James Cameron confirms Avatar Sequel

According to a report (via AICN) from a very recent Q&A with James Cameron, the man himself did indeed admit: "Yes, there'll be another."

Unfortunately that's pretty much all Cameron said. The report from the Q&A is a bit vague, but they say that Cameron said "to expect the studio to want another one" and that, obviously, "a second film will be easier, as the technology now exists, thanks to the [first] movie." As in, half the reason Avatar took so long is they had to invent the technology used in it. Cameron also stated that "the plan had always been to make a trilogy of films. So there you have it, there will be another Avatar. But will James Cameron direct it?

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Avatar: the 2nd All Time Box Office in 20 Days!

Avatar has officially become number two grossing film of all time at the worldwide box office, passing $1.14 billion on Wednesday.

Cameron's next challenge is to beat the records set by his previous film, 1997 disaster romance 'Titanic', which continues to rule the No 1 spot with $1.8 billion.

Avatar's domestic earning was $374.4 million through Wednesday and the foreign haul collected $760.9 million to beat the $1.1 billion scored by 'The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King', the Variety reported online.

The film, which released worldwide on December 18, is expected to continue to make money as it enters into the fourth week.

Source:Boncherry



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Discovery, Sony, and Imax will Launches 3D Tv Channel

Discovery, Sony, and Imax gave a major boost on Tuesday to the new drive to popularize the forthcoming generation of 3D television sets. They signed a letter of intent to forge a joint venture and create the USA's first full-time cable channel that will exclusively offer 3D programming. It could launch by the end of the year.

The channel initially will feature lots of shows about science and nature, much of it from Discovery's and Imax's libraries. But the partners plan to license TV rights to general entertainment 3D movies, music videos, and game-related content.

"We'll be shooting some of our new (shows) in 3D and upconverting some of our existing content" from conventional 2D to 3D, Discovery CEO David Zaslav says. "And Sony's movie group, TV group, and music group are all beginning to develop content in 3D."




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