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Avatar 2 James Cameron's film "Avatar: The Sense of Water" broke a new record by receiving fourteen nominations at this year's Visual Effects Society Awards.
The sequel to "Avatar 2" thus becomes the production with the most nominations for these awards. It surpasses the record achieved by the series "The Mandalorian" in 2022 with eleven nominations for these awards, recognizing the visual effects of film and television productions.
There is a particular race to figure out which are the highest-grossing movies of all time, and Avatar: The Water Sense is on pace to at least come as close to Titanic as the first Avatar movie.
Some categories it is entered are Best Visual Effects in a Photorealistic Feature Film, Best Animated Character in a Photorealistic Feature Film, and Best Environment Created in a Photorealistic Feature Film.
Avatar 2 will be released in cinemas on January 25 worldwide. The second film of the characters from the planet of Pandora will compete with films such as "Jurassic World Dominion," Disney's "live-action" version of the classic "Pinocchio," "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" and "The Batman," among other productions.
In addition to "Avatar: The Sense of Water," the awards include among their favorites the series "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power," which received seven nominations, and the Guillermo del Toro film "Pinocchio," which was the most nominated animated film with six of them.
James Cameron never tires of being king of the world: 'Avatar: The Water Sense' has already surpassed 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' to become the sixth highest-grossing film of all time.
'Avatar' returned with 'Avatar 2: The Sense of Water', a film that has broken records and that viewers have liked. James Cameron's world of pandora has raked in billions, and everything points to him continuing to do so.
Avatar: The Water Sense producer Jon Landau says Mick Scoresby will return for the third part. Avatar 2 shows Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), Neytiri (Zoe Saldaña), and his children taking refuge in a new clan called Metkayina after the return of humans to Pandora. In addition to dealing with the Navi version of Miles Quaritch (Stephen Lang), the protagonist's family is also presented as a big problem by the appearance of a tulku hunter from the GDR named Scoresby (Brendan Cowell).
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If it is already shocking for the public to have had to wait thirteen years for the premiere of the sequel to 'Avatar,' twenty years will seem eternal. James Cameron's best-selling follow-up spent three years shooting in New Zealand before going into post-production. What the director initially conceived as a trilogy resulted in the script for four more films that, of course, also take place in the world of Pandora but in new settings that require a lot of work to be devised. Another fundamental reason was the need for facial movement reproduction technology that had yet to be invented.
Finally, some information was revealed about the next installment of "Avatar" James Cameron's film saga, whose first two installments are already in the top 10 of the highest grossing in history. A world on fire, a new narrator, a culture of fire, and other details we already know about "Avatar 3" are what we will break down below so that the wait for the film does not cost so much.
Nonetheless, Avatar: The Water Sense earned more at the box office in its fourth and fifth weekends than almost all of the other top 10 grossing films, following a key pattern that both Titanic and the first Avatar also had.
The sequel to 'Avatar' has already accumulated worldwide revenues of 1,916 million dollars. It only took a month to snatch the honor of being the highest-grossing film since the start of the pandemic from Marvel's adventure. Now the question is to know what your ceiling will be.
It is known that Neytiri (Zoe Saldaña) and Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) will appear in 'Avatar 3', but there will be changes in that and the four. The narrator is the big change; Jake Sully will no longer be in charge of that task; it will be Lo'ak (Britain Dalton), the second son.
If you want to watch or re-watch Avatar 1 although Scoresby's arm is severed due to Payakan's actions, Landau tells Empire magazine that the villain will return in Avatar 3. However, the producer only offers a few details about the film to not spoil the experience for fans. In addition, Empire magazine reveals that General Ardmore (Edie Falco) and the RDA will continue their quest to make Pandora the new "home of mankind."
To all these difficulties, Cameron added the decision to shoot the next two films, 'Avatar 2: The Way of Water' and 'Avatar 3', at the same time. And it's not that their plots take place on land, but that many of the scenes were recorded underwater. This required much work for the actors to learn to hold their breath.
