In 2001, the decidedly literate nerd-rock group Harvey Danger penned and sang the lines "I bowed before the avatar / He said the problem's clear to me / You never got over Morrissey." The rock ...

This modern era of moviemaking has plenty of peculiar challenges for actors — on green-screen sets, for instance, they have to watch a pingpong ball hanging from a string and convince the camera that ...

For actor Sam Worthington, starring in James Cameron’s Avatar was a life-changing experience. The film not only boosted his profile, but he had the chance to work with a prolific director with a ...

Very few people get to invent a new language that is heard by millions: DW talked to linguist Paul Frommer about how he developed the "Avatar" aliens' language. "It's been quite a remarkable event in ...

For big fans of James Cameron’s Avatar, the 13-year wait between the original and this year’s sequel probably felt near interminable. But die-hard fans might have counted with a bit more agony and say ...

Don’t be concerned if a Disney cast member at Animal Kingdom’s Pandora — The World of Avatar says “kaltxi” to you. It’s “hello,” Na’vi style. The language, spoken by the blue-skinned beings in the ...