It’s been a long time—more than a decade, actually—but the sequel to Avatar is on the way. titled Avatar: The way of the water, the film will be released later this year. The first images of the highly anticipated sequel were screened at the CinemaCon showcase in Las Vegas on April 27. And now the trailer of the movie has been released online.
The footage gives fans a glimpse of the visually stunning landscapes of Pandora, an Earth-like habitable extrasolar moon of the Alpha Centauri system gas giant Polyphemus, which was also the setting of the original film. There are many shots in which the ocean or water plays a central role. We see the Na’vi again. Zoe Saldana’s Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) and Neytiri also return. But this time, they seem to be accompanied by some shorter, cuter versions of themselves, seemingly their kids.
The blueness of it all extends throughout the trailer. So far, Avatar 2 looks visually stunning and promises to be more family oriented, as we hear Jake say at one point, “Wherever we go, this family is our fortress.”
While first releasing the trailer, director James Cameron is said to have said, “With the first Avatar, we wanted to push the boundaries of the big screen. With the new Avatar movies, we’re pushing those boundaries even further, with 3D, with high dynamic range, with a high frame rate, higher resolution and much greater reality in our visual effects.”
Avatar was a resounding success and remains the highest-grossing film of all time. It told the story of humans who invaded Pandora, populated by the Na’vi, a harmonious blue-hued species, to mine the territory of a valuable mineral called Unobtanium.
A poster of Avatar The Way of Water.
The film starred Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez and Sigourney Weaver in the lead roles. They all come back in the sequel. Kate Winslet, Michelle Yeoh, David Thewlis and Vin Diesel, among others, join the cast of the franchise with the sequel.
Avatar 2 will be released in English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam on December 16, 2022.
