December 15, 2011
Five Favorite Films with Roger Corman
Movies as we know them just wouldn't be the same without Roger Corman. Sure, filmmakers like Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Jonathan Demme, James Cameron and Joe Dante probably would have found their way into the game eventually, but the fact remains that they all got their start under the tutelage of Corman and his low-budget genre factory -- a tireless B-picture production line that also gave early breaks to unknown young actors like Robert De Niro, Sylvester Stallone and Jack Nicholson. Perhaps more significantly, Corman was one of the pioneers of the independent movie model, cranking out scores of exploitation and genre films (and distributing foreign titles by Truffaut, Bergman, Fellini and Kurosawa) that turned profits even as they flaunted the traditional studio system. (Not to be discounted: he also directed a handful of genuinely fine movies, like the Edgar Allan Poe adaptation The Masque of the Red Death.) This week, Corman is celebrated in Alex Stapleton's documentary Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel, a career-spanning look at his work that gathers together exultant testimonials from many of his most famous pupils. We caught up with Corman earlier this week for a chat about his career and his "graduates," his thoughts on independent film, and how the Lucas/Spielberg blockbusters spelled doom for genre pictures. First, here are Corman's five favorite films.
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February 1, 2011
Five Favorite Films with James Cameron
Sometimes, amid the clamor of media junkets and their tight roster of promotional interviews, we don't always get a chance to pop our "five favorite films" question. Given that this was James Cameron, however, we couldn't resist sneaking the quiz into the conversation; despite being pressed for time. Cameron was on hand, together with director Alister Grierson and writer-producer Andrew Wight, to promote Sanctum, the 3-D cave-diving thriller that arrives in cinemas this week. Read on for Cameron's five faves, plus a chat with all three about the film.
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October 20, 2010
James Cameron Talks 3-D, Titanic, Cleopatra, and More
James Cameron has a new "Avatar" cut headed to DVD and Blu-ray, a 3-D "Titanic" re-release on the horizon, and maybe a "Cleopatra" movie in his future -- all of which he discussed during a recent interview with the New York Times.
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April 30, 2010
James Cameron Is Bringing 3-D to Mars
What do you do when you're the most powerful director in Hollywood? Well, whatever you want, really -- and what James Cameron wants is to send 3-D cameras to Mars.
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April 21, 2010
James Cameron Talks Avatar Re-Release, Sequel
Speaking with the Los Angeles Times about the DVD and Blu-ray release of "Avatar," James Cameron discussed his passion for environmental causes -- and gave readers a clue as to where the inevitable "Avatar" sequel will go.
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March 3, 2010
James Cameron Talks Fantastic Voyage
Hey, directors! Looking for a new gig? James Cameron says he's done with the script for the "Fantastic Voyage" remake he's producing, and he needs someone to helm it.
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March 1, 2010
Cameron's Trip to Hiroshima in Doubt
Due to concerns about the truth of its contents, Charles Pellegrino's "The Last Train from Hiroshima" has been pulled by its publisher, making it unlikely that James Cameron's planned film about the book will be made.
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January 21, 2010
Five Acclaimed Directors, Speaking Directly
What do you do when you have James Cameron, Jason Reitman, Kathryn Bigelow, Quentin Tarantino, and Lee Daniels in the same room? Exactly what the Los Angeles Times did: Write down every word they say.
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January 6, 2010
James Cameron Going Atomic?
Tsutomu Yamaguchi, the only person to survive both of World War II's Japanese atomic blasts, has passed away -- and among the reports of his death comes word that James Cameron had visited Yamaguchi "to discuss a film project on atomic bombs."
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December 16, 2009
Total Recall: James Cameron Movies
He got his start as a miniature model maker at Roger Corman Studios, and promptly went on to establish himself as one of the biggest directors in Hollywood -- both in terms of his staggering box office grosses ($3.5 billion worldwide and counting) and his seemingly limitless appetite for epic storytelling. Like a lot of filmmakers, James Cameron's imagination has often outpaced the available technology -- but unlike most of his peers, when confronted with those limits, he simply spurs the invention of new technology to get around them. Cameron's latest effort, Avatar, required the development of a whole new 3-D camera, and rode the bleeding edge of CGI's outer limits. After years of buildup, Avatar is finally here -- but before we witness what's being hyped as the future of filmmaking, why don't we look back at James Cameron's past?
