James Cameron (T1, T2, Titanic, Aliens etc.) is bezig aan een nieuw project getiteld 'Avatar'. Die zo rond december 2009 in de bioscopen moet verschijnen.
In de hoofdrollen zien we Sigourney Weaver (Alien), Michelle Rodriguez (SWAT, Lost), Sam Worthington (MacBeth), Giovanni Ribisi (Friends, Gone in Sixty Seconds, Saving Private Ryan) en Zoe Saldana (Star Trek: XI).
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Premise
In director James Cameron's original script treatment of Avatar, a man tries to make his way as a miner by combining with an alien during an interplanetary war in which aliens can manifest themselves by possessing human bodies — avatars.
When Avatar was titled "Project 880", a casting call was put out in June 2006 with a plot description provided, saying, "In the future, Jake, a paraplegic war veteran is brought to another planet, Pandora, which is inhabited by the Na'vi, a humanoid race with their own language and culture. Those from Earth find themselves at odds with each other and the local culture."
In December 2006, Cameron described Avatar as "a futuristic tale set on a planet 200 years hence... an old-fashioned jungle adventure with an environmental conscience... [that] aspires to a mythic level of storytelling." The January 2007 press release described the film: "Avatar is also an emotional journey of redemption and revolution. It is the story of a wounded ex-marine, thrust unwillingly into an effort to settle and exploit an exotic planet rich in bio-diversity, who eventually crosses over to lead the indigenous race in a battle for survival," and "We're creating an entire world, a complete ecosystem of phantasmagorical plants and creatures, and a native people with a rich culture and language."
Veel is er nog niet bekend over de film; posters, teasers en trailers zullen nog wel minimaal een half jaartje op zich laten wachten.
Wel is bekend dat het hier gaat om een 100%
3D-film, waarbij gebruik wordt gemaakt van HDTV cameras en iets wat ze '
Fusion Camera System' noemen.
Daarnaast heeft de film een groot budget van $195 miljoen en zal de titelscore verzorgd worden door James Horner, die al eerder met Cameron samenwerkte aan Alien en Titanic.
Meer informatie:
Wikipedia
IMDB