'Avatar: The Way of Water' Set To Be Over 3 Hours Long

Los Angeles, July 5 - There is a huge curiosity and excitement among audiences worldwide about James Cameron's "Avatar: The Way of Water", and why not, after all, it is the successor of the world's highest-grossing film of all time.

"Avatar", which was released in 2009, shattered records upon its release and stormed $2.84 billion in its initial box office run. The record was broken by "Avengers Endgame", however, it reclaimed the top position after a 2021 re-release in China with $2.89 billion and is set to add more to that total when it returns to cinemas in September this year.



The first "Avatar" movie ran for 160 minutes (3 hours) but still felt like wanting more of it. The upcoming movie is set to take the audience on another long adventurous ride as the run of the movie is around 3 hours and 10 minutes, according to The Hollywood Reporter. James Cameron, however, is not worried about these super-sized cinema runtimes and even blasted the trolls who criticize lengthy films.

"I don't want anybody whining about length when they sit and binge-watch [television] for eight hours", Cameron has said to Empire Magazine. "I can almost write this part of the review. 'The agonizingly long three-hour movie...' It's like, give me a fucking break. I've watched my kids sit and do five one-hour episodes in a row. Here's the big social paradigm shift that has to happen: it's okay to get up and go pee".

The movie is set more than a decade after the events of the first film. Avatar: The Way of Water begins to tell the story of the Sully family, the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go to keep each other safe, the battles they fight to stay alive, and the tragedies they endure.

"Avatar 2" opens in cinemas on December 16 in over 100 languages worldwide. It stars Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Stephen Lang, Giovanni Ribisi, and Matt Gerald reprising their roles from the original film, with Sigourney Weaver returning in a different role. New cast members include Kate Winslet, Cliff Curtis, Edie Falco, Michelle Yeoh, Jemaine Clement, and Vin Diesel.

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