Avatar: Manner of the Water (to not be confused with Avatar: The Final Airbender) will function a three-hour, 10-minute runtime. Director James Cameron says it is as a result of there’s extra emotion, in line with his new interview with Complete Movie (through Selection).
“The purpose is to inform an especially compelling story on an emotional foundation,” Cameron stated. “I might say the emphasis within the new movie is extra on character, extra on story, extra on relationships, extra on emotion. We did not spend as a lot time on relationship and emotion within the first movie as we do within the second movie, and it’s an extended movie, as a result of there’s extra characters to service. There’s extra story to service.”
“Folks say, ‘Oh my god, a household story from Disney? Simply what we would like,'” Cameron continued. “This is not that type of household story. This can be a household like Sopranos is a household story.”
Cameron has been on a tear this 12 months with feedback about his and different movies. Along with evaluating his movie to Sopranos, he additionally in contrast it to Lord of the Rings. He additionally stated that Marvel characters must have youngsters for the movies to be mature (along with calling Aquaman unrealistic in 2019), and reminded us that his films are “hideously costly,” which is why the deliberate Avatar movies 4 and 5 may not occur. He additionally stated that in case you noticed his movie at residence, you “actually have not seen it.”
Avatar: The Manner of Water hits theaters on December 16, 2022.
The merchandise mentioned right here had been independently chosen by our editors.
GameSpot could get a share of the income in case you purchase something featured on our website.