James Cameron Says ‘Avatar’ Motion Capture VFX Beats Marvel’s Thanos: ‘Give Me a Break… It’s Not Even Close’

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James Cameron Says ‘Avatar’ Motion Capture VFX Beats Marvel’s Thanos: ‘Give Me a Break… It’s Not Even Close’
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'Industrial Light & Magic does great work, but when it comes to the kind of emotive facial stuff that we’re doing….Thanos? Come on. Give me a break. You saw [‘Avatar: The Way of Water’]. It’s not even close.'

” franchise utilize extensive motion capture technology so that real-world actors can play otherworldly beings. Josh Brolin starred as Thanos, while “Avatar” turns the likes of Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldaña into blue-skinned aliens.

“Our team at WETA Digital is constantly having new hires, and it’s coming out of that pool,” Cameron continued. “So it improves everything. That said, WETA Effects, as it’s called now, is the best. Right? Industrial Light & Magic does great work, but when it comes to the kind of emotive facial stuff that we’re doing… Thanos? Come on. Give me a break. You saw [‘Avatar: The Way of Water’]. It’s not even close. It’s what WETA did.

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