Actress Zoe Saldaña says the Oscars rejecting “Avatar” in its awards ceremony is “quite deflating,” adding that it makes her feel “overlooked and then minimized and completely disregarded.”
The Walt Disney Co. has spent years courting China’s Communist dictators and now the company is reaping a tangible reward for its obeisance.
Oscar-winning director James Cameron announced this week that there will be an Avatar 3, Avatar 4, and Avatar 5.
Avatar director James Cameron has produced movies using dozens of guns, many of which were machine guns and submachine guns, before denouncing firearms and bragging about cutting scenes with them in his underperforming sequel Avatar: The Way of Water.
Hollywood director James Cameron has revealed he cut ten minutes of gun action from the new Avatar sequel, saying “what’s happening with guns in our society turns my stomach.”
The Walt Disney Co. is facing a box-office disaster as the new “Avatar” sequel plunged 58 percent in its second weekend of domestic release — a huge drop-off considering the first Avatar only declined 2 percent in its second weekend back in 2009.
James Cameron’s “Avatar: The Way of Water” pushed feminist boundaries to the max by featuring a very pregnant alien woman riding into battle alongside the men, an image the director touted as a sign of “female empowerment.”
James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water faces calls for boycotts from Native Americans and indigenous groups for alleged cultural appropriation and for promoting the white savior complex.
“Avatar: The Way of Water” belly-flopped on its opening weekend in China, bringing in $57.1 million, far below the approximately $120 million it was expected to earn. The shortfall has surely come as a disappointment for Disney, which is seeking to replicate the success of the first Avatar movie — the highest grossing Hollywood movie in China at the time of its release in 2009.”
“Avatar: The Way of Water ” didn’t make quite as big of a splash as many assumed it would, but James Cameron’s big budget spectacle still helped breathe life into the box office this weekend. The sequel earned $134 million
