news culture Avatar 2: “An introduction, a way to set the table”…James Cameron takes stock and teases the rest!
With $1.2 billion at the box office, Avatar: The Way of the Water is a huge hit. James Cameron’s feature film is nearing its goals, but all eyes are already on Avatar 3, filmed and expected in 2024. James Cameron also takes the opportunity to tease a little!
Avatar 2 is an absolute hit!
The director of titanic wondered if Avatar: The Waterway was well received, 13 years after the release of the first one, he now has the answer. The public is responding massively to the call, but it’s not enough. The film has already raised 1.2 billion of dollars in the world, but the director estimates that it will be necessary to hit titanic Good exceed 2 billion so that the film becomes really profitable. So there is still a little way to go. But anyway, avatar 3 is already in the box and is currently located in the editorial room
In fact, motion capture of the fourth opus has already begun and given the success of the films, it would take a catastrophe not to see the project through to the end. On December 30th Fred MondereauGeneral manager of theatrical distributor France Walt Disney, announced that with 559,147 additional admissions on 29. Avatar: The Waterway had achieved a total of 6,870,704 registrations in Francemaking the film the most-watched work in France in 2022 at the cinema.
It beats nothing short of excellent Top Gun Maverick, which managed to revive the spirit of the first opus (1986), bringing many new things and conquering a new audience. The feat is substantial, but now all eyes are beginning to turn on it avatar 3but which should not appear in 2035 good in 2024.
Avatar and Avatar: The Way of Water…Introductions?
The first two films were technically welcomed with open arms, And rightly so. The first brought many new technologies (we invite you to consult the endless list of registered patents), the second pushed the whole thing even further. According to general opinion Avatar: The Waterway is a new feat of engineering, and for that alone it deserves a demonstration.
But the film was a little less well received from a narrative point of view. He is particularly criticized for emphasizing the same issues this avatar first the name, adjusting the development of the story to make it closer to the characters. Basically negative opinions are rare, because the story works, but most reviews imply an air of deja vu
To other cultures than those I have already shown. Fire is represented by the “Ash People”. I want to show the Nav’is from a different angle because for the moment I’ve only shown their good sides. In the early films there are very negative human examples and very positive Navi examples.
In Avatar 3 we do the opposite. We will also explore new universes while continuing the story of the main characters. I can say that the last parts will be the best. The others were an introduction, a way to set the table before the food was served. But of course it all depends on how Avatar 2 is received when it finds its audience.
The first two avatar would have the form a gigantic introduction of more than 5h50, but the sequel promises many twists and turns. So after the aquatic Na’vi, the story should turn the Na’vi of Ash, which we can imagine living near a volcano. Above all, James Cameron promises us a paradigm shift, with Darker Na’viperhaps able to relegate the human threat to second place.
The story continues with the already known heroes, but “the main course” should be emphasized other facets of the inhabitants of Pandora. James Cameron was supposed to be at the helm of at least the next two works, but he shielded himself. He’s previously said he’ll likely need to found a successor if the franchise lives on, but recently added that he’s made sure the spirit lives on even if he eventually passes:
I feel personally responsible for the huge investment I have asked Disney to make for Avatar. I’ll give you an example: Disney spent $4 billion to acquire the rights to the Star Wars universe. So these films had to make money even though George Lucas was no longer behind the franchise. In the same vein, I asked the studio to commit financially to one aesthetic and one universe.
It is my duty to think about the future: what would happen if I got sick or someone close to me got sick and I had to retire? I have to plan everything so that the story can go on without me, even though I’ll continue directing everything in the best of all possible worlds. I’m the only one who knows the smallest details of this universe. (…)
