'Avatar 2' unveiled in London ahead of global release

Fans and the cinema world had their eyes riveted on London where

was screened on Tuesday evening , the most anticipated film of the year by theaters.

They hope to finally forget the pandemic and reap billions of dollars in revenue.

, signed James Cameron, will land on Wednesday December 14 in French cinemas, and two days later in the United States, with a triple ambition: to surpass the first opus, the biggest success in the history of the box. -world office, deny the death of cinema in theaters, and give birth to a saga as mythical as Star Wars.

The blue carpet has been rolled out!

Join us at the World Premiere of #AvatarTheWayOfWater in London 🇬🇧

Follow along to see the cast and filmmakers behind the movie event of a generation.

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Thirteen years after

, which is approaching three billion euros in worldwide receipts, this second film takes the path of the star Pandora, light years from Earth, for a science fiction fable with an ecological tone.

Shot like the first for 3D, with a mountain of digital images, the film stretches over 3h12.

Contrary to James Cameron's predictions at the time,

did not allow the three-dimensional image to be widely imposed on cinema, which requires the wearing of ad hoc glasses, but the director clings to this technology.

A reflection on ecology

The film reveals a new tribe of native extraterrestrials, living in the marine environment, and features the survivors of the first opus, Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), Neytiri (Zoe Saldana) and their five children.

Kate Winslet joins the cast, a quarter of a century after

.

Return to Pandora with us.

#AvatarTheWayOfWater only in theaters December 16th.

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Like a hundred people, Dobrinka Perry, "a big fan of the film", waited in the cold London to see the film crew.

Her face made up in the same blue as the characters, she identifies with the two heroes: “I also have five children, I am also a fighter, I am fighting for my Pandora […] for (the planet) that we are going to leave to our children later,” she says.

James Cameron and Disney play big

"We have been patient for a long time" so "expectations are very high", abounds Nelly Szabo, 23-year-old Londoner, who says "everything" to love about the film, "the love story, the fight", as well as the effects specials.

"I really liked the first one, so I'm happy that there is finally a 2", enthuses Geraldine Esteve, illustrator from Paris "for the red carpet, for the actors".

“I appreciated the universe, the aesthetics,” she recalls.

“Seeing it on the big screen was very beautiful, the colors, the lights…”

The film represents a huge stake for James Cameron, undisputed king of the world box office, who chained records with

 then the first

, which remains to this day the most profitable film in the world.

Also at stake for Disney: the images of the third opus have already been shot and a new Avatar is planned every two years at least until the 5th, in 2028.

“A big test for the global cinema industry”

"I'm always worried when a film comes out and it's a particularly difficult time" after the pandemic, acknowledged the director, interviewed on the red carpet by the BBC.

"We have faith in the film...it's a good experience, it's powerful, it's emotional...but we'll see what happens," he added.

“The release of the film is a big test for the global cinema industry, everyone is waiting for it,” analyzes Eric Marti, managing director of Comscore France, which measures and analyzes film audiences.

“For two years, it was only for the platforms.

For cinemas, this release is "The empire strikes back": the reaffirmation of the primacy of the room "over all other distribution channels, he adds.

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