Avatar Archive

  • Avatar online ticket sales taking over

    Avatar online ticket sales taking over

    So it's sounding like Avatar is going to be breaking some records (shocking, I know). What record is pending you ask? Online ticket sales. Ok, maybe it's not biggest movie ever, or most special effects, but it's still pretty damn impressive.

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  • First reviews of Avatar appear, but stay away

    First reviews of Avatar appear, but stay away

    So Avatar premiered tonight in London and apparently nearly everyone loved it. Twitter is aflutter with first impressions and even Drudge's main headline proclaims the film is "Oscar Bound." But here's the thing. Don't read the early reviews. Just know that so far it's living up to its $237 million expectation. The last thing you need to do is go read one of the reviews raving about the movie and spoil all your fun.

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  • New Japanese Avatar trailer features new scenes

    New Japanese Avatar trailer features new scenes

    Reactions to John Cameron's next big movie Avatar, scheduled for release (almost) worldwide on December 18, can be called mixed at best. We've shown you two trailers already, and now Japan gets a third one with a handful of scenes not seen before.

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  • Avatar toys go augmented-reality, courtesy of Mattel and Total Immersion

    Avatar toys go augmented-reality, courtesy of Mattel and Total Immersion

    This is a crazy fun demo of the new Avatar toys by Mattel. Each toy includes a little card that is scannable via webcam and creates an on-screen augmented reality robot or character. While this is old hat for most of us, Mattel is quite proud of being ahead of the curve and for good reason. You can see more demos at AvatarItag.com. Total Immersion made the technology and even added a little "button" system to the cards. When you touch a spot on the card, the onscreen character pulls a knife, shoots a gun, or recounts part of the story. The added information and data will change over time, up to the release of the movie on December 18. Click to watch the demo.

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  • Video: Panasonic commercial shows new “Avatar” footage (kind of)

    Video: Panasonic commercial shows new “Avatar” footage (kind of)

    The official trailer for Avatar, James Cameron's new (and supposedly groundbreaking) Sci-Fi movie, came out just last month, and now Panasonic is showing a TV spot promoting their Viera TVs and the movie on Japanese television. The commercial, which is currently in heavy rotation on TV over here, shows some very brief new scenes from Avatar (which is due out in both the US and Japan on December 18).

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  • The first Avatar trailer is here (update: American version)

    The first Avatar trailer is here (update: American version)

    James Cameron's highly anticipated Sci-Fi movie Avatar (to be released on December 18) has been getting a lot of hype in the last few months, and now Fox gives us the trailer for the movie. But judging from this 2-minute teaser trailer, Avatar will look pretty cartoony/video game-ish (this is my impression at least).

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