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Avatar: The Way of Water Offers a Thin Plot But a Visual Upgrade on Reality: Review

Liz Shannon Miller — Tue, 13 Dec 2022 17:00:15 +0000

The Pitch: If the phrase “we’re going back to Pandora!” is meaningless to you, or makes you think of a music streaming service, totally understandable. But y’all, we’re going back to Pandora, the Pandora in this case being the faraway planet at the center of James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way…

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Avatar: The Way of Water Offers a Thin Plot But a Visual Upgrade on Reality: Review
Liz Shannon Miller

James Cameron Says Avatar 2 Is a “Family Story… Like The Sopranos”

Wren Graves — Wed, 09 Nov 2022 17:55:51 +0000

Na’vi, Pandora, Gabagool? In a new interview with Total Film magazine (via Variety), James Cameron said that Avatar: The Way of the Water is a family story “like The Sopranos.” Cameron was defending the film’s three-hour running time, which he said was required to delve further into the relationships. “The goal is to tell an extremely…

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James Cameron Says Avatar 2 Is a “Family Story… Like The Sopranos”
Wren Graves

Avatar: The Way of Water Gets First Official Trailer: Watch

Carys Anderson — Wed, 02 Nov 2022 12:31:27 +0000

Over a decade after its release, Avatar will return this December with Avatar: The Way of Water, and the trailer for the long-awaited sequel is finally out. Check out the clip below. Avatar: The Way of Water follows the Sully family, whose patriarch Jake (Sam Worthington) ended the first movie by leaving his human body…

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Avatar: The Way of Water Gets First Official Trailer: Watch
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James Cameron Says Marvel and DC Characters “Act Like They’re in College”

Eddie Fu — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 19:47:41 +0000

James Cameron has joined the ranks of esteemed directors who have criticized comic book movies. In a New York Times interview, he said Marvel and DC characters don’t weigh the risks like the heroes in his new movie, Avatar: The Way of Water, who are now parents. According to Cameron, they…

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James Cameron Says Marvel and DC Characters “Act Like They’re in College”
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Avatar Tops Global Box Office 13 Years After Its Original Release

Alex Young — Mon, 26 Sep 2022 00:41:29 +0000

13 years after its original release, Avatar is once again No. 1 at the box office. The film earned $30.5 million at the global box office this past weekend — good enough for the top spot worldwide. For the theatrical re-release, filmmaker James Cameron remastered his 2009 blockbuster in 4K…

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Avatar Tops Global Box Office 13 Years After Its Original Release
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James Cameron Rejected Fox’s Notes About Avatar: “I Made Titanic”

Eddie Fu — Mon, 19 Sep 2022 17:33:44 +0000

Ahead of Avatar returning to theaters in 4K, James Cameron has revealed that he rejected Fox’s notes about the film by pointing out how Titanic had paid for a large portion of the studio’s new lot. In a recent interview with The New York Times, Cameron claimed executives had concerns about the film’s…

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James Cameron Rejected Fox’s Notes About Avatar: “I Made Titanic”
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Avatar Is Getting a Theatrical Re-Release in 4K

Abby Jones — Tue, 23 Aug 2022 18:39:56 +0000

Buckle up (again), because James Cameron’s 2009 film Avatar is coming back to theaters. The sci-fi phenomenon is returning to the big screen on September 23rd, now in 4K High Dynamic Range (that’s four times the pixel amount of HD). Along with today’s news also comes an updated trailer, which…

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Avatar Is Getting a Theatrical Re-Release in 4K
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James Cameron Says Avatar 2 Is Long, People Can Just “Get Up and Go Pee”

Wren Graves — Tue, 05 Jul 2022 16:57:13 +0000

James Cameron is all about testing boundaries, whether it’s the realism of CGI technology or the limits of the human bladder. But he understands that some people don’t feel the same, and in a new interview with Empire magazine (via Variety), he gave people who see Avatar: The Way of Water permission to…

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James Cameron Says Avatar 2 Is Long, People Can Just “Get Up and Go Pee”
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Avatar: The Way of Water Trailer Teases Return of James Cameron’s Fantasy Blockbuster: Watch

Alex Young — Mon, 09 May 2022 14:31:11 +0000

The long-awaited second Avatar film, Avatar: The Way of Water, is finally set to hit theaters internationally on December 14th and in the US on December 16th. Over the weekend, Disney revealed the film’s first teaser trailer prior to screenings of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness; now, the…

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Avatar: The Way of Water Trailer Teases Return of James Cameron’s Fantasy Blockbuster: Watch
Alex Young

First Avatar Sequel Gets Title, Teaser Trailer to Debut Next Week

Alex Young — Wed, 27 Apr 2022 19:01:10 +0000

The long-awaited second Avatar film has received a title: Avatar: The Way of Water. What’s more, fans will get their first glimpse at the film beginning next week, as a teaser trailer will be shown prior to screenings of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness on May 6th. Following…

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First Avatar Sequel Gets Title, Teaser Trailer to Debut Next Week
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Avatar Surpasses Avengers: Endgame as Highest-Grossing Film of All Time

Nina Corcoran — Sat, 13 Mar 2021 19:27:18 +0000

In July 2019, Avengers: Endgame surpassed James Cameron’s Avatar as the highest-grossing film in box office history. Now, less than two years later, Avatar is back to reclaim its throne. Earlier this morning, Disney announced that Avatar had retaken the all-time global box office thanks to the film’s recent re-release…

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Avatar Surpasses Avengers: Endgame as Highest-Grossing Film of All Time
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James Cameron Is Done Filming Avatar 2, Says Avatar 3 Is “95% Complete”

Wren Graves — Mon, 28 Sep 2020 01:12:25 +0000

James Cameron offered an update on those long-gestating Avatar sequels, saying that filming is “100% complete on Avatar 2, and we’re sort of 95% complete on Avatar 3.” Cameron gave the update to his old muse Arnold Schwarzenegger as part of the Austrian World Summit for the Environment. The former Governor of California hosted…

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James Cameron Is Done Filming Avatar 2, Says Avatar 3 Is “95% Complete”
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Disney Postpones Next Star Wars Trilogy, Avatar Sequels

Ben Kaye — Thu, 23 Jul 2020 21:35:29 +0000

As theaters have again pushed their planned opening dates in light of the surging pandemic, Disney has announced a massive shakeup of its upcoming release schedule. The biggest news is that the next Star Wars trilogy and the long-awaited Avatar sequels have all been shoved back, as Variety reports. Disney still plans to…

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Disney Postpones Next Star Wars Trilogy, Avatar Sequels
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Avatar Sequels Shut Down Production Due to Coronavirus

Nina Corcoran — Tue, 17 Mar 2020 15:03:09 +0000

The Avatar sequels are the latest movies to halt production amid the coronavirus outbreak. While James Cameron’s productions will hold off on filming in New Zealand, their visual effects team at Wellington-based Weta Digital will continue working for now, notes The Hollywood Reporter. Avatar producer Jon Landau revealed the news, saying,…

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Avatar Sequels Shut Down Production Due to Coronavirus
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James Cameron: Man or Machine?

Emmy Potter — Wed, 14 Aug 2019 04:00:38 +0000

Is The Abyss a Cold War-era disaster movie or a claustrophobic thriller? A sci-fi horror flick or a love story between two people who come together under literal and metaphorical pressure? The answer is: James Cameron’s 1989 epic is all of these things. The film was a technical marvel, but…

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James Cameron: Man or Machine?
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