For fans of the “Terminator” franchise, the second film in the series is widely considered to be the best, in which Arnold Schwarzenegger’s killing-machine cyborg is programmed to protect John Connor, not kill him.
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“Avatar: The Way of Water” may have finally arrived in theatres in 2022, but that long parade of “Avatar” delays isn’t done, yet.
The Walt Disney Co. on Tuesday pushed the release of “Avatar 3” a year, bumping it from December 2024 to December 2025. The timeline is stretched even further for the next planned instalments. “Avatar 4” is now slated to hit theatres in December 2029; “Avatar 5” is set to arrive in December 2031.
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If those dates hold, the “Avatar” film series will have stretched across the first four decades of the century. Director James Cameron, who launched “Avatar” in 2009, has said he may not direct films 4 and 5. By December 2031, the 68-year-old Cameron would be 77. “Avatar” and “Avatar: The Way of Water” have collectively made more than $5.2 billion at the box office.
“Each ‘Avatar’ film is an exciting but epic undertaking that takes time to bring to the quality level we as filmmakers strive for and audiences have come to expect,” “Avatar” producer Jon Landau wrote on Twitter.
Disney on Tuesday shuffled plans for some of its biggest franchises. Two “Star Wars” film are planned for 2026. One was pushed from December 2025 to May 2026. Another was added for December 2026. The studio hasn’t announced details on either untitled production.
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The Marvel calendar was also remade Tuesday, as the studio continues to reshape its coming plans in its superhero kingdom. Most notably, “Avengers: Kang Dynasty” is being postponed from May 2025 to May 2026. That film, a pivotal
For fans of the “Terminator” franchise, the second film in the series is widely considered to be the best, in which Arnold Schwarzenegger’s killing-machine cyborg is programmed to protect John Connor, not kill him.
two-volume book published by Taschen, “Arnold.” The centerpiece of the sold-out evening was a wide-ranging conversation between he and the book’s editor, Dian Hanson, followed by a 3D screening of the film. Today, the actor, activists and former California governor credits Cameron with coming up with the “brilliant idea” of having his Terminator be a protector instead of an assassin in his 1991 sequel. But he corroborated Wednesday previous interviews with Cameron (and expanded on revelations he shared in his Netflix documentary, “Arnold”), saying that at first, he was frustrated with the plot twist.
Lew Palter, who played businessman Isidor Straus in James Cameron’s 1997 epic "Titanic," has died. He was 94 years old. Along with his acting career, which included roles on "Hill Street Blues" and "The Flying Nun" and extensive theater work, Palter was a longtime acting teacher at CalArts in Santa Clarita, California. "It is with great sadness that I share the news that longtime School of Theater faculty Lew Palter has passed away," Travis Preston, the dean of CalArts’ School of Theater, said in a statement to Fox News Digital.
Bill Paxton feared the Titanic submersible dives. In the wake of the Titanic tourist submersible tragedy, ET is looking back at its interview with the late actor back in 2003, when he admitted that he was nervous about going deep down in the ocean to see the wreckage of the famed ship.The actor, who starred in as Brock Lovett, spoke to ET ahead of the premiere of, the documentary in which director James Cameron discussed his inspiration for the film and took several people, including Paxton, on an unscripted tour of the famous wreckage.«Each dive, I had to kind of look myself in the mirror and go 'OK, are you ready for this?'» Paxton, who died in 2017, told ET at the time.
Titanic, has died at the age of 94.Palter had lung cancer and died at his home in LA on May 21, it has been confirmed [via Metro].The actor had a brief, but memorable scene in James Cameron’s 1997 film in which he’s seen cradling his wife, Ida, in bed as the doomed 19th century ship sinks.The New York-born actor is also remembered for playing Associate Justice Benjamin Halperin opposite Walter Matthau and Jill Clayburgh in the 1981 Supreme Court dramedy First Monday In October.He also worked as a professor at the CalArts School of Theatre, tutoring students who would go on to achieve fame including Academy Award nominees Don Cheadle and Ed Harris, and Emmy nominee Cecily Strong.not so fun fact: king princess' great great grandparents, ida and isidor straus, died on the titanic pic.twitter.com/qLZakiIzOl— aquaaatica
«catastrophic implosion,» there was enthusiasm around the world after the ocean explorer provided the first photos and footage of the Titanic’s underwater grave. Speaking with ET in 1987, the Navy vet summed up his initial reaction to finding the Titanic in one word: «Relief.»«I had been pursuing that ship for 13 years,» he explained. «It was like this big piece of pressure came off my back and I was glad.»After uncovering the ship via cameras that combed the ocean floor, Ballard and his team of researchers performed multiple five-hour roundtrip dives to the Titanic the following year. «It was a pretty tough commute,» he remembered, saying that their vessel was «a very cold, cramped elevator» surrounded by 6,000 pounds of pressure that amounted to «a Cadillac car on every square inch of you.»Of course, those dangerous voyages yielded the world’s first look at the Titanic since it struck an iceberg on April 14, 1912 and 1,500 people died when it sank within hours early the next morning. «It's a very peaceful site, actually.
