“Avatar” star Sam Worthington will be playing the title role in the film adaptation of “Dan Dare.” Warner Bros. recently closed a deal for the feature rights to the British property. The character, created by Frank Hampson, first appeared as a comic in 1950 and centered on a gallant chief pilot of the Interplanet Space Fleet. The story took place in the ’90s, with Dare exploring planets presumed to have extraterrestrial life. “Dan Dare” was later adapted for radio and television. Worthington has been attached to the project for several months. Basil Iwanyk, who worked with Worthington on “Clash of the Titans,” will produce the project under his Thunder Road banner.

Following Walt Disney Animation Studio’s groundbreaking deal to license Nuke compositing software from The Foundry, the two companies have struck a more far-reaching agreement that marks the first time the Mouse House has licensed its proprietary animation software to an outside company. Parts of the Mouse’s Paint3D software will be incorporated into Mari, the Foundry’s off-the-shelf texture painting tool. Mari was originally developed by Weta Digital and has been used on “Avatar” and “District 9,” among other pics. The Walt Disney Animation Studios technology group will be part of a Mari steering committee.

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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 [...]

Here’s the first TV spot of the upcoming Avatar Special Edition. It includes some very brief shots from some of the new scenes, enjoy.

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 [...]

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 [...]

Get ready to return to Pandora. James Cameron’s “Avatar” will be returning to movie theaters in August. The re-release will feature eight minutes of never-before-seen footage, exclusively in Digital 3-D and IMAX 3-D. Since the initial release of “Avatar” back in December, the number of Digital 3-D projectors and screens has exploded, and those who missed the film in 3-D during its first round will have a chance to catch it in the format Cameron intended. The top-grossing movie of all time, “Avatar” earned over $2.7 billion in worldwide box office. It is also the best-selling Blu-ray disc of all time. It returns to theaters on Aug. 27.

"Avatar: Special Edition," which includes an additional eight minutes of unseen footage, will be released in U.S. theaters on Aug. 27, marking the big-screen return of the top moneymaker in Hollywood history.

The film will only be screened in Digital 3D or IMAX 3D. Director and writer James Cameron, in a statement, said the expanded-edition revival of the film is a response to fan demand for another big-screen return to the jungle moon of Pandora.

Do you want to see Avatar one more time at the movies? Do you want to see 8 minutes of never before seen footage? Well, then you’re in luck, Avatar is back at the movies August 27.

On August 27, return to Pandora and re-experience James Cameron’s History-Making Epic film, with more than Eight Minutes of Never Before Seen Footage- exclusively in Digital 3D and IMAX® 3D. Since – and largely as of result of – AVATAR’s release last December, the number of available digital 3D screens has exploded, and moviegoers who missed experiencing the film in 3D, as well as fans that want to return to Pandora again, will now have that opportunity.

Radical Studios is teaming up with “Avatar” star Sam Worthington and his newly formed company Full Clip Prods. on an imprint deal to create and develop intellectual property that would be published with an eye toward screen adaptations. Michael Schwarz and John Schwarz are partners with Worthington in Full Clip, and Worthington and John Schwarz would star in select projects. The first project out of the gate is “Damaged,” which, according to the companies, “centers on two brothers committed to justice in different ways — one inside the law, one violently beyond it.” John Schwarz and Michael Schwarz created the concept, and David Lapham, the writer-artist behind comics including “Stray Bullets,” is writing the graphic novel.