'Avatar' sequel gets official title ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’, set to release on this date

Directed again by James Cameron, the second `Avatar` is set over a decade after the first movie.

Washington: ‘Avatar’ fans rejoice! After years of delays, the official title of filmmaker James Cameron`s `Avatar` sequel has been revealed. The upcoming installment’s first footage also debuted during Disney’s CinemaCon showcase in Las Vegas on Wednesday. The first `Avatar` sequel is titled `Avatar: The Way of Water` and the first teaser trailer will drop alongside `Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness` in theaters when the Marvel movie debuts on May 6.

Footage from the upcoming science-fiction film was also screened at the event, and reportedly, viewers were provided with 3D glasses to take the experience a notch higher.

According to Deadline, the first footage showed different regions of Pandora, an Earth-like habitable extrasolar moon of the gas giant Polyphemus from the Alpha Centauri system, which was also the setting of the original film.

The footage also had shots of the Na`vi interacting with aquatic mammals like whales.Here is Disney`s synopsis of the film: 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.

The last set for 2020 filming —The Matador (a 50’ forward command boat) on a 16-ton, 360 degree motion-control base. Three Technocranes and a Russian Arm mounted on top of a Mercedes-Benz. Just another day on the set of the Avatar sequels. (credit @jonlandau) pic.twitter.com/MB6dzUzeEr