When moviegoers were introduced to symbol picture In 2009, the original Avengers Not yet assembled, the Star Wars series trilogy wasn’t just a twinkle in Lucasfilm’s eye, nor did jurassic world A trilogy for Universal, each of which has come and gone since then. as such Avatar: Water Road Approaching the release, one might wonder if the audience is ready for a sequel after so many years since the release of the original. However, James Cameron has a solid reason as to why he thinks it will work.
When symbol picture Director James Cameron was asked if he was concerned about the 13-year difference between the first symbol picture And the water road, which is nearing the end of the 2022 film schedule, offered some reasoning drawn from his personal experiences with the sequel. Cameron explained this to The New York Timessaying:
I think I could have made a sequel two years later and made it a bomb because people didn’t relate to the characters or the direction of the movie. My personal experience goes like this: I made a sequel, Aliens, seven years after the first movie. It was very well received. I made a sequel, titled Terminator 2, seven years after the first movie. It made more revenue than the first movie. I was a bit worried that I had stretched the rope too much, in our fast-paced modern world, with ‘Avatar 2’ coming 12 years later. Until we dropped the teaser trailer, we got 148 million views in 24 hours. There’s this rare but wondered in principle, which is, cool, we haven’t seen it in a long time, but I remember how cool it was back then. Is this playing in our favour? I don’t know. I think we’ll find out.
He’s right because when trailer for Avatar: Water Road Hitting the Internet in May, it quickly spread quickly. The trailer gained 148.6 million views in 24 hours according to THR and beat the talk star Wars Teaser ads in viewership. As James Cameron shared, it shows that many people remember that sci-fi epic was a big movie in 2009 and are curious about what will happen next. Additionally, the director reminds us that his other famous sequels, Aliens And the Terminator 2Despite the long gap between their original films, they achieved massive successes.
Before water road In theaters later this year, we might get a glimpse of interest in the franchise when the original symbol picture back to theaters On September 23. The movie is being reissued in 4K HDR print. This would provide a way for fans to re-acquaint themselves with the movie’s story, and could also, of course, redirect the movie’s lifetime box office gross, which is already the highest-grossing movie of all time.
From What do we know about him? Avatar 2 Until nowThe sequel will follow Jake Sully from Sam Worthington and Neytiri from Zoe Saldana as they build their family on Pandora. Among the returning cast is Sigourney Weaver, who plays the teenage character Navi, who is acknowledged as “the biggest stretch” for her role. New actors include Kate Winslet, Michelle Yeoh and Jermaine Kleiman.
CinemaBlend had the opportunity to attend the D23 Expo last week and see what happened Six scenes from Avatar: Water Road. We’ll surely see if seeing James Cameron inspire fans to return to Pandora, not just for this sequel but for his two other planned sequels. The first of the three films hits theaters on December 16.
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