BRIAN VINER reviews Avatar: The Way of Water

Supermodel Cindy Crawford is looking forward to seeing the new Avatar movie, called Way Of The Water, which was theatrically released on Friday.The 56-year-old beauty shared an image with her 7.1M Instagram followers where she puckered up for a kiss next to a character from the movie. The creature had blue air brushed makeup with pointed prosthetic ears and a rhinestone-studded outfit.The mother-of-two captioned the post, 'Happy @Avatar Day ✨ Can't wait to see Way of the Water!' The highly-anticipated Avatar sequel is here! Cindy Crawford puckered up next to a character from the movie to show her excitement for The Way of the Water which released to theaters on Friday, December 16 Cindy donned a full-glam makeup palette with statement winged eyeliner and glossy pink lips.

James Cameron likes his female heroines as strong and capable as possible. For instance, take Sigourney Weaver‘s Ellen Ripley in “Aliens” or Linda Hamilton‘s Sarah Connor in “Terminator 2: Judgment Day.” But according to Cameron, Kate Winslet‘s Ronal in “Avatar: The Way Of Water” is the director’s most “empowering” female action hero yet.

James Cameron likes his female heroines as strong and capable as possible. For instance, take Sigourney Weaver‘s Ellen Ripley in “Aliens” or Linda Hamilton‘s Sarah Connor in “Terminator 2: Judgment Day.” But according to Cameron, Kate Winslet‘s Ronal in “Avatar: The Way Of Water” is the director’s most “empowering” female action hero yet.

EXCLUSIVE: We are hearing from our sources that James Cameron’s sequel to his highest grossing movie in the world, Avatar: The Way of Water, is currently on its way to a $17M Thursday night from showtimes that began at 7PM.

When writer-director James Cameron's Avatar opened in theaters in December 2009, it started not only would be a record-breaking box office run, but it also started a surprising phenomenon.As more and more started flocking to theaters to see the blockbuster, reports surfaced about extremely depressed fans pining to live in the fictional world of Pandora, a phenomenon known as 'post-Avatar depression.'13 years later, the long-awaited sequel Avatar: The Way of Water hits theaters for sneak preview screenings on Thursday, with Variety speaking with many who are a part of a new Avatar fan community dubbed Kelutral.  Phenomenon: When writer-director James Cameron's Avatar opened in theaters in December 2009, it started not only would be a record-breaking box office run, but it also started a surprising phenomenon Keltural: 13 years later, the long-awaited sequel Avatar: The Way of Water hits theaters for sneak preview screenings on Thursday, with Variety speaking with many who are a part of a new Avatar fan community dubbed Kelutral (logo above)The post-Avatar depression phenomenon was first reported on by CNN in January 2010, just weeks after the film opened, with a site called Avatar Forums featuring a thread entitled 'Ways to cope with the depression of the dream of Pandora being intangible' - which had over 1,000 posts.A decade later, a group entitled Kelurtal was first formed on Discord in 2020, which began as a group for people interested in learning and conversing in the language used by the inhabitants of Pandora, known as the Na'vi.

When James Cameron delivered Avatar in 2009, none of us quite grasped that this was not a movie but a constellation of movies – one that will represent a multibillion-dollar investment in the coming years. One iteration is even booked for 2028.

As “Avatar: The Way Of Water‘ hits theaters everywhere tomorrow, questions about the long-awaited sequel abound. Will the film be another massive cash cow for Jim Cameron? Does the “Avatar” franchise have any cultural caché after thirteen years between the first and second movies? Will Cameron make all five films he has mapped out for the series? It all hinges on how “The Way Of Water” does at the box office this weekend.

James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water began its international box office rollout today in such majors as Korea, France, Germany and Italy — and with early sneaks in China. One of the most anticipated movies of recent years, it’s dominating play.

After a number of different premieres all over the world, the reviews are finally in for director James Cameron's Avatar: The Way of Water.The first waves of reviews were published on Tuesday evening, with the film scoring a strong 83% on Rotten Tomatoes, out of the first 133 reviews.Critics from around the world - including Daily Mail's own Brian Viner - heaped praise on Cameron's direction and astonishing visuals, though the story and bloated three-hour-12-minute runtime were points of contention in many reviews.

James Cameron's sequel Avatar: The Way Of Water is poised to revive the global box office from its current dry spell.The anticipated blockbuster currently has an opening-weekend global outlook of a whopping $525 million, Deadline reported on Tuesday.That's significantly more just for the opening than some superhero films like Shang-Chi or Black Adam have earned to date, indicating massive interest from audience goers.Cameron, who had to skip Monday night's Hollywood premiere after testing positive for Covid-19, previously said in a GQ profile that Avatar: The Way Of Water would have to earn somewhere north of $2 billion just to break even on its $350–400 million budget and millions more spend on advertising and distribution. Stunning haul: James Cameron's sequel Avatar: The Way Of Water is expected to earn $525 million in it's opening box office, Deadline reported on Tuesday; still from the filmThe first Avatar film, which premiered in 2009, went on to make $2.9 billion.A recent rerelease of the film with a 4K remaster and new high frame rate segments in some versions helped to earn another $75 million globally, while China will add to that total after rereleasing the film in theaters ahead of the sequel's debut.

