I've been following this for around a decade already. I even have the spec/treatment script, read a few pages then decided to stop. Will read it again after I watch the final movie.

The computer lab, library, etc in my faculty already got internet when I was a student. When was Godzilla out? I remember visiting the website. The AVATAR script was leaked a few years later, I was already working.

By the way, the trailer apparently out earlier:

It's for the special 25 minutes preview.

This event is worldwide. It's a special event called AVATAR DAY. We're lucky to be part of it. Details here:

http://www.avatarmovie.com/

This post has been edited by aiman04: Aug 20 2009, 10:52 PM

Teaser trailer is now online.

720p:

http://images.apple.com/movies/fox/avatar/...a-tsr_h720p.mov

1080p:

http://images.apple.com/movies/fox/avatar/...-tsr_h1080p.mov

This post has been edited by aiman04: Aug 21 2009, 06:43 AM

"..oh sh1t, Cameron's gone Lucas on us."

"Cameron caught the George Lucas Flu"

"James Cameron: The New George Lucas"

"didnt Lucas do this already?"


Says the talkbackers at AICN.

Well, it does recall the scenes at Kashyyyk in Revenge of the Sith. And the overall look fits really well into Star Wars universe.

It's just a couple minutes from the movie, just a trailer. Let's just hope it's better in every other aspects. A lot of hearts, good acting, plot, directing, etc. I still have faith, been waiting for this for so long already.

Apple has change the links twice. They really don't want people to direct download for free, only for those who paid for Quicktime Pro.

I'll upload mine to a hosting site, meanwhile I'll try to extract the direct links from Apple again.

Download 1080p version here:

http://rapidshare.com/files/269712990/Avatar_Teaser.mp4

MP4 format directly playable on the PS3. Remuxed (not converted) from the Apple MOV format.

First image of Sigourney Weaver as her Na'avi avatar.



More here:

http://marketsaw.blogspot.com/2009/08/pand...tar-stills.html

James Horner was also the composer for Braveheart which had strong influence to Titanic. He did the music for Cameron's Aliens too.

Cameron uses different composer for his movies, depending on the theme of the movie and it's always a perfect fit. I can't imagine anybody else doing True Lies and the first 2 Terminator movies other than Brad Fiedel (for the first time I don't like Danny Elfman's work on Salvation). In the other hand I don't think Brad Fiedel will be suitable for Titanic or Avatar or even The Abyss.

My 5 year old kid really love this as much as all the PIXAR movies. As the movie is almost 3 hours, I thought he'll be bored and ask to go home, but instead his eyes were locked to the screen till finish. Since then, everyday he keeps asking for the blu-ray. So we decide to watch it again this Friday, a second time for my wife and him, and a third for me.

Fox Posts Full Avatar Screenplay Online
Source: 20th Century Fox January 8, 2010

While James Cameron's Avatar has climbed to the 10th spot on the all-time domestic list with $380.5 million (surpassing Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith's $380.3 million and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King's $377 million - worldwide it's reached $1.16 billion), 20th Century Fox has posted a PDF online of the full screenplay for awards reasons. You can read or download the script using the link below! You'll be able to see what did and what didn't make it into the final cut...

DOWNLOAD JAMES CAMERON'S AVATAR SCREENPLAY

Avatar Blu-ray Officially Announced
Posted March 16, 2010 04:19 AM by Juan Calonge at Blu-ray.com



20th Century Fox After weeks of speculation and rumors, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment has officially announced Avatar on Blu-ray. As James Cameron himself revealed a month ago (see blu-ray.com, February 18), the release date has been set for Thursday, April 22 (Earth Day). In a first for a major theatrical release on Blu-ray, the studio will go Superbit on James Cameron's megablockbuster and release it without any special features of any sort, in order to maximize audio and video quality. A DVD will be included with the BD.

Avatar producer Jon Landau explained to the Los Angeles Times that they told Fox that "we wanted to do something really special and reach for the best presentation of any film in the history of the format." Landau adds, "Everything that is put on a disc takes up room – the menus, the extras, the trailers and studio promotions – and we got rid of all of that so we could give this movie the best picture and sound possible." Extra time and care have been devoted to this project, with the video compression sessions taking six weeks, as opposed to the usual two weeks for a typical theatrical release.

A multidisc "ultimate version" Blu-ray is planned for November. Details will be given during a press event in March 23, which will be attended by Landau and Cameron.

Regarding a 3D release, Fox sources again denied reports that it would come out later this year. The Digital Bits hazards a guess that it will probably come "in a third dip a year or two from now", once there is a market for 3D on Blu-ray.

Avatar release dates in other territories are:

* Belgium: April 21
* France: April 21
* Netherlands: April 21
* Spain: April 21
* Brazil: April 22
* Canada: April 22
* China: April 22
* Russia: April 22
* Germany: April 23
* Japan: April 23
* Mexico: April 23
* Switzerland: April 23
* UK: April 26
* Denmark: April 27
* New Zealand: April 28
* Norway: April 28
* Sweden: April 28
* Australia: April 29
* Finland: April 30
* Italy: May 6

Source: LA Times

Avatar Blu-ray Detailed, Gets 1.78:1 Video
Posted March 17, 2010 04:11 AM by Juan Calonge

20th Century Fox Release details have begun to surface regarding the upcoming Blu-ray edition of Avatar, which was announced yesterday. Not regarding the special features (as there will be none), but the audio and video presentation. An interesting development is that the feature aspect ratio of this edition will be 1.78:1, as seen in most 3D theatrical projections.

Months before the theatrical release of the movie, James Cameron informed that Avatar was being shot in "a 16:9 ratio." 3D theatrical exhibition would be in 1.78:1 in the theaters that could project it at that ratio; for 2D theatrical exhibition, a cinemascope-ratio (2.39:1) picture was being extracted from the 1.78:1 frame.

Cameron explained: "I actually think that the extra screen height really works well in 3D. It really pulls you through the screen. So I'm actually going back on years of kind of eschewing the kind of 1.85 format, now saying 1.85 – or actually, it's 1.78:1 – actually works really well in 3D. But only in 3D. I still like the scope ratio compositionally for flat projection."

Ultimately, 1.78:1 is also being used for the Blu-ray (which, at least in this edition, is only 2D). Note that, as the picture was originally shot in 1.78:1, no image information is being lost; on the contrary, the 1.78:1 frame shows more information on the top and bottom than the scope-ratioed image.

Audio will be presented in 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio for the original soundtrack only. Localized dub tracks will be encoded in lossy audio (DTS or Dolby Digital, depending on the territory).

Finally, MSRP has been set at $39.99. Most web retailers already have it up for preorder.

Source: Blu-ray.com

The movie was created in 1.78 aspect ratio, so this is great news.

The 2.39:1 ratio in the theaters (except IMAX screens) were cropped from 1.78:1 so we didn't see the movie in full frame. We were missing 25% of the picture for the whole 166 minutes.

This is technically the best blu-ray ever. Definitely reference disc. Everybody who at least likes this movie should upgrade to BLU now if you haven't already. The most beautiful, sharpest, detailed, outstanding picture quality I've ever seen, and believe me I've seen a lot. The shot in space with the space station is now my Windows logon wallpaper. Amazing.