Director James Cameron has unveiled the first glimpse of his highly anticipated new 3D film Avatar at the Cinema Expo in Amsterdam.Film industry workers were treated to 24 minutes of footage from the movie about a battle on a distant planet.
Despite a media ban reporting on the clips shown, people at the event posted anonymously online that the footage was "jaw-dropping" and "stunning".
One Twitter user, who was at the event wrote: "This will change movies forever," while another said: "Footage from Avatar was stunning, literally jaw-dropping. Amazing visuals unlike any before seen, with incredible detail."
Filmed using a mix of CGI, motion-capture animation and live action, Avatar is Cameron's first feature film project since 1997's Titanic.
Avatar is released in cinemas in the UK and US on 18 December.
* Pinched from BBC Entertainment News, 24/06/2009
