Avatar : La Voie de l'Eau [20th Century - 2022]

Enfin! ça fait bizarre de se dire que, après tant d'années, ça y est la suite arrive !
Ils semblent avoir trouvé le juste milieu entre le bond technologique tout en restant très fidèle au visuel d'origine. Avec les poils, l'eau est vraiment l'une des choses les plus complexes à rendre en GCI, car très gourmande en ressources, et la technologie a décidément passé un cap ces dernières années (hasard, on va avoir quelques blockbusters "aquatiques" en peu de temps) ! Le film promet d'être une belle expérience !


Et en version française :

J'ai eu la chance de pouvoir découvrir la bande-annonce au cinéma la semaine dernière. Il n'y a pas de mots pour décrire à quel point la 3D transforme les images, c'est ce que j'ai vu de plus immersif et de plus travaillé depuis... le premier Avatar tout simplement. Cette technologie est maltraitée depuis des années par la sphère hollywoodienne mais Cameron va nous rappeler à tous comment en faire un réel pilier émotionnel.
Le plan laissant apparaître le visage de Neytiri derrière le feuillage, à lui seul, me file des frissons alors je n'ose même pas imaginer ce que le reste nous réserve.

Magnifiques images ; j'ai adoré le 1er.

Hâte d'aller au cinéma pour voir le 2ème, et à prendre plein les yeux.

Le premier film a été une véritable révélation personnelle pour moi à cette époque et continue de figurer aujourd'hui parmi les films que je préfère (si ce n'est mon préféré).

J'ai attendu ce trailer depuis tellement longtemps que j'ai du mal à croire qu'il est sorti et que le film arrive en fin d'année ! J'adore cette atmosphère contemplative qui s'en dégage. Les images sont splendides et les prises aquatiques ont vraiment l'air incroyables.

J'ai hâte de pouvoir m'évader à nouveau dans cet univers. Je vais continuer à suivre avec attention ce sujet et toutes les nouvelles qui sortiront sur Avatar : La Voie de l'Eau.

La bande-annonce en 3D !!!



Aucune idée comment cette chaîne non officielle a pu la récupérer alors sauvegardez-la bien !

Et en bien meilleure qualité à télécharger ici :
https://thedigitaltheater.com/avatar-the-way-of-water-2022/

La bande-annonce VO dans son format IMAX !

Ronal, incarnée par Kate Winslet, est en couverture du magazine EMPIRE (Août 2022) :

EMPIRE a écrit:

Avatar 2: Kate Winslet’s ‘Deeply Loyal And Fearless Leader’ Ronal Revealed – Exclusive Image

Last time Kate Winslet teamed up with James Cameron, on a little film about a very big boat, they made cinematic history. Now, they’re about to change the game all over again, with an appropriately aquatic comeback – Winslet is working with the director once more on long-awaited sequel Avatar: The Way Of Water. Their reunion is, in so many ways, titanic news – but for all the similarities to their last collaboration (lengthy production, lots of water, a ridiculously epic scale), Winslet is playing a very different character here than the love-struck Rose. As seen on the cover of our world-exclusive new Avatar: The Way Of Water issue, we can exclusively reveal that Winslet’s character is Na’vi warrior Ronal (pronounced ‘Ro-nail’). Along with Cliff Curtis’ Tonowari, Ronal leads the Metkayina tribe, who dwell in the shallows of Pandora’s vast oceans – and will play a major part in the upcoming adventure.

“She is deeply loyal and a fearless leader,” Winslet tells Empire of her big blue alien, teasing a female action hero in a similar mould to Sarah Connor, Ripley, and Avatar’s own Neytiri. “She is strong. A warrior. Even in the face of grave danger, and with an unborn baby on board, she still joins her people and fights for what she holds most dear. Her family and their home.” When Sam Worthington’s Jake and Zoe Saldaña’s Neytiri are displaced from their home and flee to the Metkayina’s waterworld, expect friction – the drama and conflict that tends to follow the Sully clan around means they won’t necessarily be welcomed with open arms…

For Winslet, working again with Cameron was a significant event – though their dynamic has shifted somewhat in the years since they made Titanic and smashed box-office records the world over. “Jim and I are both totally different people now to who we were 26 years ago,” she says. “He is calmer, and I am definitely more hyperactive now!” One thing’s for sure, though – Winslet was at one with the water this time around, throwing herself into the deep-end for the underwater shooting with her now-legendary freediving proficiency. How long did she stay under with a single breath? “Seven minutes and 14 seconds, baby!” she says – adding that “the most amazing thing for me as a middle-aged woman was to learn something not just new, but superhuman.” Get ready to return to the heart of the ocean.