on Monday by his daughter, Catherine Palter.Palter is best known for his role in James Cameron's in which he played Isidor Straus, the real-life business magnate and co-owner of Macy's who died aboard the ship with his wife, Ida — a role played by Elsa Raven, who died in November 2020.Notably, the Strauses — who were among the wealthiest passengers to die aboard Titanic — are the great-great-grandparents of Wendy Rush, the wife of OceanGate Expeditions CEO Stockton Rush, who died aboard the Titan submersible last week, during a dive to the Titanic wreckage.Apart from his role in, Palter had small roles in a slew of TV shows and films throughout his long acting career, which began in 1967. He frequently played judges in different projects, including First Monday in October, and others.He largely retired from film and TV acting after his role in but was an acclaimed instructor at CalArts School of Theater, where he worked as a mentor, teacher and director from 1971 until his retirement in 2013.Among his thousands of past students, Palter worked with and mentored celebrated actors including alum Cecily Strong and Oscar nominees Don Cheadle and Ed Harris.Palter — whose wife of 64 years, Nancy Vawter, died in November 2020 — is survived by their daughter, as well as three grandchildren.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director Among the handful of new titles arriving on Netflix on July 1 is James Cameron’s “Titanic,” an addition that is rubbing some people the wrong way given last week’s tragedy aboard the OceanGate Titan submersible. Five members traveling inside the Titan were killed when the submersible imploded while en route to visit the wreckage of the Titanic in the Atlantic Ocean. Some users on social media have criticized Netflix for bringing Cameron’s “Titanic” to the streaming platform so soon after the submersible tragedy. As one user wrote, “Netflix is overstepping the boundaries of decency on this timing.” Many people are accusing the streamer of attempting to capitalize on the Titan deaths by adding “Titanic” to its library.
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James Cameron has a great deal of experience with the difficult and potentially dangerous process of such an adventure.The wreckage site has once again gripped the public's attention after OceanGate Expeditions' tourist submersible, Titan, went missing on June 18 while carrying five passengers during a dive down to the Titanic's final resting place. Five days later, Rear Admiral John Mauger, the commander of the U.S.
alanxelmundo that’s now making the rounds online, he paraphrases Gen. Douglas MacArthur, enthusing that “you’re remembered for the rules you break.”Of course, the executive had no way of knowing the sad irony to this proclamation, as OceanGate’s tragic Titanic submersible implosion — an accident that killed its five occupants, including Rush, the Coast Guard said Thursday — brought his company’s cost-cutting, certification-dodging innovations under renewed scrutiny.
Titanic director James Cameron has claimed he knew the missing OceanGate submersile had imploded and its occupants were dead on Monday.
James Cameron is speaking out following the tragic news regarding the 21-foot submersible, Titan, that was carrying five men on a dive to explore the wreckage site of the Titanic.On Thursday, Rear Admiral John Mauger, the commander of the U.S. Coast Guard, announced that all aboard are presumed «dead» following a «catastrophic implosion.»Cameron, who directed -- based on the 1912 accident that sunk the cruise liner — and has taken 33 trips to the scene of the wreckage himself, spoke about the submersible's final voyage.«A number of the top players in the deep submergence engineering community even wrote letters to the company, saying that what they were doing was too experimental to carry passengers and that it needed to be certified,» Cameron told ABC News during an interview about the precautions that came ahead of the mission. ‘Titanic’ director James Cameron on the ‘catastrophic implosion’ of Titan submersible: “I’m struck by the similarity of the Titanic disaster itself, where the captain was repeatedly warned about ice ahead of his ship and yet he steamed at full speed into an ice field." pic.twitter.com/vO8JkCXS5fThe Canadian filmmaker shared that he saw similarities between the fate of the submersible and the doomed ocean liner.«I’m struck by the similarity of the Titanic disaster itself, where the captain was repeatedly warned about ice ahead of his ship, and yet he steamed at full speed into an ice field on a moonless night and many people died as a result,» he said.
