The Avatar animated series had to change its name because of James Cameron

Avatar: The Way of Water and Avatar: The Last Airbender
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Animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender had to change its original title thanks to 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:James Cameron’s Avatar, according to the series director. While the show began airing in 2005, more than four years before Avatar o♒pened in theaters, Cameron already held theဣ rights to the name. 

The animated series focuses on Aang, an Avatar who can bend all four elements and serves as a bridge between the physical world and the spiritual world. Giancarlo Volpe, who directed 19 episodes🐠 of the show, shar🐷ed insight into the title issues on . 

). "Now the sequel is called 'The Way of Water.' If part 3 is called 'The Firebending Masters' we riot."

While Cameron only released his groundbreaking movie Avatar in 2009, he’d been working on it since 1994 when he wrote an 80-page treatment. Filming was initially due to start after 🔯Titanic in 1997, but the director has spoken about how technology was not yet up to the standard he needed to achieve his vision.

Cameron’s long-awaited sequel to his groundbreaking 2009 movie is also almost out. 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Avatar: The Way of Water opens in theaters on December 6, and the first reactions have been pretty glowing. The follow-up is set more than a decade after the first movie 🌠and foౠcuses on Jake Sully and Neytiri as they try to keep their family safe by any means necessary.

Meanwhile, Avatar: The Last Airbender ran between 2005 and 2008 but has been ongoing through films, comics, and novels. It’s also set for 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:a new live-action series on Netflix as well as 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:a movie produced by Paramount due o𒁏ut in 2025.

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Fay Watson
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