James Cameron Wants Avatar’s Rerelease to Feel Theatrical

Next weekend, James Cameron’s 2009 science fantasy epic Avatar shall be returning to theaters. As simple because it’s been within the years since to snark concerning the lack of memorable characters and even a lot of a plot that movie contained, there’s no denying the influence that it had again within the day. With The Way of Water set to lastly debut in three months—a minimum of, we hope so—it’s the proper time for audiences to be reintroduced to the world of Pandora, in the event that they had been even in a position to see the film within the first place.

Talking to the New York Times, the director admitted to being “pleasantly surprised” at how a lot the movie holds up. But he’s extra interested by seeing how the movie lands for individuals who both weren’t alive again in 2009, or for individuals who’ve solely seen it through streaming and cable. “Even though they think they may have seen the film, they really haven’t seen it,” stated Cameron of youthful audiences. He used his personal youngsters for instance of this, saying that they understood the movie higher now that that they had the chance to see it on the large display.

Discussions about what makes a movie value seeing in theaters—aka, a “movie-ass movie”—have turn out to be extra pronounced within the age of streaming, to not point out the pandemic. Cameron is optimistic that the rerelease of his movie shall be one such movie, particularly as there continues to be a rise of seeing motion pictures within the theater (for individuals who really feel secure/ready to take action, after all). To him, there’s been a “dearth of top titles” to probably not warrant going to the cinemas as of late—which isn’t true, as The Woman King and Barbarian are each in theaters proper now—s he’s fairly assured that his movie will get butts in seats throughout this supposed useless zone of movies. “People are craving that…This is the type of film that you have to see in a theater.”

Avatar will return to theaters on September 23, and The Way of Water will launch in theaters on December 16.

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