Cameron says 'Avatar' will not be a trilogy

For fans of James Cameron's parade of visuals known as "Avatar," you must have frothed over the news of not one but two upcoming sequels to the mega blockbuster. Well, it appears  Cameron is not intending for these two films to form a trilogy. 

In an interview with Fox News, Cameron said, "We’re shooting two films back-to-back, so I’m writing two scripts, not one, which will complete a [three]-film story arc – not really a trilogy, but just an overall character arc so I’m pretty excited about that.

"We’re doing a lot of preliminary work right now on new software and new animation techniques and so on. We’re creating a new facility in Manhattan Beach so everybody that’s not already dead is coming back."

Does that mean the story is not limited to three pictures, but could ostensibly go on as long as the franchise makes money? Is Cameron taking cues from the creators of the "Saw" franchise? Well, let's hope not! (via Dark Horizons)

James Cameron confirms 'Avatar 2' is his next film

Nope, James Cameron won't take a break from "Avatar" after all. In fact, Fox's Jim Gianopulos and Tom Rothman today announced that Cameron has agreed to next direct "Avatar 2" AND "Avatar 3."

Cameron will start working on the scripts early next year, and it looks like production will start at the end of 2011. However, the director has not yet decided whether he will shoot the films back-to-back.

Right now, "Avatar 2" is scheduled to land in theaters December 2014. "Avatar 3" may follow a year later. Yes, Cameron is definitely in it for the long run, and so are his loyal "Avatar" fans. Five years ain't bad.

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Jon Landau gives 'Avatar' sequel update

The DVD release of James Cameron's "Avatar" is coming up fast and the folks at Coming Soon got to attend a preview event at which they got to chat with producer Jon Landau. Of course, the main topic of the chat was the "Avatar" sequel, and here's what he said is up with that at this stage:

"Our pressure about an 'Avatar' sequel is self-imposed. We've always said that if the public wanted a sequel that we would do a sequel," he said. "We're only going to do it when we have a piece of material, a script, that we believe will be at least as entertaining and unique as the first movie was."

On how much easier it will be to make a sequel: "We figured out how to do it, and our goal in the next one is to do it more cost-effectively and more time-efficiently, and we have kept on a team of our technical staff who is working right now on Gen 2 of what we did, but with all the experience that we've had."

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James Cameron talks more 'Avatar 2'?

As you know, James Cameron has been giving tiny updates about potential "Avatar" sequels recently, but to tell you the truth, I feel he said a bunch of things without saying much at all.

ComingSoon.net briefly chatted with Cameron about any "Avatar" sequels we may or will see, and frankly, it seems like Cameron is not entirely sure where the whole thing is heading. Well, more or less.

"Anything that we designed, ideas that we had, if we couldn't figure out how to put them in the movie we said 'We'll stick it in the sequel,' so we have a big backlog of ideas," he told the folks at ComingSoon.

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James Cameron gives quick 'Avatar 2' update

James Cameron's "Avatar" is still making tons of money at the box office, but the director is already thinking about the sequel. Cameron already confirmed the follow-up recently, and now he's got news.

Don't expect anything big though, because "Avatar 2" is nowhere near any form of pre-production. Talking to E!, Cameron said continuing the story of Pandora was always part of the plan at 20th Century Fox.

"We're going to spend a lot of money building this world and all these digital characters and digital plants and trees and mountains and so on, and then once we've got it, we've got it," he said.

He also said, "It's not like it's a practical set that when you build it, you have to tear it down and you're left with a big pile of lumber out behind the studio. We have all that stuff so we can go again."

He added, "We just have to come up with a great story, which we haven't done yet. I have a rough story, but you need to make a script, so that might take some time. Don't start going to buy your tickets."

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'Avatar' sequel to leave Pandora behind?

Is it really too early to talk about an "Avatar" sequel? I don't think so. The movie is making a killing at the worldwide box office currently ($617.3 million), and James Cameron already has ideas for a follow-up.

That's right. Even though he recently said "Avatar" would first have to make a lot of money before he will jump into sequel plans, he also briefly spoke about one idea he has for a potential sequel.

The Los Angeles Times' Hero Complex interviewed the director at a recent screening, where Cameron said one idea he has is to leave Pandora and visit one or more of the planet's moon. Why not?

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