Director James Cameron is well known to fans of cinema as a skilled visionary and a talented inventor. His painting “Terminator 2,” “Aliens,” “the Abyss” and “Titanic” was innovative for its time and acquired a multimillion army of fans. But it was the movie “Avatar” proved to all of Hollywood that Cameron is able to take simple, in General, the idea and turn it into a real feast for the eyes. The picture has collected in hire more than $ 2.7 billion, becoming the highest-grossing in history. And in September this year will start shooting in four of its sequels.
Released in 2009 blockbuster “Avatar” not only popularized the technology of IMAX 3D in many countries, but also demonstrated that the filmmakers are able to create on the screen is completely fictional alien worlds with their ecosystem, including flora and fauna. James Cameron for many years had in mind the plans to bring the film to life. In the early 2000s, the technology would not have allowed the Director to achieve the desired quality of images on the screen. However, Cameron did not give up. He conducted numerous studies, developed with his team a special software and hardware.
Thanks to “Avatar” and active communication from James Cameron with the companies-distributors in hundreds of cities around the world began the active construction of the IMAX cinemas. Because only through IMAX screens and movie cameras with support for 3D images it was possible to appreciate the beauty of this blockbuster. The Director has created his own 3D camera IMAX, which is still used by other film companies for shooting their pictures. Also, Cameron has developed a system that allows through a camera’s viewfinder to see on the set of draft three-dimensional CG characters and special effects. This allowed the Director to see how the result will look like a composition before working on it the specialists in computer graphics.
Initially, the story of “Avatar” was supposed to be a trilogy. Cameron, in between the development of innovative submersibles, dive to the bottom of the Mariana trench and other projects unconnected with the cinema, wrote the script drafts for the sequels. He later told the press that his ideas would be enough for all three films, and then the number increased to four. In the end, we get four to continue the story of Jake Sully and his family, which will unfold on the planet Pandora. Filmmakers argue that Pandora is fraught with many secrets, is able to impress the audience. We have no reason not to trust them.
Shooting sequels will start on 25 September, and they will go in parallel, not sequentially. It became known that the scenarios of future paintings already completed, as well as all other preparatory work. Will begin production of the films, not surprisingly, with motion capture sessions with the participation of the main cast. Each of the four films will tell your unique story, all of them will be combined into one epic Saga of the inhabitants of the planet Pandora. Once the Director has mentioned that the action of one of the paintings will take place entirely in an underwater world full of amazing creatures, including one of the tribes of the Na’vi race. View truth of these statements. The release of the first of four paintings on the screens is not expected before 2019.
Shooting sequels “Avatar” will begin in September
Sergey Grey