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Avatar Sequel Trailer Debuts, Streaming July 25 on Paramount+
entertainment3 days ago

Avatar Sequel Trailer Debuts, Streaming July 25 on Paramount+

Paramount+ has released the trailer for Avatar: Aang: The Last Airbender, revealing a July 25 streaming date (no theatrical release). The long-awaited sequel follows adult Team Avatar, with Aang discovering another Airbender trapped in ice as they confront new enemies; the title was previously changed after an April leak. This film is the first of three planned movies, with an upcoming animated series Avatar: Seven Havens and the Netflix live‑action adaptation’s second season just released (third season greenlit).

via Engadget|
#avatar#entertainment#last-airbender
Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender Flies into July with First Trailer
entertainment3 days ago

Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender Flies into July with First Trailer

Paramount+ will globally stream the animated film Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender on July 25, moving up from an Oct. 9 theatrical release after a December 2025 streaming plan and an April leak; the project, produced by Avatar Studios, was also showcased with a first trailer and images. The film features Eric Nam as Aang, Dave Bautista as Tagah, Jessica Matten as Katara, Román Zaragoza as Sokka, Steven Yeun as Zuko, and Dionne Quan as Toph, and ties to Avatar Studios’ upcoming series Avatar: Seven Havens set for 2027, with San Diego Comic-Con appearances slated for promotion.

via Variety|
#avatar#avatar-studios#entertainment
Artemis II Science Continues on Earth After Lunar Flight
space1 month ago

Artemis II Science Continues on Earth After Lunar Flight

NASA reports Artemis II science is advancing post-splashdown, with crew health and performance testing, Earth-based gravity re-adaptation studies, immune biomarkers, and ARCHeR cognitive/motor assessments. AVATAR organ chips flown around the Moon (including bone marrow cells) are being analyzed alongside crew data to model spaceflight effects, while lunar observations and hundreds of data files—images, video, and audio—are prepared for release via NASA’s Planetary Data System to inform future Moon and Mars missions.

via NASA Science (.gov)|
#artemis-ii#avatar#nasa
Paramount Faces Crisis as Avatar Leak Points to Third-Party Hack
entertainment1 month ago

Paramount Faces Crisis as Avatar Leak Points to Third-Party Hack

A late-April leak released the full Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender movie, triggering a Paramount-led crisis and an investigation that points to a third-party screening firm, Vision Media, rather than the studio itself. A Singaporean 26-year-old, Devesh Logendran, was arrested as investigators examine possible vulnerabilities in Vision Media’s systems and credentials, highlighting risks in awards-screening pipelines and the potential impact on Paramount’s streaming rollout and future Avatar projects.

via The Hollywood Reporter|
#avatar#entertainment#hack
Indigenous Actress Alleges Avatar Likeness Theft by Cameron and Disney
entertainment2 months ago

Indigenous Actress Alleges Avatar Likeness Theft by Cameron and Disney

Indigenous actress Q’orianka Kilcher filed a California lawsuit accusing James Cameron and Disney of misappropriating her biometric likeness to create the Avatar character Neytiri without her consent or compensation, allegedly copying features from a Los Angeles Times photo and referencing Cameron’s remarks; Kilcher argues the case highlights identity rights in the AI era as the Avatar franchise continues to dominate globally.

via Rolling Stone|
#avatar#disney#entertainment
Indigenous actress sues Cameron over Avatar Neytiri likeness
culture2 months ago

Indigenous actress sues Cameron over Avatar Neytiri likeness

Indigenous actress Q'orianka Kilcher has filed a lawsuit accusing James Cameron of using her facial features—after seeing her in an LA Times ad for The New World—to design the Avatar character Neytiri without credit or compensation; she alleges Cameron directed his design team to exploit her biometric identity and seeks damages, disgorgement of profits, injunctive relief, and corrective public disclosure.

via Euronews.com|
#avatar#biometric-identity#culture
Indigenous Actress Alleges Avatar Face Was Created From Her Image Without Consent
entertainment2 months ago

Indigenous Actress Alleges Avatar Face Was Created From Her Image Without Consent

Indigenous actress Q’orianka Kilcher is suing James Cameron, alleging his team used her facial features to design Neytiri in Avatar without permission, tracing the inspiration to Kilcher after Cameron reportedly noted her in the 2006 film The New World; the suit calls this a theft of biometric identity and cultural heritage and cites anti-deepfake laws, seeking credit and compensation for the use of her image in a highly lucrative franchise.

