It’s a good thing the detective thriller from Rockstar and Team Bondi’s doing so well, because it took a helluva long time to make. Team Bondi was cooking up Cole Phelps’ story for well over five years, much of that spent on just how to structure it. Years went by figuring out whether they wanted [...]
It’s time to reveal one of the failings of my geek CV: Fantasy leaves me cold, at least the sort of high fantasy descended from Tolkien. Maybe it was the high school English teacher who pushed The Hobbit too hard on me or the friends who insisted I’d love George R.R. Martin or Piers Anthony. [...]
Things have been quiet in Gotham. Too quiet.
Man alive last week was a busy one on the movie front.
In the lead-up to the theatrical release of Avatar, when I was surrounded by skeptics who told me I was nuts for liking a movie about 3D blue aliens, I talked to both producer Jon Landau and director James Cameron, and was left startled by their confidence. Five years into the project, they clearly believed [...]
Exciting news for fans of Pitch Black. It was 10 years ago today that Richard B. Riddick first graced movie screens – marooned on a distant star, fighting his way through the night in Pitch Black. And just yesterday, fans started to get a sense of how the third film in the series is about [...]
Entertainment Weekly is devoting its newest cover story to Avatar, and what appears to be a slew of old news about a likely Avatar sequel. Just as James Cameron told Techland last month, he told EW that he’s already come up with ideas for not one but at least two sequels. Quoting Cameron’s sequel thoughts [...]
Consider this your official Techland rapture alert. The antichrist has returned. He has taken over Hollywood. He has green-lit G.I. Joe 2. All hope is lost.
Even if you don’t love every James Cameron film, even if you’re suffering from Titanic – or hell, Avatar – fatigue, you’ve got to give him this: The man’s got energy to spare.