Coast Guard officials found debris on the ocean floor consistent with an imploson.“I’m struck by the similarity of the Titanic disaster itself, where the captain was repeatedly warned about ice ahead of his ship yet he steamed at full speed into an ice field on a moonless night and many people died as a result,” Cameron said in a video interview on ABC News, which you can watch below. “And for a very similar tragedy where warnings went unheeded, to take place at the exact site with all the diving that’s going on all around the world, I think it’s just astonishing, it’s really quite surreal.”‘Titanic’ director James Cameron on the ‘catastrophic implosion’ of Titan submersible: “I’m struck by the similarity of the Titanic disaster itself, where the captain was repeatedly warned about ice ahead of his ship and yet he steamed at full speed into an ice field." pic.twitter.com/vO8JkCXS5fCameron has made 33 dives to the Titanic wreckage site.
Disney was the final studio to present here at CineEurope in Barcelona, highlighting 17 upcoming films and bringing A Haunting in Venice star/director Kenneth Branagh to town, as well as a live performance of “This Wish” from animated adventure Wish which releases in November.
Billy Ray is back for the sixth installment of Strike Talk, a podcast that began with the start of the Writers Guild standoff. Falling on the 50th day of the strike, this episode is groundbreaking, in a Stanley Kubrick 2001: A Space Odyssey‘s HAL meets James Cameron’s The Terminator kind of way. As he will explain in the podcast, Ray was able to make it so that he could have a back and forth verbal conversation with the AI that is a major bone of contention for the WGA in its dispute with AMPTP signatories. While the voice of AI seems amiable enough, it makes clear that as its technology and learning abilities become more sophisticated, fears that it could be used to lessen the number of writers coming up in the creative ecosystem by the use of cost-effective technology is validated in technicolor. Below-the-liners, writers and actors and even studio heads are expendable. Ray, who wrote the classic ‘I am the captain now’ line in Captain Phillips, unveils a new and potentially scarier skipper here, one that might give studio chiefs pause to consider what they’re unleashing to save a few bucks. Click below to listen.
Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba and Ariana Grande as Glinda, Universal’s musical fantasy will drop on November 26, 2025. Why the date change? Well, would you want to open against “Avatar 3 if you don’t have to”? This is the first bit of musical chairs to come after the Walt Disney Company announced a slew of new dates last week, including moving “Avatar 3” back a year to December 2025, moving the next two “Avengers” films each back a year to May 2026 and 2027 and slotting two “Star Wars” films for May 2026 and December 2026.
Zoe Saldaña knows what time it is.
Avatar: The Way Of Water, Disney has announced that the next three films in James Cameron‘s epic sci-fi franchise have been delayed.Per a report from Variety, Disney has pushed back the third Avatar film by a full year from December 2024 to December 2025. As a result, the two following films in the sci-fi franchise have also delayed by three years to 2029 and 2031 respectively.That means the final film in the Avatar franchise is set to premiere a whopping 22 years after the original 2009 film’s debut.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director When James Cameron’s fifth “Avatar” movie opens in theaters in 2031, Zoe Saldaña will end a whopping 26-year journey playing the Na’vi warrior and devoted mother Neytiri. How’s that for character longevity? Disney announced June 13 that Cameron’s three upcoming “Avatar” sequels have been pushed back on the release calendar yet again, extending the franchise into 2031. “Great! I’m gonna be 53 when the last ‘Avatar’ comes out,” Saldaña humorously posted on her Instagram alongside a shocked face emoji. “I was 27 when I shot the very first ‘Avatar.'” Saldaña’s co-star Sam Worthington, who stars as Jake Sully in the franchise, will be 55 years old when the final “Avatar” movie hits theaters. Cameron will be 77 years old.