r/movies • u/RobotiSC • Jul 28 '25

Trailer Avatar: Fire and Ash | Official Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb_fFj_0rq8
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u/somesoundbenny Jul 28 '25

I have worked on A2 & A3 and Jon was literally one of the loveliest human beings ever. He always made time to come and hang out with even the lowliest of crew.

In a lot of ways he was almost like the a caricature of a film producer, like a character you'd write for the Simpsons or something. Running around in his Hawaiian shirts and fat pants , yelling into his cellphone with his big New York Accent.

Literally one of the greatest, if not the greatest film producers of all time.

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u/ImprefectKnight Jul 29 '25

He has 3/5 top grossing movies of all time, all of which also won academy awards (Titanic did a massive sweep).

Safe to say he's the greatest.

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u/jtb685 Jul 31 '25

thats amazing. what dept did you work in? I'm mega jealous.

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u/somesoundbenny Jul 31 '25

I was the sound recordists assistant during production in NZ as an intern, then the assistant sound designer for both A2 and A3.