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Still from Avatar: The Way of Water
Poster for Avatar: The Way of Water

Poster via TMDB

Released in 3D · 2022

Avatar: The Way of Water

2022 · 193 minutes

Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) mixes stereo photography with converted shots, by SDFX Studios. one source

You can watch it in 3D now: Apple TV and Disney+ carry it, and the 3D version plays on an Apple Vision Pro.

Exists in
  • Blu-ray 3D
  • Digital purchase
  • Streaming
Provenance
Hybrid
Conversion house
SDFX Studios
Editions held
5

Available in 3D

Avatar: The Way of Water: cover of the 3D Blu-ray edition

3D Blu-ray

United Kingdom
No disc region · MVC
Disc count not recorded · No catalogue number
Barcode 8717418615314

Listed second-hand£8 at CeX, may have changed
Where this disc is listed
Avatar: The Way of Water: cover of the 3D Blu-ray edition

3D Blu-ray

United Kingdom
No disc region · MVC
Disc count not recorded · No catalogue number
Barcode 8717418615338

Listed second-hand£35 at CeX, may have changed
Where this disc is listed
Avatar: The Way of Water: cover of the Digital purchase, UK store edition

Digital purchase, UK store

United Kingdom storefront
Encode not recorded

In print£13.99 at Apple, may have changed
Watch on Apple TV, UK store

Apple publishes no 3D flag, so this row says the film is sold here, not that the 3D version is.

Streaming

United States
MV-HEVC

With a subscription
Watch in 3D on Disney+

In 3D on Apple Vision Pro, where this opens in the Disney+ app. The same link plays the film in 2D on every other device.

How the 3D was made

Provenance
Hybrid Shot in stereo, converted afterwards, or a mix of the two. 1
Conversion house
SDFX Studios Page: SDFX Studios The company that did the conversion, where there was one. 1
Stereographer
Not yet recorded The person who set the depth. Rarely credited, rarely recorded. No source

What is on the record

FieldValueSource
Aspect ratio1.85:1 and 2.39:1 1
Available in 3D on Apple TV, US storeYes checked 2
Available in 3D on Disney+Yes checked 3, 4
On the Apple TV store in the UKYes checked 5
Camera systemFusion Camera System 1
Conversion houseSDFX Studios unverified 1
Finished at4K DI unverified 6
A Blu-ray 3D existsYes 7, 8, 9
High frame rateYes unverified 10
High frame rate masterTrueCut Motion, 48 fps unverified 10
Production countryUnited States 1
ProvenanceHybrid unverified 1
Released in 3DYes 1
Shown in IMAX 3DYes unverified 9

The film itself

7.6TMDB user score14,527 votes
12ABBFC certificateThe British certificate
193MinutesMinutes

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Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, learn 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 description and tagline above are TMDB's own text, reproduced under their terms rather than rewritten.11

Cast

Crew

Director
James Cameron
Screenplay
Amanda Silver, James Cameron, Rick Jaffa
Story
Amanda Silver, James Cameron, Josh Friedman, Rick Jaffa, Shane Salerno
Cinematographer
Russell Carpenter
Composer
Simon Franglen
Producer
James Cameron, Jon Landau

Catalogued as TMDB 76600 and IMDb tt1630029. Read on .

Beside this one

Also converted by SDFX Studios:

3D films of the 2020s · Part shot, part converted · On disc · Streaming

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) checked
  2. Apple TV, the 3D Movies room (US) checked
  3. The Walt Disney Company checked
  4. FlatpanelsHD, 2 February 2024 checked
  5. Apple iTunes lookup, GB store checked
  6. Vision Pro 3D list, community maintained checked
  7. CeX checked
  8. CeX checked
  9. The Illustrated 3D Movie List checked
  10. FlatpanelsHD, 30 January 2024 checked
  11. TMDB checked