Avatar

…returned to feature films with Avatar, a science-fiction thriller that was noted for its special effects. A major box-office success, it surpassed Titanic to become the highest-grossing movie in the world, earning more than \$2.7 billion. The movie also received critical acclaim. At the Golden Globes ceremony in 2010, Cameron…

…world in the fantasy adventure Avatar (2009). The British-American Nolan burst onto the scene in 2000 with Memento, a mystery centring on a man with short-term memory loss, He followed up with the psychological thriller Insomnia (2002). Nolan also directed the Dark Knight trilogy (Batman Begins [2005], The Dark Knight…

…the Na’vi species of the Avatar (2009– ) movie franchise, created by James Cameron, has been a testing ground for improving motion-capture technology in the 21st century. Cameron aimed to create a motion-capture stage through which his actors would have their performances thoroughly represented in the final product. This meant…

…Pandora—in James Cameron’s sci-fi film Avatar. Both movies were major hits. Saldana portrayed Uhura again in Star Trek into Darkness (2013) and Star Trek Beyond (2016). She also played the green-skinned warrior princess Gamora in the sci-fi/superhero blockbuster Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), a role she reprised for Guardians of…

Grace Augustine in Avatar (2009), a science-fiction fantasy that set box-office records upon its release. In the sequel, Avatar: Way of the Water (2022), Weaver played Kiri, Dr. Augustine’s 14-year-old Na’vi daughter. For her portrayal of a teenager, Weaver was assisted by Cameron’s use of de-aging technologies and…