Titanic

New Featurette for TITANIC 3D

by Adam Chitwood    Posted: November 22nd, 2011 at 12:52 pm

A new featurette for the release of Titanic 3D has been unveiled. Whether you’re a fan of the movie or not, it’s obvious that James Cameron has put an insane amount of work into making sure the 3D re-release is well worth your money. Sadly, this featurette doesn’t give us a look into the actual post-conversion process, but we do get to see a number of pristine looking scenes from the film intercut with Cameron speaking about the film. He explains that before they began with the 3D they went back and cleaned up the picture, so even if you go to see it in 2D it should be pretty damn good-looking.

Steve caught 18 minutes of the 3D footage and he raved about it being the best post-conversion he’s ever seen. The third act of the pic is some of the most intense 40 minutes put to film, so I’m looking forward to having a panic attack while almost drowning in IMAX 3D. Hit the jump to watch the featurette. Titanic 3D opens April 6th, 2012.

First Trailer for James Cameron’s TITANIC 3D

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: November 16th, 2011 at 10:55 am

Paramount has released a trailer for James Cameron’s 3D update of his 1997 film Titantic.  I think the verdict is in on this movie, and since the trailer is on my computer, I can’t really comment on the 3D.  However, I was reminded of how much I hate “My Heart Will Go On.”  Click here for what Steve though of the footage he saw last month.

Hit the jump to check out the trailer.  The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, Jonathan Hyde, Victor Garber, Bernard Hill, David Warner, Gloria Stuart, and Bill Paxton.  Titanic opens in 3D on April 6, 2012.  It will also be re-released in 2D.

New Posters for THE MUPPETS, YOUNG ADULT, and TITANTIC 3D

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: November 15th, 2011 at 12:05 pm

New posters have been released for The Muppets, Jason Reitman‘s Young Adult, and James Cameron‘s 3D re-release of Titanic.  The Muppets ads continue to parody other 2011 movies and this time the target is The Twilight Saga.  If Taylor Lautner was replaced by Rowlf, it would be a dramatic improvement for the series.  The new poster for Young Adult doesn’t hold a candle to the excellent teaser poster, but it does make Charlize Theron look almost as horrifying as she was in Monster.  Finally, I’m not sure why Paramount felt the need to bury Kate Winslet‘s face in Leonardo DiCaprio‘s chest.  The poster is also sorely lacking a sad Billy Zane in the background.

Hit the jump to check out the posters.  The Muppets opens November 23rd.  Young Adult opens in limited release on December 9th before going wide on December 16th.  Titantic opens in 2D and 3D on April 6, 2012.

Paramount Shows 18 Minutes of TITANIC 3D; Reaction and Video Blog Recap

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: October 28th, 2011 at 2:00 pm

When James Cameron first announced he’d be post converting Titanic for a 3D re-release in April 2012, I was a bit skeptical.  After all, I think most of us can agree that post converted movies are usually substandard to ones being shot in 3D, and since the movie is 15 years old, I figured it would be an insane challenge to get it right.  However, earlier today I visited Paramount in Hollywood and got to see about 18 minutes of the converted film on the big screen.  So what did I learn?

Never. Ever. Bet against James Cameron.

The footage I saw this morning left me speechless.  I’m not joking around when I say it’s the best post conversion I’ve ever seen and it looks like they originally shot it in 3D back in 1997.  In addition, Cameron told us before they post converted they created a new 4K master and did a full color correction and cleaned the film.  So even if you see the film in 2D or 3D in April, you will not believe how crystal clear the images are and how good the film looks.   However, before you start to think Cameron made any changes to the actual film, he told us they are not editing a single scene.  He’s not pulling a George Lucas.  Hit the jump for more.

Reactions to TITANIC 3D, TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY, SHERLOCK, and More at Empire Big Screen 2011

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: August 12th, 2011 at 9:16 am

Empire Big Screen is a bit like Comic-Con in that studios come by the show off footage from their new movies and the filmmakers come to talk up those films.  The festival is run by the good folks at the world’s best movie mag, Empire Magazine, so I approve.  Since we don’t have anyone at the event, we’ll be running quotes from other sites who are attending.  The first piece of news comes from Empire who spoke with Sherlock creator/writer Mark Gatiss.  Gatiss says they’re only about a week and a half away from wrapping production and that this season will be “The Woman, The Hound and The Fall” trilogy.  To be more specific, this year’s episodes will adapt the Sherlock Holmes stories “A Scandal in Bohemia”, “The Hound Of The Baskervilles”, and “The Final Problem”.  The second season of BBC’s Sherlock will premiere in early 2012.

