The second Avatar film is the first movie in history to utilize underwater motion capture to bring its world to life.
Filming on this sequel began back in 2017, with Cameron pushing even his own boundaries. "The key to it was to shoot really underwater and really at the surface of the water," he said.
“He tells me about the project, the different films, how ['Avatar'] 2 is 60% water, 3 is 30%, 4 and 5 will be 15%,” Krack said. “How the new Na'vi of the ocean are called Metkayina, they're free divers, and the problems they'll have with capture because of the bubbles.
The making of Avatar
The Fusion 3D is a rig which used two Sony F950 cameras, one which shot for the left eye and one which shot for the right. In order to pull this off, the rig has one camera mounted horizontally and the other mounted vertically.
James Cameron Needed To Perfect Underwater CGI
Plainly, the major reason behind the 13-year wait for the Avatar sequels is their long pre-production state, a result of Cameron's commitment to the special effects that set Avatar apart from other films of its time to begin with.
Only two shots in the entire film contain no visual effects. Despite all those long skin-pruning sessions in the tank and the vast quantities of water in the sequel, nearly all of the water in the film is computer-generated. Of the 3,240 visual effects shots Weta worked on, 2,225 involved water.
April 22, 2017: Shady's back, tell a friend: Cameron has started production with an adjusted timeline: Expect Avatar 2 on December 18, 2020; Avatar 3 on December 17, 2021; Avatar 4 on December 20, 2024; and Avatar 5 on December 19, 2025. September 25, 2017: Seven years later, Cameron has started filming!
No, James Cameron's Avatar 2 Won't Use Glasses-Free 3D - 'It's Part of the Experience' Avatar: The Way of Water producer Jon Landau explains why 3D glasses are an important part of the viewing experience for the upcoming film.
The upcoming film picks up a decade from where the original left off, with the story of the Sully clan training as warriors as they start a family — and Cameron chose to have Neytiri (Zoe Saldana) be pregnant.
The avatar, whose name is Jake Sully, tries to thank her for the assistance, but Neytiri angrily rejects him as she was forced to needlessly kill three of the viperwolves to protect him. Jake asks why she saved him, and she says it is because he has a strong and fearless heart.
Visual effects can only go so far in Hollywood. James Cameron says he filmed Avatar sequel The Way of Water at the same time as the forthcoming third and fourth films to avoid what he called "the Stranger Things effect," coining a new phrase to describe the inevitable growth spurt of child actors on multiyear projects.
Filming took three years
Cameron also demanded a lot of his actors. Much of the cast had to film underwater sequences in a 900,000-gallon tank built for the films. Water bubbles and scuba gear interfered with the motion-capture process, so the actors spent months learning to hold their breath for minutes on end.
The floating Hallelujah Mountains
It all has to do with superconductors. When superconductors are in the presence of a magnetic field, they can float. “Avatar's” alien world of Pandora, it turns out, is simply a massive superconductor.
It will star Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldaña, among others from the original cast, reprising their roles. The screenplay is written by James Cameron and Josh Friedman. The film is scheduled to be released on December 18, 2026, by 20th Century Studios and is planned to be followed by a sequel, Avatar 5, in 2028.
Using their capability of advanced genetic engineering, humans develop "Avatar" hybrid bodies from genetically distinct modified-human DNA and Na'vi alien genetic material. Through psionics, genetically matched humans are then mind-linked to these "Avatars" for remote control operation.
The Na'vi are monogamous creatures who mate (Na'vi name: muntxa si meaning "mate with, marry") for life. The mechanics of their reproduction are similar to that of humans and other Terran mammals. However, their unique physiology creates an experience fundamentally different from that of humans.
A steamy tendril sex sequence was deleted from the mega-blockbuster Avatar because director James Cameron wanted to avoid an "R" rating for his film.
Sylwanin te Tskaha Mo'at'ite was the daughter of Eytukan and Mo'at, the older sister of Neytiri, and Tsu'tey's fiancé. She was a member of the Omatikaya clan and a tsahìk-in-training.
At first glance, the Sullys enjoy an ideal nuclear family straight out of the 1950s, aside from the fact that they're Na'vi. Jake and Neytiri have two sons, Neteyam and Lo'ak, and one daughter, Tuktirey, or Tuk for short. Simple enough so far.
3D movies would cost a few dollars more than your regular 2D movie and when combined with ultra-large screens like the IMAX, ticket prices went through the roof.
Unobtanium (pronounced un-ob-tain-ee-um), also known as Ubh-310, is a highly valuable rare-earth compound found on the exo-moon Pandora. Humans mine unobtanium for energy conduction, as the RDA suppresses the development of alternatives on Earth.
Does Avatar 4 have a name? The leaked title for Avatar 4 is Avatar: The Tulkun Rider — though again this has not been confirmed as the title.
The film eventually opened on December 16, 2022, and it will be followed by sequels 3, 4, and 5 in December 2024, December 2026, and December 2028, respectively.
Meanwhile, Avatar 4 will hit theaters on December 18, 2026. In September, Cameron announced that Avatar 4 had already begun production. Avatar 5 is set to drop on December 22, 2028.