James Cameron has been pretty vocal about how much Avatar: The Way of Water would need to make at the worldwide box-office in order to break-even, and his 13-years in the making sequel is off to a great start by causing a $435 million splash at cinemas around the globe. Unveiled in over 52 international […]
Movie Review – Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
Avatar: The Way of Water, 2022. Directed by James Cameron. Starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Kate Winslet, Cliff Curtis, Edie Falco, Jemaine Clement, Brendan Cowell, Jack Champion, Jamie Flatters, Britain Dalton, Trinity Bliss, Bailey Bass, Filip Geljo, Joel David Moore, CCH Pounder, Matt Gerald, Duane Evans Jr., Chloe Coleman, Keston John, […]
Avatar: The Most Successful Movie with Zero Cultural Impact
Anghus Houvouras on James Cameron’s Avatar and its total lack of cultural impact… We’re living in an age of entertainment extremism, where passionate fans go to ludicrous lengths to engage in hyperbolic talking points about their favorite film or franchise. It can be exhausting, wading through social media and hearing people make bold declarations not […]
Avatar: The Way of Water tracking $525 million worldwide opening weekend
13 years in the making, and with hundreds of millions of dollars ploughed not only into the production but also the actual development of much of the technology used to bring it to life, James Cameron has claimed that Avatar: The Way of Water will need to become “the third or fourth highest-grossing film in […]
Video Review – Avatar: The Way of Water is a beautiful mess
EJ Moreno with a video review of Avatar: The Way of Water… James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water is the film version of that beautiful person with no personality. Avatar 2 tries to say and do a lot but comes off as a striking shell for a lackluster core. The spectacle is there, and […]
James Cameron laughs off VFX comparisons between Avatar and Marvel: “It’s not even close”
If James Cameron is going to do one thing, it’s praise his Avatar movies while shading other films – especially the work of Marvel and other superhero brands. During a recent interview ahead of this month’s Avatar: The Way of Water release, the conversation about visual effects came into play, and the legendary filmmaker took […]
First reactions to Avatar: The Way of Water call it “mind-blowing” and “a sincere, stunning epic”
“Never bet against James Cameron”. That’s just one of the reactions to the director’s thirteen years in the making sequel Avatar: The Way of Water, which held its world premiere on the blue carpet in London last night, and triggered a tsunami of overwhelmingly positive reactions from audiences around the world. You can check out a […]
Zoe Saldaña says years in franchise films has made her feel “artistically stuck”
Zoe Saldaña has quite the impressive resume. Just in the last decade or so, she’s appeared in Avatar, Guardians of the Galaxy (as well as multiple Avengers movies), and Star Trek. It’s fair to say that working on projects like that, sometimes back-to-back, can become draining. In a new interview, Zoe Saldaña says it has […]
Avatar: The Way of Water IMAX featurette invites us to experience Pandora in a whole new light
A new featurette has been released for Avatar: The Way of Water, which sees producer Jon Landau, joined by cast members Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Sam Worthington, and Stephen Lang as they discuss the world of Pandora and what to expect from the long-awaited blockbuster sequel. Set more than a decade after the events of […]
Avatar: The Way of Water tracking $150 million to $175 million box office opening
James Cameron has been voicing his concerns about how Avatar: The Way of Water would have to match its predecessor’s record-breaking gross in order to break even at the box office, and how he might have to cap the franchise as a trilogy should it underperform, but the usually bullish director might be heartened to […]
