The story appears on

Page A4

April 22, 2012

GET this page in PDF

Free for subscribers

View shopping cart

Related News

HomeNation

Cameron 3-D for Sun Tzu film

JAMES Cameron's 3-D team, behind the worldwide success of 2009 sci-fi blockbuster "Avatar," is being tapped to assist in shooting "The Art of War," a film about ancient Chinese strategist and philosopher Sun Tzu.

The planned collaboration was revealed yesterday by organizers of the 2nd Beijing International Film Festival. An agreement is expected to be signed when Cameron attends the festival, which runs from tomorrow until Saturday.

Cameron's team is expected to provide technical support to the 3-D shooting. Other details were not disclosed.

According to previous reports, "The Art of War," produced by an international team, is estimated to have a budget of between US$80 million and US$100 million.

At the festival, Cameron will speak on a forum and talk with Chinese filmmakers on other cooperation plans, the organizers said. Other speakers at the forum, themed "Chinese-foreign cooperation on film production," include James Gianopulos, chairman of Fox Filmed Entertainment, and Simon Philips, CEO of Walt Marvel Entertainment, a Walt Disney subsidiary.

Also attending are Keanu Reeves, South Korean actor So Ji-sub and many Chinese local celebrities.

Cameron is coming to Beijing at a time when the 3-D release of the 1997 classic "Titanic" is set to break box office records. The film grossed an unprecedented US$67 million in China in six days after opening on April 10. In comparison, the movie took US$36 million in its first 10 days in North America.

Observers expect the 3-D "Titanic" to earn even more during the May Day holiday to eventually break the US$222 million record set by "Avatar."




 

Copyright 漏 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.

娌叕缃戝畨澶 31010602000204鍙

Email this to your friend