[59], In 2013, Cameron announced that the sequels would be filmed in New Zealand, with performance capture to take place in 2014. 19,208 IMDb 7.6 3 h 13 min 2022 X-Ray HDR UHD PG-13 [52][24] Winslet, who had been notoriously reluctant about working with Cameron again because of the complicated situations he puts his actors in for their scenes, said Cameron proposed the role to her in July 2017 when he came to help her and their fellow Titanic collaborator Leonardo DiCaprio at a fundraiser in France, sending her the scripts shortly after. When Neytiri does the same with Spider, Quaritch at first denies their relationship, but desists once Neytiri cuts Spider across the chest. Supporting characters die Sex, Romance & Nudity Brief scene of nonsexual nudity (blink-and-miss gl Language Bringing Spider with him, Quaritch joins forces with the RDA's marine operations, led by Captain Mick Scoresby, and commandeers a whaling vessel that hunts Tulkuns to extract an anti-aging serum called amrita. 'Avatar: The Way of Water': Long, loud, eye-popping and forgettable The highly anticipated sequel to James Cameron's 'Avatar' is a sometimes-beautiful bore Review by Ann Hornaday December 13,. [207][208] It is the highest-grossing film of 2022, the third-highest-grossing film of all time,[209][210] and the highest-grossing film of the pandemic era. Spider cripples the vessel, and Neteyam rescues Lo'ak, Tsireya, and Spider but is fatally shot by one of Quaritch's men. Among its many accolades, the film was nominated for four awards at the 95th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and won for Best Visual Effects. [270][271][272], In January 2019, in face of the proposed acquisition of 21st Century Fox by The Walt Disney Company, Disney CEO Bob Iger confirmed that both Avatar 4 and Avatar 5 are being developed but have not been officially greenlit. St Positive Role Models The women leaders of the clan are strong, brave, a Diverse Representations The Na'vi species is divided into clans with a var Violence & Scariness Sci-fi action violence. We'll be back in New Zealand in 2020 with more new sets. [101] Principal photography began on September 25, 2017, on a $350$460million budget; the film is one of the most expensive films ever made. After repeated delays in the expected release schedule, Avatar: The Way of Water premiered in London on December 6, 2022, and was theatrically released in the United States on December 16, 2022. Instead, we're given a minute and a half of nice-looking scenery. A year later, Edie Falco, Brendan Cowell and Jemaine Clement joined the cast in live-action roles. 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[42] On January 25, 2018, Dileep Rao was confirmed to return as Dr. Max Patel. [218][219] Deadline Hollywood and Variety wrote that strong audience exit scores, the small day-to-day drop, limited competition from other films, and the upcoming Christmas holiday all indicated likely strong legs at the box office. Before vowing to resume their campaign against the RDA, Jake and his family accept and live their new life at sea. Avatar: The Way of Water will be available to stream on both Disney+ and Max ( the new name for HBO Max) on June 7th. [248] The Atlantic critic David Sims said that the film will wow audiences and exhibit "new delightsin the alien world of Pandora" while noting that the film gets off to a slow start that is "busy with plot details as the film updates the audience on the past decade-plus of Pandoran life. 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Avatar: The Way of Water is a 'damp squib' - BBC Culture Film | Film Reviews Avatar: The Way of Water is a 'damp squib' (Image credit: 20th Century Studios) By Nicholas Barber 13th December. [11] Later that year, Cameron confirmed that both Weaver and Stephen Lang would return despite the demise of their characters. The projector in the movie hall runs at 48 frames per second, for the 24 fps sections frames are duplicated. May 9, 2022, 7:04 AM PDT. [52] Thewlis later confirmed this in February 2018, stating "they're making 2 and 3, they're gonna see if people go and see them, and then they'll make 4 and 5". Gerald also reprises his role as the original human Wainfleet from the first film shown in Quaritch's video recording. [95][96] Blending underwater filming and performance capture being a feature never accomplished before, it took the team a year and a half to develop a new motion capture system. 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"[108] Saldaa finished shooting her scenes on June 8, for both Avatar 2 and its sequel, while Cameron said around the same time that 130 days of performance capture had been shot. I can't save my family by running. [10] It was a major box office success, breaking multiple records, and grossing over $2.320billion worldwide, making it the highest-grossing film of 2022, the highest-grossing film since the COVID-19 pandemic, and the third-highest-grossing film of all time. If you loved it at the time, and you said later you hated it, you're probably gonna love these". "[244] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 67 out of 100, based on 68 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". This would make Avatar 2 and 3 the first major Hollywood blockbusters to resume production after postponing filming due to the pandemic. "[252], However, some critics felt that the film was excessively long, and that the story was not substantial enough to justify the length. Will this movie be released under the 20th Century Studios banner or the Disney banner? Having gone through the experience with [Sam Worthington] on Avatar, I now knew how to write the Jake character going forward across the emotional rollercoaster of the next four movies. Jake and Neytiri arrive and free them, killing several of Quaritch's soldiers, but Spider remains captured by Quaritch, who recognizes him as his son. [48][106], On April 30, 2018, Winslet had "just a couple days" of shooting left to do. "[165] However, Stuart Heritage of The Guardian criticized the teaser saying that "There isn't a trace of premise here, or character, or any real action to speak of. However, when an old threat returns to . Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, Avatar: The Way of Water launches the story of the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri, and their kids . Additionally, Disney's distribution team invented a new system to create and keep track of the numerous versions as well as a cloud-based DCP mastering tool. [b] A lot of the movie will be set underwater. [182] The footage features independent storylines surrounding Jake's character and events occurring several years since the first film. Set a decade plus after events of the first film, this breathtaking new movie tells the story of the Sully family and introduces audiences to the majestic ocean tulkun. Avatar: The Way of Water is a 2022 American epic science fiction film directed and produced by James Cameron. [64] By 2015, the scheduled release dates for the sequels were each delayed by another year, with the first sequel expected to be released in December 2017; this was due to the writing process, which Cameron called "a complex job". Jake Sully, Neytiri and their children explore the mysterious lands of Pandora. [64] However, Friedman later clarified and said Jaffa and Silver were writing the first of the four sequels and he was writing the second. To stream Avatar: The Way of Water on Max, you'll need a subscription, which starts at $9.99/month or $99.99/year for a plan with ads, $15.99/month or $149.99/year for the ad-free version. [74], In 2019, after several media outlets shared rumors of potential titles for the Avatar sequels, including the name Avatar: The Way of Water, Cameron confirmed that the titles mentioned were "among titles that are in consideration" but had not been finalized at the time. [132] The film heavily features underwater scenes, actually filmed underwater with the cast in performance capture. We've basically cracked the code". Motorola Mobility and Deutsche Telekom partnered with Disney to promote the film in Latin America and EMEA respectively. [10][246] Chicago-Sun Times critic Richard Roeper gave the film a rating of three and a half out of four stars, highlighting the film's visuals as "some of the most dazzling, vibrant, and gorgeous images ever seen on screen. [217] The film made $53.2million on its first day, including $17million from Thursday night previews. Initially in late-2010, the film was scheduled for release in December 2014. See on Amazon. [66][65] In April 2016, Cameron announced four Avatar sequels which would be released in December 2018, 2020, 2022 and 2023;[69] but, in March 2017, he said this film would not be released in 2018, due to extensive production and the visual effects process. [129], "It's never been done before and it's very tricky because our motion capture system, like most motion capture systems, is what they call optical base, meaning that it uses markers that are photographed with hundreds of cameras. That's in parallel with the design process. [6] Cameron confirmed in 2010 that Lang would return as Quaritch in the first three sequels, stating, "I'm not going to say exactly how we're bringing him back, but it's a science fiction story, after all. Join the discussion! [55] He intended to capture footage for the sequel at the bottom of the Mariana Trench using a deepwater submersible. [110] Cameron confirmed later the same month that they had "only wrapped for [the motion capture parts]. "[257], At the 95th Academy Awards, Avatar: The Way of Water received nominations for Best Picture, Best Sound, and Best Production Design; and won Best Visual Effects. See production, box office & company info, AniMat's Crazy Cartoon Cast: Watching the Weird Way of Water. [150] The soundtrack album was released on December 16, 2022, by Hollywood Records. [196][excessive detail? The runtime is reportedly three . "The way of water has no beginning," explains a doe-eyed blue alien, "and no end . [65], He spent a year writing the script for the first sequel titled Avatar: The High Ground, a 130-page treatment and then threw it out and started over because "it didn't go enough into the unexpected," which is one of the critical elements about sequels, according to Cameron. Cameron said in 2006 that he would like to make sequels to Avatar if it were successful, and he announced the first two sequels in 2010, following the widespread success of the first film, with the first sequel aiming for a 2014 release. [95] It was "a dialogue scene", as according to Cameron, the characters communicate via "a kind of a sign language". A year later, Jake leads a guerilla campaign against the RDA. [56] In 2011, Cameron said he was just starting to design the ocean ecosystem of Pandora and the other worlds to be included in the story. PG-13, 3 hr 10 min. Dec. 16, 2022 5:00 a.m. PT. [84][85] In December 2015, in an interview with Entertainment Weekly Cameron said, "I'm in the process of doing another pass through all three scripts [] Just refining. One small point of order: I'm writing Avatar 3, not 2. Avatar 4K Release. Kellogg's launched an estimated 53 million Avatar-themed packages across its three labels. [254], San Francisco Chronicle reviewer Mick LaSalle called it "a one-hour story rattling around in a 192-minute bag," while acknowledging that "it looks pretty good," incorporating "one of the best uses of 3-D to date, with visuals that seem to have been conceived in three dimensions. The film also invokes themes of environmentalism and settler colonialism. Weaver also reprises her role as Dr. Grace Augustine, despite Weaver's saying in 2014 that she would not do so, though she and Cameron confirmed prior to then that she would return in the sequels: Lang also reprises his role as the original human Quaritch of the first movie in a video recording made for his recombinant self. [51] Comparing the themes of the sequels to the original, Cameron said "It will be a natural extension of all the themes, and the characters, and the spiritual undercurrents. [118][119][120][121] On June 16, 2020, Cameron resumed filming and Landau posted a photo of his crew on Instagram filming the production. Roughly 800 DCPs were reviewed for quality control five days prior to the film's release date. Buy in 4K from Apple TV. [9] He included certain scenes in the first film for future story follow-ups. [126][127][128], In July 2022, the New Zealand Film Commission disclosed that the Avatar sequels had received over NZ$140million worth of public funding through the country's Screen Production Grant. [231] It grossed $57million in the first week in China according to Artisan Gateway. [2][3][102] It was simultaneously filmed with Avatar 3 (2024). "[143][144], Avatar: The Way of Water is the second Disney-distributed film and the second 20th Century Studios film, after Avengers: Endgame and Titanic respectively, to exceed three hours in length. Predictable. 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