New ‘Avatar’ Poster and Trailer Debut Ahead of Theatrical Re-Release (Video)
thewrap.compic.twitter.com/T2bXc2EiGaThe poster is a close-up of Zoe Saldaña’s Neytiri character, which is both striking and pretty impressive considering the movie came out (deep breath) 13 years ago and the visual effects still look that good.
The same can be said of the trailer, which trumpets the movie’s 4K restoration in high dynamic range (hopefully signaling a 4K Blu-ray home video release is also on the way) and reminding us all what a wild ride “Avatar” really was.“Avtar” stars Sam Worthington, Saldaña, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez, Giovanni Ribisi and Sigourney Weaver.
Worthington plays Jake Sully, an injured Marine who undergoes a super secret and highly experimental procedure, bonding with an “avatar” of an indigenous species on a jungle moon called Pandora that is being colonized and mined by the evil Resources Development Administration. (The “avatar” was meant for his brother, who was killed.) Once there he falls in love (both literally and figuratively) with the people and by the end has fully become part of their culture.
He also gets to ride a really cool dragon.The sequel, co-written by Josh Friedman, takes place more than a decade after the first film.
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