James Cameron's
Avatar 2 has reached the point where it's time for that big marketing push leading
into it's release this December. Yes we've had a teaser, multiple interviews and articles
with unseen images and details from the film, but since May we've been wondering when that
full length trailer will finally release. Well we may have our answer towards that and alongside
this update, we also have a current runtime for the film, during it's last month of production.
In this video, I'm going to be giving you my thoughts on the trailer release date and the
runtime for Avatar The Way Of Water, as we reach the final few months in the countdown to
James Cameron's highly anticipated sci-fi sequel. Before I get into it though, if you want to keep
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without further a do, lets dive into my video on new updates surrounding Avatar 2.
So we have some exciting news about when the next trailer for Avatar The Way Of Water will be
released. The main trailer for the original Avatar film was one of my favourite trailers for a
science fiction project and if you remember, it was responsible for really building the
anticipation and suggesting that James Cameron was giving us something really special from the
perspective of the technology being used on that film. I expect that the full length trailer for
Avatar 2 will be used to create a similar kind of effect and it's definitely needed after
the first teaser trailer, because that was released back in May, playing exclusively in front
of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness in theaters before later releasing online. Now,
it's pretty much been confirmed that the second main trailer will premiere during this Wednesday's
episode of Good Morning America, so that it will have been released and ready to be shown
in front of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, which releases in theatres next week. A lot
of us predicted that Black Panther would be the target for this new trailer and it's a prime
marketing option, with lots of people likely going to watch that Marvel sequel.
This news came from the official ABC account on Twitter, who put up a press release of what was
going to be included on Good Morning America over the coming days. Originally that post included
the confirmation that the Avatar 2 trailer is coming on November 2nd, and it's likely that
this footage will be posted online after the show. Now I want to make it clear that this press
release did remove that Avatar trailer description from the synopis of the show, so either it
was a marketing blunder or Disney asked them to remove it from the article. I think it's the
later and based on many other sources repeating this information, such as Eric Davis, who took
his tweet down after further sharing that date, then it looks highly likely that we are getting
that trailer this Wednesday. I'm really excited for it and I'm hoping that like with that
original trailer for the first Avatar, we really get a big sense of the film we're getting and
one that without spoilers of course, gives us just a taste of the story this time around. I
trust cameron and his team to really deliver with this trailer,
but of course, we'll soon find out if it's able to make a big impression.
And on top of the trailer release date, a new report from Deadline has claimed that Avatar
The Way of Water's runtime is expected to be over three hours long, making the sequel around 30
minutes longer than the original film. This report is backed up by the rumor from an international
publication stating that Avatar 2 will be 3 and 10 minutes long, which sources have said
is not a locked number, because the final cut is yet to be completed. DGA and press screenings are
expected to be shown during the last week of November, so around then we will get a
confirmed runtime. But if this 3 hour 10 minute number is around that final mark, then we're going
to be getting another long film from Cameron, who is typically one of the masters of doing
the long film well. He's known for Titanic which boasted a runtime of 3 hours and 15 minutes and
that went on to make $1.8 billion at the box office, and additionally, the original Avatar's
runtime came in at two hours and 42 minutes, which of course, went on to be the highest grossing film
of all time, and still is to this day. Even Avengers: Endgame, which is sat in between
those two films on the worlwide box office chart, had a runtime of around 3 hours. So the 3 highest
grossing films of all time are around the 3 hour mark, and hopefully if the film is good,
it will also have success at the box office too. For me personally, I don't mind if a movie is
1 hour 40 or 3 hour 30, as long as the story being told is right for that runtime and the
film itself feels appropriately structured and paced. The media and people online make a big
deal out of long runtimes when they don't need to, and some say that this is too long and
films need to be shorter. I completely disagree and I think however long a film is, it just needs
to be critiqued on how the quality is effected by that runtime. If it should be a 3 hour
film then 3 hours needs to be the right time for that particular project. We're just going to have
to see how good the film is and if the runtime is right for Avatar 2 when it releases this
December. But overall, the 3 hours of Avatar 2 and it's upcoming trailer does excite me, because
we're going to finally see footage in the coming days and when it does come out, Cameron is
promissing plenty of time for us to sink back into the world of Pandora and its characters. I think
with 3 other sequels on the way after Avatar 2, if he can make us fall in love with this
world to an even greater degree, then it will only get us looking forward to what comes after,
and of course the longevity of this individual film too. We have to remember that producer Jon
Landau said that each of the new Avatar films would be connected, but that each film will
feel like it's own well-thought out and complete story. This isn't just a milk machine like we've
seen with some franchises, and I think James Cameron has proven that during his decades in
filmmaking. He takes over a decade to make a film exactly how he wants and in turn, look at the
success the guy has had. His last two films have set the record for the highest grossing of all
time and we're still talking about those projects today. With a small group of viewers in the
online space saying that no one cares about Avatar, I'd be willing to put good money on this
film breaking records again, and showing us why we shouldn't underestimate James Cameron. If the
Re-Release and performance of the Teaser Trailer is any indication,
I think this movie is going to make a lot and do very well in the long term. But again,
this is all down to how good the movie is, and hopefully with Avatar 2,
we get a well-made sequel from one of the best filmmakers around.
But that was my video discussing the trailer release date and runtime for Avatar 2. Hopefully
we will get that trailer this Wednesday, and hopefully it will really raise the excitement
surrounding the film and give us a deeper look at character and story details that we are going
to be getting with The Way Of Water. I will be covering the trailer on my channel if it does
release online and I will also be continuing My Road to Avatar 2 series this week with a
video essay on the original Terminator movie that Cameron directed all those years ago. I know I
said I was going to do this a few weeks back, but I have been working on importing some new
graphics for my videos, so I will be getting back on that this week. So stay tuned for much more
content on the film in the months ahead and don't forget to let me know down below in the comments
section what you think towards the Avatar 2 runtime and whether you are excited for the
full trailer releasing in the next few days.
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