Disney has revealed the first full-length trailer for Avatar: The Way of Water after it revealed the first teaser in May this year. Also known as Avatar 2, Avatar: The Way of Water is currently scheduled to release on December 16, 2022, in theaters across the globe.
The new trailer (watch above) of Avatar 2 gives us a new look at Pandora and the Sully Family. We see Sam Worthington's Avatar character Jake Sully and Zoe Saldaña's Neytiri. The trailer begins with beautiful underwater scenes from the Ocean, which teases the film to be as visually stunning as the first one released in 2009. Avatar 2 is the story of the Sully family and what they do to keep their family together. The family will go out and explore the many regions of Pandora, including spending a lot of time on, around, and in the water.
Avatar: The Way of Water is set more than a decade after the events of the first film, and it tells 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.
Directed by James Cameron and produced by Cameron and Jon Landau, the Lightstorm Entertainment Production stars Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, CCH Pounder, Cliff Curtis, Jamie Flatters, Trinity Bliss, Sigourney Weaver, Jemaine Clement, Giovanni Ribisi, Joel David Moore, Bailey Bass, Britain Dalton, Dileep Rao, Michelle Yeoh, Stephen Lang, Vin Diesel, Brendan Cowell, Duane Evans Jr., and Kate Winslet. Disney also revealed a new official poster for the film.
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— Avatar (@officialavatar) November 2, 2022
Screenplay by James Cameron & Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver. Story by James Cameron & Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver & Josh Friedman & Shane Salerno. David Valdes and Richard Baneham serve as the film’s executive producers. Cameron and Jon Landau are the producers with 20th Century Studios and Lightstorm Entertainment production companies behind the film. Walt Disney Studios is the distributor.
The sequel has seen a lot of delays since it was announced after 2009s Avatar, which became the all-time top-grossing movie to date. Avatar 2 was supposed to release in 2014, but the multiple delays with production and the script keep delaying it until 2017 when it finally began production. The film was again scheduled for a December 2021 release, which was later moved to 2022 due to the ill effects of the pandemic.
Avatar 3 has also completed production and is currently set to release on December 20, 2024. The film will be followed by two more sequels on December 18, 2026, and December 22, 2028, respectively.