Good information, Na’vi nation: James Cameron’s Avatar is returning to film theaters on Sept. 23 with a brand new 4K High Dynamic Range presentation, simply in time for the discharge of the movie’s long-awaited sequel, Avatar: The Way of Water. Here’s the kicker although: In order to drum up anticipation for the rerelease, the unique Avatar has been faraway from Disney Plus quickly.
The transfer is neither stunning nor an unusual flip of occasions. After all, it was simply earlier this 12 months that Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather trilogy was faraway from Paramount Plus previous to the fiftieth anniversary theatrical run of the 4K restoration of the movies earlier than being re-added to the streaming service. Likewise, Variety stories that Avatar will return to Disney Plus at an “unspecified time” earlier than Avatar: The Way of Water’s launch on Dec. 16.
Avatar — to not be confused with Avatar: The Last Airbender — stars Sam Worthington as Jake Sully, a disabled marine from twenty second century Earth who journeys to the fictional moon of Pandora as a part of a army operation. Melding his thoughts with a genetically engineered physique patterned after the moon’s native Na’vi species, Jake meets and falls in love with Neytiri (Zoe Saldaña), a member of the Na’vi earlier than rebelling towards the human forces to guard his adopted residence.
Set greater than a decade after the occasions of the primary movie, Avatar: The Way of Water will inform the story of Jake and Neytiri’s household as they struggle to outlive following the return of the people to Pandora. The sequel, which options each returning solid members akin to Sigourney Weaver and Giovanni Ribisi together with new characters performed by Kate Winslet and Michelle Yeoh, will prominently function a number of scenes set underwater, of which Cameron has gone to extraordinary lengths to movie by way of movement seize know-how.
