Nov 18 2009 In French, 'Avatar' Looks a Lot More Made-for-TV Fantasy Miniseries-ish

The lack of John Rhys-Davies is all that's separating this from being a SyFy original called Effigy.

The French Poster for Avatar [ComingSoon]

Nov 13 2009 I Think This Is a Newish 'Avatar' Trailer

If you still can't get enough of seeing Sam Worthington's wheelchairing and blue cat people with glowing freckles, here's a relatively new trailer for Avatar. I guess it was run during Fox's last airing of Glee, so it's as old as whenever it is Glee is on. I'll have to check which day on my calendar is marked with a hand doing an "L" thing.

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Oct 23 2009 New Trailer for James Cameron's Blue Alien Movie

Johnny Legal Department doesn't want us to have this until next week, but, thanks to bootleggers, the new trailer for a certain highly-anticipated sci-fi adventure involving blue cat people is on internet. Hurry, before it's not!

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Sep 21 2009 New, Short 'Avatar' Clip Somewhere in This Commercial

One of the points James Cameron keeps stressing about Avatar is that it's really designed to be a cinema experience: See it big! See it in 3-D! See it surrounded by people muttering, "I wouldn't call these effects 'revolutionary'"! See this thing in theaters, dudes!

Well, it seems the director changes his tune a bit if Panasonic will throw a few yen his way, and now there's this commercial where some new scenes from the sci-fi film are shown an television screen. If you don't catch Avatar in theaters, apparently the next best option is on the Panasonic Viera TV you keep in your lush garden:

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Aug 27 2009 'Avatar' Tickets Now Available on Internet

Are you the type of guy who like to buy his movie tickets four months in advance? You're in luck, captain. Variety is reporting that Avatar tickets are already on sale for midnight showings in around 50 IMAX theaters nationwide, available on Fandango and a more obviously-named Fandango called MovieTickets.com. Apparently sitting outside the theater for weeks in blue face-paint so that you can be first to get a ticket is a thing of the past. Or it will be once I wipe off this blue face-paint and go home defeated.

Aug 27 2009 Avatar v. Delgo: "Exhibit A: These Glowing Thingamabobs Look Like These Other Ones"

Whoever it is we've entrusted with making Delgos is pissed! While the rest of us briefly chuckled at the comparisons between Avatar and Delgo being made last week, Fathom studios is taking the issue way too seriously. The Delgo-making studio has issued a press release hinting that they may try to take legal action:

The much anticipated Avatar trailer was released online last week and viewer traffic overwhelmed Apple.com's trailer site. Almost immediately, reactions were posted on the internet with comments like "Avatar = Delgo," "Avatar is Basically Delgo II," [Hey, that was me! But I was kidding, guys.] and "The 7 Eeriest Parallels Between Avatar and Delgo."

Fathom Studios, the Atlanta-based production company behind Delgo, was bombarded with emails as soon as the Avatar trailer went live. A spokesperson for the studio said, "From what we have seen, we are amazed by the visual similarities between the two films and we are reviewing what legal options may be available to us."

I really hope they end up taking this to court. I would kill be on the jury deciding if weird-nosed humanoids riding dragons and floaty, glowy, seed thingies are too similar to other weird-nosed humanoids riding dragons and other floaty, glowy, seed thingies. Though I have a feeling it's more likely going to come down to proving that James Cameron was somehow aware of Delgo when absolutely no one else was/is.

(via Movieline)

Aug 26 2009 New 'Avatar' Avatar: The Sigourney Weavatar

MarketSaw has put up some scans from the new issue of Empire Magazine, giving a first look at Sigourney Weaver in her blue alien form. I have to say, they really nailed Weaver's pointed features and prominent lower teeth, though I'm a bit disappointed to see the avatars apparently take on the features of their human consciousnesses. If becoming a Na'vi is just going to make me look like a blue version of myself, I'll stick with auto-erotic asphyxiation, thank you.

(via Cinematical)

Aug 21 2009 'Avatar' is Basically 'Delgo 2'

Someone who did a good job noticing things has put together some side-by-side screenshots comparing the new Avatar trailer to the 2008 animated adventure Delgo, and the visual similarities are pretty astounding. Does this mean Delgo is the revolutionary game changer?

(via PopCandy)

Aug 20 2009 'Avatar' Trailer: It Will Destroy Everything You Hold Dear! I Guess.

James Cameron's Avatar is being called everything from "a gamechanger" to "a life destroyer" to "something that will forcefully fill every one of your orifices with three-dimensionalness." The film's first trailer has finally been released, so now you can see what all the fanboy catcalls were all about. I guess the game changing part is that this is the first forest species to look slightly more convincing than Ewoks?

