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Jon Landau, Oscar-winning producer on ’Titanic’ and ’Avatar’, dies at 63

Jon Landau, an Academy Award-winning producer who worked closely with director James Cameron on three of the biggest blockbusters of all time, Titanic and two Avatar films, has died. “I worked with Jon Landau for 31 years and I never saw him downcast once,” Cameron said. “I can’t act and I can’t compose and I can’t do visual effects, so …

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Jon Landau, Oscar-winning ‘Titanic’ and ‘Avatar’ producer, dies at 63

Jon Landau, in 2023, an Oscar-winning producer who worked closely with director James Cameron on “Titanic” and the “Avatar” series, has died. Jon Landau, an Oscar-winning producer who worked closely with director James Cameron on three of the biggest blockbusters of all time, “Titanic” and two “Avatar” films, has died. Landau’s partnership with Cameron led to three Oscar nominations and …

"I've got ideas for six and seven": James Cameron on 'Avatar' sequels

Avatar 3 may not have hit theatres yet, but veteran filmmaker James Cameron has already planned the franchise's sixth and seventh films, according to People. "We're fully written through movie five, and I've got ideas for six and seven, although I'll probably be handing the baton on at that point," Cameron told People. "Ours is dystopian in its message to …

Avatar 2 Box Office Collection Day 24: The Way of Water again shows growth over the weekend in India

Avatar 2 Box Office Collection Day 24: It is a rare feat for a film to show growth in the fourth week of its release. Avatar The Way of Water Box Office Report As per early trade reports, Avatar 2 collected Rs 7.50 Cr India net. According to a report in Box Office India, the film's total collection is over …

Review: An exercise in Na’vi gazing, ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ will cure your moviegoing blues

In “Avatar: The Way of Water,” the director James Cameron pulls you down so deep, and sets you so gently adrift, that at times you don’t feel like you’re watching a movie so much as floating in one. “Avatar” was a thrilling moviegoing experience and a pioneering showpiece for performance-capture technology, which allowed Cameron and his actors to endow their …

‘Avatar’ defied the cynics. 13 years later, it’s back in theaters to set the stage for ‘Avatar 2’

It was December 2009 when Australian actor Sam Worthington, unaware of how massively his role as an ex-Marine on a mission to a new planet was about to change his life, received a bit of advice from James Cameron. I think it’s that experience that takes away the cynicism.” “Avatar” will return to theaters for the first time Friday, ahead …

Can James Cameron's Avatar 2 raise the stakes and promise box office returns?

There's no other movie that fans want as badly as James Cameron's Avatar 2. In the light of Avatar 2 debuting its first footage, hoping to pull back the fans into his mystical world of Pandora, we analyse whether the sequel will actually be worth the wait or not. Given Avatar's massive USD 2.8 billion global box office receipts in …

John Oliver mocks Avatar sequels: ‘Take your time on those, James Cameron. No one gives a s***’

James Cameron announces live-action filming for Avatar 2 is '100% complete'.. despite covid shutdown

The much-anticipated sequel to the 2009 epic science fiction film Avatar has been in the works for about a decade. Big reveal: Legendary filmmaker James Cameron announced live-action filming for Avatar 2 is now '100% complete' Talking to Schwarzenegger ahead of the 2020 Austrian World Summit environmental conference, Cameron first addressed the impact that the coronavirus crisis has had on …

The cameras are rolling again: Hollywood resumes work as Jurassic World: Dominion, Avatar sequels go on floors

As every part of the world is moving on to the unlock phase amid this ongoing pandemic, Hollywood, too, is getting back in work mode, with large-scale productions including the Avatar sequels and Jurassic World: Dominion resuming shootings. Jurassic World: Dominion resumed shooting on July 6 in the UK Jurassic World: Dominion, starring Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard along with …