Avatar is the 2009 science-fiction film set partly on the fictional moon Pandora.
Directed by James Cameron, Avatar follows former Marine Jake Sully, who becomes involved with the Na’vi while operating an avatar body on Pandora. The film’s story centers on conflict over the moon’s resources, especially unobtanium, and on the relationship between human visitors and Pandora’s native environment.
This fictional Pandora is unrelated to Saturn’s real moon and to the Greek mythological container. The film’s Pandora is portrayed as a richly biodiverse world with floating mountains, large animal species, and a global biological network. Avatar became a major worldwide box-office success and later expanded into a film franchise.