Avatar has had a profound impact on many people psychologically and emotionally to the degree that viewers coined a phrase for the phenomenon called "Post-Avatar Depression Syndrome" (PADS) or the "Avatar blues". The film has induced feelings of depression in some people which has made them feel like their existence on Earth feels trivial compared to the beauty and freedom of Pandora. The film has also made people feel more misanthropic and lose faith in humanity like Jake Sully does. These people tend to desire the feeling of a loving peaceful community that the Na'vi share. Some viewers have even had suicidal thoughts from watching the film, hoping to be reborn in a place like Pandora. [39] Some viewers returned to Avatar and The Way of Water for multiple viewings to help cope with their feelings, contributing to their box office. PC/Console: Avatar: The Game (2009: PC/360/PS3 · Demo · Wii/PSP · NDS) · Frontiers of Pandora (2023) Hometree falls and burns due to humanity's actions, resulting in Na'vi being crushed to death under their ancestral home

Kaye, Don (April 21, 2021). "How The Saving Private Ryan Cast Launched A New Generation Of Stars". Den of Geek. Archived from the original on May 27, 2022 . Retrieved January 20, 2023. Simmons, Leslie (September 21, 2007). " 'Avatar' has new player with Ribisi". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on April 27, 2022 . Retrieved April 27, 2022.The first scoring sessions were planned to take place in early 2009. [98] During production, Horner promised Cameron that he would not work on any other project except for Avatar and reportedly worked on the score from four in the morning until ten at night throughout the process. He stated in an interview, " Avatar has been the most difficult film I have worked on and the biggest job I have undertaken." [99] Horner composed the score as two different scores merged into one. He first created a score that reflected the Na'vi way of sound and then combined it with a separate "traditional" score to drive the film. [69] From January to April 2006, Cameron worked on the script and developed a culture for the film's aliens, the Na'vi. Their language was created by Paul Frommer, a linguist at USC. [11] The Na'vi language has a lexicon of about 1000 words, with some 30 added by Cameron. The tongue's phonemes include ejective consonants (such as the "kx" in "skxawng") that are found in Amharic, and the initial "ng" that Cameron may have taken from Te Reo Māori. [16] Actress Sigourney Weaver and the film's set designers met with Jodie S. Holt, professor of plant physiology at University of California, Riverside, to learn about the methods used by botanists to study and sample plants, and to discuss ways to explain the communication between Pandora's organisms depicted in the film. [52]

Weaver and Cameron appeared at additional panels to promote the film, speaking on the 23rd [125] and 24th [126] [127] respectively. James Cameron announced at the Comic-Con Avatar Panel that August 21 will be 'Avatar Day'. On this day, the trailer was released in all theatrical formats. The official game trailer and toy line of the film were also unveiled on this day. [128] a b c d e f Grover, Ronald; Lowry, Tom; White, Michael (January 21, 2010). "King of the World (Again)". Bloomberg. Archived from the original on January 25, 2010 . Retrieved April 26, 2022. Along with the title announcement, we got the first official synopsis which confirmed much of what we already suspected.James Cameron intended to write a prequel novel exploring events such as Jake's time on Earth and Tom Sully's murder. However, in 2013, it was announced that Steven Gould would be hired to write four Avatar novels instead as part of a novel series. Nothing has currently become of this and it is possible these were quietly cancelled. In 2017, it was announced Penguin Random House would be working to release Avatar books, though any relation to a novel series is unclear. Despite this, Penguin published The World of Avatar: A Visual Exploration in 2022. Brennan, David (February 11, 2007). "Avatar Scriptment: Summary, Review, and Analysis". James Cameron's Movies & Creations. Archived from the original on December 19, 2009 . Retrieved April 29, 2010. Due to Cameron's personal convictions about climate change, he allowed only plant-based (vegan) food to be served on set. [75] Visual effects Cameron pioneered a specially designed camera built into a 6-inch boom that allowed the facial expressions of the actors to be captured and digitally recorded for the animators to use later. [76] a b Rampton, James (December 19, 2006). "James Cameron: King of all he surveys". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on January 8, 2007 . Retrieved December 20, 2006.

It looked like Fast & Furious star Vin Diesel would appear in the sequel too, but it seems he might be one for the third movie instead. The rerelease added one change to the standard theatrical cut: as the humans are leaving Pandora after the final battle, Neytiri confronts Parker Selfridge with her knife. Jake tells her to stay calm, and Parker remarks, "You know this isn't over, yet?" before continuing toward the shuttle. Otherwise, the rerelease has identical scenes as the theatrical cut. Wes Studi as Eytukan te Tskaha Kamun'itan, the Omaticaya's clan leader, Neytiri's father, and Mo'at's mate. Best Sound (Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson, Tony Johnson, Addison Teague) (Nominated) We had to wait until November for the main trailer to arrive, revealing more of the sequel's plot and a potential war brewing in Pandora.a b c Hevrdejs, Judy; Conklin, Mike (August 9, 1996). "Channel 2 has Monday morning team in place". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved February 1, 2010. In January 2017, Avatar 2 was delayed again, the assumption being that it ran scared after Star Wars: The Last Jedi moved from May to December of that year.

a b Keegan, Rebecca Winters (January 11, 2007). "Q&A with James Cameron". Time . Retrieved April 27, 2022. Memories from Avatar: Jon Landau, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver and Stephen Lang recall warm memories from production and reflect on the film's success. Avatar: Music from the Motion Picture was released on December 15, 2009. A promotional 3 disc set was also released. A 5 disc set referred to as Avatar: Complete Score was announced, but the set was leaked ahead of the launch and ultimately never released commercially. While Grace and Norm study the wildlife, Jake encounters a group of hammerhead titanotheres, a rhinoceros-like animal species. However, the titanotheres flee from a thanator, a terrifying land predator. Grace shouts at her group to flee. Jake runs from the thanator, who is after him, and loses most of his equipment and weapon in the process. He narrowly escapes death from the predator and falls into raging rivers below.Sigourney Weaver as Dr. Grace Augustine, an exobiologist and head of the Avatar Program. She is also Sully's mentor and an advocate of peaceful relations with the Na'vi, having set up a school to teach them English. [45] Into the mix will be the return of the RDA mining operation to Pandora, forcing Jake to take his family to the "perceived safe harbour" at the reef where they meet the Metkayina. To really capture the importance of water, Avatar 2 filmed its motion-capture scenes underwater. The teaser trailer for Avatar: The Way of Water was premiered at CinemaCon and was released exclusively in cinemas with Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness before being released online in May. a b c d e f " Avatar (2009)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Archived from the original on July 7, 2018 . Retrieved July 6, 2018.