/Film have the first official photo of James Cameron's upcoming Avatar (see above). The 3D sci-fi epic isn't due for release until 18 December in the US, but there's a special "Avatar Day" on 21 August where they'll be showing 15-minutes of footage and releasing the trailer. Exciting! The LA Times also have a nice, short interview with the writer-director:
"We aren't going to get prejudged like Watchmen or even a Batman or Spider-Man movie because you don't have all that history and that huge, brand-based mythology that you have to live up to. We aren't going to piss anybody off because they don't know what this thing is. Nobody read the novel, nobody read the graphic novel, we're not going to be playing against expectation. They aren't going to be viewing us as a disappointment or letdown before the movie even starts. This is a doorway and they don’t know what's on the other side. We're going to open it for them." Continue reading...