Hit the jump for reactions to footage from Titanic 3D, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, and more.

James Cameron Shows First Footage of TITANIC 3D at CineEurope

by Adam Chitwood    Posted: June 28th, 2011 at 5:07 pm

James Cameron likes 3D. He spent years developing/inventing cameras in order to facilitate his vision for his first film since 1997’s box-office monster Titanic. That follow-up was Avatar and it toppled Titanic as the highest grossing film ever. Leading up to and following the release of Avatar, Cameron was everywhere trumpeting 3D as the most important thing for movies in the history of things. The 3D trend caught on, and now Cameron is back with that other worldwide hit Titanic, now in 3D.

The director has been working on converting Titanic to 3D for a while, and the film is poised to be rereleased in theaters April 6th, 2012. The post-conversion process has been painstakingly long, but at the international exhibitor event CineEurope Cameron premiered 15 minutes of a 3D converted Titanic. Hit the jump to see what he had to say.

James Cameron Talks About the AVATAR Series Arc and the Frustration of Converting TITANIC to 3D

by Brendan Bettinger    Posted: June 21st, 2011 at 8:11 pm

James Cameron and wife Suzy Amis were recently honored for their philanthropy at the Covenant House Gala in Los Angeles.  It has something to do with homeless youths, but more importantly, the event provided an opportunity to put a microphone to Cameron and ask him about the Avatar sequels and the 3D conversion in the works for Titanic.  Let’s start with Avatar:

“We’re shooting two films back-to-back, so I’m writing two scripts, not one, which will complete a free-film story arc — not really a trilogy, but just an overall character arc so I’m pretty excited about that.”

I first read this as a declaration, “Oh, we have no intention of stopping at Avatar 3.”  An alternate interpretation: Cameron’s current plans for the property end with Avatar 3, but the three movies are not necessarily linked by an arced plot structure centered on the characters we already know.  Instead, each movie is a chapter in Stories from Pandora.  Conveniently, the two interpretations are not mutually exclusive.  Surely more will be revealed in the years leading up to the release of Avatar 2 (December 2014) and Avatar 3 (December 2015).  In the meantime, Cameron has more to say after the jump.

TITANIC 3D to Hit Theaters on April 6, 2012

by Eytan Hirsch    Posted: May 19th, 2011 at 8:39 am

James Cameron’s Titanic is headed back to theaters April 6, 2012 in honor of the 100^th anniversary of the ocean liner’s historic maiden and final voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in April 1912.  But this time, when Leonardo Dicaprio and Kate Winslet set sail on the big screen, they’ll do it in 3D.

Written, directed and produced by Cameron, the film was first released in 1997 and collected 11 Oscars along the way, including Best Picture and Best Director.  As the movie that was both the domestic and worldwide box office champion for more than a decade (until another little Cameron film called Avatar came along), Titanic had one of the most remarkable runs in history.  Hopefully, Cameron’s post-conversion job will produce a far better product than other 3D efforts that Cameron has publicly slammed, such as Clash of the Titans and Piranha 3D.  Either way, I expect people to come out in droves to experience what is sure to be one of the most anticipated releases of next year.  Check out the full press release after the jump, which includes a statement from Cameron on the conversion.

James Cameron Talks 3D, TITANIC, T2, STAR WARS, AVATAR 2, and CLEOPATRA

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: October 19th, 2010 at 11:29 am

With the upcoming release of the Avatar special extended collector’s edition DVD and Blu-ray, James Cameron once again spoke about his landmark film along with his thoughts on 3D post-conversion, his 3D re-release of Titanic (and possible T2) George Lucas’ upcoming Star Wars 3D re-release, and an untitled Cleopatra movie (possibly starring Angelina Jolie).  Hit the jump for what Cameron had to say.

James Cameron Earns $350 Million from AVATAR

by Brendan Bettinger    Posted: July 9th, 2010 at 8:31 am

Avatar is the highest-grossing film of all time with $2.7 billion worldwide, and that doesn’t even factor in DVD/merchandise sales or the forthcoming theatrical re-release.  As a raw number, $350 million is an astoundingly high paycheck for writer/director James Cameron.  But as a percentage of the theatrical gross, 13% actually seems kinda reasonable.

Deadline reports that Cameron will score the massive payday thanks a savvily negotiated contract and DVD sales that performed “beyond expectation.”  The number more than triples his reported $97 million haul for the previous top-grosser Titanic, but even that number should increase after a 3D re-release in April 2012.  In case it wasn’t self-evident, an Avatar sequel is on the way: let’s see if Cameron can top $400 mil.

