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Fox offering Futurama, Simpsons, Avatar and Predators exclusives during Comic-Con 2010

Fox Consumer Products is bringing loads of collectible goodness to San Diego Comic-Con this year, by offering exclusive items based on its most popular TV shows and movie franchises. They will have a number of premium products for fanboys to brag about this year, including: Avatar – Mattel will be offering “The Final Battle” action ….

Universal Pictures to exclusively preview sci-fi thriller Skyline at San Diego Comic-Con 2010

Universal Pictures, Relativity Media, and Rogue Pictures will present an exclusive look at the sci-fi thriller Skyline, which is produced and directed by the Brothers Strause (Alien vs. Predator: Requiem), whose company Hydraulx has provided visual effects for Avatar, Iron Man 2, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and 300. In Skyline, strange lights descend ….

Paul W. S. Anderson, Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter and Prison Break’s Wentworth Miller to present Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D panel

Screen Gems will present a 3D preview of Resident Evil: Afterlife during San Diego Comic-Con 2010, with writer/director Paul W. S. Anderson, along with cast members Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, and Wentworth Miller, who will all be on hand to answer questions about making the film. In a world ravaged by a virus infection that ….

James Cameron’s Avatar confirmed to be re-released in IMAX 3D with brand new footage

IMAX and 20th Century Fox announced today that James Cameron’s sci-fi epic Avatar will be re-released in IMAX 3D on August 27, 2010 for a limited two-week engagement. The re-release of Avatar will include eight minutes of additional, never before seen footage, providing moviegoers with the opportunity to see the film again or experience it ….

Tron Legacy, Green Lantern, Cowboys & Aliens, Batman, Last Airbender, A-Team, Star Trek and more headline Vegas Licensing Expo

According to a report on THR, film studios will be squarely focused on tentpole franchises at next week’s Licensing International Expo, which will be celebrating its 30th anniversary. The Licensing International Expo runs from June 8th through the 10th, at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, and will feature attendees from the worlds ….

Resident Evil: Afterlife joins IMAX slate of big screen releases

IMAX and Sony Pictures today announced that Resident Evil: Afterlife will be released to digital IMAX theatres simultaneously with the film’s wide release on September 10, 2010. Resident Evil: Afterlife was photographed in 3D using the same equipment used to lens Avatar, will be digitally re-mastered into the image and sound quality of The IMAX ….

Could Avatar’s world ever exist?

Director James Cameron is about to find out. Fox Home Entertainment, in conjunction with The California Institute of Technology and Home Tree Initiative, will host a special presentation and panel about the science and technology behind cinema’s box office behemoth – Avatar. The discussion will include the film’s important environmental messaging and the Home Tree ….

Avatar IMAX 3D returning to theaters Earth Day through the weekend

Avatar in IMAX 3D is returning to AMC Theatres this weekend for a limited return engagement. In honor of Earth Day, Avatar will also be screening tomorrow night at a number of AMC Theatres. Visit amcentertainment.com for more information on the Avatar return engagement, participating theaters and screening times. To my knowledge, this Avatar return ….

Fox wants to turn you into a Na’vi to celebrate Avatar DVD release

To commemorate the launch of Avatar on Blu-ray and DVD, Fox Home Entertainment technology company Inwindow Outdoor, will unveil an interactive digital exhibition. The exhibition uses state-of-the-art facial recognition technology to morph shoppers’ faces in real time into the natives of Pandora, the Na’vi. The Avatar face-morphing exhibition is a large, freestanding structure that will ….