Avatar: The Way of Water
Short description
More than ten years after the first story, Jake Sully and Neytiri have started a family on Pandora. Their peace is disrupted when the Resources Development Administration returns with military force to colonize the planet. To protect their children and their people, the Sully family is forced to leave their forest home and seek refuge with the Metkayina, a clan of Na'vi who live along the coasts and oceans.
Directed by James Cameron, this action and science fiction film is the 11th of 15 films in his career, following Avatar (2009) and preceding Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025). The screenplay was written by Cameron, Rick Jaffa, and Amanda Silver. The main cast includes Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Kate Winslet, and Cliff Curtis, with a total of 64 credited actors and 201 crew members.
Produced by TSG Entertainment, 20th Century Studios, and Lightstorm Entertainment, the film had a budget of 460 million USD and earned 2.33 billion USD worldwide. Audience reception was positive, with a rating of 7.6/10 on IMDb from 469,865 votes and 7.6/10 on TMDB from 14,655 votes. This audience score is slightly higher than the 7.1/10 rating provided by film critics based on 450 reviews.
What's left behind the scenes
- Cameron rented the MBS Media Campus (formerly Manhattan Beach Studios) in Southern California for the film shoot for a period of 5 years. Characteristic features of this site are an “aggressive” water conservation program, the use of environmentally friendly cleaning products and paints, and a number of other “green” programs. Cameron intends to install solar panels in the studio and shoot both films using solar energy. The cost of installing the corresponding equipment will be $5 million for the director.
- James Horner was originally supposed to compose the music for the film, but he tragically died.
- According to director James Cameron, Kate Winslet performed all of the underwater stunts herself.
- Kate Winslet held her breath underwater for 7 minutes and 14 seconds, thus surpassing Tom Cruise’s record underwater filming time (6 minutes) in the action film “Mission: Impossible – Fallout”.
- Two water tanks were built at Manhattan Beach Studios. The second was larger – with a volume of just over 956,352 liters. The tank had built-in units for creating waves and currents. Cameras were installed around its perimeter for filming, as well as cameras that monitored the people in the tank. The surface of the water was covered with floating white balls to eliminate glare.
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