Avatar (franchise)
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Created by | James Cameron |
Original work | Avatar (2009) |
Owner | 20th Century Studios |
Years | 2009–present |
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Graphic novel(s) | Avatar: The High Ground (2022–2023) |
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Avatar is an American epic science fiction media franchise created by James Cameron, which began with the eponymous 2009 film. Produced by Lightstorm Entertainment and distributed by 20th Century Studios, it consists of associated merchandise, video games, and theme park attractions.[1] Avatar is set in the mid-22nd century on Pandora, a lush habitable moon of a gas giant in the Alpha Centauri star system. The film's central conflict is between the indigenous Na'vi led by Jake Sully and Neytiri, and humans led by Colonel Miles Quaritch from the Resources Development Administration (RDA), a megacorp which has arrived on Pandora to colonize and pillage it for its natural resources. The title of the series refers to the genetically engineered Na'vi body operated from the brain that humans pilot to interact with on Pandora.
The first installment, Avatar, was released on December 18, 2009, and is the highest grossing film of all-time. The second installment, The Way of Water, was released on December 16, 2022. The planned sequel series was announced by 20th Century Fox on December 11, 2009, one week before Avatar was released to theaters. 20th Century Fox had confirmed the series on January 15, 2010. The Avatar franchise is one of the most expensive franchises undertaken, with the combined budget of the first film and its four sequels estimated at $1 billion. The franchise has grossed over $5.2 billion worldwide; it is the 14th-highest-grossing film series of all time.
Like the original film, the four sequels have "fully encapsulated" stand-alone plots that "come to their own conclusions". The four films have an overarching meta-narrative that connects them to create a large interconnected saga.[2] Cameron described the sequels as "a natural extension of all the themes, and the characters, and the spiritual undercurrents" of the first film. However, Cameron eventually acknowledged that series co-producer Jon Landau, who Cameron developed a working relationship with in 1993, was in fact "the heart of the Avatar family" and "the center of gravity of our bubble universe."[3][relevant?]
Films
[edit]Film | U.S. release date | Director | Written by | Produced by | Status | |
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Screenwriter(s) | Story by | |||||
Avatar | December 18, 2009 | James Cameron | James Cameron | James Cameron & Jon Landau[a] | Released | |
Avatar: The Way of Water | December 16, 2022 | James Cameron, Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver | James Cameron, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, Josh Friedman & Shane Salerno[4] | |||
Avatar: Fire and Ash | December 19, 2025 | Post-production | ||||
Avatar 4 | December 21, 2029 | James Cameron & Josh Friedman | Filming On Hiatus | |||
Avatar 5 | December 19, 2031 | James Cameron & Shane Salerno | In development |
Avatar (2009)
[edit]Avatar was written and directed by James Cameron, The cast includes Sam Worthington, Zoë Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez, Stephen Lang, Joel David Moore, Giovanni Ribisi, CCH Pounder, Dileep Rao, Matt Gerald, Laz Alonso, and Wes Studi, and was set in the year 2154.
The story focuses on an epic conflict on Pandora, an inhabited Earth-sized moon of Polyphemus, one of three gas giants orbiting Alpha Centauri A. On Pandora, human colonists and the sentient humanoid indigenous inhabitants of Pandora, the Na'vi, engage in a war over the planet's resources (such as unobtanium) and the latter's continued existence. The film's title refers to the remotely controlled, genetically engineered human-Na'vi bodies used by the film's human characters to interact with the natives.[5] The protagonist, Jake Sully, is a paraplegic young man who travels to Pandora from Earth. Assisting the corporate monolith known as the Resources Development Administration (RDA), he is given an avatar which he uses to interact with the story's heroine, Neytiri, as well as her clan known as the Omatikaya.
Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
[edit]Avatar: The Way of Water was written and directed by James Cameron, The cast includes Sam Worthington, Zoë Saldaña, Joel David Moore, Sigourney Weaver, CCH Pounder, Stephen Lang, Giovanni Ribisi, Kate Winslet, Cliff Curtis, Trinity Bliss, Jamie Flatters, Britain Dalton, and Jack Champion, and was set 16 years after the first film in the year 2170.
Set over a decade after the events of the first film, The Way of Water focuses on the return of the RDA, which prompts Jake's family to seek refuge in the water regions of Pandora in an effort to keep one another safe. Cameron said in an interview that while the first film was about the "awe and wonder", the sequel focuses more on the characters. The film was originally planned for a December 2014 release, but was delayed several times and released on December 16, 2022. Production began in August 2017. It wrapped in September 2020.[6][7][8]
Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025)
[edit]A third film is planned for release on December 19, 2025.[9] Interviews in mid-2010 suggested that the third film would explore more of the Alpha Centauri system, but the script was not completed until late 2015. Avatar 3 started shooting simultaneously with Avatar: The Way of Water in New Zealand on September 25, 2017; filming was completed in late December 2020. The third film will introduce a new aggressive Na'vi Clan known as 'Ash People' who reside near volcanoes.[9][10] Cameron stated that Avatar: The Seed Bearer is being considered as a possible title for the film,[11] but Landau debunked the rumor in December 2023.[12]
Avatar 4 (2029)
[edit]A fourth film is planned for release on December 21, 2029.[9] Jon Landau said that, due to a six-year time skip in the first act, a third of Avatar 4 has already been filmed to account for the aging of the child actors, and on September 9, 2022, it was announced at the D23 Expo that principal photography had officially begun for Avatar 4.[9][10] However in January 2024, Cameron said that he will not start filming the remainder of Avatar 4 until after the release of Avatar: Fire and Ash.[13] Cameron stated that Avatar: The Tulkun Rider is being considered as a possible title for the film.[11]
Avatar 5 (2031)
[edit]A fifth and final film has been announced and is scheduled for December 19, 2031.[9] Jon Landau stated that part of Avatar 5 will take place on Earth, with Neytiri visiting the planet.[14][15][9][10] Cameron stated that Avatar: The Quest for Eywa is being considered as a possible title for the film.[11][16][17]
Future
[edit]In December 2022, Cameron revealed that he has plans for a sixth and seventh film, expressing his willingness to create them if there is sufficient demand.[16][17] In February 2024, Cameron confirmed his intentions for these two follow-up films and stated that he would likely pass the baton off to another director.[18]
Cast and characters
[edit]This section includes characters who will appear or have appeared in the franchise.
- An empty, dark grey cell indicates the character was not in the film, or that the character's official presence has not yet been confirmed.
- U indicates an uncredited appearance.
- V indicates a voice-only role.
- Y indicates a younger version of the character.
