic CG film, Avatar. He took some time out of his busy backflipping schedule to talk to us about motion capture, having his own studio, and working with Cameron on the biggest and most ambitious CG movie of all time.
CrunchGear: So we cover movie and cinema technology every once in a while, but we don’t get to talk a lot about motion capture. i was wondering if you could encapsulate really quickly what it is you do for our readers . . . . .
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Stan Winston Tribute
AMZ provides this permanent tribute to the premiere special effects master Stan Winston.
Working with such directors as Steven Spielberg, James Cameron and Tim Burton in a career spanning four decades, Winston created some of the most memorable visual effects in cinematic history.
He helped bring the dinosaurs from "Jurassic Park," the extraterrestrials from "Aliens, the robots from "Terminator" and even "Edward Scissorhands" to the big screen, and was a pioneer in merging real-world effects with computer imaging.
Winston won visual effects Oscars for 1986's "Aliens," 1992's "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" and 1993's "Jurassic Park." He also won a makeup Oscar . . . . .
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