Avatar: The Way of Water

Release Date: Friday, December 16, 2022 Nationwide Wednesday, June 7, 2023 Disney+

Kate Winslet, Michelle Yeoh, James Cameron, Cliff Curtis, Sam Worthington, Joel David Moore, Duane Evans Jr, Zoe Saldana, Stephen Lang, Sigourney Weaver, Oona Chaplin, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, Edie Falco, CCH Pounder, Matt Gerald, Josh Friedman, Jon Landau, Jamie Flatters, Jack Champion, Trinity Bliss, Filip Geljo, Britain Dalton, Bailey Bass

PG-13 Action 3 hrs, 10 m

  • 4.4

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Plot

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Plot
Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, Avatar: The Way of Water begins to tell the story of the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri, and their kids), the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go to keep each other safe, the battles they fight to stay alive, and the tragedies they endure.
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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Avatar: The Way of Water.

Crew Behind the Film

The Avatar: The Way of Water behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director James Cameron last directed The Abyss and Avatar. The film's writer James Cameron last wrote Alita: Battle Angel and Sanctum.

Producers
James Cameron
Jon Landau

Additional Information

MPA Rating
PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned for sequences of strong violence and intense action, partial nudity and some strong language
Runtime
3 hrs, 10 m
Tagline
Not available
Also known as
Untitled Fox / Lightstorm Film 2018, Avatar 2

Language
English

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Production Details

What we know about the Avatar: The Way of Water movie production.

Key Facts

  • As Lightstorm Entertainment’s Jon Landau explains, "One of the strengths of great scripts are always the universal and relatable themes… There’s no more relatable theme than family. At the center of each of our four movies will be the Sully family. Each sequel will play as a stand-alone movie. Each movie’s story will come to its own conclusion… However, when looked at as a whole, the journey across all four movies will create an even larger connected epic saga for audiences around the world (CineEurope, 6/20/17).”
  • Avatar future installments will take place underwater (Deadline.com, 5/8/17).
  • Fear the Walking Dead‘s Cliff Curtis will play Tonowari, who is the leader of the Metkayina, the reef people clan (Deadline.com, 5/8/17).
  • Originally pegged for Christmas 2018, the film has been delayed further (Hollywood Reporter, 3/10/17). As James Cameron explained, "Well, 2018 is not happening. We haven’t announced a firm release date. What people have to understand is that this is a cadence of releases. So, we’re not making Avatar 2, we’re making Avatar 2, 3, 4 and 5. It’s an epic undertaking. It’s not unlike building the Three Gorges dam."
  • The Wrap (1/22/15) says Avatar 2 has been delayed "indefinitely." Meaning the original December 2017 release date is off the table.
  • Chatting with Entertainment Weekly, James Cameron has given a new update on the state of Avatar 2, Avatar 3 and Avatar 4: "I'm in the process of doing another pass through all three scripts right now. Just refining. That's in parallel with the design process. The design processors very mature at this point. We've been designing for about a year and a half. All the characters, settings and creatures are all pretty much [set] (EW, 12/2015)."
  • Lightstorm Entertainment will work once again with Joe Letteri and his team at WETA Digital on the three films.
  • 20th Century Fox will make three Avatar sequels. The three pictures will be filmed simultaneously with production beginning in 2013. The release of the first sequel will be in December 2016, with the second to follow in December 2017, and the third a year later (Deadline.com, 8/1/13).

Production Updates

Completed

The film was tagged as Completed.

Post-Production

The film was tagged as Post-Production.

Production

The film was tagged as Production. Shooting commenced April 2017 on four concurrent Avatar sequels.

Pre-Production

The film was tagged as Pre-Production. Avatar 2, 3, 4 and 5 will all be filmed together.

Pre-Production

The film was tagged as Pre-Production. James Cameron has plans to make three sequels back to back - lots of pre-production work needed.

Pre-Production

The film was tagged as Pre-Production.

Development

The film was tagged as Development. War Of The Worlds scribe Josh Friedman has been hired to work on the screenplay.

Pre-Production

The film was tagged as Pre-Production.

Development

The film was tagged as Development.

Announced

The film was tagged as Announced.

Concept

The film was tagged as Concept.

Release Dates

When was the film released?

Avatar: The Way of Water was released in nationwide movie theaters on Friday, December 16, 2022 . There were 19 other movies released on the same date, including Spoiler Alert, The Quiet Girl and Lullaby.



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Sat., May. 20, 2023

  • Set film release to MAX

  • Set film release to Disney+

  • Set the MPAA rating to PG-13 for sequences of strong violence and intense action, partial nudity and some strong language

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