Quote Originally Posted by BrerGnat View Post
I don't think it has been mentioned yet, but I think what makes this so strange is that, until this point, there has been NO connection between Disney and James Cameron.
Actually Disney and James Cameron have collaborated in the past- first with Ghosts of the Abyss - an IMAX 3D documentary that revisited the Titanic site in 2003 and Aliens of the Deep - another IMAX 3D documentary in 2005.

Ghosts of the Abyss relates to Avatar since it was the first film shot with an early prototype of the Cameron/Pace Fusion 3D camera rig.

Vincent Pace is an underwater camera specialist (worked on Titanic and The Abyss) who Cameron brought along on several dive trips and sought his input on building a new type of 3D camera with the eventual goal of filming Avatar with the camera but used Ghosts as a test (and also to help fund the camera's development).