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Carolyn Giardina Hanno Basse — chief tecnology officer of AI tech developer Stability AI, whose board members include James Cameron — discussed his company’s work and the evolution of generative AI in filmmaking during this week’s HPA Tech Retreat, saying, “The ultimate goal is to make more movies.” Pointing to the years it can take to make a Hollywood movie such as Cameron’s blockbuster “Avatar” films, he said, “We heard this from a number of other filmmakers as well: ‘We wanted to make more films in the past, and the time it takes for us, that’s the problem.'” During his talk at the annual Palm Springs event, where AI took center stage, Basse weighed in on subjects such as data provenance and budgets, and spoke about progress being made in filmmaking, predicting that in “probably two years, we’re going to have very high performing open source foundation models.” Stability AI develops generative AI models for image, video, 3D, audio and language, including its flagship model, Stable Diffusion. “Our guiding principles, basically, are that generative AI needs to be part of the production process and not replace it,” Basse said, noting that Stability AI supports an “artist centric” approach and also a “task centric” approach, with some of its latest developments being 3D tools and a prototype for aspect ratio conversion.

“Titanic” revealed a heart-rending scene that was included in an early edit of the film, which was cut because it was too devastating.Alex Owens-Sarno, who portrayed the young third-class passenger Cora in the 1997 epic about the ill-fated ocean liner, spoke about the scene in the February 10 episode of the “After We Wrap” podcast.Owens-Sarno, now 36, told host Gabriella Ortiz that working on the Oscar-winning movie was “great” and shared memories from her time on set.One of the actress’ most well-known moments from the movie’s final version is when she dances with Leonardo DiCaprio during a lively party on the third-class deck. As DiCaprio’s character, Jack then goes to take a turn with Rose (Kate Winslet), he tells a jealous-looking Cora, “You’re still my best girl, Cora.”Despite already being an established star, Owens-Sarno didn’t initially know who DiCaprio was at the time.“Our first scene that we filmed was this scene that ended up getting cut, and when we went home that day, my mom was like, ‘Do you know who you were on camera with?’ and I was like, ‘Leo, my friend!’” she recalled.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor Zoe Saldaña has spent decades at the center of some of the biggest cinematic franchises in history. Yet, her recent Oscar nomination for “Emilia Pérez” has marked a new career chapter. From the motion-capture world of “Avatar” to the high-stakes battles of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Saldaña has built a legacy as an action star.

Carlos Aguilar The Ochi exist. Furry monkey-like creatures of an orange-hued pelt with pronounced ears and huge dark eyes, the Ochi could feel just at home in the “Star Wars” universe, James Cameron’s “Avatar” realm Pandora or in Amblin classics like the “Gremlins” series. They are not real in an organic sense, but the beings in “The Legend of Ochi” are tangible entities, sophisticated puppets crafted to inhabit the lush greenery of Carpathia, a fictional island in the Black Sea where modernity and tradition find themselves at a crossroads.

Josh Gad is looking back at auditioning for Avatar.

The return to Pandora — and its sweeping, bioluminescent seascapes — will not take as long as last time, director James Cameron assured, teasing that progress on his threequel is “well ahead of the curve.”

James Cameron has warned fans that the forthcoming Avatar: Fire And Ash might not be what they “signed up for”.The title for the third film in the franchise was announced last August and is set for release on December 19, following 2009’s Avatar and sequel Avatar: The Way Of Water, which was released in 2022.Speaking about the latest instalment, in a new interview with Empire magazine, Cameron said his goal isn’t to replicate what was done in the previous two films but instead to make “brave choices” that might not necessarily be expected.He said: “It’s a tricky thing. We could be getting high on our own supply here, and everybody who looks at it goes, ‘Fuck, that’s not what I signed up for.’ But if you’re not making brave choices, you’re wasting everybody’s time and money.

