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James Cameron Unveils 'Avatar' Secrets in New Disney+ Documentary
The two-part documentary reveals underwater performance capture and production innovations behind Avatar films, debuting before the next sequel’s December release.
- The two-part documentary Fire and Water: Making the Avatar Films arrives next month on Disney+ with James Cameron sharing behind-the-scenes insights.
- To explain the films' methods, the documentary examines how The Way of Water used underwater motion capture, and cast members say performance capture lets actors own `100 percent` of their performance.
- Production crews traveled from Manhattan Beach, San Pedro and Channel Islands to the Bahamas, Hawaii and New Zealand, featuring stars including Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña and Kate Winslet, while the franchise earned more than $2 billion per film.
- The release arrives just over a month before 'Avatar: Fire and Ash' hits theaters, with two additional sequels scheduled for 2029 and 2031.
- Highlighting technical breakthroughs, the film spotlights pioneering performance-capture technology and underwater sequences, renewing fan interest in a franchise with box-office success over $2 billion.
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James Cameron set to bring ‘Avatar’ films’ documentary ahead of ‘Fire and Ash’ - Asian Sunday & Style
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Just a couple of months away from Avatar: Fire and ash, but if you want to travel to Pandora a little earlier and you don’t mind seeing people with dots on their face instead of blue aliens, then you’ll want to take a look at Fire And Water: Making The Avatar Films next month. Last week, Zoe Saldaña talked about the idea of a documentary about Avatar, and either she knew more than she was saying, or James Cameron has decided to do this incredibl…
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