Cameron's been cooking this for 12 years. Will it drown in its own blue ambition?
Visual Effects
Underwater mo-cap that took a decade to perfect.
Direction
Cameron's obsessive world-building borders on pathology.
Director
James Cameron
Sam Worthington
Jake Sully
Zoe Saldaña
Neytiri
Sigourney Weaver
Kiri
Oona Chaplin
Varang
Giovanni Ribisi
Parker Selfridge
CCH Pounder
Mo'at
Joel David Moore
Norm Spellman
Matt Gerald
Corporal Lyle Wainfleet
Stephen Lang
Colonel Miles Quaritch
Jemaine Clement
Dr. Ian Garvin
Michelle Yeoh
Dr. Karina Mogue
Cliff Curtis
Tonowari
Keston John
Va'ru
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Cameron filmed Avatar 2, 3, 4, and 5 simultaneously — a $1 billion gamble on audiences still caring.
The franchise's environmental messaging grows more pointed as real-world climate disasters escalate; this installment reportedly addresses ocean acidification directly.
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