In the upcoming Avatar sequel, The Way of Water, the stakes are raised for Jake Sully and Neytiri as they not only need to contend with the ongoing onslaught from the human race into Pandora, but also their young family.
The second Avatar movie has been in development for over a decade following the enormous success of the first film in 2009.
On a reported budget of $237 million, Avatar earned never-before-seen box office success, earning $2.847 billion in ticket sales.
The 2009 movie saw Jake Sully (Worthington), a paraplegic former marine, enter the world of Pandora and eventually fall in love with Na'vi native Neytiri (Saldana) while dealing with the insurrection from the human army, led by ruthless Colonel Miles Quaritch (Stephen Lang).
Jake and Neytiri are now raising a family in the sequel, and Worthington says both he and Saldana took emotional inspiration from real-life as they are both parents of three boys, just like in the movie.
"I'm a father of three boys. Zoe’s a mother of three boys," he told Empire when asked about his Na'vi family becoming embroiled in the ongoing war.
"In this, we have boys. It was something Zoe and I could easily tap into, which was: what are you imparting to your kids? It's not necessarily about raising a squad. It's about what are you teaching them to be as they develop.
"Most families realise that you're going to have a conflict between mum and dad of how they're going to raise their sons and what kind of people they want their sons to be. In this case, Jake comes from the point of view of a military background, I think he leans into that way of thinking, because that's what was ingrained in him about surviving.
"And so the conflict of pacifism versus militarism is definitely going to come clashing."
Avatar: The Way of Water, directed by James Cameron, will be released on 16 December 2022.
The official plot synopsis reads:
'Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, Avatar: The Way Of Water begins to tell the story of the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri, and their kids), the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go to keep each other safe, the battles they fight to stay alive, and the tragedies they endure.'
Avatar: The Way of Water trailer
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