Thirteen years later, ‘Avatar’ to return with a focus on family

Director James Cameron announce a long-term settlement which is able to carry “Avatar” themed lands to Disney parks with the the primary at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, as he speaks at a media briefing in Glendale, Calfornia September 20, 2011. A scene from “Avatar” is proven on display screen background. REUTERS/Fred Prouser/File Picture

Sept 22 (Reuters) – The primary sequel to blockbuster film “Avatar” will concentrate on a theme of defending household and can increase the world of Pandora that enchanted audiences greater than a decade in the past, the film’s stars informed Reuters.

James Cameron’s “Avatar: The Means of Water” is scheduled to achieve theaters in December. Forward of that, Walt Disney Co (DIS.N) is releasing a remastered model of the unique 2009 movie in cinemas beginning on Friday.

The primary “Avatar” film targeted on a battle for pure sources between human colonists and the blue Na’vi individuals on a moon known as Pandora.

Actor Sam Worthington mentioned “The Means of Water” exhibits his character, Jake Sully, and Zoe Saldana’s Neytiri as mother and father working to defend their household from hurt.

“This love story has developed,” Worthington mentioned. “We now have a household and to be sincere, to me, the film is about defending your loved ones.”

“Whether or not that is a direct household, it really works on many ranges. It may very well be a communal household, the household that we select,” he added.

The unique “Avatar” ranks because the top-grossing movie of all time with greater than $2.8 billion in international ticket gross sales. 4 “Avatar” motion pictures are deliberate by way of 2028.

Requested if she knew why it took Cameron so lengthy to ship a sequel, Saldana mentioned “it is his course of.”

“He is an artisan. He takes his time. He does his analysis,” she mentioned.

Worthington mentioned Cameron wrote an “Avatar 1.5” script to assist him work by way of what he needed to say within the second film.

“He is a person that cares in regards to the story he is telling and has devoted an ideal portion of his life to telling, sharing this with the world,” Worthington mentioned.

He added that “The Means of Water” will really feel acquainted to followers however “it isn’t a rehash of the identical story.”

Reporting by Lisa Keddie;
Writing by Lisa Richwine; Enhancing by Aurora Ellis

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