James Cameron shared on Friday that the upcoming “Avatar: Fire and Ash,” set to release Dec. 19, 2025, will be even longer than its predecessor "The Way Of Water."

James Cameron shared on Friday that the upcoming “Avatar: Fire and Ash,” set to release Dec. 19, 2025, will be even longer than its predecessor “The Way Of Water.”

  • TwoBeeSan@lemmy.worldEnglish
    20·
    2 days ago

    Does every director fire their editor once they reach a certain age?

    Ridley Scott, Cameron, Scorsese, Coppola… feel like there’s been back to back 3hr + movies in recent years

    • MimicJar@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      2 days ago

      Honestly I think it’s jealousy of television. Films were viewed as the highest form of entertainment. The people you mentioned are the best in their fields and they make films. Unfortunately films are only 90-120 minutes. So I’m sure they’ve had to sacrifice story over the years to fit that time limit. Of course over in television land, especially modern television, you get hours to tell your story.

      One season of a TV show, or even a miniseries, is easily 10 hours. You can tell a great story in 10 hours. If you’ve written a great story, you hate cutting that down to 90-120 minutes. So the films get longer. Now you’ve got 3 hour films. Realistically these folks would probably make amazing miniseries. But that’s television. They are filmmakers.

    • Ilandar@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      2 days ago

      I think it’s probably a reflection of their age, reputation and personal wealth, as well as how much of the casual cinema audience has died out and shifted to streaming. They can make a 3+ hour epic for film enthusiasts to see in the cinema and then put it on a streaming service where everyone else can watch it in two or three sittings very easily thanks to the playback position being retained on exit.