It took 13 years for us to finally be able to enjoy the sequel to "Avatar" with "Avatar 2: El Camino del Agua", and many of us were very upset with the end of this film, which is why we are already eaten by the desire for power see his next installment.
Although the premiere of Avatar: The Sense of Water in its first week was not as good as expected, the truth is that in the following weeks, it has maintained a pace that has put it above other big box office films.
The next goal for 'Avatar 2' is to reach 2.048 million for 'Avengers: Infinity War' and then it will be a matter of a day or two before it exceeds 2.066 million for 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens.' Then things get more complicated.
"I'll take a moment when things settle down and gauge what people loved and responded to the most in this version. It won't be radical, but maybe it realigns to empathize with what people are responding to. For example, Lo'ak "He's come across as a character that has fit in with people, so he could find ways to... now he's the narrator. Oh, I'm talking too much," Cameron explained on the Soundtracking podcast.
Avatar 3 was filmed simultaneously as the second part to ensure that young actors stick with their age-appropriate roles, although filming was never a sure thing. The strong reception to Avatar 2 and its strong box office performance means that the third film, possibly even the fourth and fifth, get the green light.
Despite the immense work and the enormous financial outlay that has been carried out to create this fantasy saga, it has not been the film that has taken the longest to shoot. 'Boyhood' –'Moments of a Life' in Spanish- came to theaters in 2014 and featured Ellar Coltrane, Ethan Hawke, Lorelei Linklater, and Patricia Arquette, among others. However, Richard Linklater, his director, had started shooting the film twelve years earlier, starting the story in Mason's childhood -the protagonist- and capturing the most important moments of his life for the next twelve years.
The good thing is that director James Cameron has already given some details about this movie, which will hit theaters in a few years. In a brief interview that he gave to Deadline during the Critic's Choice Awards, the filmmaker commented that the element of fire would inspire the feature film.
After more than a decade of waiting for the sequel to the movie Avatar to arrive, not a few have wanted to go to movie theaters to see this second part which, under the name of The Sense of Water, has turned out to be one of the most expensive films in history but also one of the highest grossing. And why not say so? Also one of the longest.
How can one watch Avatar 2 online for free? Read on for our tips and tricks to stream Avatar 2 at no cost, once it’s available on HBO Max. Avatar 2 is sweeping theaters, as it has exceeded 1,749 million dollars worldwide, being the highest-grossing film released in 2022. So, James Cameron has a free hand to make the third, fourth, and fifth parts.
Two of the most followed commercial productions of 2022 are over two hours long. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and Avatar: The Water Sense. The last one has a total duration of over three hours. Although it is not a new debate, through them, the discussion was brought to the table once again: what should be the duration of the films? Can we have a consensus on this?.
The numbers of 'Avatar 2' deserve applause. The brave does not take away the courteous. James Cameron's new proposal is generating an amount of money that more than guarantees the survival of the saga that began in 2009 with 'Avatar.'
Just before the release of Avatar: The Sense of Water, his director - oblivious to any outburst of modesty - made it clear that anything that was not to be among the five highest-grossing films in history could be considered a failure. The 13 years elapsed since the first installment (not in vain, the film that has made the most money in cinema history), and the nearly 350 million dollar budget left little room for anything other than the most elemental arrogance out of modesty. And there, James Cameron (we talked about him) is the king. Well, three weeks have passed and, for now, we are facing the seventh most profitable film of all time. And up.
The sequel to "Avatar" rose to the top as the biggest box office success of 2022, and many want to know more details about the production. In this note, we tell you on which platform to find "Avatar 2: In the depths of the water", the special with behind the scenes.
Avatar: The Sense of Water is the highest-grossing film of 2022 and the seventh in history thanks to its more than 1.7 billion dollars in collections, quite a milestone at a time when the general public is having a hard time returning en masse to theaters after the pandemic. That is why the film's director, James Cameron, has advocated for a return of large audiences to movie theaters, not without losing the opportunity to attack streaming head-on: "Enough of so much streaming!" he assured in a recent interview with Variety.
