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02.05.12

We've seen countless video games based on the Aliens franchise over the years, both for arcade and for home, and while they may have been exciting, they're hardly the sort of thing that we'd call in-depth.  In fact, the closest we could come to feeling like we were in a true Aliens experience comes down to two games -- the 1990 Konami arcade game and last year's Nintendo DS release Aliens: Infestation.  But that'll change this fall when Gearbox, the studio behind Borderlands, will team up with Sega for Aliens: Colonial Marines, a game that really dials in the feeling of the 1986 James Cameron cinematic classic.

01.01.12

Warner Bros. Pictures is set to release the first part of director Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey on December 14, 2012. The 3D epic is being shot in collaboration with 3ality Technica in New Zealand. One of the big movies of 2012, the first trailer for The Hobbit is below. And you can bet that Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has a new game set in this movie universe coming in time for Christmas.

12.16.11

James Cameron made Avatar to take advantage of 3D technology, but the Oscar-winning filmmaker also made sure that the film would play well in 2D. And although he originally said the experience was designed for a large screen, Avatar has been a hit on mobile devices. The movie comes pre-installed on the T-Mobile Samsung Virbant Galaxy S. Now Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment and Lightstorm Entertainment are bringing a first-of-its-kind interactive version of the film called Avatar iTunes Extras Special Edition beginning on Tuesday, December 20. The director talks about the movie in the video below from the 3D Entertainment Summit.

12.14.11

While James Cameron doesn’t have anything to worry about when it comes to the final tally of his Avatar 3D epic, Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 did the director’s film in the race to $1 billion. MW3 earned $1 billion in just 16 days. It took Avatar 17 days to reach that milestone. It’s worth noting that Activision chose not to release the new game in 3D after experimenting with 3D in Black Ops last year across all platforms.

09.24.11

LOS ANGELES -- 3D entertainment is a clear-cut economic success story generating enormous international excitement, agreed a cross-section of speakers at the fourth annual 3D Entertainment Summit. Co-located this year with the 3D Gaming Summit: 3D Gaming & Beyond and the LA Mobile Entertainment Summit, keynote and featured speakers at the three conferences included Co-Chairmen James Cameron and Vince Pace, CAMERON | PACE Group; Tom Rothman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Fox Filmed Entertainment; Bryan Burns, Vice President Strategic Business Planning and Development, ESPN; Michael V. Lewis, Chairman/CEO & Co-Founder, RealD; Mick Hocking, VP, Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios; Roy Taylor, EVP/GM, MasterImage 3D and, at Thursday's 3D Gaming Summit, Vince Zampella (Call of Duty), General Manager, Respawn Entertainment and David Maisel, former Chairman, Marvel Studios and currently Strategic Advisor to Rovio Mobile (creator of Angry Birds).

09.21.11

Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Worldwide is joining forces with visionary filmmaker James Cameron and Fox Filmed Entertainment to bring the world of AVATAR to life at Disney parks. Through an exclusive agreement, Disney will partner with Cameron and producing partner Jon Landau to create themed lands that will give theme park guests the opportunity to explore the mysterious universe of AVATAR first hand. Disney plans to build the first AVATAR themed land at Walt Disney World, within the Animal Kingdom park. With its emphasis on living in harmony with nature, Animal Kingdom is a natural fit for the AVATAR stories, which share the same philosophy. Construction is expected to begin by 2013.

08.26.11

Oscar-winning writer, director and producer James Cameron and business partner Vince Pace will keynote the fourth annual 3D Entertainment Summit. The event will take place Sept. 20-22 at the Hollywood & Highland Center in Los Angeles. As part of the summit, a full day will be devoted to video games, 3D Gaming and Beyond. Cameron worked with Ubisoft to develop a 3D Avatar game, which shipped before the number one movie of all time hit theaters.

08.23.11

Penny Arcade Expo 2011 (PAX for short) is rapidly approaching, and Sega is set to take center stage with its massive game line-up, including a playable version of Gearbox's upcoming Aliens: Colonial Marines.  Before we get crazy and waste every alien in sight, we thought we'd share how intense the experience gets with the game's debut trailer, featuring some crazy game footage.  Game over, man!