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December 11, 2009
James Cameron Talks Avatar Sequels
Now that "Avatar" is finally almost here, it's time to start asking James Cameron what he's doing next -- and if his list of upcoming projects includes an "Avatar" sequel.
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November 2, 2009
12 Facts About 2012
Did the Mayans really predict, all those centuries ago, that Earth would be visited by planetary apocalypse three years from now? It's open to interpretation -- Roland Emmerich has a gargantuan disaster movie to sell and even he admits the whole 2012 theory is just, "a nice hook for the audience." John Cusack, Thandie Newton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Woody Harrelson and Danny Glover are a few of the stars swept up in Emmerich's latest cataclysmic shocker. Rotten Tomatoes meets the cast and director in Cancun, Mexico - close to the once-throbbing heart of Mayan civilisation -- for a 2012 fact-finding mission.
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May 19, 2009
Jen Gets Terminated, Day 2: Terminator 2: Judgment Day
When James Cameron debuted his first real feature film in 1984 -- directing Piranha II: The Spawning for hire didn't really count -- he turned out a $6.5 million science fiction horror flick called The Terminator that became a commercial and critical hit. (It remains at 100 percent on the Tomatometer to this day.) Ten years later, Cameron returned to the Terminator saga with Terminator 2: Judgment Day, a $100 million spectacle that made landmark advances in special effects technology and earned the title of most expensive movie ever made, a gamble that paid off in spades. But is Terminator 2: Judgment Day also the best movie sequel of all time?
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May 19, 2009
Cannes 2009: Carrey and co. Present A Christmas Carol
Big, fat flakes of white snow suddenly began tumbling down in the roasting afternoon heat of the Cannes Film Festival yesterday. It wasn't global warming. It was just Cannes. Because here, you can do that. The festival is its own Field Of Dreams: if you pay for it, it will come. You want Christmas in May? You got it. You want Jim Carrey throwing snowballs after being brought in on a horse-drawn carriage? You got that too. Striding up a frosty red carpet between a set of pumping snow-machines, Carrey, Jenny McCarthy, Colin Firth and Robin Wright Penn arrived in style for this scene of meteorological madness to introduce the world's first look at Robert Zemeckis' upcoming 3D 'toon A Christmas Carol.
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May 18, 2009
Jen Gets Terminated, Day One: The Terminator
Ryan followed Bond. Alex did Jason. Tim got Kirk, Spock, and Bones. This week, I've been assigned to follow...The Terminator! In the latest Rotten Tomatoes watching series, yours truly will take on the famous futuristic cyborg in all four of its cinematic incarnations, from James Cameron's titular 1984 sci-fi horror classic to this Thursday's fourquel, in which director McG will show us his version of the future according to SkyNet. Watch and read along with me as I revisit the Terminator franchise, watching one movie a day, leading up to RT's Judgment Day -- May 21, when Terminator: Salvation lands in theaters.
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May 15, 2009
Exclusive: The Look of Terminator Salvation with Martin Laing
Production Designer Martin Laing has worked with James Cameron on True Lies, Titanic and Ghosts of the Abyss and has served on films like The Haunting, City of Ember and the upcoming Clash of the Titans. Terminator Salvation, with its bleak view of the future, is easily his most ambitious project to date. On the eve of the film's worldwide rollout, he sits down exclusively with RT to take us through concept art for the film and explain his approach... "Our Terminator world is quite different from the films you've seen before. In the same way that Warner Bros. took the Batman movies and turned them on their head, in design terms as well as the story, and turned that world into something very dark and really really cool, we're going to be doing the same thing with Terminator."
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March 26, 2009
Exclusive: McG Talks Terminator Salvation
The news that one of the greatest sci-fi franchises of all time was to get a full-fat reboot predictably sent cyborg fanboys into paroxysms of joy. For about 10 minutes. That Arnie, otherwise engaged running the world's fourth largest economy, wouldn't be back was partly compensated for by the casting of Christian Bale. But the revelation that McG was to be at the helm of Terminator Salvation put an abrupt stop to the celebrations. Recently, though, the tide's been turning with trailers and longer assemblages revealing a gritty war movie with more in common with Mad Max and Children of Men than Charlie's Angels. RT talked exclusively to the much-maligned McG about the rise of his machines...
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March 24, 2009
James Cameron Revisits Terminator
James Cameron might not have anything to do with the current state of the "Terminator" franchise, but he was still willing to discuss the origins of the series -- as well as its broader themes -- in an essay for Wired.
