Cameron confirmed reports that he’s turning his Oscar-nominated movie “Avatar” into a novel. “There are things you can do in books that you can’t do with films,” said Cameron... the book version of “Avatar” will follow the film version “quite closely” in terms of the plot. But the novel will also include “interior monologues” and provide details about the characters and Pandora...Cameron said he first considered writing the book when he was filming the movie. “I told myself, if it made money, I’d write a book”. (From here).
Below I've listed the seven stages of AVATAR movie-viewing heaven:
1. 3D BFI IMAX London - massive screen, awesome AVATAR/Pandora experience
2. 3D any other IMAX cinema
3. 3D cinema - not the same engagement as the IMAX experience, still enjoyable
4. 2D cinema - pleased it looks good in this format too
and come November 2010, the date for release of AVATAR on DVD (see below*), the next best ways to enjoy AVATAR for ever are:
5. 3D TVs can't wait!
6. Massive home Plasma screen TV with blu-ray player
7. PC or any other TV/screen
Avatar's Michell Rodriguez speaks of her pride:
Speaking at Hollywood's ACE Awards, the actress said she was impressed by how many people the movie seemed to have touched.
"Yeah, I am proud," she explained. "I'm proud that love could strike people like that - that's all it is."
"It's like unconditional love translated into special effects, 3-D and a great storyline," the actress said of the Oscar-nominated movie.
"I just love how receptive people around the world have been to that message, because it makes me think that there is still hope out there." (From here)
Let's hope James Cameron is appreciated this weekend with an armful of BAFTAS.
*Feb 17 2010 6:09 PM EST:(From MTV.com)
'Avatar' Director James Cameron Says 3-D DVD In Stores This November: 'We'll follow up with some kind of special edition later down the line,' Cameron says. By Eric Ditzian, with reporting by Josh Horowitz
"Avatar" arrived in December, and it looks like the DVD will start shipping 11 months later. That's what James Cameron told MTV News when the writer/director stopped by the newsroom to chat on Wednesday (February 17).
"We're going to put 'Avatar' out probably in November on 3-D — bare bones, just the movie — and then we'll follow up with some kind of special edition later down the line," he said.
By the time the DVD arrives, major electronics manufacturers like Samsung, Panasonic and Sony should have home 3-D television systems available for purchase, albeit at a premium price. Pair one of those sets with a 3-D-enabled Blu-ray player, and while you won't exactly be re-creating an IMAX viewing environment, you will get three dimensions of Pandoran glory and still be close enough to your fridge to hit pause and grab a cold soda.
Cameron ... expanded and clarified ... the DVD ... is likely to contain five or six minutes of fully finished, theatrical-release-quality deleted scenes and 15 minutes of footage that was excised early on and thus contains rough CG effects.
"The unfinished scenes look like a cheesy video game," Cameron said. "They're the performances — you can really see what the scenes would have been — but it doesn't have that magical realism of the finished film."
Among the deleted scenes will be footage focusing on the main group of Na'vi humanoids of Pandora, the introduction of other Na'vi clans, and the ritual hunt for a colorful creature called a Sturmbeest in which Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) takes part.
"It's all wonderful stuff, but it was sort of bogging down the middle section of the movie," Cameron told us back in December. "So there's plenty for a value-added DVD experience on this film. Of course, we'll have to go punch it all up and get it all mixed and stuff like that."
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