According to reports, director James "Terminator" Cameron is targeting summer 2008 for the release of 20th Century Fox's "Avatar".
Premise of "Avatar" aka Project 880, follows a disabled war veteran brought to another planet inhabited by a humanoid race hostile to Earth.
"Believe it or not, the shooting is a very small part of it," Cameron said.
"It's a very, very big project where the shooting is like a month and a half -- not really very much. There's just so much CG, and the visual effects are a huge component. A lot of it is performance capture...
"With performance capture, you're capturing exactly what the actor does and translating it to the CG character without the interpretation of animators...So it's not performance by committee, it's performance by the actor. I'm an absolute stickler about this, and I wanted to make a director-centric performance capture process...
"We're very active right now in terms of casting...We're not looking at anyone, we're looking at everyone. There are a number of characters that we can cast from that up-and-coming talent pool. They're not going to be well-known names -- until after the movie, hopefully...
"We may end up with stars in 'Avatar' but it's not a requirement..."