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March 10, 2009
James Cameron's Avatar Rumor Roundup
Rumor has it that James Cameron will be unveiling an "Avatar" trailer for ShoWest attendees at the end of the month -- and another, possibly more interesting, rumor has it that Cameron has already rejected eight potential trailers from his team.
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February 2, 2009
New Photo from Cameron's Avatar Posted
It's rather blurry, but a new image purported to be "the first authentic, final rendition" of a character from James Cameron's "Avatar" has surfaced, and MarketSaw's got it.
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December 4, 2008
Richard Zanuck Issues 3-D Challenge to James Cameron
"Alice in Wonderland" producer Richard Zanuck claims not to have seen James Cameron's disparaging remarks about the process being used to convert his film to 3-D, but that hasn't stopped him from issuing a challenge to Cameron.
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December 3, 2008
James Cameron Urges "Content-Driven" 3-D
James Cameron gave the keynote address at Tuesday's 3D Entertainment Summit, and had some interesting things to say about the way the technology is being used -- particularly by Tim Burton.
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October 23, 2008
Behind the Scenes of James Cameron's Battle Angel
There's been a lot of talk over the last few months about James Cameron's "Avatar" -- but what about the adaptation of Yukito Kishiro's "Battle Angel" manga that's on Cameron's to-do list? In a new interview with MarketSaw, designer and artist Mark Goerner talks about the 18 months he spent working on the project.
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September 9, 2008
James Cameron Talks Avatar; Set Photos Leak
In a recent interview, James Cameron said his upcoming sci-fi epic "Avatar" "makes 'Titanic' look like a picnic" -- and now that the first set photos are starting to leak out, you can see for yourself.
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August 7, 2008
James Cameron Talks Avatar
With just under a year and a half before the scheduled release of his latest big-budget epic, Avatar, James Cameron has given the Hollywood Reporter a peek inside the production, which he calls the "most challenging film" he's ever made.
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April 11, 2008
James Cameron Totally Loves 3-D
In a wide-ranging interview with Variety, James Cameron talks about his upcoming 3-D epic Avatar -- and his plans to bring 3-D technology to the world of "small dramatic film."
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February 22, 2008
James Cameron Gives Fans an Avatar Update
First, the bad news: Someone's been circulating fake promo art for James Cameron's Avatar lately. Now for the good news: Cameron has given the good folks at Ain't It Cool News an update on progress behind the scenes of his latest sci-fi epic.
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February 14, 2008
Sam Worthington Joins Terminator 4 Cast
With McG and Christian Bale inching ever closer to Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins' summer 2009 release date, the sequel's supporting cast is starting to fill in.
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January 22, 2008
Cloverfield 2 on the Horizon?
It debuted at number one last weekend, broke the weekend record for a film opening in January, and earned a respectable 77 percent Tomatometer rating from the critics -- so should it surprise anyone that people are already talking about a Cloverfield sequel?
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January 3, 2008
Studios Planning for Fewer Sequels in 2008
If you're the type of moviegoer who greets the annual wave of sequels with groans and eyerolls, USA Today has some good news for you: In 2008, you can expect to see far fewer of them at a theater near you.
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November 28, 2007
Avatar Concept Art Leaked?
You won't get to see James Cameron's Avatar in theaters until May of 2009, but fret not, sci-fi fans -- the Internet is a magical, unending source of leaked information, and thanks to JoBlo, you can get your first look at concept art from the film!
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October 26, 2007
Apatow, Lasseter, Spielberg Among Top in Power List 2007
The movie biz loves its lists. While making countdowns of best-reviewed genre movies is our niche here at Rotten Tomatoes, categorizing human beings is a task we happily pass over to someone else. That's where Premiere Magazine comes in. They've just published the Power List 2007, their annual organized compendium of Hollywood's 50 most notable movers and shakers.
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August 31, 2007
Has J.J. Abrams Found His Uhura?
We've passed along plenty of the dish surrounding J.J. Abrams' upcoming Star Trek reboot, including a whole lotta casting buzz -- but amidst all the Kirk, Spock, and Chekov gossip, there hasn't been much speculation regarding who might play one of the franchise's most iconic roles: Communications officer Uhura.
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May 2, 2007
CCH Pounder Talks Up Cameron's "Avatar"
You probably know the the talented character actress CCH Pounder from her work on TV series like "ER" and "The Shield," but she's done a good deal of movie work, too. She's among the cast of James Cameron's "Avatar" and she recently shared a few tiny tidbits on that production.
