Avatar: The Way of Water': Everything We Know About Release Date, Cast, Filming Details, Sequels & More
James Cameron blew away audiences back in 2009 with Avatar, a story that’s as visually stunning as it is ecologically aware. Avatar takes us to the somewhat distant future on a planet named Pandora, where humans of Earth have set up a mining operation and disrupted the lives of the Na’vi, the humanoid natives of Pandora. In an effort to interact with the Na’vi, humans have created an “Avatar,” which is the body of a Na’vi operated by the technologically-inserted consciousness of a human.
Cameron worked with linguists to create an entirely functioning Na’vi language, invented his own specialized camera for capturing actors’ facial expressions, and paved the way for future use of motion-capture animation in filmmaking. The effects of Avatar were absolutely groundbreaking for their time, and the film broke all kinds of box-office records. After the wildly successful first movie, Cameron then signed on to create four more Avatar films. Below, we’ve put together everything we know so far about the next installment of the franchise: Avatar: The Way of Water.
Editor's Note: This piece was last updated on November 27 to add the latest trailer.
It’s been a long time coming, and the second installment to the Avatar franchise will hit theaters on December 16, 2022. The first two sequels were announced way back in 2010, with hopes for a 2014 release. The demands of the film saw a total of eight theatrical delays over many years, with the last delay announced in June of 2020, bringing us to the current 2022 release date. The third installment is planned for release in December of 2024, the fourth coming out in December of 2026, and the final film released in December of 2028. The second movie will reportedly have a run time of about 3 hours and 10 minutes, so it really is shaping up to be quite the experience. Avatar: The Way of Water will also be releasing in China, one of the few Hollywood movies to do so since the pandemic. Tickets for the film are now on sale so be sure to get yours.
