March 10th, 2010 by Marc
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The 82nd Academy Awards took place on Sunday, and Avatar won three of the awards it was nominated for: Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, and Best Visual Effects. Unfortunately, it lost both of the biggest awards, Best Director and Best Picture, to its toughest award competitor The Hurt Locker.
Aside from the award presentations, there was some humour pushed into the show using Avatar. While presenting Best Makeup, Ben Stiller dressed as a Na’vi and spoke the language. To watch the video, look below the break.
» Read more: Results For Avatar After the Oscars!
March 8th, 2010 by Marc
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With the release of Alice in Wonderland this weekend, Avatar’s earnings dropped more than 40% from last weekend, probably because theatres gave most of their 3D screens to Alice.
Coming in at the top, Alice made $116.3 million domestically and a total of $210.3 million worldwide. Brooklyn’s Finest and Shutter Island took the second and third spots with $13.5 million and $13.3 million, respectively, while Cop Out was in fourth with $9.145 million. Falling to fifth, Avatar made just $7.7 million.
The higher-than-expected opening for Alice was much greater than Avatar’s $77 million opening in December, but many believe Avatar helped Alice by introducing people to 3D and making them want to see another world using the technology.
March 3rd, 2010 by Marc
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James Cameron talked a little about Avatar 2 at the Visual Effects Society Awards, and the most important thing he said was actually that we shouldn’t be referring to it as Avatar 2, but instead as Na’vi. His reasoning was that at the end of Avatar, Jake is now longer an avatar; he becomes a Na’vi.
In terms of the story, Cameron said the sequel will have a greater focus on Na’vi culture and spirituality. Since audiences have flocked to the film, he believes they’re more open to those things after having them introduced in the first film.
A deal hasn’t yet been completed for Cameron to direct the second film, but he made clear that it would be no one but him. He isn’t ready to hand it over to a different director, at least not at this point in the series.
March 2nd, 2010 by Marc
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A quick round-up of recent award news. Enjoy!
- On February 23, the month-old International 3D Society honoured Avatar with three of its Lumiere Awards for Best Live-Action 3D Feature, Best 3D Character (Neytiri), and for marketing 3D content.
- Avatar cleaned up at the Visual Effects Society Awards, where it lost only one of its seven nominations. It won the awards for Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Feature Motion Picture, Best Single Visual Effect of the Year (Neytiri drinking), Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture (Neytiri), Outstanding Matte Paintings in a Feature Motion Picture (Pandora), Outstanding Models & Miniatures in a Feature Motion Picture, and Outstanding Created Environment in a Feature Motion Picture. It lost the award for Outstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture to District 9.
- Tied with Inglourious Basterds, Avatar received 5 nominations for this year’s Empire Awards, which are voted on by the readers of Empire magazine. The nominations include Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Actor, and Best Sci-fi/Fantasy.
- Suzy Amis Cameron, the wife of James Cameron, held a contest to find a beautiful “green” dress to wear at the Oscars, and it seems she’s chosen the winner. Entries were submitted from all over the world, but the winner was Jillian Granz of Michigan State University. Granz will walk to red carpet with Amis and her husband when the host the Global Green Pre-Oscar party. The Academy Awards are this Sunday, March 7, 2010.
February 28th, 2010 by Marc
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Sigourney Weaver was on France’s Le Grand Journal earlier this week where she was asked about the plans for Avatar 2.
Even though her character, Grace Augustine, died near the end of the first Avatar movie, Weaver said she’s talked to James Cameron, and that he wants for Grace to return to keep the family together.
Weaver said that Grace is currently inside of “the tree”, or Eywa, but she isn’t sure how Cameron intends to revive her character.
February 28th, 2010 by Marc
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Despite already holding the top spot for domestic, foreign, and total worldwide earnings, Avatar set some new records during its eleventh weekend, surpassing $700 million domestically and $2.5 billion worldwide.
In the domestic market, Avatar fell back to fourth place with $14 million in sales. Shutter Island continued its hold on first place, while Cop Out and The Crazies came in as second and third in their debut weekend. Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief rounded out the top five.
Avatar continued to do well internationally, where it made an estimated $36.1 million across foreign 70 markets.
February 22nd, 2010 by Marc
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Avatar’s tenth weekend has ended, and it faired pretty well. The film’s earnings dropped 31.8% from last weekend, taking in $16.1 million domestically, placing it in third place. Shutter Island and Valentine’s Day finished in first and second place with $40.2 million and $17.1 million, respectively.
The story in foreign markets is much better though, where Avatar again took first place making $50.1 million. France was the top international market again, adding $6.3 million to the overseas total.
February 22nd, 2010 by Marc
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On Saturday night, Avatar was the big winner at the Motion Picture Sound Editors’ Golden Reel Awards. The film won the awards for Best Sound Editing Music in a Feature Film, and Sound Effects and Foley in a Feature.
February 21st, 2010 by Faylo
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The Guardian is reporting that Avatar has come away with unfortunately only two Bafta awards: Best Special Visual Effects and Best Production Design. The film had been nominated for 11 awards, but the big winner of the night was The Hurt Locker, which came away with a grand total of six awards, including Best Film and Best Director.
Do you agree with the wins? Let us know in the comments. To read the article’s Avatar mentions, as always, check under the jump.
» Read more: Two Wins at Bafta Awards
February 21st, 2010 by Faylo
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Leona Lewis, the singer of the theme “I See You” from Avatar, has been reported saying her concepts for her new tour have been inspired by the film.
From lighting to scenery to merchandise, Lewis told Digital Spy that she will be taking her tour-goers into a fantasy world. To learn more, check the jump!
» Read more: Avatar-inspired Tour by Leona Lewis
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