via Vulture|
#avatar#entertainment#film
Indigenous Actress Alleges Cameron, Disney Commercialized Her Likeness in Avatar
entertainment2 months ago

Indigenous Actress Alleges Cameron, Disney Commercialized Her Likeness in Avatar

Actress Q’orianka Kilcher, who played Pocahontas in The New World, sues James Cameron and Disney, alleging they used her facial likeness—extracted from a published photo when she was 14—to design the Avatar character Neytiri, with production sketches, maquettes, and digital models distributed to VFX houses and used in posters, merchandise, and films without her consent; the suit, filed in California, also cites a deepfake statute and seeks damages, disgorgement of profits, and injunctive relief.

via Variety|
#avatar#disney#entertainment
Indigenous actress sues Cameron, alleging Neytiri was modeled on her face without permission
entertainment2 months ago

Indigenous actress sues Cameron, alleging Neytiri was modeled on her face without permission

Indigenous Peruvian actor Q’orianka Kilcher has filed a lawsuit against James Cameron and Disney, alleging Cameron used her facial features to design the Avatar character Neytiri without her consent after recognizing her in a 2005 LA Times ad. The suit claims Cameron directed his design team to extract Kilcher’s biometric identity for the franchise, citing a 2010 meeting in which he gave her a Neytiri sketch and a note. Kilcher learned of the direct use via a social-media clip and argues the production pipeline profited from her image without permission; Neytiri is portrayed by Zoe Saldaña.

via The Guardian|
#avatar#biometric-data#entertainment
Lawsuit alleges Neytiri design copied a 14-year-old actress’s face
entertainment2 months ago

Lawsuit alleges Neytiri design copied a 14-year-old actress’s face

A civil suit filed against James Cameron and Disney accuses Cameron of using the facial features of 14-year-old actress Q’orianka Kilcher as the foundation for the Avatar character Neytiri, via production sketches, maquettes, and digital models distributed to VFX vendors, without her consent or compensation. Kilcher only learned of the use after Cameron publicly acknowledged it; the complaint argues this constitutes exploitation of Indigenous youth and seeks damages, disgorgement of profits, injunctive relief, and corrective disclosure, while noting a California deepfake statute in support of the claim.

via NBC News|
#avatar#biometric-likeness#entertainment
Spaceballs: The New One Trailer Teases Star Wars and Avatar Spoofs in New Sequel
entertainment2 months ago

Spaceballs: The New One Trailer Teases Star Wars and Avatar Spoofs in New Sequel

Mel Brooks’ Spaceballs: The New One trailer debuted at CinemaCon, spoofing Star Wars, Avatar and other sci‑fi staples in a teaser for the long‑awaited sequel. The film reunites original stars Rick Moranis, Daphne Zuniga, Bill Pullman and Brooks (as Yogurt) with new cast members Josh Gad, Keke Palmer, Lewis Pullman, and Anthony Carrigan, directed by Josh Greenbaum from a Gad/Samit/Hernandez script. Release is set for April 23, 2027, with plot details being kept under wraps.

via Variety|
#avatar#cinemacon#entertainment
Artemis II’s Avatar organs aim to map cosmic health risks before astronauts reach deep space
science3 months ago

Artemis II’s Avatar organs aim to map cosmic health risks before astronauts reach deep space

NASA’s Artemis II carries USB-sized “avatar” organ chips made from astronauts’ bone marrow to simulate organs and study how space radiation and microgravity affect health. The AVATAR study seeks early, personalized health data from blood, saliva, sleep and immune biomarkers to tailor medical kits for long missions, while researchers track the RIDGE hazards of space travel to better prepare for future lunar and Mars exploration.

via CNN|
#artemis-ii#avatar#nasa
YouTube Shorts Debuts AI Avatars for Self-Cloned Videos
technology3 months ago

YouTube Shorts Debuts AI Avatars for Self-Cloned Videos

YouTube is rolling out an AI avatar feature for Shorts that lets creators record a live selfie to generate a digital version of themselves, which can be used in new clips or added to eligible Shorts; avatars must be used in the creator's own original videos, with remix controls and automatic deletion after three years if unused; all avatar content will be clearly labeled as AI-generated with watermarking like SynthID and C2PA; access is gradual, requiring 18+, an existing channel, and is part of Google's Gemini AI toolkit; it comes amid concerns about deepfakes and other AI-generated content.

via The Verge|
#ai#avatar#deepfake