Why It took 13 Years to Get Avatar: The Way of Water Into Theaters
As it turned out, moviegoers were pretty darn ready to go back to Pandora. Only 13 years after Avatar opened in theaters and sailed past Titanic to become the world’s highest-grossing movie of all time, and eight years after its tentative first release date, Avatar: The Way of Water raked in $2.3 billion globally—enough for third place all-time behind only its predecessor and Avengers: Endgame.
Not surprisingly, the sequel is vying for Best Picture at the 2023 Oscars on March 12, along with Best Visual Effects (Would you like the statues gift-wrapped, team?), Best Production Design and Best Sound.
Though James Cameron was snubbed in the directing category (he’s still nominated as a producer), he was as proud as any papa when his visually superior baby—achieved, just like its predecessor, using technological marvels that had to be invented or fine-tuned expressly for this production—finally opened in theaters in all its 3-D glory.
Not that he ever wanted audiences to focus purely on the spectacle. (Or the three-hour, 12-minute run time.)
I just wish everybody would realize the last thing in the world I want to talk about is the technology,” the filmmaker, who penned the screenplay for the original and then turned over 800 pages of world-expanding notes to married writing partners Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver to work on the sequels, told the South China Morning Post. “I’m a writer, I want to talk about the characters, I want to talk about the actors, I want to talk about the cast and how they interpreted those characters, and the dramatic and emotional impact that creates.”
In fact, he added, “I’m bored with the technology! You can’t imagine anybody sitting at home and saying, ‘Honey, let’s go to the movies, they got some new technology!'”
I just wish everybody would realize the last thing in the world I want to talk about is the technology,” the filmmaker, who penned the screenplay for the original and then turned over 800 pages of world-expanding notes to married writing partners Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver to work on the sequels, told the South China Morning Post. “I’m a writer, I want to talk about the characters, I want to talk about the actors, I want to talk about the cast and how they interpreted those characters, and the dramatic and emotional impact that creates.”
In fact, he added, “I’m bored with the technology! You can’t imagine anybody sitting at home and saying, ‘Honey, let’s go to the movies, they got some new technology!
Source: eonline
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