belloq87
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Yes. They were filmed back to back.The third movie is shot (to the extent these things are actually "shot") already, isn't it?
Per Cameron, the second movie, third movie, and 25 pages of the fourth movie are all shot since the characters have to remain roughly the same age during those parts of the story before a time skip in movie four.The third movie is shot (to the extent these things are actually "shot") already, isn't it?
I'll be seeing it at the Dolby Cinema at Disney Springs in 3D. Probably in IMAX, too.Lol ever since the first one came out I’ve thought this franchise is a joke.
Then James Cameron went on the media circuit and started making ridiculous quotes about how expensive and absurd the sequel is.
Then the AMC app crashed yesterday once tickets were released.
Now here I am with two tickets to see it in Dolby the weekend it comes out.
James Cameron…that guy knows a thing or two about a hype machine.
Then James Cameron went on the media circuit and started making ridiculous quotes about how expensive and absurd the sequel is.
I just saw that and laughed because it's just classic Cameron.When I saw Cameron talking about how it needs to become the fourth highest-grossing movie of all time in order to break even, I had to smile.
He knows what he's doing.
We were just talking about it above. Am I expecting it to necessarily make $2B? No. Am I going to call it a failure if it makes $1.8B and ends up with a $200M loss? No.This is doomed to fail unless it does INCREDIBLE box office...
‘Avatar 2’ Is So Expensive It Must Become the ‘Fourth or Fifth Highest-Grossing Film in History’ Just to Break Even
James Cameron says that "Avatar: The Way of Water" will need to become the fourth or fifth highest-grossing movie in history in order to break even.variety.com
They'll blame Chapek if it fails and praise Iger if it succeeds...
I’d say they will wait longer than they have been to send it to streaming seeing as The Way of Water has absolutely no competition for roughly 6 weeks. Also Iger may have a different plan for how long to wait for movies to hit streaming than Chapek did.It will be interesting to see what the streaming window is on this...does it follow the 6-8 weeks Disney has been doing or will it be 6 months before it shows up on Disney/Hulu/HBOMax? I think the issue will be the same as all the recent Disney releases have had-- "Let's just wait a couple of weeks and it will stream". Disney has made it so only die hard fans pay for movie tickets with the majority of viewers just waiting until it shows up on the streaming services they're already paying for. Unless a movie is REALLY spectacular or not on a streaming service I can't see any movie pulling in the kind of box office this one needs to be successful.
Unless he’s doing something else technologically groundbreaking those movies should be alright on a (comparatively) smaller budget. The technology and techniques created and developed in the first movie were refined for the sequel, and likely took a minuscule chunk of the budget and time compared to to developing the underwater stuff.The answer in that scenario is to tell Cameron that he has to make Avatar 4 & 5 on a bit of a smaller budget. That is unless you're fine with losing some money each film in exchange for gaining films that are perceived as extremely valuable blockbusters.
Me as well. Saw the HDR/HFR re-release of "Avatar" there and it was light years ahead of the LieMax theaters hereI'll be seeing it at the Dolby Cinema at Disney Springs in 3D. Probably in IMAX, too.
On the 2009 Avatar… it just came back onto Disney+ and after the film had a 4K remaster, I was disappointed to see that they didn’t add the option of watching it in IMAX Enhanced (or hell, even 3D for anyone still hanging onto a 3D TV).Me as well. Saw the HDR/HFR re-release of "Avatar" there and it was light years ahead of the LieMax theaters here