John Landau

Exclusive: Producer John Landau talks AVATAR at Comic-Con

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: July 29th, 2009 at 9:19 pm

While talking to actors is always cool, if you want to find out any real information about a project you’ve got to speak with the director or the producer. After all, they’re the ones who make the big decisions. So when I got the opportunity to speak with “Avatar” producer John Landau at this year’s Comic-Con, I tried to find out as much information as I could about the film. Unfortunately, the man must have been trained by the NSA, as whenever I got close to finding out something like the running time, he just started to smile and said no comment.

But I might have stumbled on one new piece of info. As most of you know, the running time of “Watchmen” was dictated by IMAX technology. That’s because the IMAX projector literally couldn’t hold anymore film and that’s the reason director Zack Snyder had to lose almost 10 minutes before the film was released. So when I asked John Landau if “Avatar’s” running time would be the same as “Watchmen” as that’s all the projector can hold, he said it isn’t the same running time! Could it be that IMAX and James Cameron have found a way to make the projector hold more film!? Or perhaps he didn’t want to tell me the film is shorter than “Watchmen”. You can decide for yourself by watching the interview.

James Cameron’s AVATAR: 2009 San Diego Comic-Con Hall H Presentation

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: July 23rd, 2009 at 5:45 pm

This is it.  The “Twilight: New Moon” fans cleared out and I rushed to one of the front row seats which I was able to grab so I was basically four or five rows away from the screen.  The previous 3D footage I’d seen today was so incredible and now I was psyched to finally see what James Cameron had up his sleeve.

So does it live up to the impossible hype?  Will it redefine cinema as we know it?  Will it cure all the disease of the world and give us 1000 years of peace and prosperity?  And when will those of you who weren’t able to attend the presentation in Hall H be able to finally see the film for yourselves?  Hit the jump to find out.

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