AVATAR GETS RELEASE DATE
‘Trailer to unspool on August 21st’
Edited by John Delia
On August 21, 2009, director James Cameron’s motion picture epic AVATAR will get screen attention when Twentieth Century Fox and Cameron debuts the film’s trailer everywhere – while select cinemas and IMAX® theaters will screen extended footage prepared by the filmmaker. The release date for the film is slated for December 18 of this year.
The worldwide trailer launch will be presented in all formats, including IMAX® 3-D, IMAX® 2-D, digital 3-D, digital 2-D, and 35mm 2-D. The trailer will also be available online. The extended look at AVATAR will unspool only on August 21 – and only in 3-D – in select theaters and IMAX®.
Avatar is the story of an ex-Marine who finds himself thrust into hostilities on an alien planet filled with exotic life forms. As an Avatar, a human mind in an alien body, he finds himself torn between two worlds, in a desperate fight for his own survival and that of the indigenous people.
More than ten years in the making, Avatar marks Cameron’s return to feature directing since helming 1997’s Titanic, the highest grossing film of all time and winner of eleven Oscars® including Best Picture. WETA Digital, renowned for its work in The Lord of the Rings Trilogy and King Kong, will incorporate new intuitive CGI technologies to transform the environments and characters into photorealistic 3D imagery that will transport the audience into the alien world rich with imaginative vistas, creatures and characters.
The film was written and directed by James Cameron and features performances by Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez, and Sigourney Weaver
Check back here for more information and developments on Avatar.