Technosteve
Banned
So should i Hold off buying a TV until these films come out? Last time Avatar came out it was all about that 3D TV.
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Avatar Starts Production Today; $1 Billion Budget
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Considering Avatar 5 is coming out in 2025. A long ass time.
I'm more excited for any movie James Cameron could make than the average comic book or Star Wars mediocrity, I can tell you that much.
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.
Damn.... If he did this.... and the movie was at least generally good like last time, I'd be a repeat viewer like last time again.
Am I part of the problem?
RedAssedApe
Banned
I feel like this is going to be a titanic failure.
Livingskeletons
If I pulled that off, would you die?
Cameron coming for everybody.
Nolan,MCU,Star Wars,and GAF of course.
Nolan,MCU,Star Wars,and GAF of course.
N7 MRP Weasel
Banned
Day 1 for all 4
Can't wait for the mega ultra 4k HDR whatever release
I'm guessing each one will reach minimum 800 million, the first one will be 1 billion Plus easy
Can't wait for the mega ultra 4k HDR whatever release
I'm guessing each one will reach minimum 800 million, the first one will be 1 billion Plus easy
Tom Nook Sawyer
Member
Do we know what framerate he's shooting in?
Edit: Also requisite https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67MRiMT9cnE
Edit: Also requisite https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67MRiMT9cnE
Dreamwriter
Member
He originally said he was going to film at 60fps (unlike Hobbits 48fps), but Im not sure if hed still do that after what happened with The Hobbit. Of course, a big problem with The Hobbit was it had no preproduction, which means everything was rushed, and the 48fps really highlighted all of the little flaws. These Avatar movies have been pre-produced to hell and back, so if he had been prepping for it I think Cameron could do an amazing high-framerate movie.
The irony.
Absolutely. Even if they are colossal critical disasters (I doubt it), they will channel Transformers on the level of spectacle.
He's using HFR as a tool. Sceneces where it is appropriate will employ it. Scenes where it makes sets look like sets won't.
So forgettable it affected you deeply enough to write this nonsense.
In case you actually wanted to know, Cameron has been working with a team of four screenwriters for the last few years on four different scripts for the entire project.
CassidyIzABeast
Member
Absolutely. We're not Star Wars or Marvel fandom deep but we out here.
TAJ
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
The current best TVs, Sony's 4K SXRD projectors, have 3D.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
And many will claim that is a flop of epic proportions since the original did close to $2.8b on its own.
$1b each would still be a huge success, but you know that is how it will be spun.
Of course, the sequel could do half the worldwide gross of the first one and still be in the top 10 all time grossers.
We now expect Cameron to just curb stomp everything in his path.
Funny enough I watched Avatar last week as I am going to Disney world and was trying to figure out if I should go to the Pandora stuff they built.
Really there is some great visuals in the movie, but it is a bit lacking I will watch them I suppose but it did not come off as timeless.
Really there is some great visuals in the movie, but it is a bit lacking I will watch them I suppose but it did not come off as timeless.
yukianderson
Member
There won't be enough salt mines in the world to contain GAF's excess production.
yukianderson
Member
GAF is never been known for making great predictions. Say what you want but James Cameron is one of the best directos of all time. Avatar was so long ago that a new one will make a big impact I bet it will break records in China. Will see in 2020.
SCULLIBUNDO
Banned
I'm ready for laser-projected 3D IMAX HFR Pandora.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
I have said it multiple times in the box office threads, but I want to see how Cameron responds after Fury Road.
George Miller was an influence on Cameron, and to have Miller come along and shame just about every other action film in existence with Fury Road might have lit a fire under Cameron's ass. I like thinking that Cameron is like, "Oh, you want to go there, huh? I will show you. I will show them all!"
George Miller was an influence on Cameron, and to have Miller come along and shame just about every other action film in existence with Fury Road might have lit a fire under Cameron's ass. I like thinking that Cameron is like, "Oh, you want to go there, huh? I will show you. I will show them all!"
I'm looking forward to them, yeah. I really enjoyed Avatar as an action/adventure movie and for the visuals/worldbuilding. The story of the first film was nothing exceptional but I don't think it's garbage-tier either. Wasn't thrilled by Cameron's recents comments about the villain(s) for the four sequels, but I'm curious to see how it works in execution.
Anyone really excited for a Jurassic Park sequel 14 years after the last one?
*Jurassic World takes home 1.6B WW*
Anyone really excited for a Star Wars sequel 10 years after the last one?
*Force Awakens takes home 2B WW and is the highest grossing US film of all time*
Anyone really excited for a live action Beauty and the Beast remake 26 years after the last one?
*Beauty and the Beast takes home 1.26B WW*
Anyone really excited for a Toy Story sequel 11 years after the last one?
*Toy Story 3 takes home 1B WW*
Anyone really interested in a Finding Nemo sequel 13 years after the last one?
*Finding Dory takes home 1B WW*
Anyone really interested in a LOTR prequel trilogy 9 years after the last one
*Each Hobbit film makes 2.9B WW*
Avatar 2 will.
I'm not sure about the next 3. The series could pull a Jurassic Park and decline heavily with each sequel.
Nobody said any of this.
JP2 broke records on release. Being crap killed its legs.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Either way, the first sequel will cover most of the cost of the whole series.
That too. It is the only film I can remember swearing at the screen when it finished because of how shit it was compared to the book.
CassidyIzABeast
Member
The forgotten movie whose sequels would be considered financial failures if they only made the same amount as the highest grossing MCU movies. Incredible.
Is there a single human being alive that would put Avatar in the same category as any of these movies? Yknow, movies that actually had an impact on pop culture?
The point is that there is a double standard that only applies to the Avatar franchise.
Yeah that's fair.
Cameron could always hit a home run with Avatar 2. He has a great track record with sequels.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Yet, here we are, still talking about Avatar almost 8 years later.
Yup. His sequel game is exceptionally strong. But this will be the first time we see him go past a second entry.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
Every film James Cameron has done has had an impact on pop culture, because James Cameron touches people like no other because James Cameron, is James Cameron.
A couple of people on GAF does not equal the general populace. Otherwise wed have Tron 3 by now :/
What the hell kind of question of this? People mention it constantly when naming their favorite Pixar movie.
TAJ
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Is that from the movie?
BronsonLee
Member
I feel like 1.5 bill is the floor for each film unless Cameron loses all his mojo
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BlueTsunami
there is joy in sucking dick
Cultural impact? Best dig out that Na'vi merch
