Avatar 2 age rating, release date & more for both the UK and US

Its been thirteen years since the first film, but the Avatar 2 The Way of Water UK release date has arrived. Incredibly, the 2009 hit is still the highest grossing movie of all time, so you can find out more about the age rating certificate, story, cast and runtime for the sequel to give you everything you need to know.

James Cameron has also confirmed that there will be more films in the series after the 2nd movie comes out. The third is due in 2024 and the rest will probably come out in two years intervals. A lot will depend on their success at the box office. But it makes sense to count on the director to do it again with The Terminator, T2, Aliens and Titanic in his back catalogue.

The story sees us returning to the alien planet of Pandora where we last saw Jake and Neytiri fight off the human attack. The former is now fully transformed into his Na’vi form and what remains of Quaritch’s RDA forces had been banished. However, there is a return of invading might for Avatar 2, which continues the age rating themes as before.

Cast

Sam Worthington (Everest) and Zoe Saldana (Avengers Endgame) lead the Avatar 2 cast as Jake and Neytiri. They’re joined by Oona Chaplin, Giovanni Ribisi, Kate Winslet (Wonder Wheel), and Cliff Curtis. As well as Edie Falco, Joel David Moore, David Thewlis (Wonder Woman), and Stephen Lang as Colonel Miles Quaritch. Sigourney Weaver is back too, but this time playing Jake and Neytiri’s 15 year old adopted daughter, Kiri.

We’ll update the cast info above once details are confirmed by the production.

Avatar 2 UK release date

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The Avatar 2 UK release date took place on the 16th December 2022. It came out on the same date in North America too and for the most part it was the same internationally. It’s clearly a big shout for the winter holiday number 1 spot in pretty much every territory. It’ll be interesting to see how well it does compared to the first film.

It doesn’t really have much in the way of competition with Aquaman 2 pushed back to 2023. Overall, it was a big result for James Cameron, despite the residual impact from the Violent Night release in the UK.

It should come out on digital, DVD and Blu-ray in the UK in time for Easter 2023 based on its big screen run. It’s essentially 2022’s equivalent to Spider-Man No Way Home in terms of impact and release window.

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Avatar 2 age rating certificate

The Avatar 2 age rating was confirmed with the release date a couple of weeks away. The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) gave it a 12 certificate. It had already been given a PG-13 certificate in North America, which usually translates over as 12 in the UK, so it’s pretty much as expected.

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We could also take a lot from the first film, which had an age rating of 12 in Britain, which added to our initial projection. In North America it was a PG-13 film again, so similar limit to the UK. Both acted as a good guide for the second film in the growing series.

There’s the same kind of moderate violence and intense battles as in Avatar (2009). The sequel resets things a little, but it pulls no punches. You can see this in the trailer below, which features some of the elements that contributed to the certification.

We’ll update you with more details on the film as they get confirmed. Check out our movie news section to keep tabs on the latest upcoming films. Alternatively, visit the official website at www.avatar.com/.

Runtime

As with the age rating, the runtime for Avatar 2 was only confirmed in the build up to the release date, and it’s a whopping 3 hours and 12 minutes long.

The first film had a runtime of 2 hours and 42 minutes, so James Cameron is clearly taking things up to near Titanic levels for The Way of Water.

Trailer

You can see how the sequel has panned out with the Avatar 2 official trailer above, which gave us our first glimpse of the antagonists, the RDA. You also see why the film is called The Way of Water with so much of the action taking place on the shore or out at sea.

The visuals in the trailer are just as stunning as you might expect. This makes it a cinema experience that’s hard to pass over, especially in 3D. The first Avatar film was the catalyst for 3D films and it looks like 2 will give it yet another bump in popularity.

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While the trailer is beautiful, there are also hints at the factors that contributed to the age rating for both the UK and US markets. There’s a mighty battle scene around halfway through and then the threat of the RDA machines not long after it. The intensity builds towards the end of the trailer and that’s the case in the film too.

If you’re looking to get deeper into the action of life on Pandora then you might want to check out the Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora game with the video below: