London - (AFP) - The eyes of movie lovers and those concerned with the seventh art will turn to London on Tuesday evening, where the upcoming movie "Avatar 2", which is hoped to generate revenues of billions of dollars and restore life to the halls, will be forgotten by the pandemic phase.

The cinema sector is counting on “ Avatar : The Way of Water”, directed by James Cameron, which is the sequel to his previous movie “Avatar”, to confirm the continuation of the big screens alive, after their decline in front of the streaming platforms.

The ambition is not limited to that, but also includes the bet that this sequel, which begins showings in the United States on December 16 and in other parts of the world, will be able to surpass the first part, which is considered the highest-grossing film in the world, and open The road to the birth of a series of films that reap great success similar to that known by the "Star Wars" or "Star Wars" phenomenon.

Thirteen years after the first "Avatar", whose global revenues approached three billion dollars, the events of the new part revolve around the star Pandora, located at a very far distance from Earth, within a science fiction story of an environmental nature.

The film, like its predecessor, was filmed to be shown in 3D, includes a large amount of digital images, and runs for three hours and 12 minutes.

The story was kept very secret, but information indicates that a new tribe appears in the film, consisting of local aliens living in a marine environment, and that the film includes the survivors of the first part, namely Jake Sally (Sam Worthington) and Neytiri (Zoe Saldana) and their children. Kate Winslet joins the cast a quarter of a century after the movie "Titanic", which made her famous.

The film constitutes a great challenge for James Cameron, who is considered the undisputed king of the global box office, as he achieved one record after another, starting with the movie "Titanic", and then with the first part of "Avatar", which is still to this day the highest income in the world. The film also represents a very important station for Disney, as the scenes for the third part were filmed, and there is a trend for a new part of “Avatar” every two years, at least until the fifth in 2028.