‘Avatar’ was re-released in theaters again over the weekend, 13 years after it debuted — and the box office is a good sign for the upcoming sequel

"Avatar." 20th Century Fox "Avatar" was re-released to theaters over the weekend ahead of the upcoming sequel. It earned $ 30 million worldwide, $ 10 million of which came from North America. It's a good sign for December's release of "Avatar: The Way of Water." "Avatar" was the biggest movie in the world over the […]

James Cameron’s sci-fi epic Avatar returns to theaters, but has its magic faded?

There were plenty of reasons to wonder, in the autumn of 2009, if James Cameron had finally flown too close to the sun, burning a big budget on a boondoggle. Nearly a dozen years after emerging from a troubled production with the biggest movie of all time, the disaster-weepie phenomenon Titanic, the blockbuster maestro had […]

James Cameron on pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in Avatar and Super/Natural

James Cameron is on a mission to push beyond what’s possible. The Academy Award-winning filmmaker quickly became a visionary for his early work in The Terminator franchise and Aliens. Titanic went from a film plagued with production problems to 11 Oscar wins and the first film to reach the $ 1 billion mark. Cameron’s Avatar dazzled the world with […]

Daily Podcast: Parenting Advice For Film Fanatics, Avatar, Inside Man 2, Doctor Who, Gladiator, The Time Machine & Penny Dreadful

On the November 2, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to talk about the latest film and tv news, including Avatar, Inside Man 2, Doctor Who, Gladiator, The Time Machine and Penny Dreadful. And a new edition of Advice Corner with Chris […]

Daily Podcast: Avatar 4 & 5, Boba Fett, Avengers 4, Twilight Zone, and More

On the October 29, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by /Film writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to talk about the latest film and TV news, including Halloween, the abandoned Boba Fett movie, Avatar sequels, Trial of the Chicago 7, King of the Jungle, another Thai cave rescue […]

Daily Podcast: Captain Marvel, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Sinemia, Netflix, Nicolas Cage, Apple & More

On the September 18, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to talk about the latest film and tv news, including Avatar: The Last Airbender live-action tv series, Sinemia unlimited movie plan, Netflix advertising, Nicolas Cage Blumhouse movie, Apple’s digital movie purchases, Captain Marvel […]

Leak reveals Microsoft’s new Xbox Avatar system

Microsoft’s new Xbox Live avatars have been on the cards for a while now, with the company last year promising more diversity and customization. Now, a leaked video (allegedly from a former Microsoft designer and since removed from YouTube) has revealed what they’ll look like, plus the editor interface that’ll let you design your character. […]

Theme Park Bits: ‘Jurassic Park’ Night at Universal, Working Mech Coming to Pandora: The World of ‘Avatar’

In this edition of Theme Park Bits: Stranger Things fans, now’s the time to mobilize to bring David Harbour to Halloween Horror Nights. The 25th anniversary of Jurassic Park has inspired a special two-night event at Universal Orlando. Dinosaurs evolved from birds so that gives Donald Duck license to invade Dinoland USA. Street entertainment at Pandora […]

Sequel Bits: ‘The First Purge’, ‘Glass’, ‘Don’t Breathe 2’, ‘Avatar 2’, and More

In this edition of sequel bits: The First Purge teaser capitalizes on how terrifying America is right now. M. Night Shyamalan has screened some Glass footage, and people are happy. Stephen Lang confirms Don’t Breathe 2 (again). Stephen Lang also offers an update on Avatar 2. Tom Cruise is kind of a jerk on the set of Mission: Impossible – Fallout. Michael […]