TITANIC 3D Coming in April 2012

by Brendan Bettinger    Posted: July 5th, 2010 at 8:31 pm

Last we heard, James Cameron and Fox were targeting the “spring of 2012″ to re-release Titanic in 3D.  Thanks to Ministry of Gossip [via /Film], we now know that the spring month in question is April.  The news was mentioned in a tribute to Gloria Stuart, who played “Old Rose” in the film and celebrated her 100th birthday on July 4th.  April 2012 marks a centennial anniversary of its own, as the RMS Titanic attempted to traverse the Atlantic from April 12-14, 1912.  In addition to the historical timing, the intended month of release (nearly two years away) gives Cameron and Co. plenty of time to perfect the finer details of the 3D conversion.

Notably, it was only this year that Cameron’s own Avatar finally toppled the 1997 disaster flick to become the highest grossing film of all time.  As such, the re-release should be a good litmus test for the 3D conversion of cinema’s live-action classics, both in their aesthetic appeal and financial viability.

I See You and We See an AVATAR Re-Release with Extra Footage, Two Possible Sequels, and TITANIC in 3D

by Germain Lussier    Posted: March 11th, 2010 at 10:44 pm

The King of the World himself, James Cameron, dropped a few bombshells in an interview with USA Today including plans for an Avatar re-release and a release date for Titanic 3D.

“We might be re-releasing [Avatar] this fall,” Cameron said.  “It’s kind of gotten stomped out (in theaters) because of Alice in Wonderland. The word we’re getting back from exhibitors is we probably left a couple of hundred million dollars on the table as a result. The question is the appetite still going to be there after the summer glut of movies. We’re going to assess that. We’re talking about maybe adding in additional footage and doing something creative.”

Hit the jump to read about some of that additional footage and to find out exactly when Titanic 3D is going to hit theaters.

Weekend Box Office – It’s Over. AVATAR Falls To DEAR JOHN with $32.4 Million

by Nicole Pedersen    Posted: February 7th, 2010 at 10:31 am

After seven weeks and over $630 million dollars, the Avatar-domination of the domestic box office has been brought to a close. And what title finally proved powerful enough to take down the most profitable film of all time? A romantic confection called Dear John.

	Title	Weekend	Total
1	Dear John	$32,400,000	$32.4
2	Avatar	$23,600,000	$630
3	From Paris w/Love	$8,120,000	$8.1
4	Edge of Darkness	$7,005,000	$29
5	Tooth Fairy	$6,500,000	$25.3
6	When in Rome	$5,504,000	$20.8
7	Book of Eli	$4,835,000	$82.1
8	Crazy Heart	$3,650,000	$11.1
9	Legion	$3,400,000	$34.6
10	Sherlock Holmes	$2,360,000	$201.5

AVATAR Officially Takes the Title of All-Time Highest Domestic Box Office Gross

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: February 3rd, 2010 at 1:06 pm

As of today, James Cameron’s Avatar is officially the highest-grossing domestic film in U.S. history.  The film had smashed past the worldwide record on January 25th and a week later became the first film to break a worldwide box office total of $2 billion.  Today, Avatar broke Titanic’s domestic box office record of $600.8 million by cashing in at $601.2 million in only 47 days.  Of course, there are other factors to consider such as the higher ticket price for a 3D screening and 3D IMAX screenings plus the rate of inflation.  Adjusted for inflation, Avatar has a long way to go to topple the $1.5 billion domestic box office of Gone with the Wind.  It also still has a ways to go to beat Titanic‘s inflated gross of $957 million.

But when you stop to consider that some people were saying how it would never make back its $500 million budget and would be considered a flop no matter what, it’s a stunning accomplishment.  Even more astonishing, the film has no signs of slowing down, especially after racking up nine Academy Award nominations yesterday.

AVATAR Becomes the First Film to Gross More Than $2 Billion Worldwide

by Brendan Bettinger    Posted: January 31st, 2010 at 1:21 pm

After winning its seventh weekend in a row with a $30 million take, the highest grossing seventh weekend ever, Avatar fulfilled its destiny in becoming the first film to ever exceed $2 billion worldwide.  The film has totaled $1.45 billion overseas and $594.5 million stateside, leaving it $6.3 million shy of Titanic‘s domestic record ($600.8 million); that record will be broken in the next couple days as well.  Avatar seems certain to win its next weekend against relatively light competition, and in doing so would become one of only ten films to win the box office crown for eight consecutive weekends:

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