Filmmaker James Cameron has chosen Ubisoft to handle the video game portion of his next project Avatar (formerly Project 880) that will be released alongside the feature film, according to The Hollywood Reporter.The project will be based around the movie's story about a former Marine, played by Sam Worthington, "who persists in an alien world as an avatar, a human mind in an alien body." Peter Jackson's WETA digital is helping with the film's visuals, which will reportedly also serve to aid in development of the game. We'd love to see how the game's visuals compare to the film.
Avatar is being planned for a May 2009 release, giving Ubisoft just under two years to transform the MMO-like story into a game (which likely won't be a proper MMO).
[Update: Clarified the MMO aspect of the film.]
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How many MMO are planned for the 2008/2009 in total?.
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Trivia: M. Night Shama... (I wont try to spell it) was fighting for the title "Avatar", because he's planning a trilogy live action films of Nickelodean's Avatar: The Last Airbender (which kicks ass). I guess he lost.
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Ah, good old Science Fiction Hall of Fame...
Nice job on reading the article - Ubisoft is NOT making the MMO for this game, just your basic run of the mill James Cameron's Avatar - The Official Game of the Movie ...
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As long as Cameron does NOT try to tie this in with an existing IP he is good to go. Don't get me wrong I love JC.
'The Abyss' really stands out in my mind as an epic film to make. All those underwater shots, heres to the hope thats the kind of dedication hes going to place on a game, not just his name.
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