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[bkthomson]

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=89932

Just to keep in mind what the Sequel to the Avengers could be running up against in a few years.

The New York Times (via Bleeding Cool) has posted an interesting interview with filmmaker James Cameron in which he discusses his future in the industry. When asked what scripts he may be looking at or projects (other than the "Avatar" sequel) he is working on, he said:

I've divided my time over the last 16 years over deep ocean exploration and filmmaking. I've made two movies in 16 years, and I've done eight expeditions. Last year I basically completely disbanded my production company's development arm. So I'm not interested in developing anything. I'm in the “Avatar” business. Period. That's it. I'm making "Avatar 2," "Avatar 3," maybe "Avatar 4," and I'm not going to produce other people's movies for them. I'm not interested in taking scripts. And that all sounds I suppose a little bit restricted, but the point is I think within the "Avatar" landscape I can say everything I need to say that I think needs to be said, in terms of the state of the world and what I think we need to be doing about it. And doing it in an entertaining way. And anything I can't say in that area, I want to say through documentaries, which I'm continuing. I've done five documentaries in the last 10 years, and I'll hopefully do a lot more. In fact, I'm doing one right now, which is on this, the Deep Sea Challenge project that we just completed the first expedition. So that'll be a film that'll get made this year and come out first quarter of next year.

This sounds like bad news for Battle Angel, which Cameron said two weeks ago that he would still be interested in making but not until after the "Avatar" sequels. So where is he with Avatar 2 and Avatar 3?

We've spent the last year and a half on software development and pipeline development. The virtual production methodology was extremely prototypical on the first film. As then, no one had ever done it before and we didn't even know for two and half years into it and $100 million into it if it was going to work. So we just wanted to make our lives a whole lot easier so that we can spend a little more of our brainpower on creativity. It was a very, very uphill battle on the first film. So we've been mostly working on the tool set, the production pipeline, setting up the new stages in Los Angeles, setting up the new visual effects pipeline in New Zealand, that sort of thing. And, by the way, writing. We haven't gotten to the design stage yet. That'll be the next.

Avatar is, of course, the top grossing moving of all time, having earned $2.782 billion at the worldwide box office.

[Doc Jon]

And doesn't he get the rights back to Terminator at some point?

I bet he'd do something with that if he owned it.

[bkthomson]

And doesn't he get the rights back to Terminator at some point?

I bet he'd do something with that if he owned it.

Yeah, he will get Avatar burn out pretty quick if he gets the Terminator back, plus you know Arnold will be pestering him non-stop.

[Doc Jon]

Yeah, he will get Avatar burn out pretty quick if he gets the Terminator back, plus you know Arnold will be pestering him non-stop.

I know he talked with Arnold about the supposed next Terminator film.

It would be interesting to see what Cameron would have done with the series (despite saying that he didn't think he had any good ideas for its continuation after T2).

[Victorian Squid]

Not a Cameron fan at all, still haven't seen Avatar. I saw it was on cable the other night, but nah. He can keep making Avatar sequels for the rest of his life AFAIC, keeps him away from anything else.

[guitarsmashley]

Thank God, that Sam Worthington can't rely on the Clash of the Titans franchise to put food on the table.

[Strict31]

Avatar was a visually spectacular film with almost no substance behind it. It is fortunate for Cameron's bank account that this is exactly the sort of thing most mainstream audience members love to watch. Since I really used to dig Cameron's work (prior to Titanic), I hope for his sake that his tunnel vision on the tech side of Avatar does not continue to distract his ability to focus on story.

Because it would be easy for the mainstream audience to grow bored with the franchise.

[Doc Jon]

Because simple storylines never work in huge spectacularly CGi'd comic book movies eh?

[Strict31]

Because simple storylines never work in huge spectacularly CGi'd comic book movies eh?

It is fortunate for Cameron's bank account that this is exactly the sort of thing most mainstream audience members love to watch.

[Doc Jon]

It was more a comment on your obvious lamentation regarding the lack of story in Avatar, not the mainstream acceptance of the film.

You certainly seemed to have no problem with it in Avengers...

[Eli Katz]

Not a Cameron fan at all, still haven't seen Avatar. I saw it was on cable the other night, but nah. He can keep making Avatar sequels for the rest of his life AFAIC, keeps him away from anything else.

I will never watch Avatar.

[S.F. Jude Terror]

Worst movie ever made.

[Strict31]

It was more a comment on your obvious lamentation regarding the lack of story in Avatar, not the mainstream acceptance of the film.

You certainly seemed to have no problem with it in Avengers...

Sweet Jesus fuck, are you serious?

[PDH]

Sweet Jesus fuck, are you serious?

He is. He's made multiple insane statements about the Avengers movie.

[PDH]

Worst movie ever made.

I've not seen it but I know for a fact that this is true.