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April 23, 2007
"War of the 3-D Epics" -- Coming May, 2009
Memorial Day 2009 is set up to be Cameron vs. Katzenberg in the battle of the 3-D epics. Both producers want the release date, Katzenberg for "Monsters vs. Aliens," and Cameron for his long-awaited "Avatar."
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April 11, 2007
Sigourney Weaver Talks More About "Avatar"
It's pretty difficult to not be impressed by Ms. Sigourney Weaver. But with two recent indies under her belt and a brief window in her theatrical career, the classy gal is just getting ready for "Avatar" duty.
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April 6, 2007
A Half-Decade-Early "Avatar" Poster?
Wow. How often do you get to see a poster for a movie that won't hit theaters for another four years? Well, if you know JoBlo then you can do it today if you like. There's always a chance it could be a fakie, but for right now it does look like James Cameron's impending "Avatar" has a one-sheet.
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March 27, 2007
Biehn and Cameron Back Together on "Avatar"?
They worked pretty darn well together on "The Terminator," "Aliens," and "The Abyss" -- so maybe filmmaker James Cameron and actor Michael Biehn are about to get the old magic brewing on "Avatar." (Or maybe not.)
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February 27, 2007
James Cameron's "Jesus" Doco Causes Controversy
The James Cameron-produced documentary called "The Lost Tomb of Jesus" is causing a whole lot of stir among the religious community for trying to assert that, after death, Jesus left a corpse behind ... which lots of people disagree with -- obviously.
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February 15, 2007
Sigourney Weaver Checks Out James Cameron's "Avatar"
James Cameron had some casting news to announce, so he called AICN to help get the word out there. Seems that Sigourney Weaver, in line with earlier reports, has joined Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldana in Cameron's "Avatar."
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January 22, 2007
"Ghost" in a Live-Action "Shell"?
This falls under the 'news before the actual news' category, but according to ComingSoon.net, Variety is reporting that Kodansha, the company behind the popular "Ghost in the Shell" manga books and cartoons, has sold the property's live-action rights to animation studio Production I.G.
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January 19, 2007
Weaver Joining Cameron's "Avatar"?
Sigourney Weaver is having a busy year: Not only is her voice in theaters now, as the wicked stepmother in "Happily N'Ever After," but she'll also be seen in the upcoming films "The Girl in the Park" and "Vantage Point" ... and now JoBlo.com is reporting that a scooper from Ain't it Cool News has learned that Weaver will soon be reteaming with her "Aliens" director, James Cameron, in a big-budget sci-fi film.
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January 17, 2007
An Old Friend Checks Out James Cameron's New "Avatar"
Well here's some James Cameron news that's interesting if not all that surprising: In addition to the already-cast Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldana, the "Avatar" director looks to be interested in hiring an old friend for his new movie. (I'm pretty sure he's been in all Cameron's movies except for "Titanic." Can you name him?)
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January 10, 2007
Cameron to Get "Gung Ho" on "Avatar"
Harry from AICN recently had a interesting little phone call from James Cameron, and the slow-moving yet still-revolutionary filmmaker had some fairly interesting info to impart regarding his just (finally and officially) announced project "Avatar."
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January 10, 2007
Take That Cameron! Shyamalan Has an "Avatar" Too!
On the same day that Fox finally (and officially!) announced James Cameron's "Avatar," Paramount announced that M. Night Shyamalan will be directed "Avatar: The Last Airbender." (Or at least that's what they're calling it right now, cuz nobody steals a movie title from James Cameron.)
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January 9, 2007
James Cameron's "Avatar" On Its Way!
We've been hearing about "James Cameron's next movie" for what seems like twelve years, but according to a recent New York Times story, the "Titanic" director's "Avatar" is not only the next project on his plate -- it's already in production!
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December 22, 2006
Cameron's Geeting His Amazing "Avatar" On Track -- Slowly
The good news on the James Cameron's "Avatar" front is this: The filmmaker's been working with Peter Jackson and Steven Spielberg on a mega-fancy cutting-edge special effects system the likes of which have never been seen before. The bad news is that the movie won't be ready until 2009.
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November 14, 2006
Cameron Waiting on Ahnuld for "Alita"??
Anyone out there actually care if Arnold Schwarzenegger stars in another movie? I mean, HE sure doesn't seem to miss it much, so why can't we just let it go? According to one odd report, James Cameron might be someone waiting for Arnie's silver-screen comeback.
