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James Cameron Talks ‘Avatar 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9′…?

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James Cameron was in Beijing recently pimping the 3D conversion of Titanic and sat for an interview with Edward Wong. During the interview they discussed a lot of different topics ranging from deep see diving, 3D and other new film making technology, which other filmmakers he admires (Steven Spielberg and Zack Snyder) to the ever upcoming Avatar sequels.

Here’s what Cameron had to say about Avatar:

I’ve divided my time over the last 16 years over deep ocean exploration and filmmaking. I’ve made two movies in 16 years, and I’ve done eight expeditions. Last year I basically completely disbanded my production company’s development arm. So I’m not interested in developing anything. I’m in the “Avatar” business. Period. That’s it. I’m making “Avatar 2,” “Avatar 3,” maybe “Avatar 4,” and I’m not going to produce other people’s movies for them. I’m not interested in taking scripts. And that all sounds I suppose a little bit restricted, but the point is I think within the “Avatar” landscape I can say everything I need to say that I think needs to be said, in terms of the state of the world and what I think we need to be doing about it. And doing it in an entertaining way. And anything I can’t say in that area, I want to say through documentaries, which I’m continuing. I’ve done five documentaries in the last 10 years, and I’ll hopefully do a lot more. In fact, I’m doing one right now, which is on this, the Deep Sea Challenge project that we just completed the first expedition. So that’ll be a film that’ll get made this year and come out first quarter of next year.

So what do we make of this? It seems Cameron has no intention of leaving Pandora and the Avatar universe because he feels he can explore all the ideas he wants within that world.

I think what we’re seeing here is a filmmaker who has had extraordinary success and is now focusing on what interests him. In Cameron’s case it’s deeply exploring the ocean’s depths through diving and documentaries and delving deeper in to the mythology of Avatar. I say more power to him. He’s earned a right to do what he likes.

What do you think?

SOURCE: The New York Times

  • A_Wise_Man

    Cool story bro! Avatard had no mythology, it was a raving environmentalist/animal rights chant coupled with CGI and 3D effects to bring up ticket prices. I had never seen such a hyped up hollow shell of a film. I couldn’t even tell the people around me what I thought when asked….because if I did I risked getting mauled by the newly born Avatrds…

    I MAY see Avatard 2 when it comes out, but Im am not paying full price for it, and I may not even see it in 3D…but then there would be no reason to see it…

  • ktulutu

     ”And that all sounds I suppose a little bit restricted”
     Try arrogant Cam

  • Ericjanke

    EXACTLY!!! RIGHT ON!!!!!….. avatards… LOL

  • Grey_Pilgrim

    Whatever Jim, now shut the fuck up and either make a goddamn movie already. or get back in the fucking water where nobody can hear you.

  • Ericjanke

    No Story….. hes betting on making money off of us going “oooohhhh pretty..”

  • sircadlab

     He really is ridiculously full of himself now. And while I won’t begrudge the technical or financial accomplishment of his “eeevil white man/corporation” movies it is interesting to see what a 180 this guy has done. With his full of himself/over preachy message mentality that has been gestating , frankly since the Abyss, he would never make the terminator or aliens movies nowadays. Hicks would be a psycho villain, Ripley would realize how wrong it would be to “nuke them from orbit”, and the T-800 would be the innocent product of an eeeevil corporation trying to oppress minorities. What is about these  guys who were so cool when they were younger? Kinda like when Spielberg made guns into walkie talkies or Lucas..oh ANYTHING that nut has done since the late 80s…

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_YTMMR2YUXDYZQSIMKPOR3RAXQI Alec

    So Cameron is now the new George Lucas. I paid my dues, so now I can do whatever I want. Well…people can also avoid his sequels as well. I hate when these celebrities get bigger heads. Ill see Avatar 2 and 3…but I’m not going to pay to see them.

  • rsixsmith

     not that i think an environmentalist underpinning equals uninspired or in itself heavy-handed, but avatar was so preachy that the story/script was dull. unobtainium, wtf?  and i think it’s ironic that given the movie’s anti-western/imperialist milieu, the main narrative was the same old rehash of the lone western archetype of the hero leading the poor, otherwise helpless natives to glorious victory.  he even becomes their chief or whatever.  so utterly predictable.  i’m only giving the next installment a go in the theater because i think cameron is capable of better.  but i won’t be paying full price either.  if it’s as pedestrian as the first, i’m done.   

  • nemesis1948

    Or, you could just see it as the most beautiful and best made 3D movie ever that enough people found enjoyable enough to shell out $3billion dollars to see. If you don’t like the envinronment so much, stay indoors, forever! If you don’t like Cameron, don’t go to see his movies. Simple, huh?

  • A_Wise_Man

    I don’t think the natives were quite supposed to be natives, they seems more like guardians to the helpless animalz which needed protecting from the big bad gunz.

  • Charles Jackson III

    “…I can say everything I need to say that I think needs to be said…”

    He said the last he needed to say with True Lies.  Titanic and Avatar both suck.

  • rsixsmith

    yeah, titanic was horrible too.  what a trite exploitation of a true tragedy.