No, Avatar 2 does not have a post-credit scene.
Instead, the conclusion of Cameron's sequel is similar to that of "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire," with a key character mentally recovering from trauma and loss, regaining emotional stability, telling the audience via voice-over that it is time to confront the enemy, and then looking directly into the camera to demonstrate how determined they are.
It signals that there's more to come and leaves with the character making meaningful eye contact with the audience, giving them the impression that even though they weren't involved in the fight they just watched, they are still invited to the fight that is to come. This is a good formula for what is really more of a chapter ending than a movie ending.
Since a few years ago, Cameron has stated that he has a plan for a total of five “Avatar” films, with release dates set through 2028. The third film, which is currently thought to be called "Avatar: The Seed Bearer," is scheduled to come out in December 2024 and was made concurrently with "The Way of Water." Cameron claims that the first act of the fourth film, which may be titled "Avatar: The Tulkun Rider," has also been shot. In “The Way of Water,” the space whales known as "tulkun" play a significant role.
What is Avatar: The Way of Water?
“Avatar: The Way of Water” is a 2022 American epic science fiction film directed and produced by James Cameron. The story was written by Josh Friedman and Shane Salerno, and by Cameron, who also collaborated on the screenplay with Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, and Shane Salerno. It is the follow-up to “Avatar” (2009) and the second entry in the “Avatar” movie series, both of which are distributed by 20th Century Studios.
Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Stephen Lang, Joel David Moore, CCH Pounder, Giovanni Ribisi, Dileep Rao, and Matt Gerald are among the cast members who return in their roles from the first movie, while Sigourney Weaver also plays a role. Kate Winslet, Cliff Curtis, Edie Falco, and Jemaine Clement are among the new cast members. It follows Jake Sully (Worthington), a Na'vi, and his family as they flee from a resurgent human threat and seek safety with the aquatic Metkayina clan of Pandora, a habitable exomoon on which they reside.
The premiere of “Avatar: The Way of Water” took place in London on December 6, 2022, and it was released in theaters across the country on December 16, 2022, following several delays to the anticipated release date. Critics gave the movie favorable reviews, praising the technical and visual effects but faulting the story and length of the running time.
The movie broke numerous box office records and made over $2.311 billion worldwide, making it the highest-grossing movie of 2022, the highest-grossing movie during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the third-highest movie of all time. The American Film Institute and the National Board of Review both listed it among the top ten movies of 2022.
The movie received a number of accolades, including Best Picture nominations and a Best Visual Effects win at the 95th Academy Awards. With the following movie scheduled for release on December 20, 2024, three additional sequels are currently in production.
Does Avatar 2 have a longer streaming cut?
James Cameron made another intriguing comment: he'd like to make films with different cuts for their streaming releases, possibly stretching up to six hours on streaming. “I want to do a movie that’s six hours long and two and a half hours long at the same time. Same movie,” He revealed this to Dune director Denis Villeneuve during a "Directors on Directors" interview with Variety.
“You can stream it for six hours, or you can go and have a more condensed, roller coaster, immersive version of that experience in a movie theater,” Cameron said. “Same movie. Just, one’s the novel, and one’s the movie. Why not? Let’s just use these platforms in ways that haven’t been done before.”
Given the more than ten years of pre-production and planning that the Avatar movies underwent, if there is any franchise that seems to warrant that treatment, it is them. It's easy to picture a more TV-oriented version of “The Way of Water” with extra episodic footage, drawing out some of these stories at length, given how much jovial Pandora tourism there is in the movie as well as how many new characters have their own small arcs.
What is the theme of Avatar 2?
The main theme of “Avatar: The Way of Water,” which Sigourney Weaver based on James Cameron and Kate Winslet, is the maintenance of their family relationships and their willingness to take risks. This is compared to the movies in “The Godfather” franchise (1972–1990).
Some of the themes in the movie, according to critic Brian Tallerico of RogerEbert.com, are reminiscent of themes from earlier James Cameron movies, such as “Titanic,” “Aliens” (1986), “The Abyss” (1989), “The Terminator” (1984), and “Terminator 2: Judgment Day” (1991). The movie, like the “Terminator” movies, poses the question of whether you should flee and hide from a formidable foe or confront their evil.
The movie also makes reference to settler colonialism and environmental activism. When comparing the sequels' themes to the original, Cameron said, “It will be a natural extension of all the themes, and the characters, and the spiritual undercurrents. Basically, if you loved the first movie, you're gonna love these movies, and if you hated it, you're probably gonna hate these. If you loved it at the time, and said later you hated it, you're probably gonna love these.”
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