Finally sequel of Avatar {Avatar 2: The Way of Water} made by 20th Century Studios is releasing on Dec 16, 2022.
Avatar: The Way of Water is a forthcoming American epic science fiction movie directed by James Cameron, the person who is known for his fantastic direction and blockbuster movies and produced by 20th Century Studios. It is the sequel of Cameron’s Avatar franchise after Avatar released in 2009. Cameron is producing the film with John Landau, and writing the screenplay with Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver, which is based on a story the trio co-wrote with Josh Friedman and Shane Salerno.
A new trailer of movie “Avatar: The Way of Water” has released on Youtube.
Cast members Sam Worthington, Joe Saldana, Stephen Lang, Joel David Moore, CCH Pounder, Giovanni Ribisi, Dilip Rao, and Matt Gerald reprise their roles from the original film, with Sigourney Weaver returning in a different role.
New cast members include Kate Winslet, Cliff Curtis, Edie Falco, Jemaine Clement and Brendan Cowell.
James Cameron, said in 2006 that he would make a sequel if Avatar was successful, announced the first two sequels in 2010 after the massive success of the first film, with The Way of Water aiming for a 2014 release. However, the need to add three more sequels and develop new technology for underwater film performance capture scenes, a feat never achieved before, forced the crew to work . Significant delay in allowing more time for writing, pre-production and visual effects.
Preliminary shooting of the film began in Manhattan Beach, California on August 15, 2017, followed by principal photography with Avatar 3 in New Zealand on September 25, 2017. Filming ended in late September 2020 after shooting for more than three years.
The theatrical release of the film has been delayed time and again, with the latest being on July 23, 2020. It is currently planned for release on December 16, 2022, with the following three sequels to be released. December 20, 2024, December 18, 2026 and December 22, 2028, respectively. It is one of the most expensive films ever made on a budget of $250 million.
In 2006, Cameron stated that if Avatar was successful, he hoped to make two sequels to the film. Sequels were originally scheduled for release in December 2014 and 2015. He incorporated some scenes in the first film for a future story follow-up. Cameron planned to shoot sequels one after the other and begin work “once the novel is nailed down”. He said the sequels would widen the universe while exploring Polyphemus’ other moons. The first sequel will focus on Pandora’s ocean and include more rainforests. He intended to capture footage for the sequel at the bottom of the Mariana Trench using a deep-water submarine. In 2011, Cameron said he was beginning to design the ocean ecosystems of Pandora and other worlds to add to the story. The story, though continuing the environmental theme of the first film, will not be “harsh” as the film will focus on entertainment. The sequel was confirmed in December 2009 as a continuation of the characters Jake and Netiri. Cameron said that humans would return as the antagonists of the story. In 2011, Cameron stated its intention to film sequences at higher frame rates than the industry standard 24 frames per second to add an enhanced sense of reality.
In 2013, Cameron announced that the sequel would be filmed in New Zealand, with performance capture in 2014. An agreement with the New Zealand government would require at least one world premiere in Wellington and at least NZ$500 million (approximately). US$410 million (at December 2013 exchange rates) will be spent on production activity in New Zealand, including live-action filming and visual effects. The New Zealand government announced that it would increase its basic tax exemption for film production from 15% to 20%, with 25% in some cases available for international productions and 40% for New Zealand productions (as determined by the New Zealand Film Commission). determined by). As defined by section 18 of the Act 1978).
Cameron first mentioned a possible third sequel in 2012; And the following year was officially confirmed. Cameron was then looking to release Avatar 2 in 2015, but later that year, production was rescheduled for 2014, with the film scheduled to be released in December 2016, and two more sequels to follow in 2017 and 2018. was. As of 2015, each of the scheduled release dates for the sequel was 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 task”. The following month, Fox announced another release delay. In February 2016, production of the sequel was scheduled to begin in New Zealand in April 2016. In April 2016, Cameron announced at CinemaCon that there would be four Avatar sequels, all of which would be filmed simultaneously. Four Avatar sequels have a budget of $1 billion (for example, $250 million each).
New crew members include cinematographer Russell Carpenter, who worked with Cameron on True Lies and Titanic, and Ashrita Kamath, who will serve as art director on all four sequels. Kirk Krack, founder of Performance Freediving International, served as a free-diving trainer for the cast and crew for the underwater scenes. Many of the creatures introduced at the theme park attraction Avatar Flight of Passage will be featured in the film.
