TorrentFreak recently released their list of the top-ten most downloaded movies of all time:

The list below is based on statistics is gathered from public BitTorrent trackers, dating back to early 2006. As BitTorrent’s usage was only a fraction of what it is today in the years before, we expect the list below to cover all the most downloaded movies on BitTorrent.

Interesting, but not the most surprising list. All of them big-budget blockbusters that did well in theaters, except for poor Kick-Ass, which suffers the indignity of being the seventh most-pirated movie of all time despite getting beat out by Date Night in its second week in theaters. Also, probably my favorite movie on this list (I like pre-pubescent girls in wigs, sue me).

All in all, you can tell this list skews towards the tastes of the tech-savvy, 18-40 year old dudes computer-literate enough to know how to torrent. It’s an interesting comparison with Netflix’s all-time most rented, which, as of last year, were led by Crash (the crappy, white-guilt one, not the awesome Cronenberg movie where James Spader screws a chick’s leg scar). Crash has since been dropped down to number two, by… wait for it… The Blind Side. Oh, Sandra Bullock, is there anything you can’t teach black people to do? White folks sure are generous. You can see that list after the jump.

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"Eat my litter box, you dirty sky primate!"

Disney has announced a historic partnership with James Cameron and Jon Landau to bring Avatar-themed attractions to Disney theme parks. Which probably won’t be as much fun as, say, gay Avatar-themed sex parties, but will be fun for the whole family. NOBLE SAVAGES GET IN HALF-PRICE!

If the sign for Pandora-land isn’t in Papyrus font, there is no God.

The first themed “land” will be built at Disney World in Orlando, Florida, with construction expected to start by 2013.
The first Avatar attraction will be inside the Animal Kingdom park. Disney said this was chosen because “with its emphasis on living in harmony with nature, Animal Kingdom is a natural fit for the Avatar stories, which share the same philosophy.”

Yes, because nothing says “living in harmony with nature” like “Orlando, Florida.”

Or, as the Avatards on the Avatar forums put it, “The Na’vi are so pure in everything they do, valueing life to their utmost potential. i would so much rather leave this life style and world to live their ways in their world. I think it would be sad to see us humans currupt the Na’vi into the (sorry to say) monsters most humans have become.” [sic]

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"I love you, Mr. Jim, will you be my new Papa?"

You may remember late last year James Cameron visiting a group of tribes along the Xingu River in the Amazon basin (and if not, just look at the amazing pictures).  He’d been planning a documentary (in 3D, natch) on the tribes, following their struggle against a Brazilian dam project that would drown all their purple pterodactyl horses or whatever.  More bad news today, it sounds like Giovanni Ribisi just sunk his putt:

Brazil’s environment agency gave its definitive approval on Wednesday for construction of the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam, a controversial $17 billion project in the Amazon.
Government has said the 11,200-megawatt project, due to start producing electricity in 2015, is crucial to provide power to Brazil’s fast-growing economy. It will be the world’s third biggest hydroelectric dam after China’s Three Gorges and Itaipu on the border of Brazil and Paraguay.
Critics from singer Sting to Hollywood director James Cameron and environmental group Greenpeace have said the dam will damage the environment and harm thousands of people living in the region.
The 6-km-long (3.75-mile) dam will displace 30,000 river dwellers, partially dry up a 100-km (62-mile) stretch of the Xingu river, and flood large areas of forest and grass land. [Reuters]

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It’s the end of the week and I’m already drinking heavily.  Here’s what’s going on.

IGN debuted a couple new Thor posters, and, uh… they’re pretty boring, actually.

Everything’s comin’ up Firth.  It’s rumored that Colin Firth will be nominated for a knighthood, and every hack headline writer from here to Poughkeepsie is working it into a Firth-gets-demoted story.  From King to Knight!  Haha, good one, guys.   H-h-h-hilarious.  Anyway, he’s a great actor, but a knighthood? Remember when you used to have to wear metal on your back and kill people with a sword?  That was cool.  Nowadays you might as well just call all of them “Sir Famous Dude.” |EOnline|

Sirius XM is starting “Tiger Blood Radio”, an entire channel dedicated to Charlie Sheen.  “The station will be totally devoted to ‘breaking news, facts, fallout and career implications of the Charlie Sheen controversy,’ according to the statement.” It will now join the ranks of the 100 other Sirius stations no one listens to.  I’m surprised they didn’t already have one dedicated to actual tiger blood. |THR|

Avatar sequel will be set in underwater caves, says Michelle Rodriguez.  Wait, didn’t Michelle Rodriguez die in the first one?  Damn, she is hardcore and Latin.  I guess it’s true what they say about hardcore Latinas: they don’t die, they just get spicier. That’s pronounced SPICE-y… you know what, never mind. |THR|

Julianne Moore joining Robert DeNiro, Paul Dano, Olivia Thirlby for Another Bullsh*t Night in Suck City.  The adaptation of Nick Flynn’s memoir will be directed by Paul Weitz.  I haven’t read the book, but I saw Nick Flynn read an excerpt at a reading and it was really good.  And Paul Weitz directed Little Fockers, so he’s already pretty familiar with Suck City. |ThePlaylist|

Universal picks up Dirty Grandpa, from UCB performer John Phillips.  “Grandpa is an R-rated comedy centered on a recently widowed, sexually aggressive grandfather on a road trip with his strait-laced grandson.”  Sexually-aggressive old people, you say?  Is it too late to change it to Dirty Grandma and cast Betty White? Get it? It’s hilarious because she’s never heard of sex before, you patronizing f*cks. |THR|

There’s a new trailer for James Gunn’s Super:

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I want this picture above my mantle.

In between his busy schedule of discussing with his team of engineers (in a language he invented) how to make swimming in a pool of gold coins physically possible, James Cameron sat down to talk Avatar sequels with Entertainment Weekly.

Cameron tells EW, “I am in the process of writing the next two Avatar films now. We are planning to shoot them together and post them together, and we will probably release them not quite back to back, but about a year apart. Christmas ’14 and ’15 is the current plan.” Of course, it’s probably best to take those release dates with a grain of salt, since the first Avatar had several release dates before its December 2009 release. Still, now fans know that they’ll have to wait at least three more years for a return to Pandora.

Cameron also notes that we’ll see some familiar faces return. “Basically, if you survived the first film, you get to be in the second film, at least in some form,” say the director. One thing’s for sure: some percentage of the presumably-massive Avatar sequel gross will go to charity. “Fox has partnered with me to donate a chunk of the profits to environmental causes that are at the heart of the Avatar world,” says the director. “I didn’t want to make more Avatar movies without a grander plan in place.”

Cameron continued, “That grander plan? Steal Christmas. Now hear me out. I think the Grinch had some great ideas, but ultimately lacked the technological know-how to follow through. What I’m working on is a laser that runs on contrived, easily-predictable plotlines — a limitless resource in my production studios — that will chemically extract the Christmas spirit from innocent children and replace it with an undying desire to watch True Lies on loop ad infinitum. I will then use the profits from the royalties to purchase a mid-sized chunk of land, I’m thinking Manhattan, level it, and open a theme park based on Titanic. Everyday, I will fly in a new iceberg from the Artic, fill a 150%, historically accurate scale model of the ship with underprivileged children, and sink it for my enjoyment in a custom made tank. It’s been a dream of mine since childhood.”