Expected for December 14, 2022, Avatar 2 The Way of the Water is already promised a big success. It must be said that the first episode, released in 2009, is nothing less than the greatest success of cinema with a global box office which cumulates to 2.847 billion dollars. But the first Avatar was also known for its great duration of 2h42 (2h58 in its long version), the time needed to tell its story between the Humans and the Na’vi people. Since 2009, the tendency to lengthen films has become considerably more democratic, with filmmakers no longer hesitating to flirt with 3 hours, as was the case with the recent Dune, The Batman and Elvis. What about its Avatar 2 sequel?
James Cameron spoke about this in an interview with the American magazine Empire., which had the exclusivity of the new images of the film, and more than crisp information from its director. The latter is already annoyed by the comments he will hear on social networks about the duration of his film, because some will have deemed it too long; even to the point of anticipating these bad reactions.
I don’t want anyone complaining about the length of time (of my film, editor’s note) when people are able to sit down and watch television for eight hours straight. I can already anticipate that part of the review that will say “horrible 3-hour movie…” Get the hell out of me! I saw my children watch five episodes in a row, episodes that last 1 hour each. Here’s the big social paradigm shift that needs to happen: It’s okay to get up and go pee.
Thanks to his rant, James Avatar admits half-wordly that the duration of his Avatar 2 should therefore be around 3 hours, which leads us to think that a long version could lengthen his film even more. It is true, however, that nowadays people are much more accustomed to watching longer and longer films, without this affecting the box office figures.
