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Why Avatar: The Way of Water Looks Like That—And How It Went ... (Vanity Fair)

Apparently, James Cameron knows his way with water. Reactions are pouring in after the first screenings of the director's long-awaited Avatar sequel, Avatar: ...

According to a press release, The Way of Water is “the first film to feature cinematic high frame rate powered by TrueCut Motion technology.” But according to another tweet from Hoffman, the “high frame rate” technology won’t be used at every screening. [Jordan Hoffman](https://www.vanityfair.com/contributor/jordan-hoffman) was not a fan of Avatar: The Way of Water, visually speaking, disparaging the “motion smoothening” effect of the film due to its “ [high frame rate,](https://www.thewrap.com/avatar-high-frame-rate-upgrade-explained/)” which takes the standard 24-frames-per-second rate and speeds it up to 48 frames per second. “The story, the spectacle, the spirituality, the beauty - this is moviemaking & storytelling at its absolute finest.”

James Cameron Wrote 'Avatar 1.5' to Fill in the Gaps Between Films (Gizmodo)

The Avatar director knows exactly what kind of life Jake and Neyteri had between the first film and The Way of Water.

Cameron has been thinking about the larger Avatar universe, and the interconnected, intergenerational drama of these movies, for a very long time. [Avatar: The Way of Water](https://gizmodo.com/new-avatar-2-trailer-james-cameron-pandora-fox-disney-1849810435), James Cameron apparently knows exactly how the main characters of his first film lived their lives during that time. “Jim realized that that story was about them being warriors and taking on battles with other clans,” Worthington said.

James Cameron Wrote an Avatar 1.5 Script for Worthington and ... (Superherohype.com)

Sam Worthington recently revealed that James Cameron penned a separate Avatar screenplay to help him and Zoe Saldaña prepare for The Way of Water.

For now, it’s unclear if Cameron has any plans to release the contents of this script in the future. Regardless, there’s always a market for additional stories set in the Avatar universe. [Avatar: The Way of Water](https://superherohype.com/tag/avatar-the-way-of-water) spent a lot of time getting inside the minds of their characters in order to craft stronger, more authentic performances during production. “I think it was part of Jim realizing that story was about them being warriors and taking on the battles over the clans and things like that […] You wanted to explore what this family dynamic is and the natural extension of this love story. Since the new film picks up over a decade after the first [Avatar](https://superherohype.com/tag/avatar), the actors had to convey more than 10 years’ worth of ups and downs in their relationship onscreen. This gave them a better idea of how Jake and Neytiri settled into their new roles as parents.

Cameron Wrote An "Avatar 1.5" Script - Dark Horizons (Dark Horizons)

Before getting to actually filming the four “Avatar” sequels, filmmaker James Cameron and several writers spent years working on the scripts for all of the ...

“Jim [Cameron] gave us a script of 1.5 that he wrote that shows the time between Avatar and Avatar: The Way of Water, and he wrote a full script. Worthington said he lent the script to co-star Zoe Saldana, and he thinks she lost it, to which she responded: “No, I have it. Because this is amazing.’ He goes, ‘No, no, that’s just something I wrote over the past year to give you his backstory.’”

James Cameron Says 'Avatar 4' "Goes Nuts" and Studio Executive ... (Collider.com)

James Cameron reveals the notes he got from the studio on Avatar: The Way of Water, Avatar 3, and Avatar 4 which allegedly goes nuts in a good way.

“I can’t tell you the details, but all I can say is that when I turned in the script for 2, the studio gave me three pages of notes. Cameron is back with a sequel for the first time in thirty-one years with [Avatar: The Way of Water](https://collider.com/tag/avatar-2/), the sequel to his 2009 blockbuster, [Avatar](https://collider.com/tag/avatar/). By the time we get down to 4 and 5, if we’re so lucky, knock wood, to get that far, which is obviously driven by market forces, we have to be successful.” And like Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings films, Cameron said of his plan to write all the films before starting production on The Way of Water: So I felt I had to do the same thing.

James Cameron Reveals If He Would Pass 'Avatar' to Another Director (Collider.com)

James Cameron discusses passing Avatar onto another director and whether there's already a plan in place to do so.

I think it would be good to have some kind of a plan in place to be able to turn the reins over.” With multiple sequels on the way, and Pandora represented in the theme parks, Avatar is going to be going for a long time—with or without Cameron. “But, I think, in respect to the studio that’s writing these massive checks to create this world, this persistent world, I think it’s good for us to have at least some kind of a plan to hand that over. Even though it seems impossible for Cameron to not be associated with this series, there is a precedent for these universes existing without him. I think that what I would look for is somebody that is willing to be humble before the specific craft of how you make one of these films. “I think there are a lot of good filmmakers out there and a lot of good filmmakers that understand how to do CG and animation and world-building and all that sort of thing.

'Avatar 2' gets world premiere in London (Hurriyet Daily News)

One of the most delayed sequels in blockbuster history finally hit the big screen on Dec. 6 as “Avatar: The Way of Water” got its much-anticipated world ...

6 as “Avatar: The Way of Water” got its much-anticipated world It’s emotional. It’s powerful.