{"id":33941,"date":"2009-10-20T21:39:15","date_gmt":"2009-10-21T02:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=33941"},"modified":"2009-10-20T21:41:52","modified_gmt":"2009-10-21T02:41:52","slug":"the-next-big-thing-from-weta-camerons-avatar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2009\/10\/20\/33941-the-next-big-thing-from-weta-camerons-avatar\/","title":{"rendered":"The next big thing from Weta: Cameron’s ‘Avatar’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"avatar\"Say whatever you wish about James Cameron or his movies (“Terminator 2,” “Aliens,” “Titanic” “The Abyss”) but he doesn’t play things safe. He showcased some 3-D footage of the upcoming “Avatar” (December 18) at this summer’s Comic-Con and then in one of the convention’s all-time highlights, took the stage with Peter Jackson to talk about technology, film and the future. Our friends at Weta have been heavily involved and will share some credit or blame for the success or failure of his latest, risky $230 million film. Dana Goodyear at The New Yorker has an excellent profile of the film director with a dose of Weta thrown in. Read it here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Say whatever you wish about James Cameron or his movies (“Terminator 2,” “Aliens,” “Titanic” “The Abyss”) but he…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[123,16,162,20,74,103,104],"tags":[312,407,165,516],"class_list":["post-33941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events-comiccon","category-events-conventions","category-events-screenings","category-new_zealand","category-jackson","category-production-weta-digital","category-production-weta-workshop","tag-avatar","tag-james-cameron","tag-peter-jackson","tag-weta"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t