Make it rain, son.
After the Avatar trailer dropped yesterday, some sites mentioned that this approx. $300 million film which was touted as being like nothing we’ve ever seen nonetheless looked familiar. One writer, who saw the full-length teaser in a London theater, even compared it to Ferngully: The Last Rainforest. A couple of other sites made a particularly amusing comparison: Delgo, the worst bomb ever:
Now that the dust has settled on the weekend’s box office, Delgo (trailer here) has officially locked up the worst opening ever for a film in wide release. It opened on 2,160 screens, earning $511,920 for a per-screen average of $237 a screen, shattering the previous worst, P2, which had a $937 average.
Movieline did a thorough comparison of both movies (most likely an instance of parallel thinking and boilerplate scripting, although the script for Avatar was written five years earlier). They also, along with denihilation, provide some side-by-side photo comparisons (some of which are after the jump).
Below are 6 new pictures from Avatar (via ropeofsilicon). The excitement is palpable. Two guys with douchey haircuts fighting over who gets to use the tanning booth first! Giovanni Ribisi and Sigourney Weaver with their hands on their hips (meow)! Sam Worthington staring blankly! Michelle Rodriquez staring blankly while thinking about boobs (allegedly)!
A batch of new pictures of Dolph Lundgren on the set of The Expendables has just hit the web. I think you’ll agree that even at 51, the dude looks pretty good. And by that I mean he looks like Owen Wilson with acromegaly. Haha, just kidding Dolph, please don’t tear my arms off.
Also: If you’re sweatier than your stunt double, you’re doing it wrong.
Empire magazine has a feature on James Cameron’s Avatar this month, including this new picture of him on the set with a giant gun. I mean, I guess it’s a big gun. Whatever. I’ve seen bigger.
“It’s a movie about bullies,” Avatar star Sam Worthington told us on set. “The humans have come to tear into the Na’vi planet and strip-mine it. We’re telling a story that’s relevant now. It’s filled wtih typical James Cameron messages, especially technology overrunning us all, which is what nearly all his movies are about.
Yeah, but what’s James Cameron shooting at? I think I might have an idea:
We’re less than a month away from the G.I. Joe release and the promotion machine is kicking into high gear, probably hoping to squeeze every last dollar out of opening weekend before the inevitable 70% second-weekend drop. The picture above is from a batch of publicity stills that have been going around. Funny how you can tell a movie’s going to suck from a single frame. I see Dennis Quaid’s wearing his blue camo, in case of a sea assault, or maybe green would’ve clashed with his hat. And am I seeing little shiny things on his uniform? What are those, military-grade rhinestones? Ooh, look out! There’s a Borg behind you! And he’s got… a vest and a turtleneck!
