Fans and the cinema world have their eyes riveted on London where
Avatar 2 is screened on Tuesday evening,
the most anticipated film of the year by cinemas who hope to finally forget the pandemic and reap billions of dollars in revenue.
Avatar: The Way of the Water
, signed James Cameron, arrives Wednesday, December 14 in French theaters, and two days later in the United States, with a triple ambition: to surpass the first opus, the biggest success in the history of the box -world office, deny the death of cinema in theaters, and give birth to a saga as mythical as
Star Wars
.
Thirteen years after
Avatar
, which is approaching three billion euros in worldwide receipts, this second film takes the path of the star Pandora, light years from Earth, for a science fiction fable with an ecological tone.
Shot like the first for 3D, with a mountain of digital images, the film stretches over 3:12.
Contrary to James Cameron's predictions at the time,
Avatar
did not allow the three-dimensional image to be widely imposed on cinema, which requires the wearing of ad hoc glasses, but the director clings to this technology.
The secret on the plot is jealously guarded, but the film must make it possible to discover a new tribe of native extraterrestrials, living in the marine environment, and features the survivors of the first opus, Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), Neytiri (Zoe Saldana) and their five children.
Kate Winslet joins the cast, a quarter of a century after
“Titanic”
.
An
Avatar
planned every two years until 2028
Like a hundred people, Dobrinka Perry,
"a big fan of the film"
, waited in the cold London to see the film crew.
Her face made up in the same blue as the characters, she identifies with the two heroes:
"I also have five children, I am also a fighter, I fight for my Pandora (...) for (the planet) that we We'll leave it to our children later
," she says.
"We have been patient for a long time so the expectations are very high"
, abounds Nelly Szabo, 23-year-old Londoner, who says
"everything"
to love about the film,
"the love story, the fight"
, as well as the special effects.
"I really liked the first one, so I'm happy that there is finally a 2"
, enthuses Géraldine Esteve, an illustrator from Paris
“for the red carpet, for the actors”
.
“I really liked the universe, the aesthetics
,” she recalls.
“Seeing that on the big screen was very beautiful, the colors, the lights...”
.
The film represents a huge stake for James Cameron, undisputed king of the world box office, who chained records with
Titanic
then the first
Avatar
, which remains to this day the most profitable film in the world.
Also at stake for Disney: the images of the third opus have already been shot and a new
Avatar
is planned every two years at least until the 5th, in 2028.
“I am always worried when a film comes out and it is a particularly difficult period .
“
after the pandemic, recognized the director, questioned on the red carpet by the BBC.
"We have confidence in the film...it's a good experience, it's powerful, it's filled with emotion...but we'll see what happens
," he added.
“The release of the film is a big test for the global cinema industry, everyone is waiting for it”,
analyzes for AFP Eric Marti, general manager of Comscore France, which measures and analyzes the audience of films.
“For two years, it was only for the platforms.
For cinemas, this release is + The empire strikes back +: the reaffirmation of the primacy of the room ”
over all other distribution channels, he adds.