Empire’s Avatar: The Way Of Water issue hits newsstands on Thursday 7 July, with unparalleled access to the film and its cast and crew – heading to Cameron’s Lightstorm HQ and talking to the director himself, as well as producer Jon Landau, stars Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver, Kate Winslet, Cliff Curtis, and plenty more. Plus, it’s stacked with never-before-seen images, opening up the world of Pandora like never before. Pre-order a copy online here – and return to empireonline.com for another major character reveal from The Way Of Water, coming tomorrow…

La fameuse Na'Vi mystère du teaser que j'évoquais précédemment et qui semble enceinte, est donc Ronal, le personnage interprété par Kate Winslet.

Quelle attente de dingue, ce film, n'empêche. Ça reste encore suffisamment loin mais une fois le premier film revu en IMAX en septembre prochain, je sens que ça va être infernal !

Sigourney Weaver sera Kiri, la fille de Jake et Neytiri !

EMPIRE a écrit:

Sigourney Weaver Plays Jake And Neytiri’s Adopted Teenage Na’vi Daughter In Avatar 2 – World-Exclusive

When it was announced that Sigourney Weaver was returning to Pandora for James Cameron’s long-awaited Avatar sequel The Way Of Water, fans had questions. Namely, how the hell would she be back, since her character – sympathetic human Dr. Grace Augustine, leader of the RDA’s Avatar Program – died in the course of the first film? Are we talking flashbacks? Or a secret twin sister? The answer is something wholly unexpected. As revealed in Empire’s upcoming world-exclusive Avatar: The Way Of Water issue, Weaver is playing an entire new character in this film – and there are things about her you really need to know. Firstly, that she’s a Na’vi. Secondly, that she’s called Kiri. And thirdly, and most surprisingly, that she’s Jake and Neytiri’s adoptive teenage daughter. Here she is on our newly-unveiled subscriber cover.

We’ll allow you a sentence just to take that in again: Sigourney Weaver plays a blue alien teenager in Avatar: The Way Of Water. For the actor, who also worked with Cameron all those years ago on Aliens, it was a chance to bring her inner child out to play. “I think we all pretty much remember what we were feeling as adolescents,” she tells Empire. “I certainly do. I was 5’ 10” or 5’ 11” when I was 11. I felt strongly that Kiri would feel awkward a lot of the time. She’s searching for who she is. I was thrilled to be given that challenge by Jim.”

Cameron was aware of just what a leap it would be for the legendary actor. “As an acting challenge, it’s big,” he says. “We’re gonna have a 60-something actor playing a character [decades younger than] her actual biological age. Sig thought it was all kinds of fun.” Getting into that mindset meant Weaver workshopping with a group of teenage girls to channel some youthful energy – and the results were remarkable. “Sigourney just became younger,” recalls Cameron. “She looked younger, she had more energy, and she never quite stepped out of Kiri for our whole capture period. She had a glow on her face and lightness in her step and a fun spirit.”

While the reveal of Weaver’s role brings up all kinds of other questions about what The Way Of Water has in store, one stands out most strongly: does this mean her mother, Neytiri, will get to inherit Ripley’s most famous line? We’ll have a few months to wait and find out what “Get away from her, you bitch!” translates to in the Na’vi tongue.

Je suis très contente de découvrir enfin les personnages incarnés par Kate Winslet et Sigourney Weaver. C'est très inattendu pour cette dernière mais j'aime beaucoup l'idée !
J'apprécie énormément le design de Ronal, elle est splendide !  
Bon, et sinon mon cœur ne cesse de chavirer à chaque nouvelle image qu'on nous propose, ça va être long d'attendre jusqu'en décembre !  La seconde couverture avec Kiri est particulièrement belle, j'adore sa composition.

Encore une nouvelle image !

EMPIRE a écrit:

James Cameron Likens Avatar Sequel Saga To Lord Of The Rings: ‘I Had To Create The Frickin’ Novels To Adapt’ – Exclusive

It’s fair to say that, even though Avatar quickly became the biggest film of all time when it was released back in 2009, news that not one, not two, but four sequels would be on the way was met with some surprise. While the ancient adage goes that you never bet against James Cameron, was the director biting off more than he could chew by pitching that many follow-ups to the tale of Jake Sully and the people of Pandora? What kind of narrative, exactly, could demand four films’ worth of storytelling? It’s a feat not entirely unprecedented – decades ago, when J.R.R Tolkien debuted The Hobbit and started publishing the Lord Of The Rings books 17 years later, perhaps his plans seemed similarly bold. And make no mistake – that’s the kind of scale that Cameron is working on here.

