Disney have released the first teaser trailer for Avatar: The Way of Water, the long-gestating sequel to James Cameron's 2009 movie.
The sequel sees the return of Sully (Sam Worthington) and Neytiri (Zoe Saldana), who have relocated to a coastal area of Pandora and are raising a new family in peace. The film will focus extensively on underwater photography and filming.
The original Avatar was a massive smash hit on its original release, earning $2.8 billion and becoming the highest-grossing movie of all time, displacing Cameron's own Titanic (1997). Its crown was temporarily lifted by Avengers: Endgame in 2019, which outgrossed it by just $8 million, but Avatar reclaimed it in March 2021 thanks to a Chinese re-release of the original movie.
Avatar: The Way of Water will be released on 16 December this year, following a release of the "remastered" version of Avatar on 23 September. Three more Avatar movies are expected to follow in December 2024, 2026 and 2028 respectively.
2 comments:
I so want this to be successful. I want it to be wildly successful in the face of all the haters of the first movie and the whole debate of "originality" (which is only ever applied to Avatar, and never to the deluge of sequels, prequels, soft and hard reboots, comic adaptations, rpg adaptations, YA novel adaptations, vide game adaptations that dominate today's movie landscape). And I want it to massively overshadow the mass produced Marvel/DC/Star Wars movies. The talent that went into Avatar was exquisite, and its status in the box office is 100 % deserved.
Parts 3, 4 and 5 are already finished/planned...
How is this any different than the Marvel movies?
I didn't hate the first movie, but i can't say i'm excited to see any of these sequels...
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