Plot
Avatar, marketed as
James Cameron's Avatar, is a 2009 American
epic science fiction film directed, written, produced, and co-edited by
James Cameron, and starring
Sam Worthington,
Zoe Saldana,
Stephen Lang,
Michelle Rodriguez, and
Sigourney Weaver. The film is set in the mid-22nd century, when humans are colonizing
Pandora, a lush
habitable moon of a
gas giant in the
Alpha Centauri star system, in order to mine the mineral
unobtanium, a
room-temperature superconductor. The expansion of the mining colony threatens the continued existence of a local tribe of
Na'vi – a
humanoid species indigenous to Pandora. The film's title refers to a
genetically engineered Na'vi body with the mind of a remotely located human that is used to interact with the natives of Pandora.
Development of
Avatar began in 1994, when Cameron wrote an 80-page treatment for the film. Filming was supposed to take place after the completion of Cameron's 1997 film
Titanic, for a planned release in 1999, but, according to Cameron, the necessary technology was not yet available to achieve his vision of the film. Work on
the language of the film's
extraterrestrial beings began in 2005, and Cameron began developing the screenplay and
fictional universe in early 2006.
Avatar was officially budgeted at $237 million. Other estimates put the cost between $280 million and $310 million for production and at $150 million for promotion. The film made extensive use of new
motion capture filming techniques, and was released for traditional viewing,
3D viewing (using the
RealD 3D,
Dolby 3D,
XpanD 3D, and
IMAX 3D formats), and for "
4D" experiences in select South Korean theaters. The
stereoscopicfilmmaking was touted as a breakthrough in cinematic technology.
Avatar premiered in London on December 10, 2009, and was internationally released on December 16 and in the United States and Canada on December 18, to positive critical reviews, with critics highly praising its groundbreaking visual effects. During its theatrical run, the film broke several box office records and became the highest-grossing film of all time, as well as in the United States and Canada, surpassing Titanic, which had held those records for twelve years (and was also directed by Cameron). It also became the first film to gross more than $2 billion and the best-selling film of 2010 in the United States. Avatar was nominated for nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director, and won three, for Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography and Best Visual Effects. Following the film's success, Cameron signed with 20th Century Fox to produce three sequels, making Avatar the first of a planned tetralogy. On April 14, 2016, Cameron confirmed that there were now plans for four sequels. Avatar 2 was scheduled for release in December 2018 before being delayed, with the sequels following in December 2020, 2022, and 2023, respectively. The sequels are scheduled for release in 2020, 2021, 2024 and 2025.
Directed by | James Cameron |
Produced by |
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Written by | James Cameron |
Starring |
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Music by | James Horner |
Cinematography | Mauro Fiore |
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Production company
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Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Release date
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- December 10, 2009(London premiere)
- December 17, 2009(United Kingdom)
- December 18, 2009(United States)
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Running time
| 161 minutes |
Country | United States United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Budget | $237 million $9 million+ (re-release) |
Box office | $2.788 billion |
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