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EXCLUSIVE: When Avengers: Endgame surpassed Avatar to claim the title of the highest-grossing film in history, it ended one of the most impressive reigns in the annals of screen entertainment: James Cameron, first with Titanic (1997) and then with Avatar (2009), had owned the top spot on the all-time chart for a…

UPDATE, 10:58 AM: Avatar director James Cameron paid tribute online earlier today to Avengers: Endgame moving past his Pandora epic this weekend to become the highest-grossing movie ever worldwide. Now Endgame directors the Russo Brothers have paid tribute back to the record-breaking Oscar winner with a powerfully…

Marvel boss Kevin Feige made it official Saturday at the studio’s Comic-Con panel, announcing Avengers: Endgame is clicking past Avatar‘s $2.7897 billion global box office this weekend to become the biggest film of all time. It took nine years for the record to fall, but it finally happened. There is currently a gap…

For close to a decade, it’s been an impossible task for any film trying to beat Avatar‘s mammoth all-time global box office record of $2.79 billion. In fact, it’s a box office feat filmmaker James Cameron actually had to top himself: Prior to Avatar, Cameron’s Titanic with a lifetime of $2.19B worldwide was the…

Marvel boss Kevin Feige announced to journos at a recent Spider-Man: Far From Home junket that Disney is putting Avengers: Endgame back in theaters on June 28 with a cut that has a new post credits scene, a tribute and a few surprises. Feige was specific that the new edition of the Russo Brothers-directed $2.74…

Jemaine Clement, the co-creator behind FX's new comedy series, What We Do in the Shadows, is the latest to join James Cameron’s Avatar films in the role of marine biologist Dr. Ian Garvin. “I've loved Jemaine's work for years and I'm really pumped that he's joining our cast as Ian Garvin, one of my favorite…

Following their $71 billion merger this past spring, Disney and Fox made some major changes and additions to its theatrical release schedule Tuesday — not just for the current year but all the way through 2027. The moves include adding three untitled Star Wars movies to the slate, and shifting Fox’s four Avatar…

Crazy Rich Asians and Star Trek: Discovery star Michelle Yeoh is set to play scientist Dr. Karina Mogue in James Cameron’s forthcoming Avatar movies at the now Disney owned 20th Century Fox. The news was announced on the official Avatar social channels. "Throughout her career, Michelle has always created unique and…

Australian actor Brendan Cowell has been added to the cast of James Cameron's Avatar pics, in which he’ll play Mick Scoresby, captain of a private sector large-scale marine hunting vessel on Pandora. The announcement was made this morning via the franchise’s official social channels. He’s slated to begin shooting the 2…

Four-time Emmy winner Edie Falco will play General Ardmore, the commander in charge of the RDA’s interests, in James Cameron’s upcoming Avatar sequels. It was just announced this morning by Cameron and producer Jon Landau on social media (see below). Last year, Falco was nominated for an Emmy for her performance as…

No one accumulates power without using it. So, as the Disney-Fox merger officially comes together in 2019, how concerned should studios and theater chains be about the new company’s combined 37% domestic box office share power? It’s already a Disney world, and we’re just living in it: The Burbank, CA-based studio…

This just in from Pandora: James Cameron says the Avatar sequels have reached a major milestone with the completion of all principal photography involving main cast members. In a video message, the director of the two highest-grossing films of all time (Avatar and Titanic) praised the ensemble of actors who have been…