While HBO Max doesn’t have a free trial, customers can still try out the service for free via Hulu’s HBO Max free trial. The service allows users to try both Hulu and HBO Max for free for seven days, which is enough time to test out the site before subscribing. According to Variety, with a budget exceeding 350 million dollars, a collection in its first 14 days of broadcast of 1,000 million dollars at the international box office, and a duration of just over three hours, this film aspired to succeed even before its premiere.
The funny thing is that Marvel movies have had villains that have lasted more than one movie, such as Thanos or now Kang. But they usually have a shorter journey, like Gorr, Hela, Yon-Rogg, Ivan Vanko, Dormammu, or Obadiah Stane. However, it should be considered that someone will return in future installments.
Three years ago, the run of The Irishman, the film directed by Martin Scorsese, brought this conversation back to the scene. This lasts for almost three and a half hours. In examples like this, from time to time, comments appear suggesting that the film "had half an hour left" or more of time. Although these appreciations can —and usually— be subjective, they describe a trend: as consumers, we spend less and less time paying attention to content.
The figures, as things are, are dizzying. And they are against all logic. So far, the second of five planned Pandora movies have grossed $1.7 billion worldwide. The 2,900 of the original 2009 film are still far away, but the environment is different. It premiered on December 16, two days before the World Cup final.
In the documentary, actors Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver, Kate Winslet, and Stephen Lang share their relationship with the director and the preparation work with high-tech tools to put together the production of this native romance in an alternate world called Pandora.
"I think everyone got caught up in streaming when the pandemic started to hurt. Only it didn't just hurt: it killed theater attendance. Avatar is bringing movie theaters out of the grave now," says Cameron after emphasizing that the pandemic put the film industry in serious trouble for a year.
But, after thirteen years since the first film, what will we find in this new installment? The first thing that should be noted is that it can be seen in theaters in both 2D and 3D, and that, as it already happened with the first one, one of its greatest virtues is the settings, the images in the middle of nature and the animals that inhabit Pandora.
This space saga's relationship between the villain and the protagonist is very interesting.
In Avatar 2, we see how Colonel Miles Quaritch (Stephen Lang) returns, as his consciousness is implanted in an avatar after his death. His objective is to kill Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), which is why he has a great confrontation, although both survive, and that is why we imagine that in the third installment, they will face each other again.
It is part of a consumption logic repeated in different spaces, from social networks to news consumption or the extension of the duration of a song. It is increasingly rare to find pieces that exceed four minutes, for example, at least within pop. Or read, completely, a magazine or newspaper. Added to this is the isolation time due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is key to understanding the new information search and reception dynamics. In this context, the cinema is no stranger to this issue, and the duration of the films, from time to time, generates discussions.
For her part, actress Sigourney Weaver explains the challenge of returning to her past and becoming a teenage character to play Kiri, the adoptive daughter of Jake (Sam Worthington) and Neytiri (Zoe Saldaña). Other new-generation actors joining the main cast in this interview sequence include Jamie Flatters, Bailey Bass, Jack Champion, and Trinity Bliss, who play the indigenous youth of Pandora.
"I think we are going back to movie theaters worldwide. They are returning to theaters even in China, where there is this huge outbreak of COVID. As a society, we are saying, 'We need this! We need to go back to the movies!' Enough of so much streaming! My ass is worn out from sitting so much!" the filmmaker concludes vehemently.
As with the original, The Sense of Water follows the lives of Jake Sully and Neytiri, who, after banishing most of the humans from the planet, now live in harmony and have formed an extended family. But happiness cannot last forever, and the humans who once tried to deplete the resources of this prosperous world return to fulfill their purpose: the Earth is dying, and it is time to find a new home for humanity. But other characters have more personal interests.
It must be remembered that James Cameron has always revealed that he is not a fan of the superhero genre, although he was about to make a Spider-Man movie at the end of the 90s. That is why he has created his film saga, and like the numbers of Avatar 2 demonstrate, he has hit the mark.
By May 2020, BBC Mundo already anticipated that technological dependence would be one of the main changes humanity would go through due to the pandemic. For months, much of the work habits, interpersonal relationships, and entertainment were reduced to the screens. Zoe Kleiman, a technology journalist, described the scenario to the BBC as follows.