Character | ||||||
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Films | Video game | |||||
Avatar | Avatar: The Way of Water | Avatar: Fire and Ash | Avatar 4 | Avatar 5 | Avatar: The Game | |
2009 | 2022 | 2025 | 2029 | 2031 | 2009 | |
Jake Sully | Sam Worthington | |||||
Neytiri | Zoe Saldaña | |||||
Colonel Miles Quaritch | Stephen Lang | Stephen LangV | ||||
Parker Selfridge | Giovanni Ribisi | Giovanni RibisiV | ||||
Dr. Norm Spellman | Joel David Moore | |||||
Dr. Max Patel | Dileep Rao | |||||
Corporal Lyle Wainfleet | Matt Gerald | |||||
Mo'at | CCH Pounder | |||||
Dr. Grace Augustine | Sigourney Weaver | Sigourney WeaverV | ||||
Trudy Chacón | Michelle Rodriguez | Michelle RodriguezV | ||||
Eytukan | Wes Studi | |||||
Tsu'tey | Laz Alonso | |||||
Kiri | Sigourney Weaver | |||||
Ronal | Kate Winslet | |||||
Tonowari | Cliff Curtis | |||||
General Frances Ardmore | Edie Falco | |||||
Captain Mick Scoresby | Brendan Cowell | |||||
Dr. Ian Garvin | Jemaine Clement | |||||
Lo'ak | Britain Dalton Chloe ColemanY | Britain Dalton | ||||
Miles "Spider" Socorro | Jack Champion | |||||
Neteyam | Jamie Flatters | |||||
Tuktirey "Tuk" | Trinity Jo-Li Bliss | |||||
Tsireya "Reya" | Bailey Bass | |||||
Aonung | Filip Geljo | |||||
Rotxo | Duane Evans Jr. | |||||
Metkayina Interpreter | CJ JonesU | |||||
Varang | Oona Chaplin | |||||
Peylak | David Thewlis | |||||
Dr. Karina Mogue | Michelle Yeoh |
Production details
[edit]Film | Composer | Cinematographer | Editors | Production companies | Distributor | Running time |
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Avatar | James Horner | Mauro Fiore | Stephen E. Rivkin John Refoua James Cameron | Lightstorm Entertainment Dune Entertainment Ingenious Film Partners | 20th Century Fox | 162 min. (original theatrical cut), 170 min. (special edition cut), 178 min. (collector's extended cut) |
Avatar: The Way of Water | Simon Franglen | Russell Carpenter | David Brenner Stephen E. Rivkin John Refoua James Cameron | Lightstorm Entertainment TSG Entertainment | 20th Century Studios (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) | 192 min. |
Avatar: Fire and Ash | Lightstorm Entertainment | TBA | ||||
Avatar 4 | Mauro Fiore | Stephen E. Rivkin James Cameron | ||||
Avatar 5 |
Reception
[edit]Box office performance
[edit]The first film grossed $2.92 billion worldwide and is the highest-grossing film in history. The second film, The Way of Water, has grossed $2.32 billion worldwide and currently ranks as the third highest-grossing film. The third, fourth, and fifth films in the series are expected to have a budget of $250 million.[19]
Film | Release date | Box office gross | Box office ranking | Budget | Ref. | |||
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North America | Other territories | Worldwide | North America | Worldwide | ||||
Avatar | December 18, 2009 | $785,221,649 | $2,138,484,377 | $2,923,706,026 | 4 | 1 | $237 million | [20][21] |
Avatar: The Way of Water | December 16, 2022 | $684,075,767 | $1,636,174,514 | $2,320,250,281 | 7 | 3 | $350 million | [22][23][24] |
Avatar: Fire and Ash | December 19, 2025 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | $250 million | [19] |
Avatar 4 | December 21, 2029 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | $250 million | [19] |
Avatar 5 | December 19, 2031 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | $250 million | [19] |
Total | $1,469,297,416 | $3,774,658,891 | $5,243,956,307 | 17[25] | 14[25] | $1.337 billion |
Critical and public response
[edit]Film | Critical | Public | ||
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Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic | CinemaScore | PostTrak | |
Avatar | 82% (336 reviews)[26] | 83 (38 reviews)[27] | A[28] | — |
Avatar: The Way of Water | 76% (449 reviews)[29] | 67 (68 reviews)[30] | A[28] | 91%[28] |
Accolades
[edit]Category | 2010[31] | 2023[32] | |
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Avatar | The Way of Water | ||
Best Picture | Nominated | Nominated | |
Best Director | Nominated | — | |
Best Cinematography | Won | — | |
Best Film Editing | Nominated | — | |
Best Original Score | Nominated | — | |
Best Production Design[b] | Won | Nominated | |
Best Sound[c] | Editing | Nominated | Nominated |
Mixing | Nominated | ||
Best Visual Effects | Won | Won |
Music
[edit]- Avatar (Music from the Motion Picture) was scored by James Horner and released on December 15, 2009, by Atlantic Records and Fox Music.
