Next month’s AFI Awards will honor films including the “Avatar” sequel, “Top Gun: Maverick,” “Elvis” and popular television series like “Abbott Elementary,” “Better Call Saul” and “The White Lotus.”.

After off-screen drama threatened to consume Olivia Wilde’s “Don’t Worry Darling,” the Warner Bros.

Weta Digital, the Academy Award-winning visual effects company that made The Lord of the Rings and Avatar possible, is making original animated content for cinemas and streaming for the first time in its 25-year history. Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, the married filmmaking team behind The Lord of the Rings and majority stakeholders in the company, plan to write, produce and direct several of the projects for Weta Animated. Its also been one of the rare filmmaking companies that has been able to continue functioning safely throughout the pandemic. In addition to the Avatar sequels, Weta Digital is also working on Jungle Cruise and The Batman.Akkaraju co-founded SR Labs with Sean Parker, who recently invested in the company and joined the board as vice chairman. Im thrilled to be joining Peter, Fran and the extraordinary team at Weta as we enter into a hypergrowth stage with the launch of original content, Akkaraju said.

Facebook rolled out its Avatar feature to users in the US this week, after launching it last year in other countries. Similar to Snapchat's Bitmoji, the feature allows Facebook users to create a cartoon avatar of themselves. If you can't wait to try out the new feature, follow the steps below to create your own Facebook avatar. These screenshots were taken in the Facebook app on iOS, but the steps are similar in the Android version. Step 6: Now go through each section of hairstyle, hair color, face shape, eye shape and color, makeup, eyebrows, nose shape, facial hair, body shape, outfit, etc.

The "Avatar" director praises the film that broke his record, a "Fast & Furious" stuntman hurt, and music loses an icon.

On Saturday at Comic-Con 2019, Marvel Studios revealed that their star-studded film had surpassed Avatar, claiming the title of highest-grossing film of all time. The superhero extravaganza has racked up $2.79 billion at the global box office, according to Box Office Mojo. This achievement arrives after Endgame previous broke numerous records including becoming the first film to crack the billion-dollar benchmark on its opening weekend. The studio also shared new details on the standalone Black Widow film centering on Scarlett Johanssons badass character. Head here for loads more details from the Marvel Panel at Comic-Con 2019.

"Avengers: Endgame" is now the highest-grossing movie of all time. As of Friday, "Endgame" has grossed just over $2.789 billion around the world since its April 26 opening, according to Box Office Mojo. That's still several hundred thousand dollars behind Avatar's $2,789.7 billion, but "Endgame" will surpass that after the weekend box office is counted. In a statement, Disney Studios co-chairman and chief creative officer Alan Horn congratulated Marvel Studios and Disney for the film's success. "And thank you to the fans around the world who lifted 'Avengers: Endgame' to these historic heights," he added.