On Sunday, four-time Grammy winner The Weeknd announced that he has contributed a new song to the Avatar: The Way Of Water soundtrack by sharing a 12-second clip of a chorus tune featuring battle drums.
The 32-year-old Canadian son of Ethiopian immigrants – who was last seen performing at SoFi Stadium on November 26 – captioned the teaser with the release date of the highly anticipated sequel: “12/16/22”.
On the same day, Avatar producer Jon Landau tweeted a snap of herself with The Weeknd (née Abel Tesfaye) captioned, “As the Na’vi say: ‘Zola’u nìprrte’ soaiane Avatar”…Welcome to the Avatar family.”
Surprise! On Sunday, four-time Grammy winner The Weeknd announced that he has contributed a new song to the Avatar: The Way Of Water soundtrack by sharing a 12-second clip of a chorus tune featuring battle drums
In good company: On the same day, Avatar producer Jon Landau tweeted a snap of himself with The Weeknd (born Abel Tesfaye) with the caption: “As the Na’vi say: ‘Zola’u nìprrte’ soaiane Avatar”… Welcome to the Avatar family’
Back in 2016, the Creepin’ singer won a Grammy for Best R&B Performance and received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song for his track Earned It from the Fifty Shades of Gray soundtrack.
The soundtrack to Avatar: The Way Of Water was composed by Simon Franglen, who created the first Avatar soundtrack with James Horner and produced the Titanic theme song, My Heart Will Go On.
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Coming soon: The 32-year-old Canadian son of Ethiopian immigrants – who has 76.5million social media followers – captioned the teaser with the release date: “16/12/22”. Another post featured a closeup of a Na’vi face with a tearful smiley face emoji
Successful: Back in 2016, the Creepin’ singer won the Grammy for Best R&B Performance and received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song for his track Earned It from the Fifty Shades of Gray soundtrack
The 68-year-old filmmaker completed just that ‘Final mixing and image mastering’ on its eight-times-delayed, three-hour, 12-minute streak on November 23.
The Way Of Water stars Zoe Saldana, Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver, Kate Winslet, Michelle Yeoh, Stephen Lang, Giovanni Ribisi, Vin Diesel, Oona Chaplin, Joel David Moore, CCH Pounder, Edie Falco, Jack Champion and Jemaine Clement .
The Weeknd was last seen at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood on November 26, two months after he tearfully cut short his concert on September 3 due to vocal problems mid-performance.
Sights and Sounds! The soundtrack to Avatar: The Way Of Water was composed by Simon Franglen, who created the first Avatar soundtrack with James Horner and produced the Titanic theme song, My Heart Will Go On
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Soon! The 68-year-old filmmaker only completed the “final mix and picture mastering” of his eight-time-delayed, three-hour, 12-minute flick on November 23
The ‘Best Friends’ singer will kick off the second (European and Latin American) leg of his 51-date ‘After Hours til Dawn’ tour on June 10 at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, England.
The Weeknd has also teamed up with Sam Levinson and Reza Fahim to co-star and star as self-help guru/cult leader Tedros in the six-part drama The Idol, which premieres on HBO next year.
Set in LA, the drama also stars Lily-Rose Depp, Suzanna Son, Troye Sivan, Moses Sumney, Jane Adams, Dan Levy, Jennie Ruby Jane, Eli Roth, Rachel Sennott, Hari Nef, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Mike Dean and Ramsey , and Hank Azaria.
next spring! The Weeknd – last seen at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood on November 26 – will kick off the second leg of its 51-date After Hours til Dawn tour on June 10 in England
‘Trust no one. Just me’: The Best Friends singer has also teamed up with Sam Levinson and Reza Fahim to co-star and star as self-help guru/cult leader Tedros in the six-part drama The Idol, which premieres on HBO next year