James Cameron shared on Friday that the upcoming “Avatar: Fire and Ash,” set to release Dec. 19, 2025, will be even longer than its predecessor "The Way Of Water."

James Cameron shared on Friday that the upcoming “Avatar: Fire and Ash,” set to release Dec. 19, 2025, will be even longer than its predecessor “The Way Of Water.”

  • MimicJar@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Honestly I think it’s jealousy of television. Films were viewed as the highest form of entertainment. The people you mentioned are the best in their fields and they make films. Unfortunately films are only 90-120 minutes. So I’m sure they’ve had to sacrifice story over the years to fit that time limit. Of course over in television land, especially modern television, you get hours to tell your story.

    One season of a TV show, or even a miniseries, is easily 10 hours. You can tell a great story in 10 hours. If you’ve written a great story, you hate cutting that down to 90-120 minutes. So the films get longer. Now you’ve got 3 hour films. Realistically these folks would probably make amazing miniseries. But that’s television. They are filmmakers.