- Avatar: The Way of Water (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) was scored by Simon Franglen and released on December 15, 2022, by Hollywood Records.
- Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora (Original Game Soundtrack) was scored by Pinar Toprak and released on December 8, 2023, by Lakeshore Records.
Singles
[edit]Other media
[edit]Video games
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Original release date(s):[33][34]
| Release years by system: 2009 – PlayStation 3, Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, Wii, Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable, iPhone 2010 – iPad, Android |
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Avatar: Pandora Rising Original release date:[35][36]
| Release years by system: 2020 – iOS, Android |
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Original release date(s):[38][39][40]
| Release years by system: 2023 – PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox Series X/S, Amazon Luna |
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Avatar: Reckoning Original release date(s):[41] TBA | Release years by system: TBA – iOS, Android |
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Novels
[edit]Following the release of Avatar, Cameron initially planned to write a novel based on the film, "telling the story of the movie, but [going] into much more depth about all the stories that we didn't have time to deal with."[42]
In 2013, this plan was superseded by the announcement of four new novels set within the "Avatar expanded universe", to be written by Steven Gould.[43] The books were due to be published by Penguin Random House, although since 2017, but there has been no update on the planned book series.[44]
In July 2022, the first graphic novel based on the Avatar franchise was announced.
Title | Release date | Age category | Media type | Ref. |
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Avatar: The High Ground | December 6, 2022 – January 10, 2023 | 12+ | Graphic Novel | [45][46][47][48][49][50] |
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Books
[edit]The Art of Avatar is a film production art book released on November 30, 2009, by Abrams Books.
The World of Avatar: A Visual Exploration Is a book that celebrates, explores, and explains the spectacular world of Pandora. The book was released on May 31, 2022, by DK Books
The Art of Avatar The Way of Water takes an exclusive look behind-the-scenes on the production and creative process of James Cameron's Avatar: The Way of Water. It was released on December 16, 2022, by DK Books
Avatar The Way of Water The Visual Dictionary is a visual guide that showcases characters, vehicles, weapons, locations, and more from the movie, as well as many stunning exclusive details. This book was released on December 16, 2022, by DK Books
Comic books
[edit]In October 2015, Dark Horse Comics signed a 10-year partnership to publish Avatar comics.[52]
On May 6, 2017, Dark Horse Comics published a Free Comic Book Day one-shot entitled FCBD 2017: James Cameron's Avatar / Briggs Land, which included a short story set in the world of Avatar entitled "Brothers".[53][54] From January to August 2019, Dark Horse published a six-issue miniseries called Avatar: Tsu'tey's Path.[55][56][57][58][59][60][54] Tsu'tey's Path was collected in trade paperback format on November 27, 2019, with "Brothers" included as supplementary material.[54]
Title | No. of Issues | Issue No. | Release date | Story | Art | Colors | Covers |
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"Brothers" | 1 | FCBD 2017 | May 6, 2017 | Sherri L. Smith | Doug Wheatley | Wes Dzioba | Dave Wilkins |
Tsu'tey's Path | 6 | 1 | January 16, 2019 | Sherri L. Smith | Jan Duursema (pencils) Dan Parson (inks) | Wes Dzioba | Doug Wheatley Shea Standefer (variants) |
2 | February 13, 2019 | ||||||
3 | March 20, 2019 | ||||||
4 | May 1, 2019 | ||||||
5 | June 26, 2019 | ||||||
6 | August 21, 2019 | ||||||
The Next Shadow | 4 | 1 | January 6, 2021 | Jeremy Barlow | Josh Hood | Wes Dzioba | Guilherme Balbi with Wes Dzioba |
2 | February 3, 2021 | ||||||
3 | March 3, 2021 | ||||||
4 | April 7, 2021 | ||||||
