Avatar is a 2009 US science fiction film written & directed by James
Cameron and starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver,
Michelle Rodriguez and Stephen Lang. The film is set in the year 2154,
when humans are mining a precious mineral called unobtanium on Pandora,
a lush moon in Alpha Centauri. The expansion of the mining colony
threatens the continued existence of a local tribe of Na'vi—a sentient
humanoid species indigenous to Pandora. The film's title refers to the
genetically engineered Na'vi bodies used by several human characters to
interact with the natives of Pandora.
Development on Avatar began in 1994, when Cameron wrote an 80-page
scriptment for the film.Filming was supposed to take place after the
completion of Cameron's 1997 film Titanic, for a planned release in
1999, but according to Cameron, the necessary technology was not yet
available to portray his vision of the film. Work on the language for
the film's extraterrestrial beings began in summer 2005, and Cameron
began developing the script and fictional universe in early 2006.
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