Avatar: The Way of Water streaming: watch online (2024)

What to know

Avatar: The Way of Water is a science fiction movie directed by James Cameron. It is the sequel to Avatar, which went on to become the highest-grossing movie at the box office of all time. Avatar: The Way of Water is one of the longest movie productions in history, lasting more than a decade.

The mind behind the Avatar franchise is Canadian filmmaker James Cameron. The legendary director is responsible for several of Hollywood's biggest movies, including Titanic, The Terminator, and Aliens. Cameron has been working on some form of Avatar since his school days when he would create sketches about a planet named Flora and the creatures that lived on it.

Sam Worthington reprises his roles as Jake Sully, the gun-for-hire who abandoned his human life to join the Omaticaya clan. Zoe Saldana also returns as Neytiri, the strong-willed hunter with whom Jake has fallen in love. In Avatar 2: The Way of Water, the unlikely couple have started a family. Kate Winslet plays Ronal, a freediver from the Metkayina people. The Metkayina are a Na'vi clan located on Pandora's reefs. Avatar 2: The Way of Water was released in theaters on December 16, 2022.

Production: timeline, news & updates

• April 2016
  • James Cameron, Avatar 2's writer and director, announces that there are 4 sequels on the way to the world's highest grossing film of all time. (Source: Deadline Hollywood)
• November 2017
  • After a number delays in filming the long-awaited Avatar 2, Cameron says he wouldn't call the pauses "delays". According to the acclaimed director, the scripts aren't finished and that they took four years to complete. (Source: Vanity Fair)
• April 2018
  • Discussing the film's script, Cameron says it can be considered a "generational family saga" comparable to The Godfather sequels. In the movies, focus will be placed on the younger generations who inherit Pandora as the cycle of life continues. (Source: ComingSoon.net)
• February 2019
  • The live action filming for Avatar 2 and 3 are shot successively in New Zealand. Filming for the performance capture had already wrapped in Los Angeles. (Source: Deadline Hollywood)
• April 28, 2022
  • Avatar 2's official title is revealed at Cinema Con. The sequel is titled Avatar: The Way of Water. Attendees also get a first-look at a teaser trailer for the sci-fi adventure movie. (Source: NME)
• April 28, 2022
  • Avatar 2's official title is revealed at Cinema Con. The sequel is titled Avatar: The Way of Water. Attendees also get a first-look at a teaser trailer for the sci-fi adventure movie. (Source: NME)
• May 10, 2022
  • The first official trailer for Avatar: The Way of Water is released online. It shows the Na'vi roaming their liberated planet and riding across the open waters of Pandora. This includes Jake Sully and Neytiri. The trailer also shows further conflict between Na'vi and humans.(Source: YouTube)
• May 11, 2022
  • Avatar: The Way of Water's trailer is viewed 148.6 Million times within 24 hours. (Source: Collider)
• July 4, 2022
  • Sigourney Weaver is confirmed to be playing a Na'vi character named Kiri in the film who is the adopted teenage daughter of Jake and Neytiri (Source: Empire)
• September 10, 2022
  • New concept art for Avatar: The Way of Water is released. The image depicts beautiful underwater views and two unknown Na'vi characters.(Source: Collider)
• September 10, 2022
  • New footage of the movie is shown at D23 and not released to the public. The images are described as showing the family life of Sully and Neytiri along with a small battle to save children from being taken by soldiers. (Source: Screen Rant)
• November 2, 2022
  • A new trailer of Avatar: The Way of Water is released. The audience is invited to return to Pandora and we are given a closer look at Jake and Neytiri's family. (Source: Collider)
• November 21, 2022
  • The final trailer for the movie arrives teasing the incredible special effects that the franchise is known for. (Source: The Playlist)
• November 25, 2022
  • Post-production on the movie is completed. (Source: The Playlist)
• December 16, 2022
  • Avatar 2: The Way of Water was released in cinemas. (Source: The Playlist)