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On Tuesday night, June 23, some exclusive scenes from the upcoming "Avatar" have been shown at the Cinema Expo in Amsterdam. According to director James Cameron as passed on by Hollywood Reporter, much of the 24-minute footage assemblage came from the first third of the film though it still featured also snippets from the unfinished portions of later battle scenes.

During the presentation, cast members Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Stephen Lang and Sigourney Weaver were said to introduce the scenes. In a short report sent to IESB by an audience, it is noted that Weaver was up first, explaining that her character, Dr. Grace Augustine, is a scientist who "dreams of living side by side with the 10-feet tall, blue skinned creatures the Na'Vi" and thus creates the replica of Na'Vi called Avatars.

Then, Lang took over to explain that "the only way to deal with the Na'Vi is to kill them" adding that though the creatures "maybe stronger physically", human "have more powerful weapons." Worthington was next to talk about his character, Jake Sully, before Saldana who plays a Na'Vi called Neytiri ended by sharing "It took months to prepare for this role. I had to learn to fight like a Na'Vi. It was very demanding, but also really fun."

The finished scenes reportedly exposed Jake's Avatar walking around on Pandora and fighting all kinds of exotic creatures. One saw Jake and Neytiri walk in the jungle where flowers, trees and the earth glow in the dark, another featured the unfinished scene of the battle between the humans and the Na'Vi.

"Avatar" is directed, co-produced and written also by the "Titanic" helmer James Cameron. Set to hit U.S. theaters on December 18, it centers on an ex-marine as he is thrust unwillingly into an effort to settle and exploit an exotic planet rich in bio-diversity, who eventually crosses over to lead the indigenous race in a battle for survival.