It took 13 years of waiting, and at least seven postponements to the release date, but fans ofAvatar they will finally get their first look at the long -awaited sequel of the highest grossing feature film of all time.
A first trailer forAvatar : The Water Way went live on Monday morning. This mega-production with a budget of approximately one billion US dollars, according to its director James Cameron, pushing the limits of what cinema can do.
The film will be released on Dec. 16 in North America and should be followed by three other episodes of this legend, whose original film has generated about 3.6 billion Canadian dollars in revenue since its release in 2009.
Each new chapter will be an independent film from the others, with its own plot. The four episodes will not be part of a story arc, but when put together will represent a bigger epic sagasaid producer Jon Landau.
Unparalleled technology, according to Cameron
Before going on the internet, the trailer was first screened exclusively at the CinemaCon trade show in Las Vegas on April 27th.
Participants were asked to wear 3D glasses to get back to the planet Pandora, where they saw Na’vi – humanoids with blue skin – swimming and floating in the sky.
James Cameron promised them dramatic technological advances at first Avatarthat the main protagonists Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) and Neytiri (Zoe Saldana) now have families.
Once again we decided to push the limits of what cinema could dosaid the Canadian filmmaker to the crowd.
Avatar: The Water Way also starring Sigourney Weaver, who appeared in the original film but will have a new role in the sequel. In particular, he will share the screen with his acolytes from the beginning Avatar Giovanni Ribisi and Stephen Lang
New names in the cast include Oona Chaplin, Michelle Yeoh and Kate Winslet, who will reunite with James Cameron for the first time since he was directed to titanic. At the time, the film broke the record of the most important international receipt, before being fired by Avatarafter 12 years.
Source: Radio-Canada
