Avatar Re-Released Soon

Just when you thought the “Avatar” hype would decrease a bit, the sensation is set to give more to the excited fans of the movie. Twentieth Century Fox has decided to re-release its Academy Award winning epic “Avatar” featuring never seen before footage. The film is set to re-release in cinemas on August 27 worldwide. [...]

“Avatar” sells 6.7 million DVDs in 4 days of its release

With a major place at No.1 at the box office hit, Avatar is now reaching out to make a spot in the home videos. Within four days of its release, studios have announced that the sci-fi film has sold out 6.7 million DVDs and Blu-ray disks. Twentieth Century Fox announced that film directed by James Cameron’s has [...]

Avatar star Sam Worthington tipped as next James Bond

Avatar actor Sam Worthington has been tipped to become the next 007 in the wake of news that the 23rd Bond film has been placed on indefinite hold. Bookmaker William Hill has made the 33-year-old 5/2 favourite to take over the role should Daniel Craig not return for his third instalment in the series. British [...]

NY Plants to go to the movies

The role of plants in many great and hit movies is no longer a question mark for people but no one have ever shoot a movie that plants can watch themselves. In a art gallery of New York seven house plants have spent seven weeks watching “strange spikes” probably the first documentary of travel for [...]

History made – First woman filmmaker receives an Oscar

Kathryn Bigelow, the director of “The Hurt Locker”, made a place in the Oscar history books on Sunday by winning an Academy Award for direction of the film, which also won for best film, and became the first woman ever to earn that distinction. The low-budget film has earned $20 million at box offices, and picked up [...]

Alice hits big time!

After its first on screen appearance in almost all the countries in the world; Alice in Wonderland, Disney’s newest film accumulated a breathtaking $116.3 million worth of money. The movie is about a girl named Alice (Mia Wasikowska) who accidentally tripped down in a whole leading to a whole new world named “Wonderland”. There, she [...]

Hurt Locker in final sprint to win Oscar race

The final countdown to the 2010 Oscars has begun, with The Hurt Locker and Avatar going head-to-head for the coveted best picture award. James Cameron’s 3D sci-fi juggernaut, which has taken more than $2bn (£1.32bn) at the box office, had looked like a favourite in early 2010. But his ex-wife Kathryn Bigelow’s Iraq bomb disposal [...]

Oscars: And The Winner is…..

Everyone is excited for the most prestigious awards night of Oscars. Who will be the winners in the most awaited event of the year. Actors and actresses, the famous, the most popular, the handsome, the beautiful and sexy ladies and pretty faces in Hollywood are gathered to witness and be awarded for that most special [...]

“The Hurt Locker” Beats Severely AVATAR At BEFTA Awards

Director of the movie Kathryn Biagelow made history and added that the Hurt Locker has defeat decisively Avatar at UK’s top most prize giving. With the Oscar less than two weeks away, the Iraq war drama came away with six gongs- including best film and best original screen play. “Avatar” directed by Bigelow’s ex husband [...]

Oscar Nominees Announced

The nominations for the 82nd Academy Awards were announced Tuesday morning by actress Anne Hathaway. The Academy Awards voters released their first top-10 list in 66 years. The Oscar nominations featured 10 best-picture nominees instead of the usual five, the first time since the 1943 awards show that so many films are competing for Hollywood’s [...]

‘Avatar’ overtakes ‘Titanic’ in Global Box Office Record

As of Monday, ‘Avatar’ had accumulated $1.859 billion at the box office, passing the $1.843 billion worldwide record set by 1997’s ‘Titanic’, making it the highest-grossing film worldwide. 20th century Fox announced on Tuesday that James Cameron’s sci-fi movie had passed his previous shipwreck saga and became the highest grossing film of all time, after [...]

‘Avatar’ & ‘Hangover’ earn top film honors at the Golden Globes

Two of the box office dominators, ‘Avatar’ and ‘The Hangover’, took home the top honors at the Golden Globe Awards on Sunday. The ceremony took a somber tone after the recent earthquake in Haiti. The sci-fi blockbuster ‘Avatar’, whose 3-D effects have amazed critics and fans and helped it earn $1.6 billion at global box [...]

Avatar grosses billion dollars in box office

Ground-breaking science-fiction epic “Avatar” smashed the one-billion-dollar barrier over the weekend and is on course to become the highest-grossing film of all time, final figures showed. Fueled by consecutive holiday weekends and pricey 3-D tickets, North American sales for James Cameron’s blockbuster scooped another 68.5 million dollars, for a three-week total of 352.1 million, according [...]

The language of Avatar revealed

The linguistics expert from the University of Southern California is the brains behind the language used by James Cameron’s 10-foot-tall alien tribe in the much-anticipated science fiction epic, Avatar. “Jim Cameron’s production department at Lightstorm Entertainment was looking for a linguist that would be able to help him develop an alien language,” explains Professor Frommer. [...]

Box-office records – Avatar rules

Avatar has topped the Christmas box office in a record-breaking weekend for cinemas in the US and Canada. The estimated $278m (£174m) in weekend ticket sales broke the previous record of $253m (£158m) set in July 2008, the weekend The Dark Knight was released.  Sci-fi epic Avatar took $75m (£47m) in its second weekend, according [...]

Christmas box office records made in 2009

Christmas was memorable this year in Hollywood as box office records were set over the holiday weekend. Avatar shone and topped the Christmas box office in a record-breaking weekend for cinemas in the U.S. and Canada. The estimated $278 million in weekend box-office revenue broke the previous record of roughly $253 million set in July [...]

‘Avatar’ grabs $73 million in first weekend

The highly anticipated film of the year James Cameron’s science fiction saga “Avatar” went straight to No. 1 this weekend as it earned $73 million domestically. Audiences poured into cinemas showing the movie, which revolves around a love story between human-alien conflict on a distant moon in the 22nd century. The film is rumored to [...]

James Cameron’s Avatar creating waves

Avatar’s enormous budget may well be worth it. The James Cameron 3D adventure flick, opening tonight at midnight, has already sold out hundreds of showtimes across the country, according to online ticket-seller Fandango. The fantasy film, which has received mixed early reviews is besting this summer’s science fiction favorite “Star Trek” in advance sales. Avatar, [...]