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Aug 18 2009 Good Job Ruining AvatarPreviewTicketsTheMovie.net, Everyone

Apparently this Avatar movie might end up being a movie EVENT--like NBC's television events (Gulliver's Travels, Merlin, The Odyssey, but in theaters! The Hollywood Reporter is saying demand for tickets to the new James Cameron film's Friday preview was so high yesterday that the site crashed for several hours shortly after ticketing opened at noon. This thing is getting as big as one of your YouToo shows!

But there is some good news: if you live in less densely nerd-populated areas, tickets are still available. Get those things before Johnny Scalper does.

Aug 14 2009 New 'Avatar' Shot: A Race Skilled in Circular Breathing

I'm still not entirely clear on all the finer plot details of James Cameron's Avatar, but looking at this new shot and the blue creature's hand positioning, I'm going to guess the focus is on the U.S. military breeding a test tube-born super-being specifically for the purpose of playing the alto sax.

If that ends up not being the plot, let's make that movie. The Kenny Gene?

Two New 'Avatar' Photos [Coming Soon]

Aug 13 2009 See Some 'Avatar' Next Friday

Give yourself something to lord over your nerd friends who constantly brag that they have better armor than you in World of Warcraft: next Friday, see an early, extended preview of James Cameron's Avatar, the sci-fi film everyone keeps insisting is revolutionary for some reason! A collection of scenes will be airing in select cinemas nationwide on August 21, and you can get free tickets to attend the event by going to the appropriately-named AvatarMovie.com on the 17th. So, if you want to be sci-fi geek alpha dog for a day, you'd better camp out and be there when the internet opens this Monday to ensure you get a ticket. Otherwise you're going to have to watch the shitty camera-phone bootleg I end up posting.

Aug 4 2009 Another Sparkly, Blue, Alien Face: 'Avatar' Poster #2

That director of Titanic, whoever that may be, has released another character poster for Avatar, this one featuring the CGI-ified face of Zoe Saldana. It's only half-a-face, but at least this look at the Na'vi species is female, so I can start deciding if I'd sleep with a cat-eyed blue-face, because I know that will eventually come up in conversation. I'm leaning towards "probably, after a couple space drinks."

New Avatar Poster Featuring Neytiri [ComingSoon]

Jul 1 2009 'Avatar': Half a Cat-Eyed, Space-Faced Alien Head Revealed!

Put on your 3-D glasses (everything James Cameron does is in 3-D now) and behold the sparkly, blue face of one of the aliens in Avatar. The species looks a lot more weird-obnoxious-performance-artist-who-would-probably-be-found-on-stilts-at-Burning-Man-mixed-with-Ron-Perlman-in-Beauty and the Beast-in-Blue Man Group-esque than I thought they would. Thoughts?

Avatar Comic-Con Banner Revealed! [Coming Soon]

Jan 13 2009 James Cameron Stands Around 'Avatar' Set

Hey, look at this latest shot from Avatar! It's not an actual shot from the movie, but until director James Cameron decides to start putting out legitimate looks at his big December 3-D sci-fi release, this is the best we've got.

Judging by this image, looks like the film will include the light from Dr. Strangelove's war room and some kind of Dr. Scholl's gel coffin. And James Cameron dresses like he's a BMX biker, maybe? He really needs to just release some images of the aliens.

Hollywood Finds Headaches in Its Big Bet on 3-D [NY Times]

Jul 11 2008 Official Silhouette of 'Avatar' Alien; Suitable for Nerdy Mudflaps, Drawing in a Features of Ex-Girlfriends

At long last, as apparently seen on a T-shirt given to crew, we're finally granted the privilege of seeing the vague outline of an alien from James Cameron's Avatar! Yeah, I know. I think it's time to call it a weekend.

Nov 26 2007 'Avatar' Alien is Sexy, Day-Glow

Supposedly, this is a piece of concept art from James Cameron's Avatar portraying lady-alien Ney'tiri, and it would make sense considering the previous shot we've seen. I'm describing it as Tron meets Cats meets atomic varicose veins. Thoughts?

Ney'Tiri Exposed? [MarketSaw]

Sep 21 2007 Giovanni Ribisi Joins 'Avatar', Cults

In the film, a band of humans are pitted in a battle against a distant planet's indigenous population, so Scientologist Ribisi is definitely thinking of this as a historical piece.

'Avatar' has new player with Ribisi [Hollywood Reporter]

Jun 27 2007 Avatar Alien Revealed?

A spy for JoBlo has send in an image that he claims is the first look at one of the aliens from James Cameron's huge 3-D sci-fi epic, Avatar. Apparently taken in a nebula by the world's shittiest cell phone, the creature looks to be some sort of strange mix between Predator and Tron. On the other hand, the picture might just be of this guy.

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