For nylig ramte Ang Lees Gemini Man med Will Smith i hovedrollen biograflærreder verden over, og selvom der er konsensus om at filmen generelt er undervældende, så er teknikken bag stadig ganske imponerende. Den benytter nemlig HFR, eller filmprojektion i 60fps. Der er ikke helt samme entusiasme omkring film i denne billedehastighed som der er i spilbranchen dog, og Avatar-instruktør James Cameron ser det ikke som et nyt fast format.
Desuden har han bekræftet overfor Collider, at de kommende Avatar-film, der benytter sig af nye teknologiske løsninger, ikke vil bruge 60fps, eller HFR.
"I've seen some clips from Gemini Man. I haven't seen the picture yet because I'm down here in New Zealand. I'm interested to see it. I mean, I have a personal philosophy around high frame rate, which is that it is a specific solution to specific problems having to do with 3D. And when you get the strobing and the jutter of certain shots that pan or certain lateral movement across frame, it's distracting in 3D. And to me, it's just a solution for those shots. I don't think it's a format. That's just me personally. I know Ang doesn't see it that way. I don't think it's like the next 70 millimeter or the next big thing. I think it's a tool to be used to solve problems in 3D projection. And I'll be using it sparingly throughout the Avatar films, but they won't be in high frame rate. But I am curious to see what they came up with."
Avatar-efterfølgeren skydes altså primært i standard 24fps, og den første af dem ankommer d. 17 december 2021.