It’s become an axiom in Hollywood today that the runaway budgets are making studios more and more risk-averse. Then again, 2009 has been a very strange year. Paramount spent $150 million on Star Trek, which not only was stigmatized as a very uncool show, but was dead in the water as a viable franchise....

In spite of the exaggeration of the title, James Cameron certainly does wonder very well. There are few films which utilize both sci-fi and fantasy, while keeping both genres pure. Most stories would rather mix and match elements of each to create a fusion. But Avatar violently veers between the two...

James Cameron has a lot riding on Avatar, it appears. There is always the possibility that he’ll be immolated by ardent critics if it doesn’t work out. Opinions, like mileage, may vary, and so it’s important to see the progress that’s being charted. In the feature below, via Coming...

“Avatar” is still several months away, but fans of the upcoming film can be satiated now through a new viral site, AVTR.com, which is dedicated to the “AVTR Program”. It contains information and images about many of the elements of the film, as well as social networking link through...

We’ve been covering James Cameron’s “Avatar” pretty heavily over at our sister site SciFiCool.com, and of course there’s nothing bigger this week than the release of the first-ever “Avatar” teaser trailer, which you can check out below and behold the …...

If it’s Comic Con, then it has to have sci-fi, right? Let’s start off with a couple of sci-fi at Comic Con related news, starting with James Cameron’s “Avatar”, sure to be one of the biggest panel at the con. A new poster for it, and information on the movie’s panel,...

Michael Bay’s “Transformers: ROTF” recently held its Japan premiere. Some pics from that event. That Megan Fox girl is purty. And for IMAX lovers, lucky you, because the “ROTF” IMAX will be longer, harder, and more metal. Anxious yet? No? Try these amusing audition clips,...

A couple of casting news in the world of sci-fi this previous week, including a couple of big ones and a couple of TV (smaller) ones that only people interested in those shows will care about. And of course, another Hollywood remake makes a big announcement, and this time it’s no flash in the pan....

Wow, finally something solid about James Cameron’s “Avatar” movie besides a bunch of casting announcements and the fact that this thing won’t be out until 2009? Yes! Or, maybe. This picture of the supposed concept art for the aliens in Cameron’s “Avatar” has...

And his name is Matt Gerald. Who? Matt Gerald, who will play the movie’s lead villain. He counts among his credits stints on the TV shows The Unit, Life, and one of the CSI shows. “Avatar’s” plot: In the future, Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), a paraplegic war veteran, is brought...

The cast of James Cameron’s sci-fi epic “Avatar” has grown by one, adding Giovanni Ribisi to the list of signees to boldly go where no one has gone — wait, this isn’t Star Trek. Nevermind. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Ribisi will play Selfridge, who is described...

James Cameron’s “Avatar” is really picking up steam, and if all goes well, will show up at your local multiplexes in 2009 with enough cutting edge CGI filmmaking to revolutionize the industry for years to come. Or, it could just be a really cool science fiction movie, and I’ll...

James Cameron’s “Avatar” is still worlds away, but that won’t stop geeks like myself from getting excited about it. The latest news on the film is that French gaming company Ubisoft will make a game for “Avatar” for a May 2009, when both the game and the movie will...