A new movie still from James Cameron’s Avatar: Fire and Ash showcases a battle between the Wind Traders and the hostile Mangkwan Tribe! Empire Magazine revealed the exclusive image in conjunction with an interview with the film's second-unit director Garrett Warren as a teaser for their upcoming issue. Inside, Garrett explains the incredible lengths production went to building massive scale practical sets for the next N'avi instalment:
One sequence in the film sees the benevolent airborne Wind Traders, led by David Thewlis’ Peylak, attacked by the fearsome new Na’vi antagonists – the Ash People, aka the Mangkwan clan. It’s a skybound skirmish that, for all its astonishing effects, was produced as practically as possible. Including the use of real fire. “We want people to feel the heat,” second-unit director Garrett Warren says, teasing the sequence as “a cross between a pirate-ship [invasion] and an air-to-air combat battle, with the ikran, the flying creatures that move through the air, like fighter jets”.
Their feature goes on to reveal production built 100-foot long aluminum air ships and ikran puppets for the stunt performers to use on set! You can read more in Empire Magazine's upcoming issue which hits shelves September 25th!
James Cameron's next entry in the groundbreaking Avatar film series, Avatar: Fire and Ash is currently playing in theaters. If you've already seen the movie, you can now submit your own rating and review here on Scified!
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