Avatar: The Way of Water | 16 DEC 2022 | Don't worry guys, critics like it

[Sheldon Cr]

33 minutes ago, CloneWars said:

How many times has this been delayed? What were the previous release dates supposed to be?

Titanic and Avatar were delayed for years and you see what transpired clone wars. Delays are good thing when it comes to Jcs resume. I do agree its hard to keep waiting for the ride back to Pandora. Still the wait will be worth it bigtime. Hang on A2 is almost here. 

[Sheldon Cr]

19 minutes ago, stealthyfrog said:

That... wasn't what I was expecting from that headline.

https://www.google.com/search?ei=0yLSXKadIIy4ggea_K3IBw&q=james+cameron+avatar+facebook+page&oq=james+cameron+avatar+facebook+pag&gs_l=mobile-gws-wiz-serp.1.0.33i22i29i30j33i160.5914.32856..34312...2.0..0.232.4036.0j21j3......0....1.........0i71j35i304i39j0i13j0i13i30j0i8i13i30j30i10j33i10j33i299.ygtIlQLGMUk

 

There's some of the movie fb pages links. Forgot to put them in. 

Edited May 8, 2019 by Sheldon Cr

[John Marston]

1 hour ago, CloneWars said:

How many times has this been delayed? What were the previous release dates supposed to be?

Originally there were thoughts of this coming out in 2014 or 2015 lol

[WeneedtotalkaboutKevin]

4 hours ago, IronJimbo said:

 

Actually I'm fine with this, more inflation and market growth for Avatar 2

 

Here is what I think:

 

Seeing that Endgame is about to crush Avatar record and Avatar having zero cultural impact, Disney decided to reserve whatever 3D trick Jimmy had for Avatar sequels for MCU so that MCU will be the first film to use those tricks. It help build up MCU hype even more.Thus, there is the delay.

 

After all, Disney is not stupid. They know that the franchise value of MCU heroes is much more worthy than that of those blue people. And, the only talking about those blue people movies is the 3D tricks. If Avatar sequels were not the first ones to use... Avatar 2 might not even break 1 billion.

[kayumanggi]

12 hours ago, Darth Lehnsherr said:

I think most people who legit think Avatar 2 is going to fail (idk what would be a barometer for failure but I'd be shocked with under $2 Billion) either don't realise or don't care how much it's going to benefit from the expansion of OS markets particularly in Asia.

This is very true. Not to mention the fact that China will have expanded more by the time of its release.

[kayumanggi]

I just feel sad it has been moved again. 

[stealthyfrog]

22 minutes ago, WeneedtotalkaboutKevin said:

Here is what I think:

 

Seeing that Endgame is about to crush Avatar record and Avatar having zero cultural impact, Disney decided to reserve whatever 3D trick Jimmy had for Avatar sequels for MCU so that MCU will be the first film to use those tricks. It help build up MCU hype even more.Thus, there is the delay.

 

After all, Disney is not stupid. They know that the franchise value of MCU heroes is much more worthy than that of those blue people. And, the only talking about those blue people movies is the 3D tricks. If Avatar sequels were not the first ones to use... Avatar 2 might not even break 1 billion.

Hard disagree. If anything, Disney's upcoming slate shows their commitment to the Avatar franchise despite its limited long-term impact.

[NCsoft]

14 minutes ago, stealthyfrog said:

Hard disagree. If anything, Disney's upcoming slate shows their commitment to the Avatar franchise despite its limited long-term impact.

I think that this is true in the sense that, originally, they sort of had a wait and see approach toward Avatar 4 and 5, even Cameron said if 2 and 3 don't make money, there wouldn't be a 4 and 5. Initially, Avatar 3 and Avatar 4 were spaced by 3 years and that adds a question mark, I guess, to Avatar 4.

Now, they are all evenly spaced by 2 years, it actually suggest that Disney is convinced and is fully committed into developing Avatar franchise. 

[Hunch]

This probably means big rewrites and reshoots? Weren't all four films in production simultaneously?

 

I think DisneyFox may be overestimating how beloved and iconic the 2009 film is. Telling people there are going to be four films over an 8 year period from the get-go seems too much. I'm already exhausted and we haven't seen a second of footage.

Edited May 8, 2019 by Hunch

[The Futurist]

This date secures 1 Billie in China.

[The Futurist]

Aquaman movies are the reason of this delay and new schedules, by the way.

Yup.

[IronJimbo]

Can't help but feel the fact Jim owns Avatar means Disney are putting less of priority on it. Scummm

[HouseOfTheSun]

14 minutes ago, IronJimbo said:

Can't help but feel the fact Jim owns Avatar means Disney are putting less of priority on it. Scummm

It’s alright. Should do about 0.6EG. That’s good money 

Edited May 8, 2019 by HouseOfTheSun

[IronJimbo]

8 minutes ago, HouseOfTheSun said:

It’s alright. Should do about 0.6EG. That’s good money 

Not sure how that's even possible.

 

besides Avatar is going to be the 1st $3b grosser and Avatar 2 is going to beat it

[HouseOfTheSun]

2 minutes ago, IronJimbo said:

Not sure how that's even possible.

 

besides Avatar is going to be the 1st $3b grosser and Avatar 2 is going to beat it

Nah. Should do about 0.6x of the box office champ EG. If it’s ok then maybe about 0.5EG. Jim being in second and third place when it’s all said and done is a great achievement. 

Edited May 8, 2019 by HouseOfTheSun

[IronJimbo]

5 minutes ago, HouseOfTheSun said:

Nah. Should do about 0.6x of the box office champ EG. If it’s ok then maybe about 0.5EG. Jim being in second and third place when it’s all said and done is a great achievement. 

Endgame isn't even 1st place yet by the way, it could still make 0.99A which would be hilarious.

 

That said, it's Avatar's 10 year anniversary this year, a little re-release would get a quick $3b total easily.

[HouseOfTheSun]

Just now, IronJimbo said:

Endgame isn't even 1st place yet by the way, it could still make 0.99A which would be hilarious.

 

That said, it's Avatar's 10 year anniversary this year, a little re-release would get a quick $3b total easily.

0.6EG is phenomenal achievement after a 12 year hiatus. Good measure against the champ. 

[JimiQ]

There be no re release, stop dreaming. Jim obviously isn't calling the shots (delay) and Disney won't screw their new cach cow (MCU has 20 movies in pipeline vs 4 Avatars)

[Darth Lehnsherr]

They will do double features with Avatar and Avatar 2 but I doubt they will do a full rerelease. 

[AndyK]

Avatar fans must be pretty pissed right now.