The seas of Avatar: James Cameron on the real science behind his fictional world
The director shares how Earth's oceans inspired The Way of Water—and his hope it will motivate viewers to protect our own planet.
James Cameron is diving into the deep: this time, into the oceans of an alien world. The filmmaker and ocean explorer’s latest science-fiction epic, Avatar: The Way of Water, promises to transport viewers to the vibrant aquatic ecosystems of a world 25 trillion miles from Earth, with a documentary’s level of detail.
The new film extends the story of the 2009 blockbuster Avatar, which told the tale of a habitable alien moon called Pandora, the blue-skinned humanoids who live there (the Na’vi), and the conflict that arises when space-faring humans try to colonize and mine the world, regardless of the environmental havoc they wreak. In the first film, the Na’vi of the world’s rainforests fight to protect their home, aided by
