I have a lot of skepticism that Avatar 2 is going to happen*, but if it does James Cameron has made it clear where he wants to set the film: in Pandora’s oceans.
‘Part of my focus in the second film is in creating a different environment – a different setting within Pandora. And I’m going to be focusing on the ocean on Pandora, which will be equally rich and diverse and crazy and imaginative, but it just won’t be a rain forest,’ Cameron told the LA Times while shilling this Thursday’s release of Avatar on Blu-Ray. ‘I’m not saying we won’t see what we’ve already seen; we’ll see more of that as well.’
Cameron also said that he has plans through to the third movie, which would be spread out more across the rest of the Centauri AB system where Pandora is located. We’ve seen the jungle planet, so maybe now we can see the desert planet and the ice planet and the cloud city planet!
The director also confirmed that Avatar is returning to theaters this August with an additional six minutes of footage. But he’s bringing the movie back to theaters for a very good reason. ‘[W]e know we left money on the table there.’ Oh. Well, anyway, Cameron thinks that Avatar could have made a lot more money if they hadn’t been forced to cede their 3D screens to Alice in Wonderland. You would think a great movie would keep doing well on 2D screens too, though. Weird!
* Just because I feel like Cameron is a guy who doesn’t like sitting still. I could be wrong on this, and have been before.
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I for one can't wait to revisit all of those well rounded, deep, quirky characters. What shenanigans will that crazy Jake Sully get into next?
Wow, I'm stunned – a cynical snarky CHUD news item on Avatar! Whatever next?
I don't know, but if this means he has to come up with a story that's not Pocahantas then it could actually be good…right?
a whole six minutes! Holy shit! Look out "Kingdom of Heaven" and "Apocalypse Now"! This cut is going to change everything and i'll finally be able to see what ol' jimmy cameron REALLY wanted to be on screen!
He could not have made it sound any less interesting.. 'a bunch of crazy shit for your baby eyes in lieu of interesting characters' as he shakes his car keys in our faces and some goo-goo goooo's
Equally diverse huh? So, 6 to 12 sorts of sea creatures that kinda look like stuff from classic SF literature…
Devin just personally made AVATAR 2 happen by declaring his doubts about it happening.
So when most directors talk about DVD releases, it's called publicity, but when James Cameron does it, it's shilling? Good to know.
Hope in those 6 minutes is an explanation for why they go out of their way to state that every creature on Pandora has 6 limbs but the Navi don't. Just kiddin' I don't really give a shit.
lol @ #9
Awesome! Cameron finds a way to make yet another fucking movie about the ocean by combining it with Avatard. That's a lose-lose.
Avatar to the sea eh…now the mystery of which underwater Disney movie will James Cameron Borrow from, and by borrow I mean bloodily rip off with as much shame and emotion as the fucking Borg collective. Now that's not right, as such a comparison isn't really fair or all that clever. I quite liked the first round so the idea of stepping off into a new environment, well it sounds good on paper at least. Give the man some credit, he does know how to properly expand a sequel, Aliens and T2 are plenty evidence of that. However as far as a re-release is concerned…good god Cameron. I have things in my refrigerator older then Avatar.
He gets a pass forever for Aliens, but I seriously could give a flying fuck about Avatar 2. A blue, floating, flying, unobtanium fuck.
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What is it with this guy and oceans.
If it's going to be as 'imaginative' as Avatar 1, then I'm guessing we'll see fish with 6 fins. Wooooooooh!
A rare picture of Cameron in his native environment: http://tinyurl.com/y3e5elt
@#9, right, because there are no animals on this planet with six limbs…. gee whiz, how come humans don't have six limbs? god… you are such a fucking idiot….
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Well, at least he's being honest. Kind of refreshing.
Devin, the cash-in thing is so tired now. AVATAR was a movie designed & shot from its inception in 1994 entirely to utilize 3-D technology. I'd bet he wouldn't have shown it 2-D at all if he didn't have to. It's very clear it was on a higher level than the rushed follow-ups like ALICE and TITANS. What is your major malfunction?
We've already met Pandora's trolls, too.
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