And so it begins. Thirteen years after the first Avatar arrived in movie theaters, conquered and continued to conquer the global box office as the highest release of all-time with $2.9 billion worldwide, Avatar: The Way of Water, the sequel to the James Cameron directed 3x Oscar winning 3D sci-fi movie arrives with a global outlook of $525M in what is Disney’s widest global release ever at 52K screens, surpassing Avengers: Endgame.

Avatar: The Way of WaterRating: Last Tuesday's world premiere at the Odeon Leicester Square, was predictably glamorous, with a plush blue carpet rather than a red one and the paparazzi clamouring for just one more slinky pose from Sigourney Weaver.Accustomed to an adoring public, the stars may even have thought that the distant ululating was for them, too. In fact it was jubilant Morocco fans wildly celebrating their country's penalty-shootout victory over Spain in the World Cup, and incredibly they were still at it when we all filed out into the cold more than three hours later.

James Cameron always swings for the fences — no singles, doubles, triples or even stealing home for him — and he’s hit a grand slam with the long-awaited Avatar: The Way of Water. This second installment in a five-film series of Avatar features from 20th Century Studios/Disney (with three more to open at two-year intervals through 2028) more than fulfills the promise of the original, which was released in 2009, before some of its fans were even born. The film is beautiful, obsessive and eventful, a depiction of a veritable Eden threatened by voraciously destructive forces both natural and man-made. No one who enthused over the original would think of missing this follow-up, which ups the ante for all that is to come, creatively and financially.

Over the course of 2022, a Nicole Kidman-narrated ad for AMC Theatres has evolved from a campy meme into something of a communal prayer offered at the secular chapel of the movie theater. The fragments she incants evocatively describe the power of cinema when wielded at its maximalist best: “we go somewhere we’ve never been before,” “dazzling images on a huge silver screen,” “sound I can feel.” The year ends for audiences with a movie that genuinely deserves to follow such a paean: James Cameron’s long-delayed, much-anticipated “Avatar: The Way of Water.” READ MORE: The 25 Best Films Of 2022 The specious claims that the original “Avatar” had no cultural impact evaporate all but instantly when Cameron plunges viewers back into the realm of Pandora.

Zoe Saldana is clarifying her comments regarding feeling “stuck” in movie franchises like Avatar, Guardians of the Galaxy and Star Trek.

Sam Worthington was all smiles on the red carpet with his wife Lara Bingle, celebrating his long-awaited sequel Avatar: The Way of Water.The 46-year-old actor and his 35-year-old wife rocked stylish looks at the Los Angeles premiere of the highly-anticipated sequel, held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on Monday evening.While Worthington was joined by many of his castmates, director James Cameron had to pull out at the last minute, after testing positive for COVID-19.  Sam and Lara: Sam Worthington was all smiles on the red carpet with his wife Lara Bingle, celebrating his long-awaited sequel Avatar: The Way of Water Stylish Sam: The 46-year-old actor and his 35-year-old wife rocked stylish looks at the Los Angeles premiere of the highly-anticipated sequel, held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on Monday eveningWorthington stepped out in an all-black ensemble, with a black t-shirt under a matching black suit coat.He sported the early makings of a scruffy beard while completing his look with matching black pants and black shoes. His wife of eight years, Australian model Lara Bingle, opted for a rainbow-colored strapless gown with brown leather boots.

James Cameron revealed on Monday that he would have to skip his film Avatar: The Way Of Water's Hollywood premiere after getting a positive Covid-19 test result.The 68-year-old filmmaker revealed to Deadline that he had tested positive sometime after returning home from Japan following an Avatar 2 screening in Seoul, South Korea.'I am in LA, just back from Tokyo, and I managed to pick up Covid on the plane, so I’m isolated and can’t go to my own premiere tonight,' Cameron said while speaking with Deadline.The Titanic director joked about all the people he would no longer have a chance to catch up with at Monday's premiere.  Bad timing: James Cameron, 68, will have to miss Avatar: The Way Of Water's Hollywood premiere on Monday after he tested positive for Covid-19; seen December 6 at the London world premiere'The number of people I’ve told over the years, "Ah, we’ll catch up and I’ll see you at the premiere…" Well, I guess not. Man proposes, and God disposes,' he joked.A representative for Disney, which is distributing the film through 20th Century studios, said via a statement: 'James Cameron has Covid, but is feeling fine.

The King of the World won’t be at the L.A. premiere tonight for Avatar: The Way of Water after testing positive for Covid.

Ahead of the rollout of James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water in China this week, the original Avatar is getting a surprise rerelease in a limited promotional run from tomorrow locally — and will include an exclusive Easter egg for local audiences. The remastered 4K/HDR version is so far expected in up to 80 cinemas – China has steadily been opening theaters as zero-Covid restrictions have eased in the past week.