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- 1. Top science fiction films
- (Guide articles)
- ... Park Steven Spielberg (1993) 23 Aliens James Cameron (1986) 24 The Terminator James Cameron (1984) 25 Terminator 2 - Judgement Day James Cameron (1991) 26 Predator John ...
- Created on 28 December 2011
- 2. Schwarzenegger back for Terminator as a wrinkled robot
- (Science fiction films)
- ... you get them back in 25 years. So original Terminator director James Cameron will end up back in control of the rights in 2018. Perhaps we’ll see a Cameron directed Terminator 3D in 2018? Perhaps ...
- Created on 06 May 2011
- 3. Live from WETA: "APES" revealed!
- (Science fiction films)
- ... an entire fantasy world in James Cameron's history-making epic. WETA's work on Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes presented very different challenges and opportunities. In addition to creating a CG character ...
- Created on 12 April 2011
- 4. Neil Gaiman's American Gods heads for the big screen
- (Fantasy films)
- ... thoughts: “Neil Jordan is a good fit for Gaiman's universe, but he's already involved with The Graveyard Book, and only has the one Oscar. Ridley Scott doesn't have any. James Cameron seems unlikely. ...
- Created on 28 March 2011
- 5. Cameron officially signs on for Avatar trilogy
- (Science fiction films)
- Avatar 2 and Avatar 3 are now officially James Cameron's next two films, with production beginning late 2011. Like the first film, Cameron has signed on with 20th Century Fox. He will start writing the ...
- Created on 29 October 2010
- 6. Yet more versions of Avatar: Extended Collector’s Edition due 16 November
- (Science fiction films)
- As if they hadn't extracted enough money from hard core fans, James Cameron's Avatar is being re-released yet again. It's less than a year old, but the versions just keep on coming. We had a version with ...
- Created on 11 October 2010
- 7. Guillermo Del Toro talks about At the Mountains of Madness
- (Fantasy films)
- ... the art and craft of adaptation: "We've been designing for the last 3-weeks. It's being produced by James Cameron, who's been a friend for 20-years ... we have avoided working together until the time ...
- Created on 23 September 2010
- 8. The death of 3D
- (Science fiction films)
- A few weeks after James Cameron released his science fiction blockbuster Avatar in December 2009, following 10 years of perfecting the camera technology to make it all happen, his self proclaimed 3D renaissance ...
- Created on 07 September 2010
- 9. Cameron writing an Avatar novel before sequel
- (Science fiction films)
- It seems that before James Cameron starts writing the screenplay to a sequel to his massive 3D hit Avatar, he'll be writing an Avatar novel. Talking to MTV, Cameron revealed that he wanted to put "more ...
- Created on 10 August 2010
- 10. Blade Runner writer drafting Ridley Scott's The Forever War
- (Science fiction films)
- ... War adaptation would be in 3D. "I've seen some of James Cameron's work, and I've got to go 3D. It's going to be phenomenal," he said. The Forever War won both the Nebula and Hugo Awards and there are ...
- Created on 05 August 2010
- 11. Del Toro departs the Lonely Mountain for the Mountains of Madness?
- (Fantasy films)
- ... will have James “Master of 3D” Cameron as Producer, and pre-production will commence in the next few weeks, with shooting next summer. Let’s wait for an official announcement before we get our hopes ...
- Created on 31 July 2010
- 12. Will you watch Avatar again for 8 extra minutes?
- (Science fiction films)
- It's hard to forget the amount of media attention James Cameron's Avatar received when it was first released. This website, like many other media outlets, was caught up in an Avatar frenzy - James Cameron,Titanic ...
- Created on 20 July 2010
- 13. Ridley Scott is developing two 3D Alien prequels
- (Science fiction films)
- ... it in theatres in late 2011, or maybe the best date in 2012." Speaking to Screen Daily, he said the first prequel will be "really nasty" and that James Cameron (the director of the amazingly successful ...
- Created on 27 April 2010
- 14. Avatar 2 set in Pandora's ocean
- (Science fiction films)
- Promoting the release of his 3D sci-fi epic, Avatar, on Blu-ray and DVD, James Cameron revealed to the Los Angeles Times that Avatar's sequel will be set beneath the waves of Pandora. "We created a broad ...
- Created on 22 April 2010
- 15. Our verdict: wait to see Louis Leterrier’s Clash of the Titans on DVD
- (Fantasy films)
- ... which took years of production, in just two months. As Avatar director James Cameron recently observed, this is not the way to make movies in 3D: shooting a movie in 3D is a creative decision that must ...
- Created on 02 April 2010
- 16. Independence Day 2 and 3 are coming: Will Smith on board
- (Science fiction films)
- ... to IESB's source, he will now get $20 million up front as well as part of the gross takings. Fox can now offer more as they are swimming in the massive financial returns reaped from James Cameron's ...
- Created on 30 March 2010
- 17. Avatar Review: Did Avatar deserve the Oscar for Best Picture?
- (Science fiction films)
- I haven’t felt the need to watch a movie on the big screen more than once for years, preferring instead to wait for the DVD release for repeat viewings, but last week I took myself off to watch James Cameron's ...
- Created on 20 March 2010
- 18. New Predators movie like Cameron’s Aliens
- (Science fiction films)
- ... to mimic the way the second film in the Alien franchise directed by James Cameron was called Aliens. The title Predators is intended to have a double meaning, referring to the film's alien creatures, as ...
- Created on 14 March 2010
- 19. Avatar's sci-fi label surprises Sigourney
- (Science fiction films)
- If you wanted further evidence that science fiction authors and film makers are outcasts of the cinematic and literary establishment (as we argued in Why Science Fiction authors just can't win) recent ...
- Created on 01 March 2010
- 20. Can The Last Airbender end M. Night Shyamalan's downward spiral?
- (Fantasy films)
- ... and Bryan Konietzko, and has been adapted by Shyamalan. Disturbingly though, the original TV show Avatar (not to be confused with a James Cameron film of the same name) debuted on the Nicktoons TV line-up ...
- Created on 22 February 2010
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