could face some legal scrutiny after it was revealed there were certain similarities between
, a film considered to be one of the lowest-grossing films in history. Here's the press release from Fathom Studios, which produced
.
In a landscape of sequels and remakes, one of the most expensive films in history,
Avatar, is being compared to a low-budget, independent, CG-animated feature,
Delgo, produced by Fathom Studios.
The much anticipated
Avatar trailer was released online last week and viewer traffic overwhelmed
Apple.com's trailer site. Almost immediately, reactions were posted on the internet with comments like "
Avatar =
Delgo," "
Avatar is Basically
Delgo II," and "The 7 Eeriest Parallels Between
Avatar and
Delgo."
USA Today's Pop Candy Blog, New York Magazine and even Huffington Post joined in the discussion circulating the web for the past several days associating James Cameron's new film,
Avatar, with the independently-produced, animated feature,
Delgo, which was released in theaters last year.
S.T. Vanairsdale of Movieline said, "James Cameron seems to have been influenced by some similar visuals and themes," going on to declare the two films share "uncanny parallels." WorstPreviews.com cited that the "characters and the universes of both films are almost identical." Online movie critic, JoBlo, said
Avatar and
Delgo were "undeniably similar," also noting that a side-by-side comparison of the two films was "pretty damn conclusive and practically warrant a likeness lawsuit from the lowest grossing movie ever to be filed against the director of the highest grossing movie ever."
Fathom Studios, the Atlanta-based production company behind
Delgo, was bombarded with emails as soon as the
Avatar trailer went live. A spokesperson for the studio said, "From what we have seen, we are amazed by the visual similarities between the two films and we are reviewing what legal options may be available to us."
Delgo is an independent film that took over a decade from conception to release. The initial proof-of-concept was available on
Delgo.com in 1998 with work-in-progress from the feature production accessible via the website's Digital Dailies since 2000 (http://www.delgo.com). According to The Hollywood Reporter,
Avatar began production in 2006 after a rewrite of the script.
Delgo was the first independently-produced CG animated feature made in the U.S. It was released on DVD on August 4th, 2009.
We'll be sure to keep you posted if any legal action does take place from Fathom Studios regarding these similarities.
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And you're shoved up your own ass with facts only you can find. No one gives a shit anymore, Ott.
And what the fuck is wrong with drawing inspiration from different sources? Avatar will blow minds. End of discussion.
And the person controlling Hollywood's might is called Nolan something ATM...
Cameron is second, then some delusional spielberg
I just see this as Cameron as ripped ideas/inspiration from a shit load of different sources...
I think his done a Tarantino on us
The reasons why you lot can't see these differences is because all you heads are either so far up Cameron's Arse you can see his career in his next life.
Stop looking at Avatar as an piece atsronomical 3d phenomenal masterpiece, look at it as a piece of film. Then comparise.
Either way one stole of the other and in this case it looks like Cameron stole of these guys, despite weather he is a great director and has a style or auteurism.
Despite the similarities and even Cameron stating Delgo's conceptual art as inspiration also looks bad on him
in his 1999 treatment he states that a upcoming film called Delgo was also an inspiration to writing his treatment for Avatar.
This makes perfect sense.
And I thought Avatar was Cameron's dream project; one that he's been working on for years, centuries, if I'm correct. Shouldn't he be suing the director and his little delgo?