With the takings of Avatar 2 that continue to reiterate the fact that James Cameron should never be doubted, the acclaimed director finds himself more and more often talking about the continuation of the franchise and, specifically of Avatar 3, he has hinted that we will be able to witness a "small" revolution.
Avatar La via dell'acqua is an overwhelming success, with almost 2 billion collected worldwide, not only awarded by the public but also by the critics (here is our review). Although Avatar 2 has arrived 13 years after the progenitor, we won't have to wait long for the third chapter, scheduled for next year.
Avatar: The Waterway screenwriter Rick Jaffa recently explained that a space battle was cut from the film's script. Set 14 years after the Navi brought down the Resources Development Administration (RDA) in Avatar, the sequel to the fantasy adventure follows Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) and his Navi wife Neytiri (Zoe Saldana) as they fight to protect their family and home from a new threat. The RDA returns to the side of the bad guys since it allowed the birth of Colonel Miles Quaritch (Stephen Lang) in a recombinant version, in a Navi body in which the cloned mind of the soldier was implanted. This war machine leads an elite squad of soldiers to Pandora with the sole purpose of eliminating Jake.
Undoubtedly, these 2022-2023 parties were a good testing ground for the theatrical sector in Italy. To better understand what happened, we heard the opinion of some Italian distribution companies. Let's start with Luigi Lonigro, the director of 01 Distribution and the Anica publishers and distributors union president.
Jake was the narrator of the first and second films, and we will have a different narrator for each sequel. We will experience them through the eyes of always other characters.
In this regard, pressed by Deadline during the Critics Choice Awards, director James Cameron anticipated something about the next film, which will explore the element of fire of the people of the ash.
With Avatar: La Via dell'Acqua having surpassed 40 million at the Italian box office and approaching $2 billion worldwide, Jaffa speaks to EW and tells of a scene cut from the original screenplay: "There was an idea of a space battle with Navi. That idea had a lot of following, and we discussed it a lot. We were in trouble, though. How would that work with the story we were already telling? Jim said, "Well, give me a few weeks." He went off and wrote an entire screenplay (including that idea). And, by the way, a brilliant script. Ultimately, the whole script was thrown away because it didn't work with the story we were telling."
The indicators are all positive, starting with the top title, Avatar: La via dell'acqua, which went beyond expectations, given that almost all analysts put it at a maximum of 30 million euros. Moreover, it has led to a renaissance of 3D, which should be analyzed carefully, given that it is the only format that can be offered exclusively on the big screen. If we were to go back to producing real 3D films (and not converted), it would be another favorable element for the theatrical sector.
After Avatar 3 (December 20, 2024), the franchise will be enriched with two more chapters: Avatar 4 (December 18, 2026) and Avatar 5 (December 22, 2028). although the third filmed back-to-back with Waterborne, James Cameron is still determining if he will return to direct the fourth and fifth films. Who will inherit the burden? Still too early to tell, but let's hope it's up to the director of Terminator.
Recall that Avatar 2 includes Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver, Matt Gerald, Giovanni Ribisi, Stephen Lang, and CCH Pounder in the cast. Among the new entries, Cliff Curtis (Tonowari), Oona Chaplin (Varang), Brendan Cowell (Mick Scoresby), Kate Winslet (Ronal), David Thewlis, Michelle Yeoh (Dr. Karina Mogue), Edie Falco (General Ardmore) and Jemaine Clement (Dr. Ian Garvin).
Another positive fact is linked to Italian comedy. Both The Big Day and Three Too Many demonstrate how original comedies with a strong cast and word-of-mouth work well. The film with Aldo, Giovanni, and Giacomo shows good durability after more than three weeks of exploitation. In short, I would say that we can set aside the 'funeral' of Italian comedy and talk about the funeral of medium-low level titles because comedies with a strong commercial appeal work well.
On the arthouse front, The eight mountains are the real surprise of these holidays. It is a beautiful film with an excellent cast, which the public likes and which confirms the stream.