Jack Dunn Josh Gad almost landed a role in the 2009 sci-fi epic “Avatar,” but he didn’t quite have the physical archetype James Cameron was looking for. In his new memoir, “In Gad We Trust,” the “Frozen” actor recalls while desperate to find a reprieve from starring in “The 25th Annual Putman County Spelling Bee” on Broadway, he went out to audition for other TV and film roles.

a beyond-scrappy musical, whose ticket sales started out soft at a downtown comedy club before developing a cult following and moving to a much bigger house in Union Square. I was smitten early on. But little did I know that barely three years later, I’d also attend its 1,000th performance at the Daryl Roth Theatre, its West End bow in London and its debut down under in Sydney.

Alien: Romulus will be arriving on the Disney+ service on January 15, an official press release has revealed. The seventh instalment in the main Alien franchise was a hit at the box office, and featured highly in NME’s 20 Best Films of 2024.Directed by Fede Alvarez, Alien: Romulus’ story is set between the first two Alien films.

the Golden Globes matter? Meh. Some quick stats: Over the past 20 years, the winner of the Globe for motion picture – drama has gone on to capture the Oscar for Best Picture just six times.

After winning the Best Supporting Actress Film Golden Globe last night for Netflix’s Emilia Perez, Zoe Saldana revealed backstage that she received a text of congratulations from director James Cameron.

Katcy Stephan After winning her first Golden Globe for her performance in “Emilia Perez,” Zoe Saldaña is expressing gratitude for the filmmakers who have believed in her over the course of her career spanning 25 years. In the press room following the awards ceremony, Saldaña shared that she heard from “Avatar” director James Cameron following her big win. “I was sitting in the audience, and I received a message from James Cameron, who’s somewhere in New Zealand right now, cutting ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash.’ And he, after all these years, believes in me.

The domestic box office is bound to do around $9 billion in 2025, roughly $300 million more than 2024’s estimated final figure of $8.7 billion. If so, it will be the second time that U.S.-Canada ticket sales hit that threshold post-Covid after 2023’s domestic tally of $9 billion.

Carolyn Giardina “Gladiator II” producers Douglas Wick and Lucy Fisher will be presented with the Advanced Imaging Society‘s Harold Lloyd Award, Feb. 7 during the AIS Lumiere Awards luncheon at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Their credits also include Ridley Scott’s 2000 epic “Gladiator,” which won five Academy Awards including best picture.

Zoe Saldana weighed in on the future of two of her biggest projects in a new interview.

Christmas Day 2025 is bulking up in regards to product. In the wake of Lionsgate dating the Paul Feig directed Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried thriller, The Housemaid and A24 with their Timothee Chalamet ping-pong champ movie Marty Supreme, Sony is darting their reimagined comedy Anaconda starring Paul Rudd and Jack Black.

More counterprogramming for next year’s Christmas Day as A24 is opening their ping pong ball champ movie Marty Supreme starring Timothée Chalamet.

Zoe Saldaña, who is currently enjoying a high-profile awards season for her performance in Emilia Pérez, will be honoured with the Derek Malcolm Award for Innovation at the 45th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards in February, 2025.

The Terminator is one of the most beloved film franchises of all time, but is there a new entry in the series on the way? Read on to find out.The classic sci-fi/action movies began with James Cameron’s original The Terminator in 1984, which introduced the world of Skynet, an artificial intelligence that has initiated a nuclear apocalypse.Arnold Schwarzenegger’s titular cyborg assassin travels from the future on a mission to kill Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) to prevent her from giving birth to the future leader of the human resistance, John Connor.Cameron, who had only previously directed 1982’s Piranha II: The Spawning, co-wrote the film with Gale Anne Hurd, and based it on a fever dream he experienced. Made for a modest $6.4million (£5.1million), it was a major box office success, grossing $78million (£62million).Its success led to 1991’s Terminator 2: Judgment Day, often regarded as one of the greatest sequels of all time.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Zoe Saldaña recently spoke to The Independent about how the Oscars and other awards bodies struggle to look past all the digital wizardry that goes into her “Avatar” performances. Saldaña plays Neytiri via motion capture in the James Cameron-directed franchise.