AVATAR ( $500 million )
James Cameron, the director who brought us “Titanic and the Terminator
franchise, may have outdone himself with his latest endeavor. He’s certainly
outbudgeted himself—and everyone else in Hollywood—with Avatar.
Not to be confused with The Last Airbender, the movie follows humanity’s
attempts to exploit the resources of an alien planet through hybrid
human-alien “avatars.” It features a far less celebrated cast than its
budget might suggest—aside from Cameron himself, the biggest names attached
to it are Giovanni Ribisi and Sigourney Weaver.
Cameron first wrote the script for Avatar in 1994, but delayed production
until the technology caught up with his vision. Avatar uses an innovative
new motion capture camera that allows the director to watch the actor’s
interaction with the computer generated world as they’re filmed, an enormous
performance-capture stage called The Volume and a special skullcap for
recording facial expressions. Additionally, the entire movie is being
filmed in 3D.
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