Lightstorm Hires Kathy Franklin To Guide 'Avatar' Brand
Kathy Franklin has been named President of Franchise Development at Lightstorm Entertainment. Announced by James Cameron and Jon Landau, the hire signifies Lightstorm's commitment, in collaboration with Twentieth Century Fox, to building the franchise and brand of AVATAR beyond the traditional licensing and merchandising avenues.
Cameron commented, “Anticipating the exponential growth of the Avatar universe, we looked for someone who could lead a team that will cement Avatar as a world class brand across all platforms and markets. Kathy’s experience, coupled with her drive and vision for what Avatar can be, made her the right choice.”
Franklin is a seasoned leader with a proven record of designing and implementing industry-leading branding, …
Avatar Wiki's 2nd Birthday!
It was a Monday, July 20th 2009 when I clicked the create wiki button. Now, after two years of intense work (from both users and admins), we’ve managed to create the largest Avatar encyclopedia ever, editing over 644 articles and establishing a solid user base. It has been two years on which I’ve met new people, and on which fans from all over the world have met to contribute and talk about the movie event of the past decade: Avatar.
In these two years, many things have been achieved. We’ve got thousands of visits, ranked among Wikia’s best movie wikis, managed to upload almost 5,000 images, and above everything, the Avatar Wiki has become a Home Tree for our users, for our friends. We’d like to thank our amazing admin group, who has worked i…
Cameron: Avatar Sequels Are Not a Trilogy
Only James Cameron, the man with back to back biggest movies of all time, could get away with saying something like this. He’s currently writing two movies called Avatar 2 and Avatar 3 says they’re not a trilogy. Three films, same continuing story, not a trilogy. Okay James, whatever you say.
In a brand new interview Cameron said that he’s still writing both films but that they’re not exactly a trilogy, more of a “overall character arc.” Read the exact quote and more updates on the films after the jump.
Fox News (Via Coming Soon) caught up with the Oscar-winning King of the World and asked him for the latest on the follow-ups to Avatar, the biggest box office hit in history.
They then asked if he was feeling any pressure after the incredible…
Avatar Spoof Gets Green Light
A spoof of Avatar is inbound, exploding from the brains that must surely be attached to the necks of the team that brought the world Date Movie, Epic Movie and Vampires Suck. James Cameron’s indulgent off-world epic only came out in 2009 and is thus ripe for satire, much like all of the other targets that have been turned into the movie equivalent of coal by writing/directing duo and universal hate figures Jason Friedberg & Aaron Seltzer during their improbably fruitful careers as bad directors.
The project’s title is The Biggest Movie of All Time 3D and according to Empire it will indeed be shot with glorious stereoscopic effects. For the viewer this means you will pay a little more to be disappointed by the sub-par, scattergun pop culture …
Avatar 2 Production Disrupted By Earthquake
There are several big movies that were planning to shoot in and around Japan in the next year, but in the light of the recent earthquake/tsunami tragedy, and the continuing dangers plaguing the region, it’s unthinkable that anyone could hope to launch a major Hollywood production there anytime soon.
20th Century Fox currently currently has two major films that were slated to be in production the Pacific region: the comic book movie sequel The Wolverine and Avatar 2, the sequel to James Cameron’s 3D mega-smash hit.
The big selling point of Avatar 2 has been James Cameron’s claims that the film will explore the oceans of Pandora. In fact, the director – as ambitious and meticulous as he is – had even floated the idea of diving into the Mariana…