Avatar 2 is coming to streaming soon, but Disney Plus users will have to wait
Avatar: The Way of Water is finally headed to streaming services, although surprisingly Disney Plus isn’t one of them yet.
This sequel to the original Avatar movie released in 2009 has been running exclusively in theaters for over three months. Now Disney has announced that it will be available as a digital purchase from March 28, and you can watch it at home via Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video and other streamers.
When it launches, those of you with one of the best 4K TVs and best soundbars will be able to enjoy the movie in all its Ultra HD glory, with immersive Dolby Atmos audio. Plus, you can reportedly enjoy “more than three hours of never-before-seen bonus content featuring the filmmakers, cast and crew” with your purchase.
Given that Avatar 2 was produced by 20th Century Fox, which is now owned by Disney, many Disney Plus subscribers probably expected the movie to be released on that streaming platform first. However, it looks like they’ll have to wait a while before they can watch the movie at home unless they pay to watch it on another service.
That said, we expect Avatar 2 to eventually come to Disney Plus; it will likely take a bit longer as Disney and Fox seem to be taking a more “traditional” approach to movie releases, with the movie only available via DVD or paid digital VOD before launching on Disney’s own streaming service at no extra charge to subscribers .
In our Avatar: The Way of Water review, we called the four and a half star film a “phenomenal feat of filmmaking”. Director James Cameron’s return to Pandora fully lives up to its promise of a film full of incredibly beautiful visual effects. The long runtime can be a bit frustrating, and the third act feels very familiar; however, the story is surprisingly moving and you have fewer reasons to miss this movie now that it’s available to watch at home.