Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!
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If the first one comes out and grosses 1.5 bil is it considered a disappointment?
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Avatar Starts Production Today; $1 Billion Budget
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BronsonLee
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Even a fucking crater drop for these films would be it hitting 1 billy each
I don't even know why I'm defending Avatar, but it's more than the sum of its' parts
No, Fox doesn't care, because now they have Cameron all in for four films
Plasticine
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The only real real question is: "How far over that 'budget' will Cameron go?"
gundamkyoukai
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They will still be making crazy money even with that .
I don't think Fox going to be worried .
Fan boys and haters on the other hand that would be something .
MidnightCowboy
Member
I'm sure it's been explained, but what's the prevailing reason Avatar grossed so much, yet left so little cultural impact?
I guess when you think about it, it did have a pretty big impact on the movie industry, in terms of 3D interest and whatnot, but nothing really beyond that.
I guess when you think about it, it did have a pretty big impact on the movie industry, in terms of 3D interest and whatnot, but nothing really beyond that.
JordanN
Banned
Virtual Reality?
I'm serious by the way. Gantz:O did something similar but it was a promotion. A whole movie made for VR would be $1 billion well spent.
The equivalent will need to be Virtual Reality from the ground up with special gear just like the original Avatar with the custom gear for 3D. This is definitely the next logical & technological step.
BronsonLee
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I would have to imagine it's all-in
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Subpar Spatula
Banned
Awww yeah.
day 1
gonna be good.
avatar gonna push all those pretenders from cameron's december slot
day 1
gonna be good.
avatar gonna push all those pretenders from cameron's december slot
James Cameron
$1 B is too low. Its 4 new Avatar films...
All of these films will be more than $250m.
Marketing plus the real budget gets the total over $2B I think.
Of course marketing deals and blah blah will help.
Still, its a massive undertaking. Hopefully there is a decent crew filming behind the scenes kind of stuff too.
All of these films will be more than $250m.
Marketing plus the real budget gets the total over $2B I think.
Of course marketing deals and blah blah will help.
Still, its a massive undertaking. Hopefully there is a decent crew filming behind the scenes kind of stuff too.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Preach. The man is always hungry and never stops pushing.
Subpar Spatula
Banned
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
James Cameron bruh.
CassidyIzABeast
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Wouldn't be a Cameron production if he wasn't take a huge gamble with a lot of money. 250M on giant blue people isn't a gamble anymore so he's gonna get that fix from somewhere. Why not shooting 4 movies all at once.
chrisPjelly
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They're called blueberry slushies
I don't think it's entirely comparable, Alice in Wonderland did ride Avatar's wave, but people looked at it with regret because it didn't live up to the hype as the first 3D movie after Avatar. Avatar provided a memorable theatrical experience which is why people flow to AIW in the first place, so people have a reason to remember that Avatar theatrical experience fondly but not AIW, whoever made Alice 2 is not exactly James Cameron either. Plus, AIW never had the influence Avatar had in markets like China, which will contribute significantly this time.
Imperial Bishop
Banned
Can't wait to see this crash and burn.
Nobody asked for 4 more Avatar movies.
Nobody asked for 4 more Avatar movies.
Don't think so. I think this is it for him. Don't think anything else interests him.
Its something to look forward to for sure. Im on the I quite liked it train with Avatar.
That seems like one hell of an undertaking. Plus I dont get why they would be filming in no order whatsoever when surely a hell of a lot of it is going to be green screen driven..? Anyone? Why place that burden on, well, everyone, when surely they have this much money to spend they can shoot things in some sort of sequential order. I feel bad for the editors of this behemoth production(s).
That seems like one hell of an undertaking. Plus I dont get why they would be filming in no order whatsoever when surely a hell of a lot of it is going to be green screen driven..? Anyone? Why place that burden on, well, everyone, when surely they have this much money to spend they can shoot things in some sort of sequential order. I feel bad for the editors of this behemoth production(s).
A bit cold, no?
We're getting Alita: Battle Angel next year, which was at one point his passion project, it's at least getting some input from Cameron, so I remain interested even though he's not directing.
Zombie James
Banned
That's a lot of CG.
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
Dunno. I thought he would never be able to top Titanic, but he did with Avatar 1 so I'm excited to see what he has in store for us.
I just wish the universe hes working in was more interesting.
I know Ill get jumped by fans for saying that, but its how I feel. The first movie was boring, and part of that was the setting. Its just not that interesting to me.
8 more hours of the big blue jungle smurfs? /sigh
I know Ill get jumped by fans for saying that, but its how I feel. The first movie was boring, and part of that was the setting. Its just not that interesting to me.
8 more hours of the big blue jungle smurfs? /sigh
WaffleTaco
Wants to outlaw technological innovation.
For the amount of time he spent writing and editing the script, this might be the greatest trilogy of movies since...something?
Stabby McSter
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A BILLION FOR-- oh four movies okay thats really not thatt bad
TheAbsolution
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I just wish Sam Worthington want the guy he chose to lead these films. Like why????
It may be from a lifetime of playing vidya gaems, but I felt nothing watching Avatars visuals.
Subpar Spatula
Banned
all you're saying is no one should trust you when it comes to VFX.
The 4 movies will probably make like 10-15 billion dollars total.
Whoa is it really happening?
Who wants to bet Sam Worthington gets killed off halfway through the second one?
48 fps is dead. 24 fps is the accepted language of cinema.
Who wants to bet Sam Worthington gets killed off halfway through the second one?
48 fps is dead. 24 fps is the accepted language of cinema.
ThatStupidLion
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I really hope the films are good because now that 3d is played out these films wont be able to ride that wave of immersion, which helped contribute to most of the sales in the first