Writing
In 2012, Cameron stated that the sequels were being “written as separate stories, comprising an overall arc of the first film”, with the second being a clear conclusion rather than a cliffhanger for the next. Screen writers were also announced that they planned Josh Friedman for the first, Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver for the second, and Shane Salerno for the third. However, Friedman later announced that Jaffa and Silver were writing the first of four sequels and that he was writing the second.
In April 2014, Cameron hoped to finish the three scripts within six weeks and said that all three sequels would be in production simultaneously and was still awaiting a December 2016 to 2018 release, he said that although Friedman, Jaffa , Silver and Salerno each co-wrote a sequel with him, having previously worked on all three scripts together: “I didn’t tell each of the writers what film they were working on. Cameron said he All three films are from. Every beat of the story is worked out. So it all combined as one, a three-film saga, a creative process that follows his television series Dark. Angels Writing Room. Inspired by Experiences Writing took longer than expected, causing James Cameron to further delay the film’s release. 2015.
He spent a full year writing and completing the entire script for the first sequel, and then threw it out and started again because it wasn’t “subconscious” enough. At one point he threatened to sack his writers because they would focus only on new stories, not first finding out what made the original film successful. In December 2015, Cameron said in an interview with Entertainment Weekly, “I’m in the process of doing another pass through all three scripts. It parallels the design process and is very mature at this point. ‘About one and a half. I “Have been designing for years. All the characters, settings and creatures are all beautiful sets.” On February 11, 2017, Cameron announced that writing all four sequels had been completed. In an interview on November 26 of the same year, he estimated that it took four years. Including to write the screenplay.
Cameron said that if you compare the themes of the sequel to the original, it could all be a natural extension of themes, and characters, and spiritual undercurrents. Basically, if you liked the first movie, you can watch these movies. If you loved it at the time and you later said you hated it, you’re probably going to love it. He later compared the sequel to ‘The God Father franchise’. It is a continuation of the same characters and what happens when the warriors are accused of suicide and the big orange jumps off the rocks on Toruk’s back. Make Now is the creator of Kids Makeover. It’s interesting. Is.
In a February 2019 interview discussing Tuke’s character, Cameron mentioned that she was eight years old and that the film would feature a scene between Jake and Netiri from Tuke’s point of view. A matrimonial dispute, very important to the story. Hiding under the frame and peeping inside I shot it all through the eyes of an 8-year-old. Now I know how to write Jake’s character as he moves through the emotional roller coaster of the next four movies. Lang said in a December 2019 interview that his character was always meant to return in sequels, as Cameron shared with him. “He was the future of Quarich” during the shooting of the original film.
Sigourney Weaver said that the story is about family, our families trying to be together and we all go to protect each other and protect the place where we live. It’s all about James Cameron’s family and their happiness. Even in the family, how insecure you feel when you have children.
Casting
In January 2010, it was confirmed that Sam Worthington and Joe Saldana had supported repeating their jobs in Continuity. Soon after, James Cameron confirmed that Sigourney Weaver and Stephen Lang would return regardless of their characters’ demise. Cameron similarly expressed that Weaver would appear in each of the three sequels (the fourth was spontaneous at the time) and would acquire her personality, Beauty Augustine. Nonetheless, Weaver told Walk 2015 that she would be playing another man in the upcoming film. Cameron confirmed in 2010 that Lang would return as Quarich in the initial three spin-offs, expressing, “I don’t agree on how we’ll bring him back, yet it’s a science-fiction story. Really amazing place.” In our new three-film adventure. In September 2015, Michelle Rodriguez expressed the same, in contrast to Weaver and Lang, whose characters were additionally passed on in the main film, Symbol. I’ll be in 2 I’m in Come on, I won’t be back.
Some new cast members were announced in 2017, with Joel David Moore, CCH Pounder and Matt Gerald confirmed to return from the first film. In addition, a group of Navi Reef individuals from the Bluff Curtis Metkayna have joined the assigned role as Chief Tonwari. On September 23, 2017, it was revealed that young entertainer Philippe Geljo had endorsed an undisclosed job. On September 27, Gallejo: Seven Kids Entertainment was confirmed as a component of the primary cast including Jamie Compliments, Brittany Dalton and Trinity Joy, Jake and Netiri, Gallejo, Bailey Bass and Duane Evans Jr. Metkena. (with Curtis) and Jack Champion, the main person performing live, as a human being brought into the world in Pandora. Cameron later said that the young entertainers had been planning for some time to have recorded submerged scenes at the Catch exhibit, and that they could now hold their breath “within two to four minutes”. Actually, even seven years. The offspring of Trinity Delight, and presently “each of them holding their breath, was perfectly adequate in acting smoothly submerged.
