"the film's success, Cameron signed with 20th Century Fox to produce four sequels: ""Avatar 2"" and ""Avatar 3"" are currently filming, and will be released on December 18, 2020, and December 17, 2021 respectively; subsequent sequels will start shooting as soon as they wrap filming, and will be released in 2024 and 2025. Several cast members are expected to return, including Worthington, Saldana, Lang, and Weaver. In 2154, humans have depleted Earth's natural resources, leading to a severe energy crisis. The Resources Development Administration (RDA for short) mines for a valuable mineral — unobtanium — on Pandora, a densely forested"
"film, it was mined on the fictional moon Pandora and was a room-temperature superconductor. ""Unobtainium"" can also refer to any rare but desirable material used to motivate a conflict over its possession, making it a MacGuffin (it appears in the story as something to obtain, not something that is significantly used). ""Unobtainium"" can be used in a disparaging context (e.g., ""That idea is silly; you'd need unobtainium wires to hold the planet up!"") or a hypothetical one (""If one were to build an unobtainium shell around a black hole's event horizon, what would happen to the material piling up on"
"and converting heat and pressure into energy in the film ""The Core"" (2003) was nicknamed ""unobtainium"", but the concept under different names can be seen in the anti-gravity material cavorite from H. G. Wells' 1901 novel ""The First Men in the Moon"", as well as the super-strong material scrith from Larry Niven's novel ""Ringworld"", which requires a tensile strength (i.e. chemical bonds) on the order of the force binding an atomic nucleus. The term was used in James Cameron's 2009 movie ""Avatar"", as a substance that was named (in the film's dialog) ""unobtanium"" (note the slightly different spelling). In the"
"Precious Find Precious Find is a 1996 science fiction film directed by Philippe Mora and starring Rutger Hauer. The film is set on the Moon, in 2049. In the future, at Moon City, fate brings three adventurers together: a space ship owner, a young prospector, and a shady entrepreneur who are looking for gold on an asteroid. There they find a mine. After the prospector returns to Moon City to get water, he is followed by two soldiers of fortune, a man and a woman. The two join the three adventures. Frictions occur because the gold rush gives the entrepreneur"
"become aware of an instability of Earth's magnetic field after a series of bizarre incidents across the globe. They determine that the Earth's molten core, which generates this field, has stopped rotating and that, within a year, the field will collapse, exposing the planet's surface directly to devastating solar radiation. Backed by the U.S. Government, Keyes, Leveque, and Zimsky create a plan to bore down to the core and set off several nuclear explosions to restart the rotation. They gain the help of rogue scientist Dr. Ed ""Braz"" Brazzelton (Delroy Lindo), who has devised a vessel made of ""Unobtainium"" that"
"Cranston acquires a rare coin from Khan and learns that it is made of a metal called ""bronzium"" (an impure form of uranium) that theoretically can generate an atomic explosion. He learns that Margo's father Reinhardt (Ian McKellen), a scientist who works on building an atomic device for the Department of War, has disappeared, and realizes that Khan needs Reinhardt and his invention to build an atomic bomb. Shiwan Khan hypnotizes Margo and commands her to kill the Shadow. She goes to Cranston's home, but Cranston breaks his hold on her. She realizes that since she was ordered to kill"
"a radiation meter, the spy discovers that what he seeks, an extremely rare mineral named byzanium, was there but had been mined out leaving only traces. He is then chased and shot by Soviet forces, but is rescued at the last moment by Dirk Pitt (Richard Jordan), a former U.S. Navy officer and a clandestine operator. It is explained by scientist Gene Seagram (David Selby) and the head of the National Underwater and Marine Agency (NUMA, a NASA-like agency for sea exploration) admiral James Sandecker (Jason Robards) that the mineral their man was trying to find is needed to fuel"
"tribe from Guiana, who are being poisoned by mercury, the element essential to gold mining. The Wayanas are doomed by a looming disappearance. Congenital malformations have already been observed in children. The elderly are developing neurological disorders and cancers. Along with the outrage that is mercury comes another massacre of Indians. The New Eldorado is enduring one of the world's worst globalization disasters. The film premiered at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival for a special screening and received the 2008 Trophy of Adventure. Top 10 of the best films on ecology with Darwin's Nightmare and Unbelievable Truth. Cursed for Gold"
