A prequel novel, that is.
That’s according to Avatar producer Jon Landau, who told MTV that Cameron is writing a novel (his first!) that will lead us to the events of the film. What kind of important information will his scribblings reveal?
“It would be something that would lead up to telling the story of the movie, but it would go into much more depth about all the stories that we didn’t have time to deal with — like the schoolhouse and Sigourney [Weaver’s character] teaching at the schoolhouse; Jake on Earth and his backstory and how he came here; [the death of] Tommy, Jake’s brother; and Colonel Quaritch, how he ended up there and all that,” Landau explained.
Oh, the backstory that the film lacked. Got it.
[We] won’t have time to do [these stories] in the movie, or maybe in sequels,” Landau explained of what Cameron will be writing about. “[So the novel will] give a foundation for the world.
Makes sense. Why would you want a foundation for the world in the actual films?
I don’t know about the rest of you, but I’d prefer to just see another big dumb action film rather than read about Sigourney Weaver teaching. Unless it’s some sort of Dangerous Na’vi story. The idea of a film taking place in the ruined and overpopulated Earth from Avatar could certainly be compelling, though.
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col. quiditch should be back for part 2 as an evil navi
C'mon, the idea of a novel actually written by Cameron sounds intriguing, doesn't it? What film geek wouldn't give that a try? I imagine he'd take it as seriously as he does anything, and will probably be a good read for fans of the film (all kidding aside, it has many). "The idea of a film taking place in the ruined and overpopulated Earth from Avatar could certainly be compelling, though". That last part gave me Galactica-goosebumps.
Hit baiter.
Is it me or is anyone else sort of getting tired of hearing about anything and everything that is AVATAR??? Backlash perhaps????
Dave- a bit intriguing, you're right. But that's more because of the whole Project 880 potential. There definitely was an interesting story in there somewhere, it just seems like it got lost in the shuffle. I like the film for what it was (big, dumb as bricks, and entertaining), for the record.
@#2: Film Geeks? No. Fan Boys? Yes. Even then it'll sell more to the twits who buy Twilight books. I wonder if it will have a lenticular cover….
Considering the majority of Cameron's flicks have been bouyed by his visuals, not his writing, I'm not holding out hope. But it may may may result in something good.
Sweet, I've always wanted to know what happened BEFORE John Smith and Poca…I mean Sully and Neytiri got together.
Yes, the thought of Cameron sitting down and hammering out a novel doesn't set off my bullshit alarm at all. Translation: Underling connects the dots from Cameron outline, does the actual task of writing, and the book is 'written by James Cameron'.
Awesome! I was hoping the haters would have something NEW to complain about. I was beginning to miss them.
Jeez, all you have to do is throw out some Hater chum like this and all the devin acolytes come a'runnin. Well done, Alex; I'm sure Nick appreciates the extra advertising income.
In the meantime, those of us who liked the movie can be intrigued by what Cameron's writing style might end up being like.
Cameron's a hack.
Dear Jim
Hire a ghost writer.
Stupid fucking hit baiting. This site is getting worse and worse with this.
Complaining about hit baiting, hater baiting, and any particular writer or subject in general equates to the censorship debate to me. It seems to apply that "If you don't like it, change the channel" except this isn't a channel, but whatever. I like Neil Young but I don't reach for Living With War… ever
Cameron writing a book? What a terrible idea. The man's never written a good line of dialogue in his life, his stories are hackneyed and his characters are at best two-dimensional. Why would we want to delve into a Cameron world supported only by his words? The guy's talents lie in visual storytelling, even when the story's are rotten. I'll avoid this book like the plague. Now, if Cameron wanted to publish the Avatar bible, I'd pick that up without hesitation. His world building on that movie was fantastic, even if he didn't do anything particularly interesting with it.
@#14: Fuckin A Rob, I enjoyed AVATAR in all its spectacular blue dumbness but these crybaby Devin haters just get more and more shrill and stupid. It's even weirder that they'd defend Cameron on this subject because even us fans admit the man isn't a world-class writer and AVATAR is all style, no substance.
He could create a pop-up book … that would simulate the Avatar 3D effect nicely.
What's with the misleading titles on this site?
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