Which James Cameron film features the fictional planet Pandora?

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James Cameron’s film featuring the fictional world Pandora is Avatar.

Pandora is a moon orbiting the gas giant Polyphemus in the Alpha Centauri star system. The film’s human mining operation seeks unobtanium, while the Na’vi communities living on Pandora defend their land and spiritual connection to the environment. Jake Sully enters this world through an avatar body created to resemble the Na’vi.

Although people often call Pandora a planet, Avatar’s story identifies it as a moon. That distinction is one of the setting’s most commonly overlooked details. The moon contains dense forests, floating mountains, unusual wildlife, and a global biological network associated with Eywa.

Avatar was released in 2009 and became known for its extensive use of computer-generated environments and stereoscopic 3D. Pandora later returned in Avatar: The Way of Water, which expanded the setting to include ocean-dwelling Na’vi communities.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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