Posted 2/2/12 5:42 pm EST by Terri Schwartz in Dailies
"John Carter" gets a brand new featurette filled to the brim with plenty of new footage for fans to pore over. Meanwhile, Marty McFly could dance his way to Broadway, Jean Dujardin got in some trouble for racy French ads and "Avatar 2" might be filming down under.
It's February 2, and you're here for today's daily news round-up.
"Avatar" is the highest grossing movie of all-time, so it's no surprise fans are hot to trot for a sequel -- or that director James Cameron is dedicated to producing as many of the blockbusters as possible. There are two "Avatar" sequels supposedly lined up, to be filmed at the same time for release at consecutive Christmases between 2014 and 2015.
As producer Jon Landau reveals, that may or may not be the case. Speaking at a screening for "Titanic 3D," Landau reportedly remarked that "Avatar 2" is "four years out," marking it for release in 2016. Asked to clarify by Empire, he slightly recanted, saying "It's in that window, '14, '15."
Posted 11/16/11 5:00 pm EST by Kevin P. Sullivan in News, Trailers
A new trailer for the 3D re-release of the box office monster hit, "Titanic," has hit the internet, but unfortunately for you, the trailer isn't going to look much different than one from 1997.
The 2D trailer for the 3D version has all the familiar sights: Leo, Kate, Celine Dion and other horrific tragedies. The re-release will open in theaters on April 6, 2012 in both 2D and 3D.
Posted 10/13/11 4:42 pm EST by Terri Schwartz in Casting Call
Nobody is dead forever in James Cameron's sci-fi universe, so don't expect Sigourney Weaver to be sitting out of "Avatar 2."
"When you have a science-fiction series, a science-fiction franchise, you’re never dead, unless your DNA is expunged from the universe. And then there’s always time travel!" he explained in an interview with Vulture. "
But that's not his only explanation for how the late Doctor Grace Augustine might return to the "avatar" universe: "Have you ever heard of nonlinear storytelling? A lot happens on that planet before she shows up, and before Jake shows up to join her. She’s there for fifteen years ahead of time."
Check out the rest of today's casting news after the jump!
Posted 8/15/11 11:46 am EST by Terri Schwartz in Interviews, Video
As if we didn't already have enough reasons to be excited for Alfonso Cuarón's "Gravity," Guillermo del Toro is here to vouch that it's going to blow our minds.
It's a movie that's taken a very long time to get into production, and even had James Cameron skeptical of its scope. But I didn't put it on my list of movies that desperately needed to be put through production in 2011 for nothing, and with Sandra Bullock and George Clooney in the lead roles it seems like it could be certifiably great. Del Toro seems to think that it's going to change sci-fi films as we know them.
"I'm amazed at Alfonso the past few movies because he's completely transformed himself," he said when MTV News spoke with him recently. "['Gravity' is] incredibly well-calculated. Very human, if you know the story."
Posted 8/9/11 10:11 am EST by Kara Warner in News, Video
Anytime the entertainment news cycle shifts to focus on new information released about highly-anticipated movie sequels and threequels, (i.e. the buzzworthy new photos from "The Dark Knight Rises"), it gets us thinking about all the other exciting upcoming second, third or fourth chapters of film franchises.
Take James Cameron's second and third "Avatar," films for example. When are they going to start production already? I tried to find out from lovely leading lady Zoe Saldana at the Teen Choice Awards yesterday. Specifically, I asked her if she's heard anything from Cameron yet.
"No. I heard that we might go next year so I'm really psyched," Saldana revealed about a potential 2012 start. "I'm keeping my bags packed," she admitted. "I would do anything for that man and for that project, so I'm waiting."
After teasing the project late last week, "Harry Potter" mastermind J.K. Rowling is finally set to announce the secrets of Pottermore in a press conference tomorrow morning. But just like "The X-Files," the truth is out there — and it looks like you don't need to dig too deep to find it.
Okay, folks — put your spoiler hats on.
USA Today directs our attention to an article from The Guardian alleging to know what Pottermore exactly is. If you want to know what Rowling's next project is a day early (and remember, none of this is confirmed yet), well, you're just (careful now!) one click away. But the official answers are just one day away. Don't you think you can wait a little bit longer?
As we're waiting to find out what's going on with Pottermore, let's turn our attention elsewhere in the movies blogosphere. After the jump, get updates on the "Avatar" sequels and see the newest "Immortals" posters!
Posted 6/15/11 12:30 pm EST by Josh Wigler in Casting Call
We already know that Sam Worthington and James Cameron are heading back to Pandora for two more "Avatar" movies, but that won't necessarily be the last — or even the first — sci-fi collaboration between the two of these talents.
The Hollywood Reporter informs us that Cameron, Worthington, "Transformers" producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura and writer Will Staples are teaming together to create "Myth," a project that has no further details beyond the fact that "it's big, it's sci-fi, and it's got lots of action." Cameron is not expected to direct, and at this point, it's even unclear that Worthington will star in the film — though one can certainly hope!
Though Worthington's casting in "Myth" remains unconfirmed, there's plenty of other new cast additions going on in Hollywood today. Check them all out past the jump!
Posted 5/20/11 3:52 pm EST by Kara Warner in News
Michael Bay is a man who knows exactly how to properly tease an audience to get them pumped for his movies. On Wednesday night, before a nearly-packed house on the Paramount lot, Bay presented another teaser reel of footage from "Transformers: Dark of the Moon," all of it in 3-D mind you, and brought along buddy James Cameron to join him onstage for a lively (and highly technical, slightly nerdy) discussion about their adventures in 3-D filmmaking.
First let me touch on the footage... I've been very lucky to have seen about a half hour of the film, thanks to a preview event with Bay a few weeks ago, so I figured I'd be seeing the same stuff again this week.
Not so! Bay rolled out the entire opening of the film, which, in a nutshell, is the "real" backstory behind our rush to land on the moon in 1969. I don't want to spoil it, but let's just say that something unidentified might have crash-landed on the moon, which prompted the mad dash to get Neil Armstrong and company up there to investigate.
Posted 4/20/11 1:27 pm EST by Travis Helwig in Twitter-Wood
We reported on it weeks ago, but it was made official yesterday: Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Marion Cotilliard will be joining the cast of "The Dark Knight Rises." And if it wasn't for Twitter, we'd have no idea how meta this casting really was.
According to the James Cameron blockbuster "The Terminator," the artificial intelligence in the Skynet program went live yesterday, which means that our inevitable destruction is just hours away! Since we're all about to die, you might as well read a few predictions for what might be in store for the robot apocalypse.
And a beautiful actress talks about filming love scenes! We won't give it away, but it involves lots and lots of high fives.
I'm @TravisHelwig and this Twitter-Wood for April 20th, 2011.
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