08.12.11

(Reuters) - Since director James Cameron's "Avatar" raked in $2.8 billion at global box offices, Hollywood has flooded theaters with wave after wave of 3D movies, but some industry watchers wonder if theatergoers are now drowning in it.

07.12.11

U.S. consumers purchased an estimated 1.75 million Blu-ray Disc 3D (BD3D) discs at retail during the format's first 12 months on the market, and brought home another 1.7 million units as part of hardware/software bundling deals, according to the new IHS Screen Digest report entitled “Life in 3D: BD3D's First Year of Sales,” from information and analysis provider IHS. These sales were spurred, in part, thanks to the free PlayStation 3 upgrade that turns any PS3 into a Blu-ray 3D player. The lower cost of 3D TVs from companies like Vizio is also helping sales.

05.19.11
Oscar-winning director James Cameron is returning to the Titanic once again. After filming numerous 3D films on the sunken ship, the Avatar director is giving his Academy Award-winning film a 3D conversion. The movie will hit theaters worldwide on April 6, 2012 from Paramount Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox and Lightstorm Entertainment. The release marks the 100th anniversary of the Titanic setting sail (April 10th).
05.12.11
Rick Dean, a senior vice president at George Lucas’ THX Ltd. and resident 3D guru, spoke at the annual spring Digital Hollywood Conference in Los Angeles. He discussed how he sees the future of 3D unfolding a pioneers like James Cameron and Vince Pace push new 3D technology into the space, and new movies like Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides and Thor hit theaters this summer. THX is currently involved in the 3D re-release of the Star Wars films, which will hit theaters early next year.
04.12.11
LAS VEGAS -- Legendary filmmaker and 3D visionary, James Cameron has teamed up with acclaimed cinematographer and fellow 3D pioneer, Vince Pace to form CAMERON - PACE Group (CPG), which seeks to accelerate worldwide growth of 3D across all entertainment platforms including features, episodic and live television, sports, advertising and consumer products including video games, pioneering a new generation of camera systems, services and a variety of creative tools that are innovative, powerful and easier to embrace. Cameron and Pace unveiled the new company this morning during a press conference at the 2011 NAB Show in Las Vegas.
04.10.11
Oscar-winning filmmaker James Cameron and acclaimed cinematographer Vince Pace will deliver the opening keynote address on Monday, April 11 at the 2011 NAB Show in Las Vegas. Cameron, the creative force behind the two highest grossing motion pictures of all time, and Pace, a world-renowned visual effects visionary and 3D innovator, will discuss recent developments and innovations in 3D technology and storytelling and future implications for the entertainment industry at large. New technology will be revealed that will impact how he films the Avatar sequels.
02.01.11
Oscar winning director James Cameron is busy working on the script for AVATAR 2, which 20th Century Fox has slated for a December 2014 release. The director will be honored by the International 3D Society on February 9th at Grauman’s Chinese Theater with the inaugural Harold Lloyd Award, which honors outstanding achievement in 3D filmmaking and advocacy. The multiple Academy Award winner has been busy of late, producing the new 3D action film Sanctum, writing the novelization of AVATAR, along with the script for AVATAR 3, and turning Titanic into a 3D spectacle. He told the Wall Street Journal the AVATAR sequels will employ new 3D technology that will help combat the motion sickness that some audiences experience with 3D movies.
01.21.11
Although Walt Disney Studios’ TRON: Legacy has become a global box office smash, Disney Interactive Studios’ TRON: Evolution video games have not been able to capitalize on that success. Last year, Ubisoft’s James Cameron’s AVATAR: The Game, also had trouble reaching a mainstream audience. But for Disney, the TRON game has resulted in the closure of the Vancouver game studio, Propaganda Games. Disney already shut down production of the new Pirate of the Caribbean role-playing game last October, which was originally slated to ship this summer in tandem with the new 3D film, Pirates of the Caribbean: on Stranger Tides.
01.09.11