"a bad temper, the prospector and the woman get romantically involved, a monster attacks, and bandits visit the place. The movie ends with the death of the bandits and the entrepreneur, and the space ship owner, the prospector, and the woman going for new adventures searching for gold. Precious Find Precious Find is a 1996 science fiction film directed by Philippe Mora and starring Rutger Hauer. The film is set on the Moon, in 2049. In the future, at Moon City, fate brings three adventurers together: a space ship owner, a young prospector, and a shady entrepreneur who are looking"
"wakes up in the gravediggers' shed. Realizing his impending death, he asks for his bitumen in order not to die with a foul breath. Tearing the bitumen apart, Moth reveals the black diamond had been stashed within it for all those years. He swallows the diamond and dies. 2008 - Moscow International Film Festival 2008 - Toronto International Film Festival 2008 - Bulgarian Feature Film Festival Golden Rose 2009 - Sofia International Film Festival 2009 - Vilnius International Film Festival “Cinema Spring” In May 2009, the film's producers announced HBO had bought the broadcast rights for the film. The film"
"Mining Exploration Institute (MTA) have recently discovered reserves of uranium. The governor joins forces with his childhood friend Ömer Uçar (Uğur Polat), who heads the team of MTA engineers, in a fight against the beautiful and scheming bureaucrat Ceyda Aydın (Şebnem Dönmez), who actually works to get mines in Turkey under the control of foreign companies. A number of unexplained murders are uncovered only a short while after the governor and the MTA engineers focus on the reserves in Denizli. The film opened in 175 screens across Turkey on at number one in the Turkish box office chart with an"
"the same apartment building as him. Meanwhile, Luke takes a job with wealthy Edward Quartermaine (then played by David Lewis) and his niece Alexandria (Renee Anderson), who are searching for the Ice Princess, the world's largest uncut diamond. Also in pursuit of the diamond is Mikkos Cassadine (John Colicos), a wealthy Greek tycoon bent on world domination. Luke and Laura reconcile and decide to get married when Robert Scorpio (Tristan Rogers), an agent for the World Security Bureau (WSB), informs Luke the statue the diamond is hidden in also contains a formula for a dangerous substance called ""carbonic snow"" that"
"is becalming and inauthentic, like taking a bath in nondairy coffee creamer. The Earth core's inability to turn is mirrored in the cast's inability to give the picture any spin."" Kenneth Turan, of the ""Los Angeles Times"", was a little more forgiving, saying, ""If ""The Core"" finally has to be classified as a mess, it is an enjoyable one if you're in a throwback mood. After all, a film that comes up with a rare metal called Unobtainium can't be dismissed out of hand."" In response to criticism of his screenplay's lack of scientific realism, screenwriter John Rogers responded that"
"precious metals from the surrounding soil. An ancient, cultic secret society called the Brotherhood of Nod claims to have foreseen the potentials of this new substance, investing in the development of technology to harvest and refine Tiberium crystals ahead of the scientific community. Nod soon controls nearly half of the supply and uses these assets to sustain a rapidly growing army of followers worldwide. The group is led by a self-proclaimed messianic figure known only as Kane. Following a series of international terrorist bombings that culminate in the destruction of the fictional Grain Trade Center in Vienna – attacks which"
"its supply and was trying to deprive the US armed forces of this resource. In the 1970s, driver and engineer Mark Donohue claimed unobtainium was used in the construction of Penske race cars. By 2010, the term had diffused beyond engineering, and now can appear in the headlines of mainstream newspapers, especially to describe the commercially useful rare earth elements (particularly terbium, erbium, dysprosium, yttrium, and neodymium). These are essential to the performance of consumer electronics and green technology, but the projected demand for them so outstrips their current supply that they are called ""unobtainiums"" within the ore industry and"
"sinking into the sea. In more recent years, the Savage Land was rediscovered by Lord Robert Plunder, who took back a sample of the metal known as ""anti-metal"" or ""Antarctic vibranium"" with him. This mysterious metal had the ability to produce vibrations which would liquefy all other metals. Fleeing from those who sought to steal this discovery, Plunder took his eldest son Kevin with him for a second trip into the Savage Land. Unfortunately, the elder Plunder was killed by a local tribe of Man-Apes. Kevin survived, thanks to the timely intervention of the orphaned sabretooth tiger later known as"
