James Cameron mentioned his spouse had an intense emotional response when she first watched his newest “Avatar” installment, “Hearth and Ash.”

In a dialog with Empire, Cameron mentioned when he first confirmed his spouse an early lower of the sci-fi epic, she was utterly overcome with emotion and couldn’t cease herself from crying.

“My spouse watched the entire thing from finish to finish. She had saved herself away from it and I wasn’t exhibiting her bits and items as we went alongside. This was Dec. 22,” Cameron mentioned. “She bawled for 4 hours. She saved making an attempt to get her shit again collectively so she may inform me particular reactions, after which she’d simply tear up and begin crying once more. Lastly, I’m like, ‘Honey, I’ve acquired to go to mattress. Sorry, we’ll speak about it another time.’”

“Hearth and Ash” is Cameron’s third chapter in his sprawling “Avatar” franchise. Though plot particulars stay sparse, the director lately revealed the movie will “be a little bit bit longer” than its predecessor, “The Manner of Water,” which clocked in at three hours and 12 minutes.

“You’ll see much more Pandora that you simply by no means noticed earlier than,” Cameron mentioned of the movie throughout a D23 presentation, by which he introduced the official title to be “Hearth and Ash.” “It’s an insane journey and a feast for the eyes, but it surely’s additionally acquired very excessive emotional stakes, greater than ever earlier than. We’re going into actually difficult territory for all of the characters you recognize and love.”

Franchise leads Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldaña will reprise their characters from the primary two “Avatar” movies for “Hearth and Ash.” They’ll return alongside Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Kate Winslet, Cliff Curtis, Britain Dalton, Jack Champion, Trinity Jo-Li Bliss, Bailey Bass, Joel David Moore, Edie Falco and Dileep Rao.