22-Minute “Avatar” Featurette: “Creating The World of Pandora”

Yahoo movies has posted a 22-minute long behind the scenes look at the making of “Avatar,” which features a full look at the creation of the James Cameron‘s sci-fi epic hit movie!

See how James Cameron creates his latest epic, from the first draft written in 1995, to the extensive development and casting process, all the way through the massive digital effects work and editing process. It’s a fascinating look at how unorthodox methods had to be implemented to achieve the daunting task of bringing such a radically different film like Avatar to the big screen.

The film stars Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez, Giovanni Ribisi, Joel David Moore, CCH Pounder, Peter Mensah, Laz Alonso, Wes Studi, Stephen Lang and Matt Gerald. Director James Cameron helmed from a story he wrote.

“Avatar” has a worldwide gross of $1.637 billion. It will likely become overpass Titanic’s $1.8 billion by the end of January, making it the highest-ranking worldwide grossing film of all-time.

You can watch the full video using the player below!