Speaking to Empire in the upcoming, world-exclusive Avatar: The Way Of Water issue, the filmmaker opened up about the plans he’s been cooking up for over a decade now. “What I said to the Fox regime at the time was, ‘I’ll do it, but we’ve got to play a larger game here. I don’t want to just do a movie and do a movie and do a movie. I want to tell a bigger story’,” he explains. That meant a comparison with a certain literary saga. “I said, ‘Imagine a series of novels like The Lord Of The Rings existed, and we’re adapting them.’ Now, that was great in theory, but then I had to go create the frickin’ novels from which to adapt it.”

And create he did. The Way Of Water, coming this December, and the as-yet-untitled Avatar 3, due in 2024, shot back-to-back – and the plan is that Avatar 4 and Avatar 5 will film together further down the line. For all that Cameron is characteristically confident in his vision, going big with Avatar wasn’t an easy call. “I had to think long and hard whether I even wanted to make another Avatar film, because it was kind of ours to lose,” he explains. “When you’ve done something that’s been that transcendent in terms of success, do you really want to go try and do that again? There’s a lot of pressure on it. I thought about it for a good two years before we finally made a deal.” Still if there’s any filmmaker who can withstand an ocean’s worth of pressure, it’s James Cameron. Bring on The Way Of Water.

Confirmation du retour de Stephen Lang dans le rôle de Miles Quaritch, sous une nouvelle forme !

EMPIRE a écrit:

Stephen Lang’s Quaritch Is ‘Bigger, Bluer, And Pissed Off’ In Avatar 2 – Exclusive Image

When Jake Sully first came to Pandora in Avatar, villainy had a human face: Stephen Lang’s Miles Quaritch. The vicious military commander of the RDA (aka the Resources Development Administration) was the big bad of the original movie – a Na’vi-hating, cigar-chomping, mech-suited menace. Last time around, he met a sticky end when Neytiri stuck him with a pair of giant arrows in the final reel. But in Avatar, death isn’t always the end – and in The Way Of Water, Quaritch is back in blue.

Yes, in the long-awaited sequel, Stephen Lang is returning in the same role – this time in Na’vi form, his consciousness having been added to an avatar body. “He’s bigger, he’s bluer, he’s pissed off,” he laughs while speaking to Empire. “But there may possibly be an aspect of humility. When you take two Na’vi arrows in the chest, that’s gonna have some kind of effect on you.” It’s not just Quaritch who’s been given a big blue upgrade. In The Way Of Water, the RDA has a whole set of Recoms, aka Recombinants – avatars embedded with the memories of human soldiers. A whole new body means a whole new Quaritch. “[He] was always a character who moved in straight lines and at right angles,” Lang explains. “But now he is as lithe as they come. He can move with the same kind of cunning and feral quality that any of the Na’vi can.”

The arrival of the Recoms is just the beginning – the returning RDA mean business. “They are combing back with an armada to take back the prized possession that they lost,” teases producer Jon Landau. This time, they’ve built an entire new city, Bridgehead, and are stripping away the resources of Pandora’s oceans – and they have a weapons-spewing 3D printing facility that means they’re even more tooled-up this time around. “This is RDA scale,” promises Landau. The war for Pandora is only just beginning.

Avec la magie de la MoCap, Sigourney va donc incarner un personnage dont elle pourrait être la grand-mère . Curieux de voir comment elle a travaillé sa voix du coup pour faire enfant/ado (et non femme mûre), et comment ils vont faire en VF (est-ce que sa doubleuse attitrée, Sylvie Genty, sera de la partie ou bien ils vont juste la remplacer par une voie plus jeune?).

Nouvelle image de Jake et Neytiri avec, de gauche à droite, leur fille adoptive Kiri (incarnée par Sigourney Weaver) et leurs enfants biologiques Neteyam (Jamie Flatters), Lo’ak (Britain Dalton) et Tuktirey (Trinity Bliss). On aperçoit également Spider (Jack Champion).

EMPIRE a écrit:

Avatar 2: Meet Jake And Neytiri’s Brand New Na’vi Family – Exclusive Image

As many people are keen to point out, it’s been 13 years since James Cameron launched Avatar on an unsuspecting public, delivering the biggest film of all time out of seemingly nowhere. It’s a significant amount of time that’s passed in our world – and that’s reflected in the upcoming sequels too. In Avatar: The Way Of Water, Jake and Neytiri now have a whole new brood of Na’vi kids, biological and otherwise, upping the stakes as the world of Pandora faces a whole new war. You can get acquainted with the new generation in the above exclusive image, as seen in our upcoming issue; as well as Neytiri (second from the left) and Jake (far right), you’ll see, from left to right, Sigourney Weaver’s adopted youngster Kiri, as well as the three biological Sully kids – Neteyam (Jamie Flatters), Lo’ak (Britain Dalton) and Tuktirey (Trinity Bliss).