On October 3, 2017, it was attributed that Kate Winslet, who featured in Cameron’s Titanic (1997), joined the cast of Emblem 2 and was possibly its continuation. “Kate and I have been looking forward to accomplishing something together for 20 years, since our coordinated effort on Titanic, which was one of the most satisfying of my business,” commented Cameron, “her personality is mine. Name is. , Ronal. I was. The idea of his personality was initially ambiguous, with Cameron expressing the following month that Ronal “is important to the people of the sea, the person of stone”, in reference to the Navi group of the Metkayna, symbol 2. Winslet. A presentation via. The primary job in this position. What I was, or full speed catch, what I expected, as she tried to do all the personality tricks on her own, she needed to figure it out What a Young Entertainer Winslet, who was reluctant to work with Cameron once again due to difficult circumstances, said that Cameron had to help her and her Titanic mate Leonardo DiCaprio in July 2017.
T. also commented that his work was “a long shoot”. The opposite was D”, as he would have just a month to shoot, although he would also be “a key figure in the continuing story”.
On October 13, 2017, it was announced that Giovanni Ribisi would reprise his role as Parker Selfridge from the primary film in the following four Symbol films. It was also confirmed that Dilip Rao was returning as Dr. Max Patel. A year later, Eddie Falco, Brendan Cowell and Michelle Yeoh join the cast in surprisingly realistic jobs. In any case, in October 2022, it was announced that Yoh would be in a spin-off rather than the recently announced method of water. In early April 2019, Vin Diesel announced that he would be joining the cast of the Symbol spin-off, despite the fact that it was not clearly determined which continuation he would be in. Edward Norton revealed in October 2019 that he had just turned down a job in Emblem 2. He was keen to be a part of Navi, which was not the proposed character.
Visual effects
On July 31, 2017, it was announced that Weta Digital had begun work on the Avatar sequel. The film will feature heavy underwater scenes, actually filmed underwater with the cast in performance capture. Combining underwater filming and performance capture is a feature that had never been accomplished before, it took the team a year and a half to develop a new motion capture system.
Landau stated in November 2015 that Avatar 2 would have several major technical improvements since the first film. Most of the lighting work on the virtual production stage can be done during production rather than post-production, and as in Alita: Battle Angel, which is produced and co-written by Cameron, the crew uses two lightweight HD head cams. can do. Record the facial performance of the actors. Also he used two digital puppets instead of just one; One which is an exact copy of the actual actor, and the other the character of the actor, which allows the team to re-target each other to make it as accurate as possible.
Cameron said there is a possibility the film could be shown in “glass-free 3D” with the sequel. But he later disagreed with these rumors and didn’t think the technology would be there yet.
Release
Avatar: The Way of Water is scheduled to release on December 16, 2022, will be distributed by 20th Century Studios and will also release in Real-D 3D, Dolby Cinema, IMAX and IMAX 3D formats. Along with the upcoming sequel, The Way of Water will be released in Dolby Vision. The film was subject to eight delays, as the crew took longer in the writing, pre-production and visual effects process. Initially, the film was planned for release in December 2014. By mid-2013, Cameron had originally intended to release Avatar 2 in December 2015, which was later delayed to 2016 and again to 2017. In April 2016, Cameron announced four Avatar sequels, which would be released in December 2018, 2020, 2022 and 2023, but in March 2017, he stated that the film would not be released in 2018 due to the extensive production and visual effects process.
In April 2017, a new release date of December 18, 2020 was announced, with all other sequels of Avatar 3, 4 and 5 being released on December 17, 2021, December 20, 2024 and December 19, 2025, respectively. However, in May 2019, the sequel was delayed by two years, following the announcement of three upcoming Star Wars films, the film was scheduled to release on December 17, 2021. The release date was postponed again due to the COVID- 19 pandemic, and in August 2020, a new release date of December 16, 2022 was announced. Referring to the delay, Cameron felt optimistic that it would hurt the film’s success, comparing it to his films Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Aliens, seven years after the original films were commercially successful. was issued. Both were sequels.
In December 2021, Zoe Saldana, who played the role of Netiri, watched the first 20 minutes of the film. She told fans to “brace yourself”, and she was speechless and in tears.