(The cast of “Toruk” speaks Na’vi in the show.) Cameron said that during the production’s development, he mostly chimed in to make sure the project didn’t steer too far afield from his central vision for the films. (New York area audiences get their first glimpse with the Barclays run, followed by a stint in nearby Newark, N.J.) “ I gave them pretty full rein to just riff on what they had seen in the ‘Avatar’ world from the first film, and what they were responding to,” the director said of the “Toruk” creative team, led by writer-directors Michel Lemieux and Victor Pilon.Ĭhronicling two Na’vi warriors’ quest to find a series of sacred objects, “Toruk” takes place on the planet Pandora before humans make contact - thereby neatly evading the problem of how to depict the difference in scale between humans and Na’vi, the elongated blue humanoids who are nearly twice as tall. But thematically, ‘Toruk’ manages to land very very closely to the feeling of where the sequel stories are going.”Ĭameron served as a consultant on “Toruk - The First Flight,” a stadium show that opened in Montreal in November of last year and has since toured North America. “It’s more of a family saga about the struggle with the humans. “ The storyline in the sequels really follows Jake and Neytiri and their children,” he said. The plot of “Toruk,” which is named after the giant, dragon-like creatures seen in the film, won’t tie into the movies, Cameron added - but there’s some unexpected overlap there nonetheless. “We’ve got most of the sequel stuff already designed, but I like this idea of weaving back and forth between the two worlds, the live world and the film world.” “ I love some of the costumes and hairstyles, so we might create a resonance there where you actually see some of the things that you see in ‘Toruk’ come into the design of the films,” said Cameron, the “Avatar” filmmaker who’s at work on a four-movie series of follow-ups. Let James Cameron tell you what to look out for. There are clues about the “ Avatar” sequels to be found in “Toruk,” the Cirque du Soleil “Avatar” prequel that lands tonight at Barclays Center in Brooklyn for a four-night run.
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