 While TRON: Legacy is not breaking box office records like James Cameron’s AVATAR did last year, Disney’s 3D sequel is holding strong in 2011. In fact, Jeff Bridges, who plays video game designer Kevin Flynn in TRON, is having a very good year. His Western, True Grit, was the number one movie in the U.S. this weekend. True Grit has now topped $110 million and buzz is building for another Oscar nomination for Bridges, who took home the statue last year. TRON: Legacy has earned over $147 million million in the U.S. Bridges’ co-star, Olivia Wilde, talks about the new TRON movie and video game in this exclusive video interview.

01.02.11
While TRON: Legacy is not breaking box office records like James Cameron’s AVATAR did heading into 2010, Disney’s 3D sequel is holding strong in 2011. In fact, Jeff Bridges, who plays video game designer Kevin Flynn in TRON, is having a very good year. His Western, True Grit, has become Joel and Ethan Coen’s biggest movie ever, blowing past the Oscar-winning No Country for Old Men with $86.8 million. TRON: Legacy has earned $130.9 million in the U.S. in its first 17 days. Bridges talks about his TRON legacy in this exclusive video interview.
12.22.10
Now James Cameron’s AVATAR and Treyarch’s Call of Duty: Black Ops have something in common in the entertainment landscape besides 3D. Activision has ruled the game sales charts for two years running with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and now Call of Duty: Black Ops. Treyarch’s new shooter has now surpassed $1 billion in worldwide sales. Treyarch’s Mark Lamia talks about Black Ops in this exclusive video interview.
12.20.10
Although Walt Disney Studio’s TRON: Legacy didn’t have the opening weekend of James Cameron’s AVATAR, the 3D spectacle – which cost half as much as last December’s blockbuster – did achieve the high score at the box office. TRON: Legacy powered up with $43.6 million in its first three days in the U.S. Many don’t remember that the original film, which also starred Bruce Boxleitner and Jeff Bridges, was a box office failure the summer of 1982. Boxleitner, who reprises his role as TRON in this sequel, talks about video games in this exclusive video interview.
12.19.10
Generations of fans who waited over 28 years to see Walt Disney Studio’s TRON return to the big screen were eager to catch the film early. TRON: Legacy took in $3.5 million in its midnight screenings around the U.S., which was on par with James Cameron’s AVATAR. The movie’s total Friday box office haul was $18 million. The original movie’s entire theatrical run during the summer of 1982, which included movies like Steven Spielberg’s E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial, was $33 million. This bodes well for Disney Interactive Studio's TRON: Evolution games. The creator of the TRON universe, Steven Lisberger, talks about the new film in this exclusive video interview.
10.28.10
Oscar-winning director James Cameron is set to return to Pandora. The director has confirmed that he will begin filming Avatar 2 and 3 in late 2011. Twentieth Century Fox is targeting December 2014 and December 2015 to release the 3D movies. Cameron talks about working on the original Ubisoft Avatar 3D videogame in this exclusive video interview.
10.11.10
Pulling a page out of James Cameron's AVATAR marketing play book, Walt Disney Pictures will offer fans a free 20-minute look at its December 17 3D spectacle, TRON: Legacy. Dubbed "TRON NIght: An IMAX 3D Experience," this free preview will occur on October 28 and give audiences worldwide the first opportunity to step onto the Grid and into the cutting-edge, 3D world of the high-tech adventure. Sponsored by ASUS Computer International, select IMAX 3D theaters nationwide and 3D & IMAX 3D theaters internationally will offer a special screening of thrilling, never-before-seen 3D footage. 
10.08.10
The Oscar-winning creative team behind AVATAR, James Cameron and Jon Landau, will be talking about the future of 3D filmmaking and the future of 3D in the home at the third annual Blu-Con event at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles on November 2. Leading technology providers from the home entertainment industry will also showcase the latest home 3D applications at the third annual technology, business and creative event for the worldwide Blu-ray Disc community.