Tag: Avatar
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How Stephen Lang’s Colonel Quaritch Returns In Avatar: The Way Of Water
We film types talk a lot about James Cameron’s “Avatar” and its white savior story, often comparing it to a film like “Dances with Wolves.” Less discussed but just as problematic are the movie’s ableist overtones. Let it not be forgotten, Cameron’s 2009 blockbuster sees its main character happily dump his disabled human body in…
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James Cameron Might ‘Pass the Baton’ to Another Director After ‘Avatar 3’
Although James Cameron has been deeply entrenched in the development of sequels to his 2009 blockbuster “Avatar” for more than a decade, the director has shared that he’s considering leaving the world of Pandora behind for other projects down the line.The first “Avatar” sequel, subtitled “The Way of Water,” is set to hit theaters on…
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Why All Four Avatar Sequels Were Announced At Once (And Why They’ve Taken So Long)
This December we will finally be heading back to Pandora for “
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Even James Cameron Has Doubts About Avatar: The Way Of Water’s Box Office Potential
James Cameron has made a lot of strong impressions during his decades-long career, from pitching “Aliens” by revealing a well-placed dollar sign to a room of execs, to (according to The Independent) being the kind of boss who will shoot your phone with a nail gun if it goes off on set. With a reputation…
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James Cameron May Not Direct the Final ‘Avatar’ Films
Click here to read the full article.James Cameron may have created the planet of Pandora, but there’s a chance the filmmaker does not direct all of the Avatar films.After the franchise’s game-changing first film, Cameron decided to continue the saga with four more stories, the first of which, Avatar: The Way of Water, hits theaters…
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Sigourney Weaver Plays a Teenager in ‘Avatar 2’: ‘Thrilled to Be Given That Challenge’
“Avatar” fans have known for quite some time that Sigourney Weaver is coming back for the upcoming sequel, “Avatar: The Way of Water,” but her return has been a giant question mark, given that her character, Dr. Grace Augustine, died in the first movie. It turns out Weaver is playing not only a brand-new character…
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‘The Gray Man’ Trailer: Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans & The Russo’s Make A 200 Million Action Film For Netflix
There’s really no roadmap for filmmakers after they gross over 2 billion, let alone one for those who gross that sum two years in a row. James Cameron opted for the “Avatar” ad infinitum approach, with biennial instalments scheduled to run for the next decade (“Avatar 2” premieres in December this year; “Avatar 5” comes…
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‘Top Gun: Maverick’ and ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’: Can a Sequel Be Too Late?
In the noisy circus of CinemaCon, two presentations cut through the static: Disney debuted the trailer for James Cameron’s “Avatar: The Way of Water,” while attendees got their first look at Paramount’s long-long-long-awaited Tom Cruise sequel “