As one of the countries in the world where
Avatar got the earliest Blu-ray release date, today the studio is holding a special day-long party for the French launch of the Blu-ray of the movie, at the Virgin Megastore on the Champs Elysées, Paris. Film producer Jon Landau will be present to give a press conference and sign the BDs.
Update
Mr. Landau will be unable to attend due to flight disruptions caused by volcanic ash over Europe. He will send a video to be played during the press conference.
The event schedule is as follows:
- From 2 p.m.: a team of makeup artists will make up fans following exclusive designs, inspired in the Avatar look.
- 7 p.m.: Dany Sanz, artist for Make-Up Forever, will do live body painting on models costumed by the stylist Eric Tibusch. For 4 hours, fans will witness the work it takes to create a couple of true Na'Vi.
- 9 p.m.: press conference at the Virgin Café including a video from Jon Landau.
- 11:30 p.m.: sets of freebies will be handed by Jon Landau himself to the first fans (some of whom will be invited to dress up as Na'Vi).
- 11:50 p.m.: countdown to the sale on a giant clock, hosted by a presenter from the NRJ network.
- 0:00 a.m., April 21: sales open.
Thanks to forum member "zemat."