NEW AVATAR 2 Details (James Cameron Looks To Go 7 Miles Underwater For Avatar 2 )

James Cameron is looking to go where no director has gone before (click here to read about the only two people to ever do it) in order to get footage for Avatar 2. Cameron looks to go to the bottom of the sea, seven miles below sea level, to shoot sequences at the bottom of the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench east of the Philippines. This is the deepest point in the world's oceans, and only two other people have gone there: explorers Jacques Piccard and Don Walsh.

Cameron has commissioned a bespoke submarine, built of high-tech, man-made composite materials and powered by electric motors, which will be capable of surviving the tremendous pressures at a depth of seven miles. He will go there in the sub to shoot 3D footage to be incorporated into Avatar 2. Cameron plans for Avatar 2 to explore the oceans and exotic sea life of the alien world Pandora. The design of the submarine that he will need is not completely clear, but it will likely resemble the $4 million Deep Flight Challenger commissioned by the late American aviator and explorer Steve Fossett in 2007.

Via: 411mania

DC Announces Release of Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne Action Figures

Gfest has been less than impressed with the first two issues of the Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne miniseries written by the ever unreliable and sporadic Grant Morrison.  Issue #2, featuring Pilgrim Batman made absolutely no sense and reminded me of my love/hate relationship with Morrison.

Although, DC did something extra special today.  They made Gfest forget about the Issue #2 of this miniseries because they provided us a first look at DC Direct's Return of Bruce Wayne action figures

The first wave will hit in April of 2012, and features four different versions of our time lost hero, based on the designs of cover artist Andy Kubert.

The figures include:

Prehistoric Batman

Witch-hunter Batman

Wild West Batman

High Seas Batman