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20th Century Fox presents the full trailer for James Cameron's newest science fiction adventure, Avatar! This is the trailer that has been playing in theaters, and is now available online! Check it out below!

The highly anticipated film stars Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez, Giovanni Ribisi, Joel David Moore, CCH Pounder, Peter Mensah, Laz Alonso, Wes Studi, Stephen Lang and Matt Gerald.

I personally like how the studio felt it necessary to list just about every film James Cameron has made, as if "the director of Aliens" or "Titanic" wouldn't have sufficed. I know it's been 12 years since we've seen his name on a marquee, but really? At least the movie looks cooler and cooler each time I see something new from it. As you may remember, I had mixed feelings about the Comic-Con preview footage. 

One thing I haven't changed my opinion about is the cheesy font they've used for the main title... 

Avatar opens in conventional 3-D and Imax 3-D theaters on December 18th, 2009.

December is right around the corner, which means James Cameron is putting the finishing touches on his latest opus, Avatar.

Take a look at some newly released images from the film! Click on the thumbnails for larger versions, and view even more pictures from the film in our Avatar photo gallery.

Avatar, which has been in the making for over 10 years, will be Cameron's first feature film since 1997's Titanic.

Avatar is set during the 22nd century on a small moon called Pandora, which orbits a gas giant, and is inhabited by the tribal Na'vi, ten foot blue humanoids that are peaceful unless attacked. Humans cannot breathe Pandoran air, so they genetically engineer human/Na'vi hybrids known as Avatars that can be controlled via a mental link. A paralyzed Marine named Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) volunteers to exist as an Avatar on Pandora, falling in love with a Na'vi princess and becoming caught up in the conflict between her people and the human military that is consuming their world.

The film has been shot with a new 3-D camera system that Cameron has developed, and will be shown in Imax 3-D, where available.

Avatar hits theaters on December 18.

After an exhausting journey to geek central, Rupert Pupkin has seen Comic-Con 2009's much-ballyhooed feature attraction:

About 20 minutes of James Cameron's much-ballyhooed new film Avatar, in 3-D! See what he has to say in his Avatar Comic-Con Preview Footage Review!

Earlier this week, we posted the first official Avatar trailer, as excitement over this James Cameron movie is truly starting to build.

Today, we present a couple screen shots from the film.

In it, Jake is a paraplegic war veteran. He's brought to another planet that's inhabited by the Na'vi, a humanoid race with their own language and culture. Humans from Earth find themselves at odds with this local culture.

Click on the pics below to enlarge images from the movie:

On December 18, movie fans will be introduced to Avatar, James Cameron's latest adventure... in 3D!

The film stars Sam Worthington and is focused on a group of people that are pitted in a battle against a distant planet's indigenous population.

Below is the flick's first official trailer:

On December 18, movie goers will be introduced to Jamers Cameron's next project, Avatar.

The latest poster released on behalf of the film features Na'vi, a character played by Zoe Saldana.

Avatar tells the tale of an ex-Marine that finds himself thrust into hostilities on an alien planet.

As a human mind in an alien body, he's torn between two worlds, and is engaged in a fight for his own survival, along with that of the indigenous people.

Movie fans have over a year to wait until James Cameron releases Avatar.

But when the sci-fi adventure comes out on December 18, 2009, it will open in IMAX3D and conventional 3D theaters.

"Our goal with Avatar is to revolutionize live-action 3D moviemaking, and I have no doubt that it will look and sound incredible in IMAX 3D," said Cameron. "The larger field of view and powerful surround sound of an IMAX® theatre will completely immerse the audience in a way that cannot be experienced anywhere else."

"We are delighted to be releasing Avatar in all available theatrical formats, and by including the premium IMAX 3D format, we can give consumers the entire spectrum of choice at the box office," added Bruce Snyder, President, Domestic Distribution, Twentieth Century Fox.

"The IMAX theatre network is increasingly becoming an important part of our distribution strategy, as it continues to expand with its new digital projection system."

Earlier this week, James Cameron was interviewed on CBC's The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos. The director was profile and discussed and the film Avatar, set to open on December 18, 2009. Yes, 2009.

The science-fiction film tells the story of an ex-Marine, foruced into an effort to settle and exploit an exotic planet rich in bio-diversity. He eventually crosses over to lead the indigenous race in a battle for survival.

Watch the interview below:

Simply put, James Cameron told The Hollywood Reporter that Avatar "is the most challenging film I've ever made."

Entourage fans that saw how much Cameron and Vince Chase went through on Aquaman might disagree; but we digress.

The Oscar-winning director points to the film's budget of 60% CG animation and 40% live action as the reason for its challenge.

Still, when it comes to Avatar, the innovative filmmaker and digital 3-D pioneer and champion has never shifted his emphasis from storytelling.

"You have to make a good film that would be a good film under any circumstances," he said. "You have to put the narrative first. The reality is no matter how many (3-D) screens we get, you are still going to have a large number of people - possibly the majority of people - who see the film in a 2-D environment."

James Cameron is not known for being modest. Upon winning Best Director at the Academy Awards, he recited a Titanic quote and announced: I'm the king of the world!

Therefore, it came as no surprise this week when, at Microsoft Advance '08, the director hyped up his highly-anticipated Avatar, which opens on December 18, 2009.

"Avatar will make people truly experience something," said Cameron. "One more layer of the suspension of disbelief will be removed. All the syn-thespians are photo-realistic. Now that we've achieved it, we discovered CG characters in 3D look more real than in 2D. Your brain is cued, it's a real thing not a picture, and discounting part of [the] image that makes it look fake."

Cameron continued with his high praise for, well, himself and his upcoming movie:

"Avatar is the single most complex piece of filmmaking ever made. We have 1,600 shots for a 2.5 hour movie. It's not with a single CGI character, like King Kong or Gollum. We have hundreds of photo-realistic CG characters. We were Microsoft's sandbox for filmmaking beyond the cutting edge."