According to the NY Daily News Avatar has broken a new record. The ability to KILL someone. Yes that's right... Avatar is so awesome that it caused a Taiwanese man to have a stroke. The article states:

In neighboring Taiwan, a 42-year-old man with a history of hypertension died of a stroke earlier this month that is being blamed on overstimulation from viewing "Avatar" in 3-D, Agence France Presse reports.

How many people can claim that? I can see James Cameron at dinner parties now: "Oh yeah! Well my movie caused one man's head to explode!"

All kidding a side our well wishes go to the man's family and friends.

The article goes on to state the the movie is causing political [Rumored] unrest in China. Stating:

The Chinese government is limiting the number of 2-D theaters that can show the blockbuster "Avatar" - because of fears that the enormously popular movie will cause political unrest, London's Guardian reports.

Avatar is reaching new heights. Keep an eye out for it to beat Titanic as #1. Make sure to stop by our other Avatar article on the possible Trilogy. Do you think this movie was that good? In my opinion ... YES!

If you saw Avatar, you know it was a good movie.... Hell if you watch T.V. or read the news you know it was a good movie. Sometimes with good movies ... comes greed. Thanks to a friend of mine, I have evidence that James Cameron may be getting greedy with a Avatar:Trilogy.



According to filmonic.com:

An AICN tipster who recently attended a Q&A session and Avatar screening with Cameron sent in the following scoop:

Don’t know if this is newsworthy, but I just saw a Variety Screening Series showing of Avatar at the Arclight theater in Hollywood tonight, followed with a Q&A with James Cameron and two of his visual effects artists. One of the artists mentioned that they’ll never again do this for the first time, meaning that everything they did in the making of Avatar was just a lot of instinctive grasping in the dark. Cameron agreed with him. He also told him to expect the studio to want another one, as they’d passed the billion $ mark. A second film will be easier, as the technology now exists, thanks to the movie. The moderator asked if there *would* be an Avatar sequel. To which Cameron answered that the plan had always been to make a trilogy of films. Finally, Cameron actually said it: “Yes, there’ll be another.”

As I said, I’m not sure how newsworthy this is, but thought I’d pass it on.

So there you have it. James Cameron has kinda sorta announced a sequel to Avatar.

This article also leads to another found on filmonic.com, which states:

n other Avatar news James Cameron spoke to MTV about potential sequels. He says that he’s already got an arc figured out, and that if a sequel goes ahead it shouldn’t take another 4 years to get made:

Cameron made clear that the next film won’t be a prequel, recounting previous backstory, but will begin after the events of the initial movie. “We’ll follow Jake and Neytiri,” he confirmed.

In fact, Cameron intends to follow the couple for another two films. “I have a trilogy-scaled arc of story right now, but I haven’t really put any serious work into writing a script,” he said.

The next two films, however, won’t necessitate the four years of production time that “Avatar” took to perfect its motion-capture technology and computer-generated environments and beings. “Part of what we set out to do is create a world and create these characters,” Cameron said. “From the time we capture and finish the capture, it’s literally nine to 10 months to get the CG characters working, to get their facial musculature working. … So now we have Jake, we have Neytiri. Sam can step right back into it, the characters will fit them like a glove, and we’ll just go on. So a lot of the start-up torque that had to be done for one movie really makes more sense if you play it out across several films.”

I loved Avatar, don't get me wrong. I have a feeling though that Cameron may push the envelope here on milking the series. Let's hope not. What do you guys think?

Many of you have probably seen the trailer for the new and upcoming James Cameron movie: Avatar. If not, let's start off with that.



Now that you have stopped panting over those graphics... I can drop your spirits by telling you that the movie of course has a game coming out in it's name. Usually when video games are made after movies, they are a disaster, as we have seen in the past. The official game site states:

In James Cameron's Avatar: The Game, you arrive on the distant world Pandora, hand-picked to take part in the Avatar Program, a little known scientific initiative launched by the RDA Corporation, which is mining Pandora for rare minerals. You learn to pilot your own avatar, a hybrid of your DNA and that of Pandora's indigenous species, the Na'vi. As you venture further into the Pandoran jungle, you learn more about its many creatures of Pandora, the Na'vi, and their struggle with the Corporation to save Pandora At the flashpoint of this conflict, you must decide where your true allegiance lies: Do you fight alongside the RDA, attempting to alter the course of a conflict spiraling quickly out of control? ... or do you join the Na'vi, battling to protect Pandora from the onslaught of the RDA?

It contains some really well done screenshots. Well, you are in luck. Electronic Theatre does an in-depth review of the game here. Check it out, it's a really good read.

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Set in the 22nd century, the player will enter the shoes of “Able” Ryder, arriving on Pandora to take part in the RDA’s Avatar Program. The Avatar Program is a technology that allows you to project your human consciousness into the body of a Na’vi – the indigenous humanoid inhabitants of Pandora – in order to better survive within the planet’s hyper-natural eco-system. The storyline is said to be an accompaniment to that of the film – another story in the same universe, featuring a handful of the same characters. However, it does appear to be expected that the player will have seen the film, and so there are frequently moments in which pivotal events will remain unexplained.
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