New 'Avatar' Experience Coming to Disneyland

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New 'Avatar' Experience Coming to Disneyland
https://collider.com/avatar-experience-disneyland/

It will be the second Pandora-themed area in the parks after Florida's Animal Kingdom.

During a tumultuous conference call, in which Disney CEO Bob Iger had the difficult job of announcing layoffs and financial losses, theme park fans were given an absolute bombshell with the news that an "experience" based on the Avatar franchise would be coming to Disneyland Park in California. This would be the latest notable addition to the Disney parks on the West Coast following the addition of Avengers Campus.

Disney is currently riding the crest of a wave with James Cameron's science fiction franchise, with its second film, The Way of Water, currently a whisker away from becoming the third-highest-grossing film of all time, following on from its predecessor which grossed almost $3 billion to become the biggest movie ever made.

The company saw the potential in Avatar as a franchise long before their purchase of 20th Century Fox, striking a deal with Cameron and Lightstom to license a new land in their underserved Animal Kingdom Park in Orlando, Florida at the Walt Disney World Resort. Planning on that began in 2011, less than two years after the film was launched, with Iger and Cameron working on the deal together.

Announcing the plans, Iger said:

"James Cameron's "Avatar: The Way of Water", which will be one of the most successful films of the quarter, became the fourth biggest film of all time globally with close to $2.2 billion earned in the box office to date. The global popularity of this film will result in the creation of more opportunities for fans to engage with the franchise. They have been doing so at Walt Disney World's "Pandora: The World of Avatar" as well as in theaters globally. Today I am thrilled to announce that we will be bringing an exciting Avatar experience at Disneyland. We will be sharing more details on that very soon."

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How Avatar Sequels Will Affect Disney Parks' Pandora Teased By Producer: "There Will Be Some Updates"
https://screenrant.com/avatar-sequels-disney-parks-pandor-changes-producer-comments/

Exclusive: Producer Jon Landau teases how the Avatar sequels will affect the Disney Parks' Pandora, including Disneyland's in-development

The upcoming Avatar sequels will likely prompt updates to Disney Parks' Pandora attractions, with the possibility of something new also coming to Disneyland.
With Disney's resources and the expansion into multimedia territory, Avatar has the potential to become a massive franchise similar to Marvel and Star Wars.
Utilizing the theme parks, Cameron could create a fully immersive experience that brings elements from the Avatar parks to the screen, potentially setting a new standard for amusement parks.

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