"1979 film ""Alien"", directed by Ridley Scott, features the crew of the ""Nostromo"", a commercially-operated spaceship on a return trip to Earth hauling a refinery and 20 million tons of mineral ore mined from an asteroid. C. J. Cherryh's 1991 novel, ""Heavy Time"", focuses on the plight of asteroid miners in the Alliance-Union universe, while ""Moon"" is a 2009 British science fiction drama film depicting a lunar facility that mines the alternative fuel helium-3 needed to provide energy on Earth. It was notable for its realism and drama, winning several awards internationally. Several science-fiction video games include asteroid mining. For"
"orbit, it is found out that they have inadvertently collided with unidentified protoplasmic ""space cells"" of unknown origin. A similar creature suddenly thwarted the efforts of a local branch of the International Diamond Robbery Ring. The diamonds they sought vanished, and similar unexplained events continued to occur across the globe. Meanwhile, Inspector Komai's (Yosuke Natsuki) investigation of these strange events led him to the crystallographer Dr. Munakata (Nobuo Nakamura). In the process of tracking down the self-proclaimed diamond broker Mark Jackson (Robert Dunham). He finds him in Dr. Munakata's home but knocks him out and escapes from Komai. He is"
"called Padparadscha (Erica Luttrell), who can only predict the ""future"" after it has already occurred; and a large fusion called Fluorite (Kathy Fisher). These Gems are dubbed ""Off-Colors"" for their differences, unusual formation, or aberrant behavior, which are seen as defective by Gem Homeworld standards; if caught, they would be shattered. Three Robonoids appear as everyone scrambles to hide. Since Lars is not a Gem, the Robonoids can't detect him, and so he risks himself to protect the others, throwing rocks at the Robonoids and blocking their scanners with his body. Steven destroys two of the Robonoids by reflecting their"
"an example of political commentary. It depicted humans destroying the environment on another planet by mining for a special metal called unobtainium. That same year, ""Terminator Salvation"" was released and garnered only moderate success. The 2010s has seen new entries in several classic science fiction franchises, including ""Predators"" (2010), """" (2010), a resurgence of the ""Star Wars"" series, and entries into the ""Planet of the Apes"" and ""Godzilla"" franchises. Several more cross-genre films have also been produced, including comedies such as ""Hot Tub Time Machine"" (2010), ""Seeking a Friend for the End of the World"" (2012), ""Safety Not Guaranteed"" (2013),"
"sequences got out of hand and the fire brigade had to be called in. It is 1196 days after leaving Earth orbit, and geologist Patrick Osgood leads a mining team through the network of caves beneath the Alpha complex. Their mission is to find tiranium, the rare mineral which is an essential component of the Moonbase life-support system. Osgood orders an excessive amount of explosive charges deployed around a particular rock formation to hasten the operation. When his team disagrees with this dangerous short-cut, Osgood storms off to do it himself. The tiranium search has personal meaning for the angry"
"in the hands of a lost tribe of jungle natives. Major Martling is leading an expedition to find the fabled artefact for a powerful explosives formula hidden within it. Ula Vale's fiancé died in an earlier expedition to rescue the artefact for its archaeological benefit and so she starts one of her own in his honour. Raglan has been sent by Hiram Powers, Ula's lawyer, to steal the valuable idol for himself - in addition to containing the explosives formula, it also holds a fortune in jewels. Tarzan, Ula and Major Martling find the idol and rescue D'Arnot from the"
"by BBC in 2016 as the third-best film of the 21st Century. In 1898, Daniel Plainview, a prospector in New Mexico, mines a potentially precious ore vein from a pit mine hole. In the process of dynamiting the lode, he falls and breaks his leg. With the silver sample, he climbs out of the mine, drags himself to an assay office, and receives a silver and gold certificate claim. In 1902, he discovers oil near Los Angeles and establishes a drilling company. Following the death of a worker in an accident, Daniel adopts the man's orphaned son. He refers to"
"fallout. Many turn to extreme violence and slavery to survive. The weaker mutated victims of these violent bandits are called Muties. In 2058 Kansas City, Rudolph Kenner is staying at a casino/strip bar when he receives a message notifying him that a zirconium mine on Mars was lost to rebel forces. He is ordered to complete his mission and to take care of his trainee, Phil, the son of a zirconium business leader. The next morning, Kenner, Phil, and Phil’s girlfriend Sheila, head east to Oblivion, a desolate area once known as the Atlantic seaboard. Kenner finds a young Mutie"
"one of the densest elements, and an autopsy later reveals that the dead thief's body is filled with the metal. Tracking a security card on the body, they enter a warehouse where they find the second culprit, dead, along with the bodies of several more people, all of them paraplegic. Walter (John Noble) notes that the physical properties of osmium (both gravitational and thermal) have been reversed, and by melting the osmium collected from the first victim using liquid nitrogen, they detect the presence of the rarer element lutetium, typically only present in meteorites. Recognizing that the local science museum"
