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‘The Absence of Eden’ Review: Zoe Saldaña in a Border Crisis Drama That Couches Its Topicality in Self-Conscious Filmmaking
Garrett Hedlund co-stars in Marco Perego's debut feature revolving around a woman forced to flee Mexico and an ICE agent.
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Disneyland Unveils New ‘Avatar’ Land Concept Art: “We’re Investing Aggressively and Thoughtfully”
Disney surprise-revealed concept art for its proposed Avatar land in California’s Disneyland at the company’s shareholder’s webcast Wednesday, celebrating what it called a piece of “inspirational art” that is “only just the beginning.” The art, later also released on the Disney Parks Blog, shows an outdoor lake with guests standing at the shoreline, peppered with […]
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‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ Renewed at Netflix for Final Two Seasons
Netflix is doubling down on Avatar: The Last Airbender. The streamer has renewed the lavish live-action adaptation of the Nickelodeon series for two more seasons. The order will conclude the story of Aang’s journey to become the Avatar in fantastical world. Since the show’s Feb. 22 debut, the series has been Netflix’s top English-language TV […]
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Bending the Elements: How ‘Avatar’ VFX Team Brought Aang, Koizilla and Animated World to Life for Netflix’s ‘The Last Airbender’
It’s no easy task to bring the world of animation into live-action. When it comes to Avatar: The Last Airbender, with its expansive kingdoms, mystical creatures and deities (and of course physical-defying bending abilities), the task might almost seem insurmountable. But VFX supervisors Jabbar Raisani and Marion Spates proved to be more than up for […]
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‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ Stars on Bringing Animated Characters to Live Action: “We’re Weren’t Doing a Caricature”
After more than half a decade of development, Netflix unveiled its highly anticipated live- action Avatar: The Last Airbender on Friday. The show, adapted from Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko’s animated series that premiered in 2005, follows the beloved story of Aang, an Avatar who can bend all four elements — water, earth, fire […]
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‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ Boss Talks Top-Secret Casting Process, Stories Left Behind and Series Gameplan
The live-action series adaptation of the popular animated show Avatar: The Last Airbender has been a long time coming. And, like any great saga, hasn’t been without its share of challenges ahead of making it to the top of the mountain. Now, the eight-episode series, “Book One” is available in its entirety on Netflix. Geared […]
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How ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ Broke New Ground 20 Years Ago
Water. Earth. Fire. Air. In 2005, these four elements opened up a whole new world. A world filled with history, heroes, villains, deities and immense powers. While it has been said by pundits on numerous occasions that there will never be another modern mythology the likes of Middle-Earth, Star Wars or Harry Potter, they were […]
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U.S. ‘Avatar’ Workers Vote to Unionize In Boost for VFX Organizing Effort
U.S.-based visual effects artists who help bring James Cameron’s Avatar epics to life have voted to unionize in a National Labor Relations Board election. Of an eligible 88 workers at Walt Disney Studios subsidiary TCF US Productions 27, Inc. who assist with productions for Cameron’s Lightstorm Entertainment, 57 voted to join the union and 19 […]
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As ‘Avatar 5’ Lands 2031 Release (No Joke), Disney Fills Out Movie Calendar Earlier Than Ever
Leave it to James Cameron to create new rules. That’s the perk of directing three of the four biggest movies of all time at the worldwide box office — 2009’s Avatar, 2022’s Avatar: The Way of Water and 1997’s Titanic. On Tuesday, Disney revealed that Cameron and his team need more time to make the […]
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James Cameron Says ‘Avatar’ Wanted to Avoid “‘Stranger Things’ Effect” of Teens Who “Look Like They’re 27”
James Cameron is well aware that his projects aren’t the only ones to have dealt with child castmembers’ changing appearances over the years. During a recent Entertainment Weekly interview, the filmmaker offered further context for his decision to shoot his recently released sequel Avatar: The Way of Water at the same time as the franchise’s […]
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Edie Falco Shot ‘Avatar 2’ So Long Ago That She Thought It Had Already Been Released and “Didn’t Do Very Well”
Edie Falco was a bit confused about the release plan for Avatar: The Way of Water, in which she plays General Ardmore. During a recent visit to ABC’s The View, the actress admitted to the show’s panel that she filmed her role in James Cameron’s long-gestating sequel so long ago that she assumed it had […]
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‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ Star Stephen Lang Talks Quaritch 2.0 and the Complicated Legacy of ‘Tombstone’
[This story contains one spoiler question and answer for Avatar: The Way of Water.] Whether it’s the courage of Avatar: The Way of Water’s Colonel Quaritch or the cowardice of Tombstone’s Ike Clanton, Stephen Lang knows how to craft an unforgettable villain. Despite Quaritch meeting his end in 2009’s Avatar, director James Cameron informed Lang […]
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