James Cameron On The Poessible Benefits From "Avatar" Technology

The amazing technology that helped make the movie sales juggernaut "Avatar" what it is today could have some extremely interesting applications.

According to an article in Entertainment Weekly James Cameron said the photo-realistic CGI used in "Avatar" could easily be used for other equally amazing projects.

"How about another 'Dirty Harry' movie where Clint looks the way he looked in 1975?" Cameron said. "Or a James Bond movie where Sean Connery looks the way he did in 'Doctor No?' How cool would that be?"

The precise nature of the technology that gets right down to an actor's pores allows for virtually any manipulation you could imagine. There are limits though, Cameron said.

"There's no way to scan what's underneath the surface to what an actor is feeling," he said.

But the technology would theoretically allow for actors to appear in movies after they have died, almost like how Hendrix is still releasing vaulted material.

"If Tom Cruise left instructions for his estate that it was okay to use his likeness in 'Mission Impossible' movies for the next 500 years, I would say that would be fine," Cameron said. "You could put Marilyn Monroe and Humphrey Bogart in a movie together, but it wouldn't be them. You'd have to have somebody play them. And that's where I think you cross an ethical boundary."