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Critics won’t weigh-in on James Cameron’s highly anticipated \u201cAvatar\u201d sequel for a few more weeks. But if Guillermo del Toro is to be believed, then the boundary-pushing water adventure will surely dazzle audiences and the box office come December 16.<\/p>\n

\u201cA staggering achievement,\u201d del Toro tweeted on Thursday.<\/a> \u201c[\u2018Avatar: The Way of Water\u2019 is chockfull] of majestic Vistas and emotions at an epic, epic scale. A master at the peak of his powers\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

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That’s big praise for the director behind \u201cTitanic,\u201d \u201cAliens,\u201d and \u201cThe Terminator,\u201d made even more meaningful by del Toro’s own cinematic chops. The Mexican filmmaker’s most recent project \u2014 a stop-motion \u201cPinocchio\u201d for Netflix \u2014 is a frontrunner for Best Animated Feature at the 95th Academy Awards. Cameron and \u201cAvatar 2\u201d are similarly positioned in the Oscar race for Best Visual Effects.<\/p>\n

Del Toro’s rave review came with a retweet of producer Jon Landau celebrating one of the film’s final post-production milestones as the cast and crew pulls into the final days of promotion before their movie hits theaters for the holidays.<\/p>\n

\u201cCongratulations to the entire ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ family,\u201d Landau wrote earlier on Thursday<\/a>. \u201cYesterday we completed our final mix and picture mastering and I snapped this picture of our post finishing team. I am thankful to every one of you for your contributions to the film.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 2009, the first \u201cAvatar\u201d outing blew moviegoers away with an unmatched visual experience that, as IndieWire’s Bill Desowitz explained in his breakdown of the 2023 Visual Effects Oscars race, \u201crewrote the photoreal playbook for character animation, world building, lighting, and rendering.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c[Visual effects supervisor Joe] Letteri reunites with Cameron on ‘Way of the Water,’ where they explore new frontiers of Pandora, particularly the sweeping oceans, which take up a large portion of the film,\u201d Desowitz said. \u201cThe oceans contain innovative water development, including first-time underwater performance capture.\u201d Per Cameron, the innovative technology required actors be able to hold their breath for extended periods of time.<\/p>\n