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Sam Worthington as Jake Sully, Kate Winslet as Ronal and Cliff Curtis as Tonowari
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Avatar: The Way of Water has been more than 10 years in the making. All photos: 20th Century Studios
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Neytiri (Zoe Saldana) and Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) in Avatar: The Way of Water
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Jack Champion as Spider
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Sigourney Weaver as Kiri and Dr Grace Augustine
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Britain Dalton as Lo’ak, with Tulkun, a large whale-like creature native to the oceans of Pandora
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Stephen Lang as Quaritch
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Trinity Bliss as Tuk
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Kate Winslet as Ronal and Cliff Curtis as Tonowari
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Jamie Flatters as Neteyam, Saldana as Neytiri, Dalton as Lo’ak and Worthington as Jake Sully
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Lang as Quaritch
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Curtis as Tonowari
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Weaver as Kiri
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Worthington as Jake Sully
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Sam Worthington as Jake Sully
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Britain Dalton as Lo'ak
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Bailey Bass as Tsireya
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Zoe Saldana and Sam Worthington in the film
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Kate Winslet as Ronal
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This image released by 20th Century Studios shows, Jake Sully, performed by Sam Worthington, left, and Neytiri, performed by Zoe Saldana in a scene from "Avatar: The Way of Water. " (20th Century Studios via AP)
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Stephen Lang as Quaritch
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Worthington as Jake Sully
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Sam Worthington as Jake Sully, Kate Winslet as Ronal and Cliff Curtis as Tonowari
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Avatar: The Way of Water has been more than 10 years in the making. All photos: 20th Century Studios
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Neytiri (Zoe Saldana) and Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) in Avatar: The Way of Water
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Jack Champion as Spider
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Sigourney Weaver as Kiri and Dr Grace Augustine
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Britain Dalton as Lo’ak, with Tulkun, a large whale-like creature native to the oceans of Pandora
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Stephen Lang as Quaritch
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Trinity Bliss as Tuk
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Kate Winslet as Ronal and Cliff Curtis as Tonowari
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Jamie Flatters as Neteyam, Saldana as Neytiri, Dalton as Lo’ak and Worthington as Jake Sully
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Lang as Quaritch
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Curtis as Tonowari
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Weaver as Kiri
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Worthington as Jake Sully
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Sam Worthington as Jake Sully
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Britain Dalton as Lo'ak
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Bailey Bass as Tsireya
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Zoe Saldana and Sam Worthington in the film
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Kate Winslet as Ronal
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This image released by 20th Century Studios shows, Jake Sully, performed by Sam Worthington, left, and Neytiri, performed by Zoe Saldana in a scene from "Avatar: The Way of Water. " (20th Century Studios via AP)
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Stephen Lang as Quaritch
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Worthington as Jake Sully
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Sam Worthington as Jake Sully, Kate Winslet as Ronal and Cliff Curtis as Tonowari
Avatar: The Way of Water review: a big-screen blast that's galaxies better than the first
After 13 years, James Cameron takes audiences back to Pandora
Associated Press
14 December, 2022
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