<P> Avatar , marketed as James Cameron 's Avatar , is a 2009 American epic science fiction film directed , written , produced , and co-edited by James Cameron , and stars Sam Worthington , Zoe Saldana , Stephen Lang , Michelle Rodriguez , and Sigourney Weaver . The film is set in the mid-22nd century , when humans are colonizing Pandora , a lush habitable moon of a gas giant in the Alpha Centauri star system , in order to mine the mineral unobtanium , a room - temperature superconductor . The expansion of the mining colony threatens the continued existence of a local tribe of Na'vi -- a humanoid species indigenous to Pandora . The film 's title refers to a genetically engineered Na'vi body with the mind of a remotely located human that is used to interact with the natives of Pandora . </P>
<P> Avatar , marketed as James Cameron 's Avatar , is a 2009 American epic science fiction film directed , written , produced , and co-edited by James Cameron , and stars Sam Worthington , Zoe Saldana , Stephen Lang , Michelle Rodriguez , and Sigourney Weaver . The film is set in the mid-22nd century , when humans are colonizing Pandora , a lush habitable moon of a gas giant in the Alpha Centauri star system , in order to mine the mineral unobtanium , a room - temperature superconductor . The expansion of the mining colony threatens the continued existence of a local tribe of Na'vi -- a humanoid species indigenous to Pandora . The film 's title refers to a genetically engineered Na'vi body with the mind of a remotely located human that is used to interact with the natives of Pandora . </P>
in the movie avatar what is an avatar
in the movie avatar what is an avatar
a genetically engineered Na'vi body with the mind of a remotely located human
a genetically engineered Na'vi body with the mind of a remotely located human