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October 18, 2006
Has James Cameron Found His "Avatar" Star?
The news has been confirmed in an official capacity, but according to a handful of movie sites, James Cameron has found a star for his long-awaited "Avatar." And it's not the sort of leading man you're probably expecting...
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July 7, 2006
James Cameron Talks Trilogies
While we all sit with bated breath and wonder when we'll get to see a new movie from James Cameron, the guy's hard at work cooking up new trilogy ideas. While attending a "Pirates 2" screening at Disney World, the mega-successful filmmaker discussed the possibility of doing his new projects as three-parters.
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June 8, 2006
More on James Cameron's Big "Project"
Yesterday everyone got to see a casting list for James Cameron's upcoming "Project 880," and now, thanks to IGN FilmForce, we have a pretty thorough semi-synopsis ... although I'm still having a little trouble getting past the character's names.
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April 25, 2006
Cameron Claims Digital 3-D Will Save Cinema!
Superstar moviemaker James Cameron ("Titanic," "Aliens," "The Terminator") believes that the way to combat slumping box office returns is to give the moviegoers something they simply can't pirate and watch on their computer: The answer is digital 3-D wizardy.
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February 27, 2006
James Cameron "Dives" Into (Yet) Another New Project
For a guy who likes to line up a whole lot of projects, filmmaker James Cameron sure doesn't seem to direct very often. Newly added to his stable of impending projects is "The Dive," a fact-based tale about a pair of the world's finest freedivers.
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December 7, 2005
James Cameron Prepares for "Battle"
The Hollywood Reporter brings news that high-tech moviemaker James Cameron is finally ready to get going with a new (fictional) feature. It's a sci-fi thriller called "Battle Angel," and it'll probably makes loads of money.
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November 17, 2005
New Line & Walden Team Up for an All-New "Earth" Expedition"
Variety reports that New Line Cinema and Walden Media will partner up for an all-new and new-fangled rendition of Jules Verne's "Journey to the Center of the Earth," which will be directed by first-timer Eric Brevig and will be entitled "Journey 3-D."
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June 14, 2005
James Cameron Still Deciding Between "Battle Angel" and a New "Project"
Writer/director/technology enthusiast James Cameron ("Aliens," "The Abyss") was planning to get started filming "Battle Angel" at the end of the year, but The Hollywood Reporter indicates that the ever-busy filmmaker might just have another project lined up first. No information has yet been divulged regarding "Project 880," other than the information that "Battle Angel" might be taking a bit longer to adapt than previously anticipated.
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March 18, 2005
George Lucas Wants to Get Right Up in Your Face!
We all wondered when Mr. Lucas would figure out a way to re-release his "Star Wars" movies yet AGAIN, and here's how he plans to do it: in 3-D!! Yep, George and a healthy handful of flashy filmmakers (James Cameron, Robert Zemeckis, Robert Rodriguez, Peter Jackson...and Randal "Grease" Kleiser??) recently announced at Showest that they're all sort of committed to 3-D filmmaking.
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March 17, 2005
Two New "Titanic" DVDs On the Way
ComingSoon.net shares a press release from Paramount regarding two new "Titanic" DVDs: "The two-disc special edition will include a branching feature, enabling fans to view a wide selection of never-before-seen footage. The four-disc collector's edition will be the ultimate for film and DVD enthusiasts - containing numerous deleted scenes, new in-depth documentaries that explore the odyssey of the making of the film and much more."
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January 10, 2005
"Battle Angel" Update
Director James Cameron told Latino Review that his next project will be an adaptation of the Japanese graphic novel "Battle Angel" and that it'll be based on "a combination of the 1st and 3rd books." The film will be in 3D, and will combine live action with CGI effects, Cameron said.
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December 15, 2004
Cameron Sheds Light on Battle Angel
James Cameron has spoken with IGN FilmForce about his upcoming "Battle Angel" movie, which apparently will involve some use of 3D. "My primary motivation [to use 3D] is that I just love the way it looks," he tells IGNFF.
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November 23, 2004
James Cameron the Explorer
James Cameron made "Titanic" because he thought he could convince the studio to let him film the real ship, he confesses in an article he wrote for Wired. "Making the movie itself was actually secondary in my mind," he wrote. He goes on to say, "After the success of the movie, I found myself less interested in Hollywood filmmaking and more interested in the challenges of deep-ocean photography and exploration."
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