Fans going to watch the second film, Avatar: The Way of Water, can expect a film that is longer, louder, more visually lush, and with some of the best underwater effects committed to film. James Cameron made a name for himself with his cutting-edge special effects, and this time around, he developed a new technique for capturing 3D underwater images. The man behind The Abyss and Titanic knows how to make water look beautiful and terrifying, sometimes at the same time.

While it doesn’t change the content of the film, Avatar’s big switcharoo in title cards does continue to bode well for Disney’s long haul approach to the series at large. Which means that should that planned theatrical re-release of the original film occur, as well as any sort of home video reissue in formats like 4K UHD, you can probably bet that the new stylization will officially welcome this title into the Disney fold.

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However, this will be the first time Avatar has been available in U.S. theaters in over a decade, and there’s no doubt Disney wants to earn as much as it possibly can. Especially since director James Cameron has gone to the trouble of remastering the movie with 4K resolution and a higher frame rate — the latter of which isn’t likely to look as good when you watch it at home. Experience the spectacular world of James Cameron's Avatar as never before with this all-new three-disc extended collector’s edition. The journey begins with three movie versions: the original theatrical release, the special edition re-release, and the exclusive extended cut not shown in theaters. And that's just what's on the first Blu-ray disc. The set's bonus feature run more than eight hours and include over 45 minutes of deleted scenes; actor's screen tests; on-location footage; feature-length documentaries on the film's groundbreaking production; an interactive scene-deconstruction feature that lets you explore different levels of production for 17 scenes; a comprehensive guide to the world of Pandora; and more. The greatest adventure of all time just got bigger and better. " BD-Live extras (requires BD-Live-enabled player and Internet connection--may be available a limited-time only): Crew Short: The Night Before Avatar; additional screen tests, including Stephen Lang, Giovanni Ribisi, Joel David Moore, CCH Pounder, and Laz Alonso; speaking Na’vi rehearsal footage; Weta Workshop: walk-and-talk presentation In a world where Disney+ is still launching gradually throughout the world, there have been quite a few changes noticed in this new digital library. We’re not just talking about Avatar’s title font either, as we’ve seen jokes from The Simpsons cropped out of episodes because of aspect ratio issues, as well as a whole scene in Lilo and Stitch changing the door of a dryer into a pizza box. Scientists develop the special project: they create avatars – artificial hybrid organisms in which genes of people are combined with genes of natives of Pandora. Avatars will help scientists to take root into society of inhabitants of Pandora and it is better to study them, and the corporation supports this project, seeing in it own benefit.

The first Avatar was an event film, especially when watched in 3D, which experienced a resurgence in popularity thanks to James Cameron’s cutting-edge technology behind the amazing visuals. Starring Sam Worthington as a human that pilots a man-made avatar of the native Na’vi who then meets and falls in love with Zoe Saldana’s Neytiri, the two then try and stop the Resources Development Administration from obtaining a priceless metal called….unobtanium. Common consensus is that while the film was amazing to watch, the plot was a giant pile of sci-fi nonsense. Avatar: The Way of WaterFans can watch Avatar first on ABC, Sunday December 11th, at 7:00 PM EST. After that, FX is the second channel showing the film, Thursday, December 15th and Sunday, December 18th from 8:00 PM EST. Finally, Freeform will air the movie just after Christmas on Monday, December 26th at 7:30 PM.