Adapt or Die | 6 | 1 | May 4, 2022 | Corinna Bechko | Beni Lobel | Mark Molchan | Wes Dzioba |
2 | June 1, 2022 | ||||||
3 | July 6, 2022 | ||||||
4 | August 1, 2022 | ||||||
5 | September 9, 2022 | ||||||
6 | October 5, 2022 | ||||||
The Next Shadow | 4 | 1 | January 6, 2021 | Jeremy Barlow | Josh Hood | Wes Dzioba | Guilherme Balbi with Wes Dzioba |
2 | February 3, 2021 | ||||||
3 | March 3, 2021 | ||||||
4 | April 7, 2021 | ||||||
Frontiers of Pandora - So'lek's Journey | 6 | 1 | February 28, 2024 | Ray Fawkes | Gabriel Guzman | Michael Atiyeh | Gabriel Guzmán |
2 | March 27, 2024 | ||||||
3 | April 24, 2024 | ||||||
4 | May 29, 2024 | ||||||
5 | July 17, 2024 | ||||||
6 | August 21, 2024 |
Collected editions
[edit]Title | Release date | ISBN |
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Avatar: Tsu'tey's Path | November 27, 2019 | 9781506706702 |
Avatar: The Next Shadow | August 11, 2021 | 9781506722429 |
Avatar: Adapt or Die | February 22, 2023 | 9781506730714 |
Avatar: The High Ground Library Edition | May 10, 2023 | 9781506710440 |
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora - So'lek's Journey | December 18, 2024 | 9781506732237 |
Live show
[edit]Toruk – The First Flight is an original stage production by the Montreal-based Cirque du Soleil which ran between December 2015 and June 2019. Inspired by Avatar, the story is set in Pandora's past, involving a prophecy concerning a threat to the Tree of Souls and a quest for totems from different tribes. Audience members could download an app in order to participate in show effects. On January 18, 2016, it was announced via the Toruk Facebook page that filming for a DVD release had been completed and was undergoing editing.[61]
Exhibition
[edit]Avatar The Exhibition is a touring exhibition based on the first film. It opened in Chengdu, China on May 1, 2021, and closed on December 31, 2021.[62][63] It is currently touring Asia with future stops planned around the globe.[64]
Theme park attractions
[edit]In 2011, Cameron, Lightstorm, and Fox entered an exclusive licensing agreement with The Walt Disney Company to feature Avatar-themed attractions at Walt Disney Parks and Resorts worldwide, including a themed land for Disney's Animal Kingdom in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. The area, known as Pandora – The World of Avatar, opened on May 27, 2017.[65][66] The themed land is set generations after the events of the films and features two attractions: Avatar Flight of Passage, a flying simulator attraction, and Na'vi River Journey, a boat dark ride.[citation needed]
In February 2023, Disney CEO Bob Iger announced that a new attraction based on the Avatar films, named the Avatar Experience, would open at Disneyland.[67]
Cultural considerations
[edit]Some indigenous groups, including Native Americans, have called for a boycott of the franchise over "tone-deaf" handling of indigenous cultures and cultural appropriation. Both Avatar films have drawn criticism for casting several white and other non-indigenous actors in the roles of the alien native people. Cameron said he tried to move away from a white savior narrative.[68][69][70] The film series was criticized for "romanticization of colonization" and putting forward a monolithic portrayal of Indigenous people.[71]
Cameron faced criticism for comments made after the release of the first film.[68][69][70] In 2010, Cameron and Avatar actors supported the Xingu peoples in opposing the construction of the Belo Monte Dam.[72]
In 2012, Cameron said Avatar is a fictional retelling of the history of North and South America in the early Colonial period, "with all its conflict and bloodshed between the military aggressors from Europe and the indigenous peoples".[73][74]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Although Jon Landau died in 2024, he received a posthumous producer credit on the film.
- ^ Starting with the 85th Academy Awards (2012), the Best Art Direction category was renamed Best Production Design.
- ^ Starting with the 93rd Academy Awards (2021), the Best Sound Mixing and Best Sound Editing categories were consolidated into a single Best Sound category.
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