The production journey of James Cameron’s years-in-the-making “Avatar”The sequels have been as ambitious as the films themselves. But it’s been thirteen years later “Avatar”It was the first sequel to The Greatest Movie Ever, and it became the highest-grossing movie of all times. “Avatar: The Way of Water,”It finally arrives in theaters this December.
While the unnamed third “Avatar”After being shot back-to-back, the feature was also wrapped and due for release in 2024 “Way of Water,”Cameron recently disclosed that No. He may not be returning to Pandora after the third installment. For the fourth and fifth installments, he is thinking about handing over the directing reins.
“The Avatar films themselves are kind of all-consuming,”Cameron said Empire. “I’ve got some other things I’m developing as well that are exciting. I think eventually over time – I don’t know if that’s after three or after four – I’ll want to pass the baton to a director that I trust to take over, so I can go do some other stuff that I’m also interested in. Or maybe not. I don’t know.”
It wouldn’t be the first time the Oscar-winning “Titanic”Filmmaker has given his creations to another director. After writing and directing “Terminator” “Terminator 2: Judgement Day”The third film was directed by Jonathan Mostow in 1984 and 1991. “Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines”2001. Cameron didn’t come back to the franchise as a producer until 2019’s “Terminator: Dark Fate.” He’s also successfully jumped into existing franchises, taking over the 1986 sequel to Ridley Scott’s “Alien.”
Cameron teased, however, that the fourth proposal was still in place “Avatar”Film is something he wants to do. “market forces” pending.
“Everything I need to say about family, about sustainability, about climate, about the natural world, the themes that are important to me in real life and in my cinematic life, I can say on this canvas,”He said this about the film series. “I got more excited as I went along. Movie four is a corker. It’s a motherf—er. I actually hope I get to make it. But it depends on market forces. Three is in the can, so it’s coming out regardless. I really hope that we get to make four and five because it’s one big story, ultimately.”
