James Cameron, director of TITANIC, TERMINATOR and the colossal popcorn flick that was AVATAR has announced that he intends to shoot the sequels to AVATAR back to back.
The director hinted that he intends to make two films straight after each other, using improved technologies which were road tested with the first film.
“Our plan right now is to do two and three as a single large production and release them a year apart. In order to do that, we have to refine our technical processes beyond the end of where we were finishing AVATAR one a year ago. We need to future-proof ourselves out five or six years to the end of the third film.” The sequels will contain more backstory, more on the world of Pandora, the arrival of men there and Sigourney Weaver’s character Grace. The director suggested that the actress would return for the sequels. “Who said she died? Nobody dies in a science fiction movie. Whether Grace lives or dies depends more on Sigourney’s agent than anything.”
Interesting stuff, I’m sure you will agree.
I for one am nervous about the possibility of AVATAR sequels. Firstly because although the first was spectacular, a movie event and made by a clever bastard; it didn’t really excel in terms of narrative and character development. I understood everybody’s motivations in their most basic forms however the dialogue had the effect of making the film seem somewhat melodramatic in places.
Also, in regard to the story it’s pretty obvious where Jake goes next as a character and for that reason I feel his arc is finished. A prequel might ( focus on might) work but sometimes I just think it’s best not to explain things to much because it takes away the mystery. In my view what information an audience is given it makes together a mental imagination projection which differs for each individual but by doing this it can then transcend cinema itself to become emotionally attached to the person; an explanation can then feel forced…
In short then, I’m nervous…
