James Cameron is setting expectations for how much Avatar: The Way of Water would have to make in order to break even.
02.11.2022 - 15:43 / deadline.com
The wait is over as the first full official trailer for James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water, the sequel to the highest-grossing film ever, has dropped. Check it out above. Disney begins overseas rollout on 20th Century Studios’ sci-fi adventure December 14 with domestic joining on December 16.
The Way of Water is set more than a decade after the events of the first film. It follows the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri and their kids), the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go to keep each other safe, the battles they fight to stay alive and the tragedies they endure.
The sequel stars Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Kate Winslet, Michelle Yeoh, Edie Falco, Stephen Lang, Giovanni Ribisi, Oona Chaplin, Jermaine Clement and more.
Dis previously previewed a teaser trailer at CinemaCon in April before playing it exclusively in theaters on Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, and then put it online in May.
The studio, Cameron and producer Jon Landau have been making the rounds with footage from the film, screening during June’s CineEurope conference in Barcelona and at D23 in September as well as for execs from China Film Group (a release there is still unconfirmed).
Dis also released a remastered 4K HDR version of the original film in September to set the table for the sequel, and included sneak footage tagged onto the end.
Sources indicate The Way of Water will clock in at more than three hours, but no exact final run-time has been decided. The original was two hours and 41 minutes.
In total, four sequels are planned. Said Landau in Vegas, “The journey across all four movies will create a connected saga.”
Said Cameron at the time, the new films are “pushing limits even farther with high
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