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Avatar: The Way of Water

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["Academy Award Best Visual Effects","Academy Award Nominations: Best Picture, Best Sound, Best Production Design, Best Cinematography","BAFTA Special Visual Effects"]

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Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) is James Cameron's sequel to Avatar (2009), the highest-grossing film ever. Set over a decade after the original, Jake Sully and Neytiri flee their home and seek refuge with the Metkayina reef clan as a new threat from the Resources Development Administration targets Pandora's oceans. The film grossed $2.32 billion worldwide, relying on unprecedented underwater performance-capture technology developed over a decade.

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Avatar: The Way of Water

Credits & Contributors (9)

Cast & Performance
Direction
Music
Creative & Design
Production
Other

Cast & Performance

Sam Worthington

Sam Worthington returns as Jake Sully — now a fully integrated Na'vi leading his family through a new war on Pandora.

Zoe Saldana

Zoe Saldana's Neytiri is the emotional center of Avatar 2 as she fights to protect her children. She appears in three of the four highest-grossing films of all time.

Sigourney Weaver plays Kiri — a teenage Na'vi girl — despite her original Avatar character dying. A technically and emotionally remarkable performance.

Direction

James Cameron
James Cameron Director, Writer & Producer

James Cameron directed, wrote, and produced Avatar 2. His 13-year wait to make it right produced one of the visually stunning films in history.

Music

Simon Franglen
Simon Franglen Original Score

Simon Franglen completed the Avatar 2 score, maintaining continuity with James Horner's original Avatar themes.

Creative & Design

IMAX
IMAX IMAX & 3D Partner

IMAX and 3D screenings were critical to Avatar 2's box office. Cameron designed the film for the largest possible screens.

Production

20th Century Studios
20th Century Studios Studio & Distributor

20th Century Studios distributed Avatar 2 globally, achieving $2.32B worldwide.

Lightstorm Entertainment
Lightstorm Entertainment Production Company

Lightstorm Entertainment produced both Avatar films using groundbreaking technology Cameron spent 13 years developing.

Other

Walt Disney Pictures
Walt Disney Pictures Parent Company

Walt Disney Company, which owns 20th Century Studios, backed Avatar: The Way of Water.