Fans and the world of cinema have their eyes on London where it is shown on Tuesday night avatar 2the most anticipated movie of the year by theaters hoping to finally forget the pandemic and reap billions of dollars in revenue.
Avatar: The Path of WaterSigned by James Cameron, it arrives in French cinemas on Wednesday, December 14, and two days later in the United States, with a triple ambition: to surpass the first work, the biggest success in the history of the world box office, to deny death . of cinema in theaters, and give birth to a saga as mythical as Star Wars.
thirteen years later AvatarWith a worldwide turnover of nearly three billion euros, this second film follows the path of the star Pandora, light years from Earth, for a science fiction fable with ecological overtones.
Shot like the first in 3D, with a mountain of digital footage, the film spans 3h12. Contrary to James Cameron’s predictions at the time, Avatar He did not allow the three-dimensional image to be widely imposed in the cinema, which requires the use of ad hoc glasses, but the director clings to this technology.
The secret of the plot is closely guarded, but the film must make possible the discovery of a new tribe of native aliens living in the marine environment and introduces the survivors of the first work, Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), Neytiri (Zoe Saldana) and their five children. Kate Winslet joins the cast, a quarter of a century later titanic.
“Expectations are very high”
Like a hundred people, Dobrinka Perry, “a huge fan of the film,” waited in cold London to see the film crew. With 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 fight for my Pandora (…) for (the planet) that we will leave it to our children later,” he said.
“We have been patient for a long time” so “expectations are very high”, abounds Nelly Szabo, a 23-year-old Londoner, who says “everything” to love about the film, “the love story, the fight”, as well Like the special effects.
“I really liked the first one, so I’m glad there’s finally a 2nd one”, enthuses Geraldine Esteve, an illustrator from Paris “for the red carpet, for the actors”. “I really liked the universe, the aesthetics,” she recalls. “Seeing it on the big screen was very beautiful, the colors, the lights…”.
test for industry
The film represents a huge challenge for James Cameron, undisputed king of the world box office, who chained records with titanic then the first Avatar, which remains the highest-grossing film in the world to this day. Also at stake for Disney: the images of the third work are already shot and a new one Avatar It is planned every two years at least until the 5th, in 2028.
“I always worry when a movie comes out and it’s a particularly difficult time” after the pandemic, acknowledged the director, interviewed on the red carpet by the BBC. “We are confident in the movie…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 great test for the world film industry, everyone is waiting for it,” said Eric Marti, general manager of Comscore France, which measures and analyzes film audiences for AFP. “For two years it was just for platforms. For theaters, this release is the empire strikes back: the reassertion of the primacy of the theater” in all other distribution channels.
Source: BFM TV
