Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)

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I don’t think you advance storytelling, you know. I mean, I think storytelling is always about the basics. It’s about people. And I think that the lesson for me from the first film that I’ve applied to the new films is that the more fantastic the imagery, the more other-worldly, and the more you are pushing out to the edge of what’s possible in terms of bringing imaginative imagery to the screen, the more it has to be grounded in relationship and in truth and in heart. And so I’m hopefully doing that in spades with the new films. I’ve got an incredible cast. I worked really, really ‑‑ I’m always very cognizant of the casting. I’ve worked very hard to cast this, to find some new, young actors coming up that have incredible heart and that are just amazing.

And, you know, it doesn’t matter how much you dress it up with great production design and great visual effects. If the story is not working, if you don’t connect to the characters, it’s just simply not going to work. Of course, we can’t afford for it not to work, the budget level that we are dealing with. But, of course, you always have to give yourself permission as an artist to fail no matter what the stakes are. You’ve got to try stuff. The least‑safe thing you can do is try to be safe.

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you doing alright?


-Vader

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Vader182 wrote:
January 16th, 2018, 3:23 pm
you doing alright?


-Vader
Why, because I haven’t put it under quote? Surely you understand this is a direct quote from J.C. and not my in medias res for no reason at all?

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Thought batfan took over your account for minute.

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dude

too far

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David Thewlis has a major role in Avatar 3-4-5. He just shot his motion-captured part for 3 in LA recently. He confirms they'll shoot 4-5 only in 2020-2021 if the first two sequels do well

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My level of enthusiasm for these films just went from can't give two fucks about this to OMG I'm so fucking in.£

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He's a fucking beast. Love him in Fargo.

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i hope he doesn't have a mustache in it

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Still remember him in The Big Lebowski :lol:

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