Where to watch Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)

Trivia & production notes

• James Cameron included scenes in the original Avatar that could be extended into sequels, laying the groundwork for future films before the first one's release.
• Cameron planned to shoot footage for the sequels at the bottom of the Mariana Trench using a deepwater submersible to add authenticity to underwater sequences.
• The New Zealand government raised its baseline tax rebate for filmmaking from 15% to 20% to attract Avatar sequel production to the country.
• Four Avatar sequels were announced to be filmed simultaneously starting in April 2016, rather than the originally planned three.
• Kirk Krack, founder of Performance Freediving International, trained the cast and crew in free-diving techniques for the underwater scenes.
• Cameron spent an entire year writing a 130-page script for Avatar 2 titled Avatar: The High Ground before discarding it because it lacked the spiritual depth of the original film and didn't have enough surprises.
• The writing of all four Avatar sequels took approximately four years to complete.
• Cameron kept writers working on all the scripts together initially and delayed assigning each writer to a specific film as long as possible to maintain focus on the overall story.
• The Way of Water centers on Jake and Neytiri as parents, exploring how Jake's family responsibilities require him to be more cautious than he was as a warrior without dependents in the original film.
• Stephen Lang's character Quaritch was always intended to return by Cameron, even while filming the original Avatar.

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