James Cameron screens stunning Avatar 2 footage at CinemaCon, movie gets official title

Cameron said on stage, “With the first Avatar, we set out to push the limits of the big screen. With the new Avatar films, we’re pushing those limits even farther, with 3D, with high dynamic range, with high frame rate, higher resolution, and a much greater reality in our visual effects.”

The original Avatar was a megahit with both critics and audiences. It is currently the highest-grossing film in history, unadjusted for inflation. The film flipped the narrative. Instead of aliens invading Earth, the humans invaded Pandora, populated by the Na’vi, a peace and nature-loving, blue-hued species with feline-ish eyes, to mine the territory of a valuable mineral called Unobtanium.

The film starred Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez and Sigourney Weaver in the lead roles. All of them will return in the sequels.

Kate Winslet, Cliff Curtis, Edie Falco, Brendan Cowell, Michelle Yeoh, Jemaine Clement, Oona Chaplin, David Thewlis, CJ Jones and Vin Diesel are joining the franchise’s cast with the sequels.

Avatar 2 is set to be released on December 16, 2022.

Meanwhile, Shazam! Fury of the Gods, the sequel to 2019’s Shazam!, has moved its release date to December 21 from its original release date, which would have put in a battle against Avatar 2. Fury of the Gods director David F Sandberg joked on Twitter, “You’re welcome Cameron!”

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