Director James Cameron's 'Avatar 2' titled 'Avatar: The Way of Water'

After a long wait, director James Cameron is finally ready to show audiences his otherworldly, underwater vision for the sequel of 'Avatar'. It's newly titled as 'Avatar: The Way of Water'. Disney, which inherited the franchise after acquiring 20th Century Fox in 2019, unveiled new footage of the highly anticipated film at CinemaCon, the annual gathering of movie theater owners that's currently unfolding at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, reports 'Variety'.

CinemaCon attendees were given 3D glasses to watch the minutes-long trailer, which contained almost no dialogue. Instead, exhibitors were immersed into different regions across the dazzling world of Pandora through sweeping visuals of the planet's crystal blue oceans and lakes.

The footage also shows the local tribe of Na'vi interacting with various species resembling whales and pelicans, some of which flew through the screen and into audience member's faces thanks to the three-dimensional technology.

Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, 'Avatar: The Way of Water' begins to tell the story of the Sully family — Jake, Neytiri and their kids — and the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go to keep each other safe, the battles they fight to stay alive and the tragedies they endure. "I know one thing," Sam Worthington's Jake Sully tells Zoe Saldana's Neytiri. "Wherever we go, this family is our fortress."

The trailer will debut exclusively in theatres ahead of Marvel's 'Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness' on May 6.

Cameron, who is still in New Zealand putting the final touches on 'Avatar 2', appeared in a pre-recorded video to tell exhibitors about the film.

He says it is "designed for the biggest screen and the most immersive 3D available", adding that he "set out to test the limits of what cinema can do".

Producer Jon Landau, who flew in town from New Zealand for less than 24 hours, indicated that "family" will be at the centre of the four sequels. Each follow-up film will play out as a standalone movie and will come to its own conclusion.

"We need to make sure (audiences) have an experience they can't get anywhere else, and that needs to be exclusively in theaters," Landau said. (IANS)

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