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Our best hope for a great anime live action: Alita Battle Angel

July 24, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I believe, I want to believe, that we will get a good anime live action adaption from this decade of movies. Crying Freeman, came out in 1995. Alita Battle Angel may be our best chance.…

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: battle angel alita, Christoph Waltz, ed skrein, jackie earle haley, James Cameron, Jennifer Connelly, robert rodriguez, rose Salazar, trailer

Alita: Battle Angel trailer

December 9, 2017 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Based on the very popular anime Gunnm and manga Battle Angel is Holywood’s latest attempt to do a live action. We’ve big names here with producers James Cameron and Jon Landau.…

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: Christoph Waltz, James Cameron, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Landau, live action, Mahershala Ali, Rosa Salazar, trailers

Short film: The Alita Project

June 6, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

This short film is a proof of concept. The Alita Fan Project.com‘s goal is to show that a live-action version of the anime Batle Angel Alita is possible and a good idea.…

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: anime, battle angel alita, forrest mcclain, James Cameron, live action, natasha kermani, short film

A look at Guillermo del Toro: Cabinet of Curiosities

October 13, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This is a big and impressive book. Guillermo del Toro is a hugely popular director among native geeks with a string of hits. He was director on Mimic, Blade II, Hellboy, Pan’s Labyrinth and Pacific Rim.…

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: At The Mountains of Madness, Cabinet of Curiosities, Guillermo del Toro, hellboy, James Cameron, Meat Market, Mephisto’s Bridge, reviews, The Left Hand of Darkness, The List of Seven, tom cruise

James Cameron’s Titanic – expanded

March 26, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s a good day to be James Cameron. The director of The Abyss and Avatar successfully manned a solo submarine to the bottom of the Mariana trench. No one had ever done that before.…

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: 20th Century Fox, Abyss, Avatar, James Cameron, Mariana Trench, Paramount Pictures, Titanic

Deeper than the abyss; the hadal depths

March 10, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Film maker James Cameron may die. He’s going to be at the helm of a one-man submarine that’ll sink 7 miles deep into the Mariana Trench. This is the deepest point of earth and it’s an entirely scary proposition.…

Filed Under: TV Tagged With: Abyss, Avatar, Deep Sea Challenge, James Cameron, Mariana Trench, National Geographic Society, science

Stormtroopers now legal: Courts defeat Lucas

July 27, 2011 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Back in the day Andrew Ainsworth was the prop designer who made the original Stormtrooper outfits. This did not make him a rich man. He got £20 per helmet and £385 per suit of armour.…

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: James Cameron, legal, Lucasfilm, peter jackson, Shepperton Design Studios, Steven Spielberg, stormtroopers

Avatar: Collector’s Vault 3D is the perfect Christmas present

November 25, 2010 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Avatar: Collector’s Vault 3D is more than a book. Sure, it’s classed as a book but the hardback comes in a cardboard box sleeve, comes with 3D glasses, comes with pull outs and cards.…

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Avatar, James Cameron, Sam Worthington

20 miles of fibre optics to re-create Tree of Souls in London

April 21, 2010 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Na’vi’s Tree of Souls is coming to London. It’ll be recreated in Hyde Park for just one weekend to help launch the DVD sales of Avatar. The Hyde Park Tree of Souls will use 20 miles of fibre optic cable, change colour, give off a glow and use sensors to react to people.…

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: 20th Century Fox, Avatar, James Cameron, Stephen Lang

Avatar 2 will invoke The Abyss

April 21, 2010 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In 1989 a Mr James Cameron directed the Abyss. It stared Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Michael Biegn and Leo Burmester in an underwater adventure. It wasn’t Alien, as it was a kinder, less scary movie but it did feature aliens and invoke that feeling of deep space.…

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: Abyss, Alpha Centauri, Avatar, avatar 2, Ed Harris, James Cameron

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