"and Istanbul in 1965 and starring Melina Mercouri and Peter Ustinov. However, the robbers depicted in the film are mainly oriented at stealing another Topkapi treasure, the emerald-encrusted dagger of the earlier Sultan Mahmud I. c Spoonmaker's Diamond The Spoonmaker's Diamond () is an 86 carat (17.2g) pear-shaped diamond in the Imperial Treasury exhibitions at the Topkapi Palace Museum and its most valuable single exhibit. It is considered the fourth largest diamond of its kind in the world. Set in silver, surrounded by a double row of 49 Old-mine cut diamonds (brilliants), it hangs in a glass case on the"
"Oblivion 2: Backlash Oblivion 2: Backlash is a 1996 American direct-to-video science fiction Western film directed by Sam Irvin, written by Peter David and starring Richard Joseph Paul, Jackie Swanson, Maxwell Caulfield and Musetta Vander. It was produced by Full Moon Entertainment and was shot in Romania. It is a sequel to the 1994 film ""Oblivion"". In the alien-western world of Oblivion, a suave, yet lethal bounty hunter named Sweeney arrives to arrest the seductive outlaw Lash on multiple charges, including murder. Lash, who just ""inherited"" a mine of Derconium (the most valuable mineral in the universe) from Crowley in"
"and take the mine from them. Eventually the boys defeat the thugs and find the uranium, only to discover that it is on an Indian reservation and doesn't belong to them. This film marks the last appearance in the series of Bennie Bartlett, who left, and Bernard Gorcey, who was killed in a car accident on September 11, 1955. Warner Archives released the film on made-to-order DVD in the United States as part of """"The Bowery Boys, Volume Three"""" on October 1, 2013. Dig That Uranium Dig That Uranium is a 1956 film starring the comedy team of The Bowery"
"Lost City of the Jungle Lost City of the Jungle is a 1946 Universal movie serial. Recent atom tests show a certain element that can be used as defense against the atomic bomb. War monger Sir Eric Hazarias (Lionel Atwill) has traced the element, dubbed Meteorium 245, to the Himalayan province of Pendrang, ruled over by casino owner Indra (Helen Bennett). Hazarias fakes his own death and shows up in Pendrang as philanthropist Geoffrey London along with his secretary Malborn (John Mylong), who is secretly the real war monger, Hazarias being his beard, and they start an archaeological dig for"
"its nations, Norlandia and Austradia, are in conflict. A Norlandian scientist, Marduk, has devised a weapon called the ""U Ray"", but requires a mineral called uradium in order to put it to actual use. Marduk therefore organises an expedition into an unknown part of the planet in order to find the uradium. Those accompanying him include: his assistant Sylvia Hollis; the explorer Lord Calder; Adji, Calder's Indian manservant; and Major Walton and Sergeant Mac Duff of the Norlandian secret service. The explorers encounter all manners of threats, including prehistoric monsters, giant snakes and tigers, a tribe of hostile ape-men, and"
"of the mine to Jean Williams (Patricia Medina), his former sweetheart, in an attempt to win her back. When that fails, Grady spreads a rumor that the railroad is erecting a spur near the uranium mine. The greed-driven Brad sinks all his money into preparing for the train, then ends up broke when he discovers the truth. But when he realizes Jean won't leave Brad no matter what, Grady shrugs it off and agrees to become partners with him once again. Uranium Boom Uranium Boom is a 1956 American film directed by William Castle and starring Dennis Morgan and Patricia"
"Blood Diamond Blood Diamond is a 2006 German-American political war thriller film co-produced and directed by Edward Zwick, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Connelly and Djimon Hounsou in the lead roles, while Indian television actor Gaurav Chopra also stars in a brief role. The title refers to blood diamonds, which are diamonds mined in war zones and sold to finance conflicts, and thereby profit warlords and diamond companies across the world. Set during the Sierra Leone Civil War in 1991–2002, the film depicts a country torn apart by the struggle between government loyalists and insurgent forces. It also portrays many of"
"Belgium museum but no one knows where is third one until a gujarati diamond business man call to South Africa high commission security manager Shanaya (Shamita Shetty). But business man lost it when some goons fetch diamond from him by preplanned car accident. Uncle who is diamond thief and illegal businessman of diamond thief two of them diamond from Belgium museum by his goon Angad (Suniel Shetty). Because Angad was attempted to assassinated by uncle, in order to take revenge, Angad makes a deal with uncle to give last diamond in exchange of money. Here Shanaya made a plan to"