Avator Movie To "Blow You To The Back Wall Of The Theatre"

Well that was Cameron's comments about his new movie called "Avator" which started filming in New Zealand (again) recently and will star Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver and Giovanni Ribisi.

He Told The Hollywood Reporter that his goal is to "o rekindle those amazing mystical moments my generation felt when we first saw '2001: A Space Odyssey,' or the next generation's 'Star Wars.' It took me 10 years to find something hard enough to be interesting."

If you want to read more go to the Science Fiction & Fantasy Media website.

The BFI IMAX London

The BFI IMAX cinema is a 477-seater, all singing, all-dancing cinema on the South Bank in London and came about because of £15 million of funding froming from the Arts Council of England's Lottery Fund.

The screen is the largest in the country at 20 meters high and 26 meters high. IT also has a 11,600-watt digital surround-sound system.

Find out more about the BFI IMAX here.

Win tickets to Sharks 3D at the Science Museum

Scare yourself silly watching a 3D film of sharks at the Science Museum for free.

The Science Museum IMAX 3D Cinema and This Is Local London have teamed up to give away four family passes to see Sharks 3D.

With astonishing 3D effects which allow amazing up-close encounters with this ultimate predator, Sharks 3D provides an unforgettable experience.

Visit www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/imax for more information.

World's first 3D digital cinema advert

A graphic design and animation studio company called BUG have created the world's first digital 3D cinema advert fro Mitsubishi's new range of cars D Cinema Today reports.

Digital 3D is viewed as the next major step forward in cinema technology and follows on from the release of Disney's "Chicken Little" in the new stereoscopic digital format which doesn't require the red-blue glasses or the large IMAX-style glasses.

At the NAB conference in Las Vegas this year 'Titanic' director James Cameron predicted that Digital 3D would be the saviour of cinema with most major blockbusters released by the Hollywood studios in digital 3D.

Directors George Lucas and Peter Jackson have also announced plans to re-release the 'Star Wars' and 'Lord of the Rings' trilogies in stereoscopically re-rendered digital 3D versions within a few years.

3D Cinema Resources

Here we'll link to sites that have useful information about 3D Cinema.