Free tickets online for … the Avatar trailer?
August 13, 2009 by Jane Boursaw
Remember when movie trailers used to be free? Remember when we saw them in theaters before other movies that we paid for? Whatever happened to those days? And is this the new trend?
Free tickets are being distributed online for special IMAX showings of a 16-minute trailer for Fox’s upcoming 3D sci-fi flick "Avatar."
Ok, admittedly, this is more than just any old trailer. It’s an extended trailer with an intro by director James Cameron.
Still, I’m sure it’s someone’s way of trying to build buzz for a movie that’s not getting a lot of great pre-press. But who knows…
Anyway, free tickets will be distributed online starting Monday, Aug. 17, and the trailer will hit 101 IMAX venues in the U.S. and Canada starting Aug. 21. Visit the official "Avatar" site for theater info and other tidbits.
And if you’d just as soon see the trailer for free … well, the more conventional 2D and 3D "Avatar" trailers will also hit theaters on Aug. 21.
The movie arrives in theaters Dec. 18, 2009. Directed by James Cameron, it stars Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez, and Zoe Saldana.
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