What did Peter Jackson and James Cameron say at ComicCon as part of the Visionaries panel?
Peter Jackson has announced he’s planning his first-ever visit to Comic-Con next month. He’ll be there promoting the Jackson-produced District 9 (pictured). Oh and, by the way, James Cameron may be showing up to preview Avatar as well. Hard to believe that Mohammad has never come to this particular mountain before, but then, Jackson’s usually in the editing bay until the last minute, and it’s a long way from New Zealand to San Diego. “After all these years, I’m thrilled that I finally have the opportunity to visit San Diego for Comic-Con. I am especially excited that I am attending to support District 9,” Jackson said in a press release on Friday, which noted that the alien-internment thriller’s director Neill Blomkamp and star Sharito Copley would sit on a panel with him. “Neill is a tremendously talented young director and he’s made an extraordinary film, so it was important to me to come to San Diego to spread the word. I look forward to attending my first ever Comic-Con and I know
SAN DIEGO (CBS) ― Director/writer/producer Peter Jackson and director/writer/producer James Cameron speak during a panel discussion for Entertainment Weekly: The Visionaries at Comic-Con 2009 held at San Diego Convention Center on July 24, 2009, in San Diego, Calif. “Titanic.” “Lord of the Rings.” “Aliens.” “King Kong.” “The Terminator.” The men behind those movies, James Cameron and Peter Jackson, are among modern film’s special-effects kings, advancing technology in computer-generated imagery, motion-capture photography and 3-D. They met up at Comic Con Friday for an hourlong discussion moderated by Entertainment Weekly about the future of film, sharing details on their latest projects, their high-tech hopes and the undiminished allure of original, character-driven stories. The two filmmakers say they inspired each other. Cameron said it was the artistic use of “humanoid CG” in Jackson’s “Lord of the Rings” films that got him rolling on “Avatar,” set for release Dec. 18. Jackson has
The two directors talked about the future of movie special effects including motion-capture, digital effects, and 3-D. They were participating at ComicCon for the first time and spent an hour talking about the future of movies with Entertainment Weekly executive editor Jeff Giles. But while they talked about the future of films being shown on the large screen, they acknowledged the gravitation of consumers to watching movies on small screens like iPods, iPhones, and PSPs. “If people want to see movies on their iPod, I can’t do anything about it,” Jackson said. “But iPod movies are postcards of the film experience. They can’t compete with the theatrical movie experience.” Sources: http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2009/07/peter-jackson-james-cameron-comiccon.
