Avatar – The Movie

Avatar is a science fiction movie set in 2154, with a set of characters that includes both humans, and a human-like species known as the Na’vi. Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver, and Giovanni Ribisi play human roles in the film, while Zoe Saldana and C.C.H. Pounder play key Na’vi characters. The film is a story of redemption and self-discovery, as well as a love story.

Filming for Avatar finally began in 2007, and the final product includes both live action shots and computer-generated effects. With an original budget of $237 million, Avatar is currently estimated to have cost over three hundred million dollars to produce, and well over an additional one million dollars to promote.

By the middle of December of 2009, Avatar had been released world-wide to both box-office and critical success. As a result, James Cameron plans to create at least two sequels. In August of 2010 a re-release of Avatar that will contain six additional minutes of footage is expected to hit theaters.

Avatar won Academy Awards for Art Direction, Visual Effects, and Cinematography, and a Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture- Drama.