So, last week, about an hour before Doctor Strange 2 screened for press, we were invited to catch a sneak peek of James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water. Did we watch a half-hour of the film? Maybe, instead, we saw a special featurette about all the crazy tech that went into making this opus? Nah. We were there for the teaser, a 90-second burst of special effects spectacle, presented in full on Dolby Vision, Dolby Audio, and 3D. It played on a loop for half an hour, and as much as we wished we were the kind of iron men who could make it through all 30 minutes, well, we’re not. We bounced after watching it twice.
Now that you can watch it for yourself — Disney dropped the trailer on Monday morning after letting it get some lead time in front of Doctor Strange — we’ll issue a verdict: It looks… pretty good! The tech was already pretty advanced in the first film, and it looks even better this time around. Just look at the detail on those faces! Good god! It’ll probably be goofy gibberish plot-wise once again, but let’s be real: You’re gonna see this.
Peep it:
Here’s a synopsis, which tells you just a little bit more about the world of the film (and kind of explains where all those kids came from):
“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 (Jake, Neytiri, and their kids), 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: The Way of Water hits theaters on December 16, kicking off a cycle of four sequels to the 2009 film, which will hit theaters in 2024, 2026, and 2028. Jesus Christ, that’s a whole lot of Avatar. Just think — a child born on the day the first Avatar hit theaters will be graduating from college by the time the fifth film hits theaters, their brains totally steeped in blue cat-elf people banging with their braids. What a world.