For Cameron, giving the Sullys a whole load of kids was all about upping the personal and emotional stakes for his four-film sequel saga. “I’m a father of five,” the director tells Empire. “I look around – I don’t want to specifically say the Marvel Universe, or the DC Universe – at current fantasy and science-fiction and all these heroes seem unbound in the mire of relationships, the stuff that pulls you down and clips your wings, that stops you running around and risking your life. I thought, “What if I take these incredible characters of Jake and Neytiri and give them a family?’ That gives them feet of clay right there.” And it’s not just Neteyam, Lo’ak, Tuk and Kiri in the mix – there’s also Spider, played by Jack Champion, a human orphan stranded on Pandora who is taken in as part of the Sully crew.

For returning star Sam Worthington, exploring ideas around fatherhood offered a chance to dig into a whole new side of Jake. “It’s about what you are teaching your children as they develop, and grow,” he says. “Jake comes from the point of view of being a Marine and leans into that way of thinking because that’s what was ingrained in him about surviving. Pacifism and militarism are definitely going to come clashing.” It all sets the stage for an epic set of mega-blockbuster sequels – though, if all else fails, there’s a Na’vi sitcom set-up somewhere in there too. ‘My Wife And Blue Kids’, anyone?

Cela me semble étrange cette histoire de "fille adoptée" pour Kiri (c'est bon le Kiri ). En effet, on constate que cette jeune Na'Vi a 5 doigts par mains (comme les humains et les avatars). Or, les natifs de Pandora n'ont que 4 doigts. Chez les deux fils de Jake et Neytiri, on constate que l'un a 4 et l'autre 5 doigts (sans doute l'un qui a pris les gênes du père et l'autre de la mère). Mais si Kiri est une vraie Na'Vi pure souche, elle ne devrait pas avoir 5 doigts. Serait-elle la fille d'un/une Na'Vi et d'un/une Avatar autre le couple Jake/Neytiri? Grace Augustine a-t-elle eu une relation secrète et donnée naissance à un enfant avant les événements du premier film? (d'où le fait que ce soit Sigourney qui joue se rôle, puisqu'elle serait sa fille donc?). Bref, plein de questions se posent avec juste ces photos et ces bribes d'information.

Je ne serai pas surpris que Kiri soit une sorte de réincarnation de Grace Augustine. Le transfert de l'Arbre des Âmes n'avait pas fonctionné pour la sauver, mais Eywa avait récupéré ses souvenirs. Kiri ne serait pas pour autant Grace Augustine, mais elle aurait des similitudes dans son caractère et ses aspirations, avec potentiellement des souvenirs qui ne lui appartiennent pas. Est-ce un avatar à qui Eywa a offert un "esprit" ? La fille d'un avatar avec un na'vi? Je suis bien curieux d'en découvrir plus sur elle.

La sortie approche !

20th Century Studios a écrit:

In 100 days, experience Avatar : The Way Of Water only in theaters December 16.

Deux scènes du film sont proposées en exclusivité lors des séances de la ressortie du premier, selon si la projection permet le HFR ou non.

HFR : un adolescent Na'vi aide une créature marine
24 i/s : des enfants Na'vi explorent les fonds marins

J'ai vu la scène en HFR, dans la salle IMAX Laser de Disney Village et j'ai trouvé ça époustouflant.
La 3D est poussée à son paroxysme avec la caméra régulièrement placée à mi-chemin de la surface de l'eau, créant ainsi une ligne de démarcation en plein milieu de l'image qui renforce la profondeur.
Le HFR est également fortement utilisé, cela m'a particulièrement frappé lorsque la créature fait un grand mouvement pour se retourner, c'est d'une fluidité déconcertante.

Plus que 2 mois !

The Art of Avatar The Way of Water, sortie prévue le 16 décembre 2022.
Couverture utilisant un concept art de Dylan Cole.

Un autre concept art de Dylan Cole, qui sera utilisé en quatrième de couverture de The Art of Avatar The Way of Water.

The Hollywood Reporter rapporte que Avatar : La Voie de l'Eau durera précisément 3h10!

La nouvelle bande-annonce sera diffusée Mercredi prochain sur Good Morning America!

Nouvelles images en attendant le trailer!